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    Exhibit
10.5

     

    
      


      SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE

      


      SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE, dated as of February 17, 2010 (this “Guarantee”), made by
each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a
party hereto as provided herein, the “Guarantors”), in
favor of the purchasers signatory (together with their permitted assigns, the
“Purchasers”)
to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof,
between NXT Nutritionals Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the
Purchasers.

       

      


      W
I T N E S S E T H:

      


      WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, by and between the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”),
the Company has agreed to sell and issue to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers
have agreed to purchase from the Company the Notes, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth therein; and

      


      WHEREAS, each Guarantor will directly
benefit from the extension of credit to the Company represented by the issuance
of the Notes; and

      


      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and to induce the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and
to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, each Guarantor hereby agrees
with the Purchasers as follows:

       
 

      1. Definitions. Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement. The
words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import
when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Guarantee, and Section and Schedule references
are to this Guarantee unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms
defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms
of such terms.  The following terms shall have the following
meanings:

      


      “Guarantee” means this
Subsidiary Guarantee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.

      


                   “Obligations” means,
in addition to all other costs and expenses of collection incurred by Purchasers
in enforcing any of such Obligations and/or this Guarantee, all of the
liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint
or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted
or acquired, or owing to, of the Company or any Guarantor to the Purchasers,
including, without limitation, all obligations under this Guarantee, the Notes
and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or
delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or
hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or
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        liquidated
or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not
from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or
incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are
paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered
directly or indirectly from any of the Purchasers as a preference, fraudulent
transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented,
converted, extended or modified from time to time.  Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without
limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Notes and the loans extended
pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations
and liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor from time to time under or in
connection with this Guarantee, the Notes and any other instruments, agreements
or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or
therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition
interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact
that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due
to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving
the Company or any Guarantor.

      

       
 

      2. Guarantee.

      


      (a)  Guarantee.


      
    (i)    The
Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably,
guarantee to the Purchasers and their respective successors, indorsees,
transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance when
due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations.

       

          (ii)    Anything
herein or in any other Transaction Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the
maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such
Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws, including laws relating to
the insolvency of debtors, fraudulent conveyance or transfer or laws affecting
the rights of creditors generally (after giving effect to the right of
contribution established in Section 2(b)).

       

          (iii)    Each
Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time
exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing
the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies
of the Purchasers hereunder.

       

          (iv)    The
guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect
until all the Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the
guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been satisfied by indefeasible
payment in full.

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

       

          (v)         No
payment made by the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any
other Person or received or collected by the Purchasers from the Company, any of
the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action
or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from
time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to
modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor
hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment
made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or
collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for
the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until
the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full.

       

          (vi)    Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Guarantee, with respect to any defaulted
non-monetary Obligations the specific performance of which by the Guarantors is
not reasonably possible (e.g. the issuance of the Company's Common Stock), the
Guarantors shall only be liable for making the Purchasers whole on a monetary
basis for the Company's failure to perform such Obligations in accordance with
the Transaction Documents.

      


      (b)    Right of
Contribution. Subject to Section 2(c), each Guarantor hereby agrees that
to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share
of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and
receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has
not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor's right of
contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2(c). The
provisions of this Section 2(b) shall in no respect limit the obligations and
liabilities of any Guarantor to the Purchasers and each Guarantor shall remain
liable to the Purchasers for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor
hereunder.

       

      (c)    No
Subrogation.  Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor
hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the
Purchasers, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights
of the Purchasers against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral
security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Purchasers for the payment
of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any
contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect
of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the
Purchasers by the Company on account of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in
full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such
subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been
paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the
Purchasers, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith
upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Purchasers in the exact
form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the
Purchasers, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured
or unmatured, in such order as the Purchasers may determine.

       
 

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

       

      (d)    Amendments, Etc. With
Respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor shall remain obligated
hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any
Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand
for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Purchasers may be rescinded by
the Purchasers and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the
liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral
security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may,
from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified,
accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Purchasers, and
the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any other
documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Purchasers may
deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or
right of offset at any time held by the Purchasers for the payment of the
Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. The
Purchasers shall have no obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any
Lien at any time held by them as security for the Obligations or for the
guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject
thereto.

       
 

      (e)    Guarantee Absolute and
Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation,
renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof
of reliance by the Purchasers upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or
acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Obligations, and
any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or
incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the
guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Company and
any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Purchasers, on the other hand,
likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in
reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives
to the extent permitted by law diligence, presentment,
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        for
payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Company or any of the
Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and
agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a
continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and performance
without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Purchase Agreement
or any other Transaction Document, any of the Obligations or any other
collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect
thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Purchasers, (b) any
defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance
or fraud by Purchasers) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by
the Company or any other Person against the Purchasers, or (c) any other
circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Company
or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an
equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the Obligations, or of such
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in
any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its
rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Purchasers may, but
shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue
such rights and remedies as they may have against the Company, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee
for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure
by the Purchasers to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or
remedies or to collect any payments from the Company, any other Guarantor or any
other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to
exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Company, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or
right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability
hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether
express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Purchasers against any
Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, “demand” shall include the commencement and
continuance of any legal proceedings.

      

       

      (f)    Reinstatement. The
guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of
any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by
the Purchasers upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the
appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar
officer for, the Company or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its
property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been
made.

      


      (g)    Payments. Each
Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the
Purchasers without set-off or counterclaim in U.S. dollars at the address set
forth or referred to in the Signature Pages to the Purchase
Agreement.

      


      3.         Representations and
Warranties. Each Guarantor hereby makes the following representations and
warranties to Purchasers as of the date hereof:

       
 

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

       

      (a)    Organization and
Qualification. The Guarantor is a corporation, duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction set
forth on Schedule 1, with the requisite corporate power and authority to own and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. The Guarantor has no subsidiaries other than those identified as such
on the Disclosure Schedules to the Purchase Agreement. The Guarantor is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in
each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property
owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be
so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or
in the aggregate, (x) adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability
of any of this Guaranty in any material respect, (y) have a material adverse
effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, or financial condition
of the Guarantor or (z) adversely impair in any material respect the Guarantor's
ability to perform fully on a timely basis its obligations under this Guaranty
(a “Material Adverse
Effect”).

       
 

      (b)    Authorization;
Enforcement.  The Guarantor has the requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Guaranty, and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Guaranty by the Guarantor and the consummation by
it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all
requisite corporate action on the part of the Guarantor. This Guaranty has been
duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes the valid and
binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors'
rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.

      


      (c)    No Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty by the Guarantor and the
consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated thereby do not
and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of its Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) conflict with, constitute a default (or an
event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under,
or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Guarantor
is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental
authority to which the Guarantor is subject (including Federal and State
securities laws and regulations), or by which any material property or asset of
the Guarantor is bound or affected, except in the case of each of clauses (ii)
and (iii), such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations,
cancellations and violations as could not, individually or in the aggregate,
have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Guarantor is
not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental authority, except for violations which, individually or in the
aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect.


     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    
      


      (d)    Consents and
Approvals. The Guarantor is not required to obtain any consent, waiver,
authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or
other federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental authority or other
person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Guarantor of this Guaranty.

      


      (e)    Purchase Agreement.
The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Purchase
Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor, each of which is hereby incorporated
herein by reference, are true and correct as of each time such representations
are deemed to be made pursuant to such Purchase Agreement, and the Purchasers
shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth
herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to
the Company's knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 3, be deemed to
be a reference to such Guarantor's knowledge.

      


      (f)    Foreign
Law.  Each Guarantor has consulted with appropriate foreign
legal counsel with respect to any of the above representations for which
non-U.S. law is applicable. Such foreign counsel have advised each applicable
Guarantor that such counsel knows of no reason why any of the above
representations would not be true and accurate. Such foreign counsel were
provided with copies of this Subsidiary Guarantee and the Transaction Documents
prior to rendering their advice.

      


      4.         Covenants.

      


      (a)    Each
Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Purchasers that, from and after the date
of this Guarantee until the Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in
full, such Guarantor shall take, and/or shall refrain from taking, as the case
may be, each commercially reasonable action that is necessary to be taken or not
taken, as the case may be, so that no Event of Default (as defined in the Notes)
is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such
action by such Guarantor.

       
 

      (b)    So long
as any of the Obligations are outstanding, unless Purchasers holding at least
67% of the aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes shall
otherwise consent in writing, each Guarantor will not directly or indirectly on
or after the date of this Guarantee:

      


      i. other than the Permitted
Indebtedness (as defined in the Note) enter into, create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including but
not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets
now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;

      


      ii. other than Permitted Liens (as
defined in the Note) enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned
or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

      
 

      iii. amend its certificate of
incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to adversely affect any
rights of any Purchaser;

      


      iv. repay, repurchase or offer to repay,
repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its
securities or debt obligations, other than regularly scheduled principal and interest
payments of the Company as such terms are in effect as of the Original Issue
Date of the Note, provided that such payments shall not be permitted if, at such
time, or after giving effect to such payment, any Event of Default exist or
occur;

      


      v. pay cash
dividends on any equity securities of the Company;

      


      vi. enter
into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Guarantor which would be required
to be disclosed in any public filing of the Company with the Commission, unless
such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a
majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a
quorum otherwise required for board approval); or

      


      vii. enter
into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

      


      5.        Miscellaneous.

      


      (a)    Amendments in
Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived,
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in writing by the
Purchasers.

       
 

      (b)    Notices. All notices,
requests and demands to or upon the Purchasers or any Guarantor hereunder shall
be effected in the manner provided for in the Purchase Agreement, provided that
any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed
to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule
5(b).

      


      (c)    No Waiver By Course Of
Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. The Purchasers shall not by any act (except
by a written instrument pursuant to Section 5(a)), delay, indulgence, omission
or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have
acquiesced in any default under the Transaction Documents or Event of Default.
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        right,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. A waiver by the Purchasers of any right or remedy hereunder on any
one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the
Purchasers would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies
herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are
not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by
law.

      

      


      (d)    Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.

      


      (i)    Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, or reimburse the Purchasers for, all its costs and
expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee
contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under
this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which such Guarantor is a
party, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Purchasers.

       
 

      (ii)    Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and all
liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all
stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be
payable in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Guarantee.

      


      (iii)    Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect
to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this
Guarantee to the extent the Company would be required to do so pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement.

      


      (iv)    The
agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all
other amounts payable under the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents.

      


      (e)    Successor and
Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the successors and assigns
of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchasers and their
respective successors and assigns; provided that no Guarantor may assign,
transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee
without the prior written consent of the Purchasers.

       
 

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

       

      (f)    Set-Off. Each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Purchasers at any time and from time
to time while an Event of Default under any of the Transaction Documents shall
have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Guarantor or any other
Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, to set-off
and appropriate and apply any and all deposits, credits, indebtedness or claims,
in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Purchasers to
or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor, or any part thereof in such
amounts as the Purchasers may elect, against and on account of the obligations
and liabilities of such Guarantor to the Purchasers hereunder and claims of
every nature and description of the Purchasers against such Guarantor, in any
currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement, any other
Transaction Document or otherwise, as the Purchasers may elect, whether or not
the Purchasers have made any demand for payment and although such obligations,
liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Purchasers shall
notify such Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by
the Purchasers of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such
notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights
of the Purchasers under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the
Purchasers may have.

       
 

      (g)    Counterparts. This
Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Guarantee on any
number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.

      


      (h)    Severability. Any
provision of this Guarantee which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.

      


      (i)    Section Headings. The
Section headings used in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only
and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in
the interpretation hereof.

      


      (j)    Integration. This
Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents represent the agreement of the
Guarantors and the Purchasers with respect to the subject matter hereof and
thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties
by the Purchasers relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly
set forth or referred to herein or in the other Transaction
Documents.

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

      
 

      (k)    Governing Laws. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Guarantee shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof.  Each of the Company and the
Guarantors agree that all proceedings concerning the interpretations,
enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New
York, Borough of Manhattan. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding
is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a
copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with
evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it
under this Guarantee and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted
by law.  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any
legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee or the
transactions contemplated hereby.

      


      (l)    Acknowledgements.  Each
Guarantor hereby acknowledges that:

      


      (i) it has
been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party;

       
 

      (ii) the
Purchasers have no fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Guarantor arising
out of or in connection with this Guarantee or any of the other Transaction
Documents, and the relationship between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely
that of debtor and creditor; and

      


      (iii) no joint
venture is created hereby or by the other Transaction Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Guarantors
and the Purchasers.

      


      (m)    Additional
Guarantors.  The Company shall cause each of its subsidiaries
formed or acquired on or subsequent to the date hereof to become a Guarantor for
all purposes of this Guarantee by executing and delivering an

      Assumption
Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.

       
 

      (n)    Release of
Guarantors. Each Guarantor will be released from all liability hereunder
concurrently with the indefeasible repayment in full of all amounts owed under
the Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction
Documents.

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

      
 

      (o)    Seniority. The
Obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder rank senior in priority to any
other Indebtedness (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of such
Guarantor.

      


      (p) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH GUARANTOR AND, BY
ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF, THE PURCHASERS, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING
TO THIS GUARANTEE AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

      


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      (Signature
Pages Follow)

       
 

       

       

       

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

       

      IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be
duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

      


                                NXT NUTRITIONALS,
INC.

      


                               By: /s/ Francis
McCarthy

                                         Name:
Francis McCarthy

                                         Title:   President
and CEO

      


                               HEALTHY DAIRY LLC

      


                                 By: /s/ Francis
McCarthy

                                         Name:
Francis McCarthy

                                         Title:   President
and CEO

      


                NXT, LLC

      


                               By: /s/ Francis
McCarthy

                                         Name:
Francis McCarthy

                                         Title:   President
and CEO

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

       

      SCHEDULE
1

      


      GUARANTORS

      


                        The
following are the names and jurisdiction of organization of each
Guarantor.

      


                 

        
          	
                  NAME

                	
                  JURISDICTION
      OF

                  INCORPORATION

                	
                  COMPANY

                  OWNED
      BY

                  PERCENTAGE

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  NXT
      Nutritionals, Inc.

                	
                  Delaware

                	
                  100%

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  Healthy
      Dairy LLC

                	
                  Delaware

                	
                  100%

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  NXT,
      LLC

                	
                  Delaware

                	
                  100%

                


        



      


      


      SCHEDULE
5(b)

      


      NOTICE
ADDRESS

      


      
        	
                Name

              	
                Address

              
	
                NXT
      Nutritionals, Inc.

              	
                56
      Jackson Street, Holyoke, MA

              
	
                Healthy
      Dairy, LLC

              	
                56
      Jackson Street, Holyoke, MA

              
	
                NXT,
      LLC

              	
                56
      Jackson Street, Holyoke, MA

              


      

      


       

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

       

      


      Annex 1
to

      SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE

      


      ASSUMPTION
AGREEMENT, dated as of ____ __, ______ made by ______________________________, a
______________ corporation (the “Additional
Guarantor”), in favor of the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement referred to below. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have
the meaning ascribed to them in such Purchase Agreement.

      


      W
I T N E S S E T H :

      


                 WHEREAS,
NXT Nutritionals Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the
Purchasers have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
February 17, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Purchase
Agreement”);

      


                 WHEREAS,
in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Subsidiaries of the Company
(other than the Additional Guarantor) have entered into the Subsidiary
Guarantee, dated as of February 17, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”) in favor
of the Purchasers;

      


                 WHEREAS,
the Purchase Agreement requires the Additional Guarantor to become a party to
the Guarantee; and

      


                 WHEREAS,
the Additional Guarantor has agreed to execute and

      deliver
this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the
Guarantee;

      


                                         NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS
AGREED:

      


      1.    Guarantee. By
executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Guarantor, as
provided in Section 5(m) of the Guarantee, hereby becomes a party to the
Guarantee as a Guarantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if
originally named therein as a Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a
Guarantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1 hereto is hereby
added to the information set forth in Schedule 1 to the Guarantee. The
Additional Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of the Guarantee is true
and correct on and as the date hereof as to such Additional Guarantor (after
giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such
date.

       
 

      2.    Governing Law. THIS
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

       

       

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

       

       

       

       

       

                        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.

      


      


                                                 [ADDITIONALGUARANTOR]

      


                                                  By:    ________________________________                                                                                            

                                                  Name:

                                                  Title: