**Exhibit 10.1.8**

 

**EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITYAGREEMENT**

 

This Eighth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (this “EighthAmendment”) made and entered into as of the 24th day of March, 2006, is by andamong **LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION**,a national banking association (“**LENDER**”),having its principal place of business at 135 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,Illinois 60603-4105, and **VITA FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.**,a Nevada corporation, with its chief executive office located at 2222 West LakeStreet, Chicago, Illinois 60612 (“Vita Food”), **VIRGINIAHONEY COMPANY, INC.**, a Virginia corporation, with its chiefexecutive office located at 2222 West Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612 (“VirginiaHoney”), **THE HALIFAX GROUP, INC.**, a Georgiacorporation, with its chief executive office located at 2222 West Lake Street,Chicago, Illinois 60612 (“Halifax”), and **VITA SPECIALTY FOODS, INC.**,a Delaware corporation, with its chief executive office located at 2222 WestLake Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612  (“SpecialtyFoods”) (Vita Food, Virginia Honey, Halifax and Specialty Foods areindividually a “Borrower” and collectively the “Borrowers”).

 

**W I T N E S S E TH****:**

 

**WHEREAS,** priorhereto, Lender provided certain loans, extensions of credit and other financialaccommodations (the “Financial Accommodations”) to Borrowers pursuant to (a)that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 5, 2003, asamended by that certain First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated asof November 5, 2004, that certain Second Amendment to Loan and SecurityAgreement dated as of December 21, 2004, that certain Third Amendment to Loanand Security Agreement dated as of January 31, 2005, that certain FourthAmendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 4, 2005, thatcertain Fifth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of  June 30, 2005, that certain Sixth Amendmentto Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 4, 2005, and that certainSeventh Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 30, 2005,each by and among Lender and Borrowers (collectively the “Loan Agreement”), and(b) the other documents, agreements and instruments referenced in the LoanAgreement or executed and delivered pursuant thereto;

 

**WHEREAS,** Borrowershave requested, among other things, (i) that Lender extend the Revolving LoanTermination Date, and (ii) modify certain financial covenants (collectively the“Additional Financial Accommodations”); and

 

**WHEREAS,** Lender iswilling to provide the Additional Financial Accommodations, but solely on theterms and subject to the provisions set forth in this Eighth Amendment and theother agreements, documents and instruments referenced herein or executed anddelivered pursuant hereto.

 

**NOW, THEREFORE,** inconsideration of the foregoing, the mutual promises and understandings of theparties hereto set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, thereceipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Lender and Borrowershereby agree as set forth in this Eighth Amendment.

 

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I.              **Definitions**.

 

A.            **Use of Defined Terms**.  Except as expressly set forthin this Eighth Amendment, all terms which have an initial capital letter wherenot required by the rules of grammar are used herein as defined in the LoanAgreement.

 

B.            **Amended Definitions**.  Effective asof the date of this Eighth Amendment, Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement ishereby amended by deleting the definitions of “Liabilities” “Maximum RevolvingLoan”, “Revolving Loan Termination Date”, “Revolving Note” and “Tangible NetWorth Benchmark” and substituting therefor the following, respectively:

 

“***Liabilities***”:  shall mean any and all obligations,liabilities, indebtedness, fees, costs and expenses, now or hereafter owed orowing by Borrowers or any Borrower to Lender, or to any parent, affiliate orsubsidiary of Lender, of any and every kind and nature, including, but notlimited to, all principal, interest, debts, claims and indebtedness of any andevery kind and nature, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether primaryor secondary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, insured or uninsured,liquidated or unliquidated, or otherwise, and whether arising or existing underwritten or oral agreement or by operation of law, together with all costs, feesand expenses of Lender arising hereunder, including, but not limited to, (1)the indebtedness evidenced by the Revolving Note, Term Note A and Term Note B,(2) reasonable attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees or charges relating to thepreparation of this Loan Agreement and the Other Agreements and the enforcementof Lender’s rights and remedies pursuant to this Loan Agreement and the OtherAgreements, and (3) all liabilities and obligations arising under or inconnection with Rate Hedging Transactions.

 

“***MaximumRevolving Loan***”: shall mean Nine Million Five HundredThousand and no/100 Dollars ($9,500,000.00).

 

“***Revolving Loan Termination Date***”: shall mean April 1, 2007.

 

“***RevolvingNote***”:  shall mean that certain Revolving Note dated asof March 24, 2006, executed and delivered by Borrowers to Lender in a maximumaggregate principal amount not to exceed $9,500,000.00, as amended, renewed,restated or replaced from time to time.

 

“***Tangible NetWorth Benchmark***”:  shall mean: (i) negative ThreeMillion Two Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars (-$3,250,000)as of December 31, 2005, (ii) negative Three Million Four Hundred Thousand  and no/100 Dollars (-$3,400,000.00) as of March 31, 2006,and June 30, 2006, (iii) negative Three Million and no/100 Dollars (-$3,000,000.00) as of September 30,2006, and (iv) negative Two Million Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars (-$2,500,000.00) as of December 31,2006, and at all times thereafter; provided, however, the 2005 SeveranceExpense shall be added back to Tangible Net Worth to determine Tangible NetWorth for each calculation from December 31, 2005, through December 31, 2006.

 

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C.            **New Definitions**.  Effective as ofthe date of this Eighth Amendment, Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is herebyamended by adding the following new definition thereto in the appropriatealphabetical order:

 

“***2005 Severance Expense***” shall mean the non-cash expense booked by Vita Food in December, 2005 toaccount for salary owed to a terminated executive through 2007 pursuant to theterms of such employee’s employment contract.

 

II.            **Amendments to Loan Agreement**.  Effectiveas of December 31, 2005, with respect to Paragraph II.E below, and as of thedate of this Eighth Amendment with respect to each of the other modificationsset forth below, the Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

A.            **Inspectionsand Verifications**.  Section 4.3 of the Loan Agreement ishereby amended by deleting Section 4.3 of the Loan Agreement in its entiretyand substituting therefor the following:

 

“4.3         **Inspectionsand Verifications**.  Borrowers shall permitLender, or any Persons designated by Lender, to call at each Borrower’s placesof business at any reasonable times, upon not less than one (1) Business Day’sprior written or oral notice, and, without hindrance or delay, to inspect theCollateral and to inspect, audit, check and make extracts from each Borrower’sbooks, records, journals, orders, receipts and any correspondence and otherdata relating to each Borrower’s business, the Collateral or any transactionsbetween the parties hereto, and shall have the right to make such verificationconcerning each Borrower’s business as Lender may consider reasonable under thecircumstances. Lender, at its discretion, will perform field audits twice percalendar year, or more frequently as determined by Lender. Borrowers shallfurnish to Lender such information relevant to Lender’s rights under this LoanAgreement as Lender shall at any time and from time to time request. Lender,through its officers, employees or agents shall have the right, at any time andfrom time to time, in Lender’s name, to verify the validity, amount or anyother matter relating to any of each Borrower’s Accounts, by mail, telephone,telegraph or otherwise. Each Borrower authorizes Lender to discuss the affairs,finances and business of Borrowers with any officers, employees or directors ofany Borrower or with its Parent or any Affiliate or the officers, employees ordirectors of its Parent or any Affiliate, and to discuss the financialcondition of Borrowers with Borrowers’ independent public accountants. Any suchdiscussions shall be without liability to Lender or to Borrowers’ independentpublic accountants. Borrowers shall pay to Lender all fees and all costs andout-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender in the exercise of its rightshereunder, and all of such fees, costs and expenses shall constituteLiabilities hereunder, shall be payable on demand and, until paid, shall bearinterest at the Default Rate.”

 

B.            **Lockbox**.  Section 4.5 of theLoan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 4.5 of the Loan Agreementin its entirety and substituting therefor the following: 

 

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***“4.5******        ******Lockbox***

 

(A)          EachBorrower shall direct all Account Debtors to make payments on Accounts directlyinto a lockbox established by Borrowers over which Lender shall have solecontrol and authority pursuant to a Lockbox Agreement between Borrowers or anyBorrower and Lender (the “Lockbox”). Lender, now or at any time or timeshereafter, may take control of and endorse any Borrower’s name to any of theitems of payment or proceeds described in this Section 4.5. For thepurposes of this Section, each Borrower irrevocably, hereby makes, constitutesand appoints Lender, and all persons designated by Lender for that purpose, assuch Borrower’s true and lawful attorney and agent-in-fact to take any suchactions. All such items of payment or proceeds received through the Lockbox ordirectly from Borrowers or otherwise received by Lender, shall, unless Lendershall otherwise elect, be deposited into a cash collateral account maintainedwith Lender (the “Cash Collateral Account”) over which Lender has soleauthority and shall be applied by Lender to the Liabilities in accordance withthe terms of this Agreement.

 

(B)           Borrowersshall execute all documents requested by Lender with respect to the CashCollateral Account and the Lockbox and agree to pay to Lender promptly upondemand for any and all fees, costs and expenses which Lender incurs orcustomarily charges in connection with the opening and maintaining of the CashCollateral Account and the Lockbox and depositing for collection by the Bankany monies, checks, notes, drafts or other items of payment received and/ordelivered on account of the Liabilities.

 

(C)           Inthe event that a Borrower maintains a controlled disbursement account atLender, each check presented for payment against such controlled disbursementaccount and any other charge or request for payment against such controlleddisbursement account shall constitute a request for a Revolving Loan. As anaccommodation to Borrowers, Lender may permit telephone requests for RevolvingLoans and electronic transmittal of instructions, authorizations, agreements orreports to Lender by Borrowers. Unless a Borrower specifically directs Lenderin writing not to accept or act upon telephonic or electronic communicationsfrom such Borrower, Lender shall have no liability to Borrowers for any loss ordamage suffered by a Borrower as a result of Lender’s honoring of any requests,execution of any instructions, authorizations or agreements or reliance on anyreports communicated to it telephonically or electronically and purporting tohave been sent to Lender by a Borrower and Lender shall have no duty to verifythe origin of any such communication or the authority of the Person sending it.”

 

C.            **Eligible Accounts**.  Section5.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the initial sentence ofSection 5.1 and substituting therefor the following:

 

“5.1         **Eligible Accounts**. An “Eligible Account” is an Account owing to a Borrower which isacceptable to Lender in its sole discretion for lending purposes, and that,when scheduled to Lender and at all times thereafter, does not violate thenegative covenants and other provisions of this Section 5 and does satisfy thepositive covenants and other provisions of this Section 5.”

 

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D.            **Eligible Inventory**.  Sections6.1 and 6.2 of the Loan Agreement are hereby amended by deleting Sections 6.1and 6.2 of the Loan Agreement in their entirety and substituting therefor thefollowing:

 

“6.1         **Eligible Inventory**. “Eligible Inventory” means the portion of a Borrower’s Inventory which isacceptable to Lender in its sole discretion for lending purposes, and that: (A)consists of (i) raw materials, (ii) work-in-process, (iii) finished goods, or(iv) packaging materials; (B) is not more than three hundred sixty-five (365)days old; (C) is not consigned to or from any Person; (D) does not violate thenegative covenants and similar provisions of this Section 6 and does satisfythe positive covenants and similar provisions of this Section 6; (E) Lender hasin good faith determined, in accordance with its customary business practices,is not unacceptable due to age, type, category or quantity; (F) is subject toLender’s first position priority perfected security interest and lien; and (G)is located at one of the locations specified on Schedule 4.4 and if located ata warehouse, other storage facility or a leased facility, Lender has (i)received an original Warehouse Agreement or Landlord Agreement in form andsubstance acceptable to Lender, (ii) filed its Uniform Commercial Codefinancing statements in accordance with applicable law with regard to therespective location of each such warehouse, leased facility or other storagefacility, and (iii) as evidenced by then currently dated Uniform CommercialCode judgment and lien searches satisfactory to Lender, there are no securityinterests or liens in and to the Collateral located at such warehouse, otherstorage facility or leased facility other than Lender’ s first positionpriority security interest and lien.

 

6.2           **Additional Representations, Warranties andCovenants**.  Borrowers represent and warrant to and covenantwith Lender that:  (A) the Inventoryshall be kept only at the locations specified on Schedule 4.4; (B) Borrowersnow keep and hereafter at all times shall keep correct and accurate recordsitemizing and describing the age, kind, type and quantity of Inventory andBorrowers’ stated actual cost therefor, together with withdrawals therefrom andadditions thereto for each month, all of which records shall be available, upondemand, to any of Lender’ s officers, employees or agents for inspection andcopying thereof; (C) all Inventory is now and hereafter at all times shall beof good and merchantable quality, free from defects; (D) any of Lender’sofficers, employees or agents shall, now and at any time or times hereafter,have the right, upon demand, to inspect and examine the Inventory and to checkand test the same as to quality, quantity, value and condition; and (E) allEligible Inventory set forth on the Borrowing Base Certificate (1) consists of(i) raw materials, (ii) work-in-process, (iii) finished goods, or (iv)packaging materials; (2) is not more than three hundred sixty-five (365) daysold; (3) is not consigned to any Person; (4) does not violate the negativecovenants and similar provisions of this Section 6 and does satisfy thepositive covenants, and similar provisions of this Section 6; (5) is subject toLender’s first position priority preferred security interest and lien; and (7)is located at one of the locations specified on Schedule 4.4, and, if locatedat a warehouse, other storage facility or leased facility, Lender has (i)received an original executed Warehouse Agreement or Landlord Agreement in formand substance acceptable to Lender, (ii) filed its Uniform Commercial Codefinancing statements in accordance with applicable law with regard to therespective location of each such warehouse, other storage facility or leasedfacility, and (iii) as evidenced by then currently dated Uniform CommercialCode judgment and lien searches satisfactory to Lender, there are no securityinterests or liens in 

 

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and to the Collateral located at such warehouse, other storage facilityor leased facility, other than Lender’s first position priority securityinterest and lien. All costs, fees and expenses incurred by Lender inconnection with this Section 6, or which Lender becomes obligated to pay, shallbe part of the Liabilities, secured by the Collateral and payable by Borrowersto Lender on demand.”

 

E.             **Financial Covenants**.  Section9.4 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 9.4 of the LoanAgreement in its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

 

***“9.4******        ******Financial Covenants***.  Duringthe term of this Loan Agreement, and thereafter for so long as there are anyoutstanding Liabilities owed to Lender, Borrowers covenant that they shall:

 

(A)          Tangible Net Worth.  Maintaina minimum Tangible Net Worth of not less than the Tangible Net Worth Benchmarktested as of the last day of each calendar quarter.

 

(B)           Cash Flow Coverage Ratio.  Notpermit Borrowers’ Cash Flow Coverage Ratio, calculated on a trailing twelve(12) month basis, to be less than: (i) .35 to 1.00 as of March 31, 2006, (ii)..35 to 1.00 as of June 30, 2006, (iii) .80 to 1.00 as of September 30, 2006,and (iv) 1.00 to 1.00 as of December 31, 2006, or as of the last day of anycalendar quarter thereafter. The Cash Flow Coverage Ratio will not be tested asof December 31, 2005. Thereafter, commencing March 31, 2006, the 2005 SeveranceExpense shall be added back to EBITDA for all calculations of the Cash FlowCoverage Ratio through and including December 31, 2006.

 

(C)           MinimumEBITDA.  Borrowers shall maintain EBITDA, calculated on a trailingtwelve (12) month basis, of not less than (i) One Million One Hundred Thousandand no/100 Dollars ($1,100,000.00) as of December 31, 2005, (ii) One MillionThree Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,300,000.00) as of March 31, 2006,(iii) One Million Four Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,400,000.00) asof June 30, 2006, (iv) Two Million Four Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars($2,400,000.00) as of September 30, 2006, and (v) Three Million Six HundredThousand and no/100 Dollars ($3,600,000.00) as of December 31, 2006, and as ofthe last day of each calendar quarter thereafter; provided, however, the 2005Severance Expense shall be added back to EBITDA for all calculations of EBITDAfrom December 31, 2005, through and including December 31, 2006.”

 

F.             **Financial Reporting**.  Section9.5(F) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 9.5(F) ofthe Loan Agreement in its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

 

“(F)         (1)an executed daily loan report and certificate in Lender’s then current form oneach day on which Borrower requests a Revolving Loan, and in any event at leastonce each week, which shall be accompanied by copies of Borrower’s salesjournal, cash receipts journal and credit memo journal for the relevant period,and (2) on the first Business Day of each week, a cash flow forecast for suchweek. The report specified in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (F) shallreflect the activity of Borrowers with respect to Accounts for the immediatelypreceding week, and shall be in a form and with such specificity as is 

 

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satisfactory to Lender and shall contain such additional informationconcerning Accounts and Inventory as may be requested by Lender including,without limitation, but only if specifically requested by Lender, copies of allinvoices prepared in connection with such Accounts.”

 

G.            **Events of Default**.  Section 11.1(A) of the Loan Agreement ishereby amended by deleting Section 11.1(A) of the Loan Agreement in itsentirety and substituting therefor the following:

 

***“(A)******       ******Borrowers fail to fully and timely pay the Liabilities, when due andpayable or declared due and payable;”***

 

H.            **Notice**.  The Lender’s address set forth in Section12.14 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting said address in itsentirety and substituting therefor the following:

 

***“***Ifto Lender, then to:

 

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street

Suite 425

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Mr. Steven Buford

Facsimile No.: (312) 904-6450”

 

I.              **Consignor Letter**.  On or before March 31, 2006, or such laterdate as Lender may determine in its sole discretion, Borrowers shall deliver toLender a consignor letter in the form of Exhibit “A” attached to this EighthAmendment (the “Consignor Letter”) executed by any party that currentlyconsigns Inventory to any Borrower. From time to time hereafter, prior toaccepting any Inventory on consignment, Borrowers shall obtain an executedConsignor Letter from the applicable consignor in the form of Exhibit “A”attached hereto.

 

III.           **Conditions Precedent**.  Lender’s obligation to provide the AdditionalFinancial Accommodations to Borrowers is subject to the full and timelyperformance of the following covenants prior to or contemporaneously with theexecution of this Eighth Amendment:

 

A.            Borrowersexecuting and delivering, or causing to be executed and delivered to Lender,the following documents, each of which shall be in form and substanceacceptable to Lender:

 

(i)            An original RevolvingNote of even date herewith executed by the Borrowers to Lender;

 

(ii)           An original CompanyGeneral Certificate of even date herewith executed by the Secretary of eachBorrower to Lender; and

 

(iii)          such other agreements,documents and instruments as Lender may reasonably request;

 

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B.            NoUnmatured Event of Default or Event of Default exists under the Loan Agreement,as amended by this Eighth Amendment, or the Other Agreements;

 

C.            Noclaims, litigation, arbitration proceedings or governmental proceedings notdisclosed in writing to Lender prior to the date of hereof shall be pending orknown to be threatened against Borrowers and no known material development notso disclosed shall have occurred in any claims, litigation, arbitrationproceedings or governmental proceedings so disclosed which in the opinion ofLender is likely to materially or adversely affect the financial position orbusiness of any Borrower or the capability of any Borrower to pay its obligationsand liabilities to Lender; and

 

D.            Thereshall have been no material or adverse change in the business, financialcondition or results of operations since the date of each Borrower’s mostrecently delivered financial statements to Lender.

 

IV.           **Conflict**. If, and to the extent, theterms and provisions of this Eighth Amendment contradict or conflict with theterms and provisions of the Loan Agreement, the terms and provisions of thisEighth Amendment shall govern and control; provided, however, to the extent theterms and provisions of this Eighth Amendment do not contradict or conflictwith the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement, the Loan Agreement, asamended by this Eighth Amendment, shall remain in and have its intended fullforce and effect, and Lender and Borrowers hereby affirm, confirm and ratifythe same.

 

V.            **Severability.  **Wherever possible, each provision of thisEighth Amendment shall be interpreted in such manner as to be valid andenforceable under applicable law, but if any provision of this Eighth Amendmentis held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction,such provision shall be severed herefrom and such invalidity orunenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Eighth Amendment,the balance of which shall remain in and have its intended full force andeffect. Provided, however, if such provision may be modified so as to be validand enforceable as a matter of law, such provision shall be deemed to bemodified so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted bylaw.

 

VI.           **Reaffirmation**.  Borrowers hereby reaffirm and remake all ofthe representations, warranties, covenants, duties, obligations and liabilitiescontained in the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

VII.          **Fees, Costs and Expenses.**

 

(A)          Contemporaneouslyherewith, Borrowers shall pay to Lender a fully-earned, non-refundableamendment fee in the amount of $10,000.00.

 

(B)           Borrowersagree to pay, upon demand, all fees, costs and expenses of Lender, including,but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, in connection with thepreparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Eighth Amendmentand the other agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered inconnection herewith or pursuant hereto.

 

VIII.        **Choice of Law**.  This Eighth Amendment has been delivered andaccepted in Chicago, Illinois, and shall be governed by and construed inaccordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, 

 

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regardless of the laws thatmight otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law as toall matters, including matters of validity, construction, effect, performanceand remedies.

 

IX.           **Counterpart**.  This Agreement may be executed in two or morecounterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of whichtogether will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

X.            **Waiver of Jury Trial.  **BORROWERS AND LENDER EACH HEREBY WAIVETHEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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**IN WITNESS WHEREOF,**Lender and Borrowers have caused this Eighth Amendment to be executed anddelivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first set forthabove.

 
| **LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION**, | **VITA FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.,** |
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| a national banking association         | a Nevada corporation          |
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| By:                                    | /s/ Sara H. DeKuiper          |   | By: | /s/ Stephen D. Rubin |   |
| Name:                                  | Sara H. DeKuiper              |   | Name: | Stephen D. Rubin |   |
| Title:                                 | Vice President                |   | Title: | President |   |
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| ** **                             |                          | **VIRGINIA HONEY COMPANY, INC.,** |
|                                   |                          | a Virginia corporation |
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|                                   |                          | By: | /s/ Clifford Bolen |   |
|                                   |                          | Name: | Clifford Bolen |   |
|                                   |                          | Title: | Assistant Secretary |   |
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| ** **                             |                          | **THE HALIFAX GROUP, INC.,** |   |
|                                   |                          | a Georgia corporation |   |
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|                                   |                          | By: | /s/ Clifford Bolen |   |
|                                   |                          | Name: | Clifford Bolen |   |
|                                   |                          | Title: | Treasurer & Secretary |   |
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| ** **                             |                          | **VITA SPECIALTY FOODS, INC.,** |   |
|                                   |                          | a Delaware corporation |   |
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|                                   |                          | By: | /s/ Clifford Bolen |   |
|                                   |                          | Name: | Clifford Bolen |   |
|                                   |                          | Title: | Assistant Secretary |   |
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