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[EX Q]: TAT-14 CABLE NETWORK

                     CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT

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    Certified to be a true and complete copy of the original document in the

                           custody of Deutsche Telekom

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       Deutsche Telekom AG, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, 53113 Bonn, Germany

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 DEFINITIONS                                                                  2

2 BASIC PRINCIPLES                                                             6

3 CONFIGURATION                                                                6

4 PROVISION OF SEGMENTS T AND S                                                8

5 OWNERSHIP OF SEGMENTS AND ADDITIONAL PROPERTY                                9

6 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE                                       9

7 ESTABLISHMENT OF MANAGING GROUP                                             11

8 PROCUREMENT GROUP; SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR SEGMENT S                            12

9 ACQUISITION AND USE OF CAPACITY                                             13

10 EQUIPAGE                                                                   15

11 INCREASE OR DECREASE OF DESIGN CAPACITY                                    15

12 OWNERSHIP PRICING                                                          16

13 DEFINITION OF CAPITAL COSTS OF SEGMENT S                                   16

14 ALLOCATION AND BILLING OF SEGMENT S CAPITAL COSTS                          17

15 TRANSIT FACILITIES TO EXTEND TAT-14 CAPACITY                               19    AND CONNECTION WITH INLAND SYSTEMS

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SEGMENTS T AND S                              20

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS OF SEGMENTS     -ALLOCATION AND BILLING                                                   23

18 USE OF SEGMENTS Tl TO T7; COSTS, ALLOCATION AND    BILLING                                                                    23

19 KEEPING AND INSPECTION OF BOOKS                                            25

20 CURRENCY AND PLACE OF PAYMENT                                              26

21 DEFAULT OF PAYMENT                                                         27

22 LIABILITY                                                                  27

23 FORCE MAJEURE                                                              28

24 SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS BY THE PARTIES                                        28

25 DURATION OF AGREEMENT AND REALIZATION OF ASSETS                            29

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26 RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES                                                30





27 OBTAINING OF LICENSES                                                      30

28 PRIVILEGES FOR DOCUMENTS OR COMMUNICATIONS                                 30

29 CONFIDENTIALITY                                                            30

30 ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS                                       31

31 WAIVER                                                                     32

32 COMMUNICATIONS                                                             32

33 PARAGRAPH HEADINGS, REFERENCES                                             32

34 SEVERABILITY                                                               33

35 EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS                                      33

36 INTERPRETATION OF THE AGREEMENT AND    SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES                                                     33

37 SUCCESSORS BOUND                                                           34

38 ENTIRE AGREEMENT                                                           34

39 TESTIMONIUM                                                                35

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                                    SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE A        PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT

SCHEDULE B        VOTING INTERESTS, OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN SEGMENT S                   AND ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL, OPERATING AND                   MAINTENANCE COSTS IN SEGMENTS T AND S

SCHEDULE C        SUMMARY OF ALLOCATED CAPACITY

SCHEDULE C-1      SUMMARY OF ALLOCATED CAPACITY AS ASSIGNED AT                   THE TIME OF C&MA SIGNING

                                 ANNEXES

ANNEX 1        TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR MANAGING GROUP

ANNEX 2        TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE PROCUREMENT GROUP

ANNEX 3        TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE AR&R SUBCOMMITTEE

ANNEX 4        TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE F&A SUBCOMMITTEE

ANNEX 5        TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE CENTRAL BILLING PARTY

ANNEX 6        TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

ANNEX 7        SOURCE OF FINANCIAL CHARGE RATES

ANNEX 8        INITIAL OWNERSHIP PRICING MATRIX

ANNEX 9        CAPACITY STRUCTURE

ANNEX 1O       ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

ANNEX 11       CONFIGURATION DIAGRAM

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                              TAT-14 CABLE NETWORK

                     CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT

This  Agreement,  made  and  entered  into  this  2nd  day  of  September  1998, hereinafter  called the Effective Date,  between and among the Parties signatory hereto  (hereinafter  collectively  called  Parties  and  individually  called Party),  which Parties are identified in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof,

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, telecommunication services are being provided between and among Europe,      and North America,  by means of submarine  cable and satellite  facilities;      and

WHEREAS, the Parties plan to supplement  such  facilities  with an optical fibre      submarine cable system called the TAT-14 Cable Network  (hereinafter called      TAT-14) which will be used to provide telecommunication  services between      points in or reached via the United States of America,  the United Kingdom,      France, The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and points beyond; and

WHEREAS, a Memorandum  of  Understanding  was signed on the 27th of May 1997 and      amended on the 18th of November 1997 (First Supplementary  Agreement) and      amended on the 27th of January,  1998 (First Amendatory  Agreement),  and      amended on the 27th of January,  1998 (Second  Supplementary  Agreement),      and amended on the 28th of January, 1998 (Third Supplementary Agreement),      and amended on the 12th of May,  1998 (Fourth  Supplementary  Agreement),      and amended on the 12th of May, 1998 (Fifth Supplementary Agreement), and      amended  on  18th  of  June,   1998  (Sixth   Supplementary   Agreement),      collectively  hereinafter referred to as the MOU establishing a framework      of  organization  to be effective  prior to the signature of this Agreement      and to be superseded by it; and

WHEREAS, the parties to the MOU invited other  International  Telecommunications      Entities to become Parties to this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the  Parties now desire to define the terms and  conditions  upon which      TAT-14 will be engineered,  provided, constructed,  operated and maintained      in a cost effective manner for the duration of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE,  the Parties,  in  consideration  of the mutual covenants herein      expressed, covenant and agree with each other as follows:

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1        DEFINITIONS

1.1      Definition of Terms

AFFILIATE

        A company in which not less than either ten percent (10%) or the highest         percentage  allowed by the local law,  whichever  is the lowest,  of its         voting  capital is owned  directly or indirectly by a Party or a company         owning  directly  or  indirectly  not less than  either ten (10%) or the         highest percentage allowed by the local law, whichever is the lowest, of         the voting capital of a Party.

AGENT

        An entity  acting on behalf of a Party or a  Purchaser  for  access to a         Terminal  Station which has an appropriate  license to provide  backhaul         and access in the respective Country.

BASIC SYSTEM MODULE (BSM)

        A Basic System Module of TAT-14 shall consist of a 155,520,000  bits per         second  digital line section with  interfaces in  accordance  with ITU-T         Recommendations  G.707  Network  Node  Interface  for  the  Synchronous         Digital  Hierarchy  Issue 1996  (STM-1).  A Basic  System  Module shall         contain 63 MIUs (Minimum Investment Units).





CABLE LANDING POINT

        Cable  Landing  Point shall be the beach joint at the  respective  cable         landing locations or mean low watermark of ordinary spring tides line if         there is no beach joint.

CABLE STATIONS

        The Cable  Stations are the  locations  where TAT-14 is  terminated  and         where access to other cable systems may be provided.

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CAPACITY

       Capacity shall be categorized as follows:

       (i)   Design Capacity

             The design  ring  capacity  of  Segment S of  TAT-14,  which is 640              Gbit/s.

       (ii)  Allocated Capacity

             Number  of  Ring-MlUs  distributed  to  Parties,   based  on  their              financial commitments at the time of signing of this Agreement,  as              shown in Schedule C.

       (iii) Purchased Capacity

             Capacity  purchased  after signing of this  Agreement by a Purchase              Contract.

       (iv)  Sold Capacity

             The sum of the Allocated Capacity and the Purchased Capacity.

       (v) Common Reserve Capacity (CRC)

             The difference between the Design Capacity and the Sold Capacity.

COUNTRY

      Country as used in this Agreement shall mean country,  territory or place,       as  appropriate.  For the purposes of Paragraph 15 of this  Agreement  the       Country associated with Telia shall mean Denmark.

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTITY (ITE)

      Any  entity  authorized  or  permitted  under  the laws of its  respective       Country,  or another  Country  in which it  operates,  to acquire  and use       international  transmission  facilities for the provision of international       telecommunications  services and which is in  possession  of any necessary       operating license to enable it to do so.

MAINTENANCE AUTHORITIES

      The Maintenance Authorities in TAT-14 shall be the Terminal Parties.

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MINIMUM INVESTMENT UNIT (MIU)

      One Ring-MIU

MOU PARTIES

      The MOU Parties are AT&T,  BT, C&W, DTAG,  FT, KPN,  MCII,  PGE,  Sprint,       Swisscom, Telia.

PRIVATE AGREEMENT

      An agreement to make  capacity  available on  conditions  other than on an       ownership  basis from a Party to another  Party or to another  assignee of       capacity in possession of any and all requisite licenses for the provision       of international telecommunications.

PURCHASER

      An assignee of capacity,  including a Party,  obtaining TAT-14 capacity by       means of a Purchase  Contract and in  possession  of any and all requisite       licenses for the provision of international telecommunications.

PURCHASE CONTRACT

      A contract to make capacity  available  from the CRC on  conditions  other       than on an ownership basis.

READY FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE (RFCS) DATE

      The Ready for Customer Service Date (hereinafter called RFCS Date) shall       be  considered as the date at which the Parties agree to place TAT-14 into       operation  for  customer  service.  The RFCS Date is  planned  to be by 15       December 2000.

READY FOR PROVISIONAL ACCEPTANCE (RFPA) DATE

      The date on which Segment S of TAT-14 is accepted by the Procurement Group       on  behalf of the  Parties.  The Ready  for  Provisional  Acceptance  Date       (hereinafter called RFPA Date) is planned to be by 31 October 2000.

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RING

      An  electrical   and/or   optical  loop  that  provides  two   independent       bi-directional paths between two points for the same traffic.

RING-MIU

      A nominal 2 Mbps bearer,  and all the additional  overhead bits per second       recommended by ITU-T standards for multiplexing,  in a Ring  configuration       with the capability of bi-directional operation.

SUBSIDIARY

      A company  having at least the  majority  of its shares  owned  legally or       beneficially, directly or indirectly by its parent company.

SUPPLY CONTRACT

      The contract to be placed with the Supplier for the provision of Segment S       of TAT-14.





SYSTEM INTERFACE

      The  System  Interface  shall be the  nominal  155,520,000  bit/s  (STM-1)       digital  optical/electrical  input/output ports,  including STM-4, STM-16,       and/or  any  other  higher  level,  on  the  digital   distribution  frame       (including  the digital  distribution  frame  itself,  and any  additional       access  equipment  as shall be deemed  necessary  by the  Managing  Group,       including  any  crossconnect  equipment,  and  shall  be  regarded  as the       interface   location  where  TAT-14   connects  with  other   transmission       facilities or equipment.

TERMINAL PARTIES

      The Terminal Parties are AT&T, BT, Deutsche Telekom,  France Telecom, KPN,       Sprint, and Telia.

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1.2      Schedules and Annexes

         The Schedules and Annexes to this Agreement,  and any  supplementary or          amendatory  agreement thereto or any Schedules and Annexes  substituted          therefore,  shall form part of this Agreement,  and any Paragraph which          contains a  reference  to a Schedule  or Annex  shall be read as if the          Schedule  or Annex was set out at  length in the body of the  Paragraph          itself.  In the event that there is any conflict  between the terms and          conditions  of this  Agreement  and the  Schedules  and Annexes to this          Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall prevail.

2        BASIC PRINCIPLES

2.1      Parties to this Agreement are ITEs and shall be entitled to participate          in the General Committee in accordance with Paragraph 6.

2.2      A Managing  Group shall be  established  for the purpose of supervising          TAT-14. The Managing Group will consist of one representative from each          of the MOU  Parties  and one  representative  from any  other  Party or          Parties who, individually or collectively, represent 10% or more of the          total voting interests specified in Schedule B. The Managing Group will          take all  decisions not reserved for the General  Committee,  which are          necessary to engineer,  provide,  install, bring into service,  operate          and maintain, administer, bill and market TAT-14.

2.3      The  acquisition  of capacity on an  ownership  basis is not  permitted          after the Effective  Date of this  Agreement,  at which time Schedule B          will be fixed.

3        CONFIGURATION

3.1      TAT-14  is  a  ring  system  comprising  two  transatlantic  links  and          terminals in the USA (two), the UK, France,  the  Netherlands,  Germany          and Denmark (as  referenced in Annex 11). The cable contains four fibre          pairs, each initially operating at 160 Gbit/s.

3.2      In  accordance  with  this  Agreement,  TAT-14  shall  be  regarded  as          consisting of the following Segments:

         Segment S: The submarine  portion of TAT-14 as defined in Subparagraphs          3.3 and 3.4 of this Agreement;

         Segment T1: The Sprint Cable Station at Manasquan in the United  States                      of America;

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         Segment T2: The AT&T Cable Station at Tuckerton in the United States of                      America,

         Segment T3: The BT Cable Station at Widemouth, the intermediate station                      at Pentewan  and the duct  between these  stations,  in the                      United Kingdom;

         Segment T4: The FT Cable Station at St. Valery-en-Caux in France;

         Segment T5: The KPN Cable Station at Katwijk in the Netherlands;

         Segment T6: The DTAG Cable Station at Norden in Germany;

         Segment T7: The Telia Cable Station at Blaabjerg in Denmark.

3.3      Segments T1 to T7 shall each consist of:

         (i)   an  appropriate  share of the land and buildings at the specified                locations for the cable landing,  the Cable Station and the cable                rights-of-way   and  ducts   between  a  Cable  Station  and  its                respective  Cable  Landing  Point,  and an  appropriate  share of                common  services and equipment  associated with and necessary for                Segment S;          (ii)  interface  equipment  in each of the  cable  stations  associated                solely and directly  with TAT-14 to operate and  interface at the                System Interface  operating point associated  solely with TAT-14;                and          (iii) an appropriate share of the test equipment (not solely associated                with TAT- 14).

3.4      Segment S shall consist of the following Subsegments:

         Subsegment S:  The submarine  cable  consisting  of  four  fibre  pairs                         between Manasquan and Tuckerton;

         Subsegment S2: The submarine  cable  consisting  of  four  fibre  pairs                         between Tuckerton and Widemouth;

         Subsegment S3: The submarine  cable  consisting  of  four  fibre  pairs                         between Widemouth and St Valery-en-Caux;

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         Subsegment S4: The submarine  cable  consisting  of  four  fibre  pairs                         between St Valery-en-Caux and Katwijk;

         Subsegment S5: The submarine  cable  consisting  of  four  fibre  pairs                         between Katwijk and Norden;

         Subsegment S6: The submarine  cable  consisting  of  four  fibre  pairs                         between Norden and Blaabjerg;

         Subsegment S7: The  submarine  cable  consisting  of  four  fibre pairs                         between Blaabjerg and Manasquan.

3.5      Segment S shall consist of the whole of the submarine cable between the          Cable Stations and shall include but shall not be limited to:

         (i)    all transmission  equipment,  System Interface equipment,  power                 feeding equipment and special test equipment directly associated                 with the  submersible  plant,  located in the  respective  Cable                 Station;,          (ii)   the power  equipment  provided wholly for use with the equipment                 listed in (i) above;          (iii)  the transmission cable equipped with appropriate amplifiers, and                 joint housings between the Cable Stations  including spare cable                 and spare amplifiers;          (iv)   the sea earth  cable  and  electrode  system  or the land  earth                 system,  or an appropriate  share thereof,  associated  with the                 terminal  power  feeding   equipment  in  the  respective  Cable





                Stations;          (v)    all  special  test  equipment,  system  supervisory  and control                 equipment solely associated with TAT-14;          (vi)   the  interconnection  equipment which shall be used to groom all                 payload  virtual  containers  transported by TAT-14 as required,                 however configured,  in order to meet the internal  connectivity                 requirements of TAT-14;

3.6      TAT-14 will operate as a SDH submarine  cable system in accordance with          ITU-T  Recommendations  G.707 Issue 1996  supporting  VC12, VC3 and VC4          paths and higher order paths as defined in the System Interface.

4        PROVISION OF SEGMENTS T AND S

4.1      Each of the Segments T1 to T7 shall be provided by the  Terminal  Party          owning that segment,  as shown in Subparagraph  5.1, in accordance with          the terms of Paragraph 18 of this Agreement. Segments T1 to T7 shall be          provided  in  sufficient  time  to  permit  TAT-14  to be  placed  into          operation by the RFPA Date.

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4.2      Segment S shall be provided  through a Supply  Contract to be placed by          the  Procurement  Group on behalf of the  Parties  in  accordance  with          Paragraph 8 of this Agreement.

5        OWNERSHIP OF SEGMENTS AND ADDITIONAL PROPERTY

5.1      Segments T1 to T7 of TAT-14 shall be owned as follows;

         (i)    Segment  T1 shall be owned by Sprint;  (ii)  Segment T2 shall be                 owned by AT&T;          (iii)  Segment T3 shall be owned by BT; (iv)  Segment T4 shall be owned                 by FT;  (v)  Segment T5 shall be owned by KPN;  (vi)  Segment T6                 shall be owned by DTAG;          (vii)  Segment T7 shall be owned by Telia.

5.2      Segment S shall be owned by the Parties in common and undivided  shares          in the  proportions set forth in Schedule B. Ownership of Segment S and          voting  interests,  as shown in Schedule B to this Agreement,  shall be          based upon the financial investment of each Party.

5.3      References to any Segment in this Agreement shall be deemed to include,          unless the context otherwise requires, additional property incorporated          therein by agreement of the Parties.  Each Segment shall be regarded as          including  its  related  spares  and  standby  units  and   components,          including,  but not limited to, submersible  amplifiers,  cable lengths          and terminal  equipment as necessary for the operational  capability of          TAT-14.

6        ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE

6.1      For the purpose of monitoring the provision and continued  operation of          TAT-14,  of making key  decisions as specified in this  Agreement,  the          Parties  shall,  upon  the  signing  of this  Agreement,  form a TAT-14          General  Committee   (hereinafter   called  the  General   Committee)          consisting of one representative of each of the Parties.

 6.2      At each General Committee meeting a hosting Party for the next meeting           will be decided.  The hosting Party for each General Committee meeting           will provide the chairperson who will retain the coordination function           until the next meeting.

6.3      To aid the General  Committee in the performance of the duties assigned          to it,  pursuant  to this  Agreement,  and to  ensure  flexibility  and          efficiency  in  constructing,   operating,  maintaining  and  marketing          TAT-14, the General Committee immediately after signing this Agreement,          shall establish the Managing  Group,  as set forth in Subparagraph  2.2          and Paragraph 7. The General Committee shall also

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         be responsible for:

         (i)    the overall supervision of the project;          (ii)   approval of the initial budget for TAT-14;          (iii)  approval of the TAT-14 annual  report  submitted by the Managing                 Group;          (iv)   approval of the administrative budget of the Managing Group;          (iv)   reviewing  and  acting on any  other  reports  submitted  by the                 Managing Group; and          (v)    providing a forum for approval and  execution of any  amendments                 to the C&MA in accordance with Subparagraph 35.1.

6.4      During the project implementation,  the General Committee shall meet at          least once a year on the call of the chairperson.  After the RFCS Date,          the General Committee shall meet whenever requested by the chairperson.          Furthermore,  the General Committee shall meet whenever it is requested          by two or more Parties  collectively  representing  at least 5 % of the          total voting interests as specified in Schedule B.

6.5      In calling the General Committee  meetings,  the chairperson shall give          at least  forty-five (45) days' advance notice of each meeting together          with a copy of the draft  agenda.  In cases of  emergency,  such notice          period may be reduced if Parties  representing at least one-third (1/3)          of the total  voting  interests  as  specified  in  Schedule  B, are in          agreement.

6.6      All decisions made by the General  Committee  shall be subject,  in the          first place,  to  consultation  among the  Parties,  who shall make all          reasonable  efforts to reach  agreement  with  respect to matters to be          decided.  However,  in the  event  agreement  cannot  be  reached,  the          decision  shall be  carried  on the basis of a vote.  The vote shall be          carried by a majority (more than 50 %) of the total voting  interest as          specified in Schedule B, unless otherwise  stated in this Agreement.  A          member of the General Committee  representing more than one Party shall          separately cast the vote to which each Party he represents is entitled.

6.7      Decisions  required between scheduled  General  Committee  meetings may          also be reached by correspondence, provided :

         (i)    all Parties are  provided  with all the  necessary  and relevant                 information regarding the decision to be taken; and          (ii)   the  decision  taken is reduced to writing  and  approved by the                 required  majority of the total voting  interest as specified in                 Schedule B.

6.8      All decisions made by the General Committee shall be binding on all the          Parties.  No  decisions  of the General  Committee  shall  override any          provision of this Agreement.

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7        ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MANAGING GROUP

7.1      The  Managing  Group will consist of one  representative  from each MOU          Party  and one  representative  from any  other  Party or  Parties  who          individually or collectively represent 10 % or more of the total voting          interest as specified in Schedule B.

7.2      To aid the Managing Group in the  performance of the duties assigned to          it pursuant to this  Agreement,  the  following  bodies shall be formed          under the direction of the Managing Group:

         (i)    a Procurement Group;          (ii)   a Capacity  Assignment,  Routing  and  Restoration  Subcommittee                 (hereinafter called AR&R Subcommittee);          (iii)  a Financial and Administrative  Subcommittee (hereinafter called                 F&A Subcommittee);          (iv)   a Central Billing Party (hereinafter called CBP), and          (v)    a Network Administrator (hereinafter called NA).

         These  bodies  shall  be  responsible  for  their  respective  areas of          interest as listed in the  respective  Annexes 2 to 6 of this Agreement          and any other tasks  designated  by the  Managing  Group,  The Managing          Group  may also  appoint  other  groups  or  Subcommittees  to  address          specific  questions which may arise during the period this Agreement is          in force.

7.3      The  Managing  Group  shall act in the  interest  of the  TAT-14  Cable





         Network.  All decisions made by the Managing  Group, in accordance with          its Terms of  Reference  contained  in Annex 1, shall be binding on all          the Parties. No decisions of the Managing Group or its Subcommittees or          any other group  established  by the Managing  Group shall override any          provision of this Agreement.

7.4      The Subcommittees shall meet at least once annually after the Effective          Date of this Agreement and more frequently if necessary, until the RFCS          Date of TAT-14 and thereafter as may be  appropriate.  The  Chairperson          shall give reasonable  advance notice of each meeting,  together with a          copy of the draft agenda,  insofar as possible at least forty-five (45)          days prior to the date of the proposed meeting. The Chairperson of each          Subcommittee,  or a designated  representative,  may attend meetings of          the other Subcommittees in an advisory capacity as necessary.

7.5      After the RFCS Date of  TAT-14,  the  Managing  Group  shall  determine          whether any of its  Subcommittees  or any other group should  remain in          existence.  In the event that the Managing Group determines that any of          its  Subcommittees,  or any other group should not remain in existence,          the Managing Group has the right to determine,  in accordance  with its          Terms of Reference contained in Annex 1 of

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         this Agreement,  the manner in which the  Subcommittee's,  or any other          group's responsibilities shall be reassigned.

8        PROCUREMENT GROUP; SUPPLY FOR SEGMENT S

8.1      The  Procurement  Group shall consist of AT&T,  BT, C&W, DTAG, FT, KPN,          MCII,  PGE,  Sprint and Telia.  This group shall act on a joint but not          several  basis on behalf  of the  Parties  to this  Agreement  and,  in          accordance  with its Terms of  Reference  contained  in Annex 2,  shall          negotiate the Supply Contract with the selected  supplier  (hereinafter          called the Supplier) to engineer,  provide and install or to cause to          be  engineered,  provided  and  installed  all of  Segment S of TAT-14,          except  for such  Segment S work as may be  performed  by the  Terminal          Parties or their subcontractors.

8.2      The Procurement  Group shall recommend a Supplier to the Managing Group          after  submission  and  evaluation  of  proposals   following  an  open          international  tender.  After Managing Group approval,  the Procurement          Group shall execute the Supply Contract.

8.3      The  Procurement  Group  shall  ensure  that the Supply  Contract  will          require the  Supplier  to  engineer,  provide and install  Segment S in          sufficient  time to permit  TAT-14 to be placed into  operation  by the          RFCS  Date.  Notwithstanding  that  certain  work of  Segment S will be          performed by the Terminal Parties or their  subcontractors,  the Supply          Contract  shall  require the Supplier to guarantee  that Segment S will          conform  to  the  technical  performance  requirements  for  TAT-14  as          specified in the Supply Contract.

8.4      The  Procurement  Group  shall  ensure that the Supply  Contract  shall          afford its designated  representatives  reasonable  rights of access to          examine,  test and inspect the submarine cable,  land cable,  submarine          cable and land cable  equipment,  material,  supplies and  installation          activities.  Such  representatives  shall  provide  reasonable  advance          notice  to  the  relevant  Terminal  Party  when  access  to any of the          Segments T1 to T7 is required.  The relevant  Terminal Party shall have          the  right  to  have  its  own  representatives   present  during  such          activities.

8.5      In the event that any portion of Segment S of TAT-14  fails to meet the          specifications  referenced  in the Supply  Contract for its  provision,          fails  to  provide  the  specified  capacity,  or  is  not  engineered,          provided, installed and ready in sufficient time to permit Segment S to          be  provisionally  accepted on or before the RFPA Date, the Procurement          Group shall take such action as may be necessary to exercise the rights          and remedies under the terms and conditions of the Supply Contract. The          Procurement  Group shall also take any other actions  directly  against          the  Supplier as may be  necessary  to  exercise  any or all rights and          remedies  available  under the  Supply  Contract.  Such  actions by the





         Procurement Group shall be subject to any direction deemed necessary by          the Managing Group.

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8.6      Neither  the  individual  members  of the  Procurement  Group,  nor the          Parties they represent, shall be liable to any other Party for any loss          or damage  sustained  by reason of a  Supplier's  failure to perform in          accordance with the terms and conditions of its Supply Contract,  or as          a result of Segment S of TAT-14 not meeting the RFPA Date as  specified          in the Supply  Contract,  or if TAT-14 does not  perform in  accordance          with the technical  specifications and other requirements of the Supply          Contract,  or TAT-14 is not  integrated or placed into  operation.  The          Parties  recognize  that the  Procurement  Group does not  guarantee or          warrant:

         (i)    the performance of the Supply Contract by the Supplier;          (ii)   the performance or reliability of Segment S; or          (iii)  that TAT-14 shall be integrated or placed into operation.

8.7      The Managing Group shall authorize the  Procurement  Group to implement          contract  variations  provided  that the  cumulative  total of all such          changes  to the  Supply  Contract  does not  increase  the value of the          Supply  Contract by more than $ 50M.  Any further  contract  variations          which  increase  the revised  budget  shall be submitted to the General          Committee for approval.

9        ACQUISITION AND USE OF CAPACITY

9.1      The Parties hereby acquire Allocated  Capacity in the form of Ring-MlUs          on an ownership basis as shown in Schedule C. After the signing of this          Agreement, capacity may only be acquired through a Purchase Contract or          through a Private Agreement, in accordance with this Paragraph 9.

9.2      An assignee of capacity under a Purchase  Contract or Private Agreement          must be  either  a Party  or an  entity  in  possession  of any and all          requisite licenses authorizing it to own, operate, acquire, sell and/or          use,  as  appropriate,  the  capacity  in TAT-14 for the  provision  of          international telecommunications.

9.3      The Parties and Purchasers  shall  designate the Cable Stations and the          amount of capacity to the NA that is planned to be  activated,  at some          period in advance of the date of the  activation,  Such period would be          determined by the Managing Group.

9.4      The assignment of each Party's Allocated Capacity to each Cable Station          at the time of the signing of this  Agreement is shown in Schedule C-1.          A Party or  Purchaser  may move any portion of its  capacity,  from one          Cable  Station,  to any other Cable  Station  without  any  increase in          investment.  A request for such a reassignment shall be notified to the          NA at some period in advance of the date of  reassignment,  such period          and  reassignment  shall be in accordance with procedures  developed by          the NA and approved by the Managing Group.

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9.5      The CRC of TAT-14 shall be owned by the Parties in common and undivided          shares.

9.6      The Managing Group shall  establish the terms and conditions  including          pricing  criteria  for  sales of  capacity  from the CRC.  The NA shall          develop  procedures  for sale of  capacity  from the CRC and a Purchase          Contract for approval by the Managing  Group.  Following such approval,          the NA shall be  authorized  to execute any such  Purchase  Contract on          behalf of all the Parties. No provisions of any Purchase Contract shall          override the provisions of this Agreement.  The Purchase Contract price          structure  may be reviewed  and amended if  necessary,  by the Managing          Group

9.7      Each Party shall be compensated  from the sale of capacity from the CRC





         under  conditions  set forth by the Managing  Group in accordance  with          Schedule C.

9.8      Any Party  shall be  entitled  to  transfer  any part of its  Allocated          Capacity  through  a  Private  Agreement.  No  provisions  of a Private          Agreement shall override the provisions of this Agreement.

9.9      Each Purchase Contract or Private Agreement shall

         (i)    contain at least the same  conditions on utilization of capacity                 as specified in Subparagraphs 9.16 and 9.17; and          (ii)   require that the entity  acquiring the capacity may only further                 transfer its capacity under the same conditions.

9.10     Notwithstanding  Subparagraph  2.3, at the  discretion  of the Managing          Group,  the  distribution of capacity from the CRC may be made on a pro          rata basis, in whole  Ring-MlUs,  in accordance with the percentages in          Schedule C.

9.11     No later than three years after the TAT-14 RFCS the remaining CRC shall          be  distributed  to the Parties on a pro rata basis in accordance  with          Schedule C. The Managing  Group will determine the process for the sale          of  capacity  of  those  Parties  that  do  not  need  their  pro  rata          distribution.

9.12     The  Managing  Group  may  authorize  the  utilization  of the  CRC for          restoration of other communications  systems based on appropriate terms          and conditions. Parties will be refunded in accordance with Schedule B.

9.13     The Managing  Group may study and  negotiate  the exchange or sale of a          portion of the CRC with other cable  systems on such basis as is deemed          mutually  beneficial to the Parties.  The terms and  conditions of such          exchange  or  sale  of  capacity  shall  be  approved  by  the  General          Committee.

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9.14     The  Managing  Group  may  authorize  occasional  use  of the  CRC,  if          available,    for   the    provision   of   temporary   or   occasional          telecommunications services, including but not limited to leases to any          Party or Purchaser and paid restoration of other systems,  on terms and          conditions  to be determined  by the Managing  Group.  The revenue from          such  occasional use shall be shared by the Parties in accordance  with          Schedule B

9.15     TAT-14 shall be capable of at least  supporting  payload paths of VC12,          VC3 and VC4.  The Parties  shall have the right to access such  payload          paths which shall  require 1, 21 and 63 contiguous  MIUs  respectively.          Each Party will also be permitted  to access its capacity  ownership on          defined SDH levels of its choice at a higher order in  accordance  with          the System Interface.

9.16     The  communications  capability of any capacity may be optimized by the          Parties or  Purchasers  to whom such capacity is assigned by the use of          equipment which will more efficiently use such capacity,  provided that          the use of such  equipment  does  not  cause  an  interruption  of,  or          interference  to the use of any other capacity in TAT-14 or prevent the          use  of  similar  equipment  by  other  Parties  or  Purchasers.   Such          equipment, if used, shall not constitute a part of TAT-14.

9.17     Data  streams  entering  into and being  transported  by TAT-14 must be          compliant with the ITU  Recommendation  G.707,  issue 1996, in order to          avoid any interruption,  degradation or any other adverse effect on the          performance  of TAT-14 or other  data  streams  in  TAT-14.  Each Party          agrees that all of its  capacity  will comply with this  obligation  in          respect of all  capacity  which is  assigned  to that  Party.  If after          notification by the Maintenance Authorities,  the Party responsible for          such  capacity  does not take  immediate  action to prevent any further          interruption,  degradation or other negative influence, the Maintenance          Authorities  may  take any  reasonable  action  to  protect  the  other          capacity  in  TAT-14  including  the   disconnection  of  the  capacity          responsible for such interruption, degradation or adverse effect.

10.      EQUIPAGE

         Unless otherwise  decided by the Managing Group,  TAT-14 shall be fully





         equipped for 640 Gb/s to the System Interface level at the RFPA Date.

11       INCREASE OR DECREASE OF DESIGN CAPACITY

11.1     The  Managing  Group  may  decide  to  increase  the  Design  Capacity.          Following  such  a  decision,  the  Managing  Group  shall  develop  an          implementation  plan  for  and  the  terms  and  conditions  of such an          increase.  The proposed  implementation  plan and terms and  conditions          shall be submitted to the General Committee for approval.

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11.2     If  subsequent  to the RFCS Date,  the  Design  Capacity  is  decreased          pursuant to the  agreement of the Managing  Group and such  decrease of          the Design Capacity affects neither the routing of circuits assigned in          TAT-14  nor the Sold  Capacity  of  TAT-14,  the  reduction  in  Design          Capacity will be subtracted  from the CRC as determined by the Managing          Group.

11.3     In the event that the capacity which TAT-14, or any Segment thereof, is          capable of providing is reduced below the capacity  required to support          the Sold  Capacity on its  existing or planned  routings as a result of          physical deterioration,  or for other reasons beyond the control of the          Parties,  the  Managing  Group shall  initiate a review of the capacity          routings in order to support the  rerouting of such Sold  Capacity.  If          necessary,  the Managing Group may further consider changes to capacity          assignments.

11.4     Financial  adjustments  shall be made among the Parties,  as necessary,          under  terms  and  conditions  recommended  by the  Managing  Group and          approved by the General Committee.

12       OWNERSHIP PRICING

12.1     The TAT-14 Initial Ownership Pricing Matrix is shown in Annex 8.

12.2     In the event that the final  cost of TAT-14 is lower  than the  initial          budget, each Party's investment shall be reduced on a pro-rata basis in          accordance  with Schedule B, with no change to its Allocated  Capacity.          If the final  cost of TAT-14 is higher  than the  initial  budget  each          Party's investment shall be increased on a pro-rata basis in accordance          with Schedule B. Schedule C shall not be affected.

13       DEFINITION OF CAPITAL COSTS OF SEGMENT S

13.1     Capital costs of Segment S, as used in this Agreement,  refers to costs          incurred in  engineering,  providing,  and  constructing  Segment S, or          causing it to be engineered, provided, and constructed, or in laying or          causing  to be  laid  cables,  amplifiers  and  joint  housings,  or in          installing or causing to be installed cable system equipment, and shall          include:

         (i)    the  costs  incurred  under  the  terms  of  the  TAT-14  MOU as                 identified in the TAT-14 budget;          (ii)   those costs payable to the Supplier  under the Supply  Contract,                 and

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         (iii)  other costs incurred under the direction of the Managing  Group,                 or the  Procurement  Group,  and those  capital  costs  directly                 incurred by the Terminal  Parties,  the CBP, the NA or any Party                 authorized  by the  Managing  Group,  which  shall  be fair  and                 reasonable in amount and not included in the Supply Contract and                 which have been directly and reasonably incurred for the purpose                 of,  or  to  be   properly   chargeable,   in  respect  of  such                 engineering, provision, construction, installation and laying of                 Segment S of  TAT-14.  Such  costs  shall  include,  but are not                 limited  to,  the  costs  of  engineering,   design,  materials,





                manufacturing, procurement and inspection, installation, removal                 (with appropriate  reduction for salvage),  cable ship and other                 ship costs,  route surveys,  burying,  testing  associated  with                 laying or installation, customs duties, taxes (except income tax                 imposed upon the net income of a Party),  appropriate  financial                 charges  attributable to other Parties' shares of costs incurred                 by the  Terminal  Parties or any other Party  authorized  by the                 Managing  Group,  at the  rate at  which  such  Party  generally                 incurred   such   financial   charges,   supervision,    billing                 activities, overheads and insurance or a reasonable allowance in                 lieu of insurance,  if such Party elects to carry a risk itself,                 being a risk against  which  insurance is usual or recognized or                 would have been  reasonable.  Such  costs  shall  include  costs                 incurred by the Parties in the holding of the Data Gathering and                 the General Committee  meetings but excluding  attendance by the                 Parties' representatives at such meetings. Such costs shall also                 include costs incurred by the Parties in holding the meetings of                 the Managing Group, the Procurement Group and its Working Groups                 and   the   preparation   and   attendance   by   the   Parties'                 representatives at such meetings.

13.2     Capital  costs shall  exclude  costs  incurred  by the Parties  holding          meetings  of the AR&R  Subcommittee  and F&A  Subcommittee  established          pursuant to Subparagraph 7.2 of this Agreement or the attendance by the          Parties' representatives at such meetings.

13.3     Any  amounts  received  by,  or  credited  to,  a Party or the CBP as a          consequence  of  letters of  guarantee,  liquidated  damages,  or other          similar  amounts  resulting  from the failure of the  Supplier to fully          perform  any  provision  of the Supply  Contract,  shall  accrue to the          benefit of all the Parties in accordance with Schedule B.

13.4     The cost of repair or replacement of any part of TAT-14 in the event of          damage or loss arising during construction, laying, burying, installing          and the bringing into operation of TAT-14,  which is attributable under          the Supply  Contract to the  Parties,  shall be regarded as part of the          capital costs for the purpose of Subparagraph  13.1. Any of the Parties          may at its own  expense  insure  against  such  risks so far as its own          share of costs is concerned. Should the Managing Group agree to jointly          insure against such risks, the cost of such insurance will form part of          the capital costs referred to in Subparagraph 13.1.

14       ALLOCATION AND BILLING OF SEGMENTS CAPITAL COSTS

14.1     The capital  costs of Segment S of TAT-14,  as defined in Paragraph 13,          including any additional  work or property  incorporated  subsequent to          the RFPA Date

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         by  agreement  of the  Parties,  shall be borne by the  Parties  in the          proportions set forth in Schedule B.

14.2     The CBP will receive  invoices  from the Supplier for the costs due and          included in the Supply  Contract.  The Parties  shall  promptly  render          invoices to the CBP for the cost of items directly  incurred by them in          accordance with Subparagraph  13.1. The CBP shall promptly render bills          to each of the Parties for such Party's pro rata share of costs due and          included in the invoices it has received in accordance with Schedule B.          Such bills shall contain a reasonable  amount of detail to substantiate          them.  On the basis of such bills,  each Party shall pay to the CBP the          amount  owed  within  forty-five  (45)  days from the date the bill was          rendered by the CBP in the currency shown on the respective bill.

14.3     For the purpose of this Agreement, financial charges shall be computed,          as appropriate,  at a rate equal to the lowest publicly announced prime          rate  or  minimum  commercial  lending  rate,  however  described,  for          ninety-day  loans on the 1st working day of each month of the period to          be  considered  in the Country and in the currency in which the bill is          rendered.  With respect to the Parties  rendering  invoices  under this          Agreement,  Annex 7 specifies those rates. If the Managing Group should          authorize a Party in a Country other than those Parties listed in Annex          7 to render  invoices,  the Managing Group shall specify the applicable          rates.

14.4     For the  purposes of this  Agreement,  paid shall mean that the funds          are available for immediate use by the recipient.

14.5     Bills not paid when due shall accrue extended  payment charges from the





         day  following  the date on which  payment was due in  accordance  with          Subparagraph  14.2 until the day on which it is paid.  For the purposes          of this Agreement, extended payment charges shall be computed at a rate          equal to 150 % of the  appropriate  financial  charges as  indicated in          Subparagraph 14.3 on the day following the date payment of the bill was          due. In the event that applicable law allows the imposition of extended          payment  interest  charges only at a rate less than that established in          accordance with this Subparagraph, extended payment charges shall be at          the  highest  rate  permitted  by such  applicable  law.  In this case,          appropriate  documents to  demonstrate  the  applicability  of such law          shall be provided by the concerned Party.

14.6     Extended payment charges recovered by the CBP, in excess of the amounts          paid or due, excluding interest paid by whichever Party or Parties have          covered  the deficit in the  intervening  period,  shall  accrue to the          benefit of all the Parties in accordance with Schedule B.

14.7     Procedures for rendering  credits for refunds of appropriate  financial          charges and bills for extended payment charges will be developed by the          CBP in conjunction with the F&A Subcommittee.

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14.8     As soon as practicable  after the RFPA Date, the amount of each Party's          share of the costs of Segment S shall be computed by the CBP which will          make appropriate  adjustments and render any necessary bills or arrange          for any necessary refunds by way of final settlement in order that each          Party  may  bear its  appropriate  share of the  costs as  provided  in          Subparagraph 14.1.

14.9     A bill shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Party to whom it is          rendered if that Party does not present a written  objection to the CBP          on or before  fifteen  (15) days prior to the date when payment is due.          If such  objection  is made,  the  Parties  concerned  shall make every          reasonable effort to settle promptly the dispute concerning the bill in          question.  If the  objection is sustained and the billed Party has paid          the  disputed  bill,  the agreed  upon  overpayment  shall be  refunded          promptly to the objecting  Party by the billing Party together with any          financial charges calculated thereon at a rate determined in accordance          with  Subparagraph  14.3 of this  Agreement from the date of payment of          the  bill  to the  date on  which  the  refund  is  transmitted  to the          objecting Party. If the objection is not sustained and the billed Party          has not paid the disputed bill,  said Party will pay such bill promptly          together with any extended payment charges calculated thereon at a rate          determined in accordance with  Subparagraph 14.5 of this Agreement from          the day  following  the date on which payment of the bill was due until          paid.  Nothing in this  Subparagraph  shall relieve a Party from paying          those parts of a bill that are not in dispute.  The  provisions of this          Subparagraph  shall be  without  prejudice  to the  rights of any Party          pursuant to Paragraph 21 of this Agreement.

15       TRANSIT FACILITIES TO EXTEND TAT-14 CAPACITY AND CONNECTION WITH INLAND          SYSTEMS

15.1     The Terminal  Parties shall use all  reasonable  efforts to furnish and          maintain, or cause to be furnished and maintained, in working order for          the other Parties and for the Purchasers in TAT-14, for the duration of          this Agreement,  the necessary facilities in their respective Countries          as may be reasonably required for extending capacity in TAT-14 assigned          to  such   Parties  or   Purchasers   for  the   purpose  of   handling          communications  transiting  the  Country  involved.  No Party  shall be          required under this Agreement to furnish such transit facilities in its          Country to other Parties or Purchasers of its own Country.

15.2     Such facilities  referred to in Subparagraph 15.1 shall be suitable for          extending  capacity in TAT-14 and shall be furnished and  maintained on          terms  and  conditions  which  shall be no less  favorable  than  those          granted to other ITEs for  transmission  facilities of similar type and          quantity  transiting the Country.  Such terms and conditions  shall not          override  any  applicable  governmental  laws  and  regulations  in the          Country in which the facilities are located.

15.3     Each  Terminal  Party  shall  provide,  within the Country of its Cable          Station,  connection to TAT-14 at the SDH Interface  Equipment  levels,          VC12,  VC3 or VC4  levels,  to  Parties  and  Purchasers  on terms  and          conditions  to be agreed by the  Terminal  Party and the other Party or          Purchaser under a separate agreement.

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15.4     The Terminal  Parties shall, at its own expense,  on or before the RFPA          Date do or cause  to be  done,  all  such  acts  and  things  as may be          necessary  within  its  operating  territory  to provide  and  maintain          throughout the period of this Agreement suitable connection of capacity          in, or  connected  with  capacity  in TAT-14  with  appropriate  inland          communications facilities in its operating Country.

15.5     Upon  request,  each  Terminal  Party  in its  Country  shall  make all          reasonable efforts to provide to other Parties or Purchasers, or Agents          of the Parties or Purchasers from such Terminal Party's Country, access          to  TAT-14  in the  vicinity  of its  Cable  Station  (not  necessarily          co-located) at the level of a Basic System Module or multiples thereof,          given  that the  requesting  Party  or  Purchaser  has the  appropriate          capacity  assigned to it. Such facilities shall be provided in a timely          manner  and for the  duration  of this  Agreement  under  the terms and          conditions  to  be  negotiated   and  agreed  between  the  Parties  or          Purchasers concerned under a separate agreement.

15.6     As U.S. Terminal  Parties,  AT&T and SPRINT shall provide to other U.S.          Parties,  upon request,  suitable space and connection  with TAT-14 for          operating and technical control purposes relating to capacity assigned,          or to be assigned,  to them in TAT-14.  AT&T and SPRINT  shall  provide          such space in a building  separate,  but adjacent to its cable  station          and located on the land which forms a part of Segments T1 and T2. These          U.S.  Parties  shall have the right to provide  their own personnel and          equipment in such space.  Such U.S.  Parties shall  reimburse  AT&T and          SPRINT  for the  reasonable  costs  incurred  by  AT&T  and  SPRINT  in          providing  such space and  connection  pursuant to this  Paragraph  15,          including but not limited to, the costs of any additional building that          may be reasonably required

15.7     The Managing Group is responsible  for  determining and setting service          level objectives for access and activation  intervals  jointly with the          Terminal Parties.

16       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SEGMENTS T AND S

16.1     The  Terminal  Parties,  on behalf of the Parties and  Purchasers,  are          responsible for operation and maintenance as follows:

         (i)    Sprint shall be responsible for Segment T1;          (ii)   AT&T shall be responsible for Segment T2;          (iii)  BT shall be responsible for Segment T3;          (iv)   FT shall be responsible for Segment T4;          (v)    KPN shall be responsible for Segment T5;          (vi)   DTAG shall be responsible for Segment T6;          (vii)  Telia shall be responsible for Segment T7;

16.2     Each  Terminal  Party shall also be  responsible  for the operation and          maintenance  of that portion of Segment S beginning  at its  respective          Cable Landing Point and

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         extending to its respective Segment T, on behalf of the Parties and the          Purchasers.

16.3     All Terminal Parties as the Maintenance  Authorities,  acting on behalf          of the Parties and  Purchasers,  shall be jointly  responsible  for the          operation  and  maintenance  of  Segment  S from the  respective  Cable          Landing  Points  and  extending  seaward,   and  shall  undertake  such          activities necessary for the continued operation of TAT-14.

16.4     Sixty (60) days before the RFPA Date the Maintenance  Authorities shall          submit for review by the Procurement Group and approval by the Managing          Group appropriate  practices and procedures for the continued operation          and  maintenance of Segment S. The Maintenance  Authorities  shall each          provide  information to the  Procurement  Group regarding the practices          and  procedures  for the continued  operation and  maintenance of their          respective  Segments.  The  Maintenance  Authorities  shall  also  each          develop  and  furnish  such  budgetary  estimates  of the  cost of such          operation  and   maintenance  of  TAT-14  as  the  Managing  Group  may          reasonably   request  and   provide   this   information   to  the  F&A          Subcommittee.  Following  the RFPA Date,  the  Maintenance  Authorities          shall each  provide  the  Managing  Group  with such  reports as it may





         reasonably require on the operation and maintenance of TAT-14 including          any proposals for planned  repair or  improvement  work,  together with          appropriately revised budgetary estimates relating to the operation and          maintenance  of  TAT-14  and  the  inclusion  of  TAT-14  in any  cable          maintenance agreements.  The Procurement Group may review and amend the          practices and procedures  for the operation and  maintenance of Segment          S, subject to the approval of the Managing  Group.  The Managing  Group          may revise the  allocation  of  responsibility  for the  operation  and          maintenance of Segment S.

16.5     The   Maintenance   Authorities,   individually   or   collectively  as          appropriate,  shall each use all  reasonable  efforts to  maintain,  or          cause to be  maintained,  economically  the  Segments for which each is          responsible,  in efficient  working order.  Each Maintenance  Authority          shall  discharge  its   responsibility  in  a  manner  consistent  with          applicable international submarine cable maintenance practices and with          an objective of achieving effective and timely repairs when necessary.

16.6     The  Maintenance  Authorities  shall  have  the  right  to  temporarily          de-activate  Segment S, or any part thereof,  in order to perform their          duties  as  Maintenance  Authorities.   Prior  to  such  de-activation,          reasonable notice shall be given to and coordination shall be made with          the other  Parties.  To the extent  possible,  sixty (60) days prior to          initiating  action,  the  Maintenance  Authority(ies)  shall advise the          other Parties in writing of the timing, scope, and costs of significant          planned  maintenance  operations,  of  significant  changes to existing          operation and maintenance methods, and of contractual  arrangements for          cable ships that will or may have a significant  impact on operation or          maintenance costs. Should one or more Parties representing at least 5 %          of the total  voting  interests  specified in Schedule B wish to review          such an  operation  or change  prior to its  occurrence,  such Party or          Parties  shall  notify the  Maintenance  Authorities  involved  and the          Managing  Group  chairperson in writing within thirty (30) days of such          advice.  Upon such  notification,  the  Managing  Group shall  initiate          action to convene an ad hoc meeting for such review.

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16.7     Each  Maintenance  Authority  shall  have  prompt  access to all system          maintenance  information,  necessary to the  performance of its duties,          appropriate to those parts of TAT-14 not covered by its authority.

16.8     No Party shall be liable to any other Party or  Purchaser  for any loss          or damage sustained by reason of any delay in provision,  failure in or          breakdown of the facilities  constituting TAT-14 or any interruption of          service,  whatsoever  shall be the cause of such failure,  breakdown or          interruption, and however long it shall last.

16.9     In the event of a failure or  breakdown of any of such  facilities,  if          the responsible Maintenance Authority fails to restore those facilities          to efficient working order and operation within a reasonable time after          having  been  called  upon  to do so by any  Party  or  Purchaser,  the          Managing  Group may, to the extent that it is practical to do so, place          or cause to be placed,  such facilities in efficient  working order and          operation and charge the Parties their proportionate shares of the cost          reasonably incurred in doing it.

16.10    Each Party, at its own expense,  and upon reasonable  advance notice to          the relevant Maintenance  Authorities,  shall have the right to inspect          from time to time the operation and  maintenance  of any part of TAT-14          and to obtain copies of the maintenance records. For this purpose, each          Maintenance  Authority  shall  retain  significant  records,  including          recorder charts,  for a period of not less than five (5) years from the          date of the record.  If these  records are destroyed at the end of this          period,  a summary of important items shall be retained for the life of          TAT-14.

16.11    Each Maintenance  Authority shall be authorized to pursue claims in its          own name, on behalf of the Parties,  in the event of any damage or loss          to TAT-14 and may file  appropriate  lawsuits or other  proceedings  on          behalf of the Parties.  Subject to obtaining the prior  concurrence  of          the Managing  Group,  a Maintenance  Authority may settle or compromise          any claims and execute releases and settlement  agreements on behalf of          the Parties as  necessary  to effect a settlement  or  compromise.  Any          money  ordered by the  tribunal or under a  settlement  approved by the          Managing  Group shall be shared  among all Parties in  accordance  with          Schedule B.

16.12    The Maintenance  Authorities shall be entitled to enter into agreements          in respect of the crossing of Segment S with undersea plant (including,          but not  limited  to,  pipelines)  with the owners of such  plant.  The          Maintenance  Authorities  may sign such agreements on behalf of all the          Parties  after  agreement by the Managing  Group and shall  provide the





         Parties with copies of such agreements on request.

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17       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS OF SEGMENT S - ALLOCATION AND BILLING

17.1     The  operation and  maintenance  costs for Segment S shall be shared by          the Parties in the  relevant  proportions  specified in Schedule B. The          Managing  Group shall be  responsible  for  determining  the method and          procedure  for  the  charging  of  O&M  costs  to  Purchasers  and  the          distribution  of any credit to the Parties in accordance  with Schedule          B.

17.2     The operation and maintenance  costs to which  Subparagraph 17.1 refers          are the costs  reasonably  incurred in operating  and  maintaining  the          facilities  involved,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the  cost of          attendance,  testing,  adjustments,  repairs (including repairs at sea)          and replacements,  cable ships (including standby costs), re-burial and          the replacement of plant, cable depots,  maintenance and repair devices          that are or may  hereafter  become  available,  customs  duties,  taxes          (except  income tax imposed upon the income of a Party) paid in respect          of such facilities,  billing activities,  appropriate financial charges          attributable   to  other  Parties'   shares  of  costs  incurred  by  a          Maintenance Authority at the rate at which the appropriate  Maintenance          Authority  generally  incurred  such  financial  charges,  supervision,          overheads  and costs and  expenses  reasonably  incurred  on account of          claims made by or against other  persons in respect of such  facilities          or any part thereof and damages or compensation  payable by the Parties          concerned  on account of such claims and costs for the  Managing  Group          and the NA costs, General Committee meeting costs, expenses and damages          or compensation  payable to the Parties on account of such claims shall          be shared by them in the same  proportions  as they share the operation          and  maintenance  costs of the  relevant  Segment S under  Subparagraph          17.1.

17.3     The Managing  Group may  authorize  the  provision of special tools and          test  equipment for use on board cable ships which are required for the          maintenance  and repair of TAT-14.  The related costs may include,  but          not be limited to, the costs, or an appropriate share thereof,  for the          provision, storage and maintenance of this equipment.

17.4     The Maintenance Authorities  individually,  the Terminal Parties or the          CBP, as  appropriate,  shall bill the Parties in  accordance  with this          Paragraph 17. Bills shall not be rendered more  frequently  than once a          quarter and shall be paid by the end of the month  following  the month          in which the bills were rendered.  The billing procedures  specified in          Subparagraphs  14.3,  14.4,  14.5,  and 14.9 shall be applicable to all          bills rendered pursuant to this Paragraph 17.

18       USE OF SEGMENTS T1 TO T7; COSTS, ALLOCATION AND BILLING

18.1     The owners of Segments T1 to T7, respectively,  as defined in Paragraph          5, hereby grant the Parties,  commencing on the RFPA Date or the date a          Party  places any of its  capacity  into  operation,  whichever  occurs          first, and continuing for the term of this Agreement,  the right to use          such  Segments  for the  purpose of using its  Allocated  Capacity  and          carrying on the related  activities,  in accordance with this Agreement          as provided in this Paragraph 18 at no additional cost unless

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         otherwise  identified in this Paragraph 18 (hereinafter  referred to as          Cable Station Right of Use).





18.2     For the use of Segments T1 to T7, the  respective  Terminal Party shall          identify  the charge to cover  capital  costs and cost of  maintenance,          supervision and operation of that Segment.

18.3     The  Procurement  Group is responsible  for submitting all the detailed          costs of the  Cable  Stations  to the  Managing  Group for  review  and          approval.

18.4     The capital  costs  associated  with Segments T1 to T7 will be borne by          the Parties in accordance with Schedule B.

18.5     The operation and maintenance  costs  associated with Segments T1 to T7          will be  borne  by the  Parties  in  accordance  with  Schedule  B. The          Managing  Group shall be  responsible  for  determining  the method and          procedure  for  the  charging  of  O&M  costs  to  Purchasers  and  the          distribution  of any credit to the Parties in accordance  with Schedule          B.

18.6     In  determining  the  charge of the  Cable  Station  Right of Use,  the          Terminal  Parties  have taken into  account the  estimated  cost of the          provision and  construction of each of the Cable  Stations,  or causing          them to be provided and  constructed,  and  installing or causing to be          installed  Cable Station  equipment,  in accordance with the accounting          practices of each Terminal  Party.  This includes all such  expenditure          reasonably  incurred  and  includes but is not limited to, the purchase          costs of land,  building  costs,  access  road,  cable  rights  of way,          amounts  incurred  for  development,  engineering,  design,  materials,          manufacturing, procurement and inspection, installation, removing (with          appropriate   reduction   for   salvage),   testing   associated   with          installation, customs duties, taxes (except income tax imposed upon the          net income of a Party),  appropriate  financial  charges,  supervision,          overheads and insurance or a reasonable  allowance in lieu thereof,  or          losses  against  which  insurance  was not  provided,  or for  which an          allowance in lieu thereof was not provided. Such charges shall be borne          by the Parties in the proportions specified in Schedule B.

18.7     In determining the operation and maintenance  cost of the Cable Station          Right of Use, the Terminal  Parties shall take into account an estimate          of  costs   reasonably   incurred  in  operating  and  maintaining  the          facilities  involved,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the  cost of          attendance,  testing,  adjustments,  repairs and replacements,  customs          duties,  taxes  (except  income tax as imposed upon the net income of a          Party)  paid  in  respect  of  such  facilities,   billing  activities,          administrative  costs,  appropriate  financial  charges,  and costs and          expenses  reasonably  incurred  on account of claims made by or against          other persons in respect of such  facilities  or any part thereof,  and          damages or  compensation  payable by the  Terminal  Party on account of          such claims, costs, expenses, damages, or compensation payable to or by          the Terminal Party on account of claims made against other persons.

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18.8     Where  the use of a Cable  Station  or of  certain  equipment  situated          therein, such as power supply or testing and maintenance equipment,  is          shared by TAT-14 and other  communications  systems terminating at that          Cable Station, the Cable Station Right of Use capital and operating and          maintenance  charges  shall  reflect the  pro-rata  share of the common          costs attributable to TAT-14.

18.9     If any of the Cable  Stations  are not  available  for the  landing and          termination of TAT-14 for any reason,  the relevant  Terminal Party, in          agreement with the other Parties,  shall take all necessary measures to          ensure that another suitable Cable Station will be available for TAT-14          on fair and equitable terms for the duration of this Agreement.

18.10    Nothing  contained  in this  Agreement  shall be  deemed to vest in any          Party, other than the owner of the relevant Segment, any salvage rights          in Segments T1 to T7 or in the respective Cable Station or in any Cable          Station substituted for any of them.

18.11    Payments due under this  Paragraph 18 shall be made in accordance  with          the following principles:

         (i)    On the RFPA Date, or as soon after as  practicable  but no later                 than one (1) year after RFPA,  the Terminal  Parties will submit                 invoices to the CBP for their capital cost of the Cable Stations                 Right of Use. In the event a Terminal  Party  incurs  additional                 capital  costs  related  to TAT-14  after the RFPA  Date,  these                 invoices  shall  also  be  submitted  to  the  CBP  as  soon  as                 practicable;





         (ii)   by the 1st of April of each  year,  the  Terminal  Parties  will                 submit  invoices to the CBP for their O&M charges  incurred  for                 the Cable Stations Right of Use for the previous calendar year;          (iii)  the  Parties  shall be  billed  individually  by the CBP for the                 Cable  Station  Right of Use  operation  and  maintenance  costs                 shared in the proportions specified in Schedule 13;          (iv)   the billed  Party shall pay such bills to the CBP, by the end of                 the month  following the month in which the bills were rendered.                 A bill shall be payable in the currency in which it is rendered;

         (v)    the Terminal Parties will be reimbursed by the CBP;

         (vi)   the billing  procedures  specified in Subparagraphs  14.3, 14.4,                 14.5,  and 14.9 of this  Agreement  shall be  applicable  to all                 bills rendered pursuant to this Paragraph 18.

18.12    Each  Terminal  Party agrees to grant a Cable  Station  Right of Use to          TAT-14 Purchasers  pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Purchase          Contract.

19       KEEPING AND INSPECTION OF BOOKS

19.1     For the items specified in the Supply Contract,  the Procurement  Group          shall ensure that the Supply Contract requires the Supplier to keep and          maintain such books, records, vouchers and accounts of all the incurred          costs with respect to

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         the engineering,  provision and installation of facilities in Segment S          of TAT-14 for a period of five (5) years from the RFPA Date.

19.2     The Procurement  Group shall ensure that the Supply  Contract  requires          the Supplier to obtain from its  contractors  and  subcontractors  such          supporting  records  as are  specified  in  Subparagraph  19.1  of this          Agreement  and to maintain  such records for a period of five (5) years          from the RFPA Date.

19.3     The  Procurement  Group  shall  ensure that the Supply  Contract  shall          afford the  representatives  designated by the Managing Group the right          to review the books,  records,  vouchers  and  accounts  required to be          kept,  maintained and obtained pursuant to Subparagraphs  19.1 and 19.2          of this Agreement.

19.4     Each Terminal Party and any other Party having properly  incurred costs          for  implementation of TAT-14 as authorized by the Managing Group shall          each keep and maintain  such books,  records,  vouchers and accounts of          all Segment S costs as defined in  Paragraph 14 of this  Agreement  and          Segments T1 to T7 costs,  which they incur and are not  included in the          Supply  Contract  for a period of five (5) years  from the RFPA Date or          the date the work is completed, whichever is later.

19.5     The CBP shall keep and  maintain  such  books,  records,  vouchers  and          accounts with respect to its billing of costs  incurred by the Terminal          Parties and any other Party having incurred costs for implementation of          TAT-14 as authorized by the Managing Group and costs billable under the          Supply  Contract  for a period of five (5) years  from the RFPA Date or          the date on which the work is completed, whichever is later.

19.6     With  respect  to  operation  and  maintenance  costs of  Segment S and          Segments T1 to TT such books,  records,  vouchers and accounts of costs          as are  relevant  shall  be  kept  and  maintained  by the  Maintenance          Authorities  for a period of five (5) years  from the date on which the          corresponding bills were rendered to the Parties.

19.7     Any Party keeping and maintaining books, records, vouchers and accounts          of  costs  pursuant  to  Subparagraphs  19.4,  19.5  and  19.6  of this          Agreement  shall  afford the  Parties  the right to review at their own          expense  said  books,  records,  vouchers  and  accounts  of  costs  in          accordance   with  the  audit   procedures   established   by  the  F&A          Subcommittee.

20       CURRENCY AND PLACE OF PAYMENT

         Amounts due under this  Agreement  shall be payable in US dollars.  The          Managing Group may vary these procedures at its discretion. Bills shall          be payable to the designated office or account of the payee.

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21       DEFAULT OF PAYMENT

21.1     If any Party fails to make any payment  required by this  Agreement  on          the date when it is due and such default  continues  for a period of at          least two (2) months  after the date when  payment  is due,  the CBP or          billing Party shall notify the billed Party in writing of its intent to          notify  the  Managing  Group of the status of the matter and to request          the  reclamation of capacity,  as provided for in this Paragraph 21, if          full  payment  is  not   received   within  four  (4)  months  of  such          notification  to the billed  Party.  If full  payment  is not  received          within such  specific  period,  the billing Party or CBP may notify the          Managing  Group  of the  status  of the  matter  and  request  that the          Managing  Group  reclaim  the  capacity  in  TAT-14   assigned  to  the          defaulting Party.

21.2     The  Managing  Group shall have the option of  reclaiming  the capacity          assigned  to a Party that is in default  with any  payment  required by          this  Agreement  or is in default  with any other  material  obligation          under this  Agreement,  if such default has existed for a period of six          (6)  months.   The  Managing  Group  shall  consider  any   extenuating          circumstances  not within the specific  control of the defaulting Party          and the  interests of any Party or Parties  that have jointly  assigned          capacity with the  defaulting  Party in  determining  whether or not to          reclaim  the  capacity  assigned  to such  defaulting  Party.  Prior to          reclaiming  the capacity  the  Managing  Group will notify the Party in          writing that it is in default and of the intent to reclaim the capacity          after one (1) month.  The Managing Group shall  determine  arrangements          for disposition of any reclaimed capacity.  The remaining Parties shall          not be  obliged  to make any  payment  to a  defaulting  Party  for the          reclaimed capacity.  Except for the rights and obligations as specified          in Paragraphs 25 and 29 the rights and obligations under this Agreement          of a defaulting  Party shall  terminate at the time the Managing  Group          reclaims all of the capacity previously assigned to a defaulting Party.          This Agreement shall be appropriately amended to reflect the default of          a Party and the  reallocation  of  interests  pursuant to  arrangements          determined by the Managing Group.

22       LIABILITY

22.1     No Party  excludes or  restricts  its  liability  for death or personal          injury  resulting  from its own  negligence.  Subject to the  preceding          sentence, no Party shall be liable to any other Party in contract, tort          or otherwise including any liability for negligence for any indirect or          consequential loss or damage including, without limitation,  corruption          or loss of data,  loss of profit,  loss of  anticipated  savings all in          connection with this Agreement,  caused by its own acts or those of any          of its auxiliaries, such as employees, servants or agents. Furthermore,          no Party  shall be  liable  to any  other  Party in  contract,  tort or          otherwise for any direct damage unless and to the extent it is based on          intent or gross negligence. In no event shall any employee,  servant or          agent of a Party be  liable to  another  Party  for any  negligence  or          intent in connection with this Agreement.

22.2     No Party  shall be liable to any other  Party for any matter  resulting          from planned interruptions of TAT-14 including but not limited to final          acceptance tests.

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23       FORCE MAJEURE

         If any Party cannot fulfill its obligations in this Agreement due to an          event  beyond its  reasonable  control,  including,  but not limited to          flood,  exceptionally  severe  weather,  hurricane,   explosion,  civil          disorder,  war or military  operations,  national  or local  emergency,          action or inaction of government or other competent authority, it shall          not be liable to the other  Parties  for such  delay in  performing  or          failure to perform and shall give  notice to the other  Parties as soon          as reasonably practicable after the event has occurred.

24       SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS BY THE PARTIES

24.1     Each Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the other Parties and each          of their  employees,  servants  and  agents to the  extent  hereinafter          agreed,  from  and  against  all  claims,   demands,   actions,  suits,          proceedings,  writs,  judgment,  orders and  decrees  brought,  made or          rendered  against them or any of them by third parties and all damages,          losses  and  expenses  suffered  or  incurred  by  them  or any of them          howsoever  arising  out of or  related  to any  respect  of  providing,          constructing and maintaining TAT-14.





24.2     If any Party is obliged by a final judgment of a competent  tribunal or          under a settlement  approved by the Managing  Group,  to discharge  any          claim,   including  all  reasonable   costs  and  expenses   associated          therewith,  resulting from the  implementation  of this Agreement,  the          Party which has  discharged the claim shall be entitled to receive from          the  other  Parties  reimbursement  in the  proportions  as set  out in          Schedule B.

24.3     If any claim is brought  against  one or more  Parties  it shall,  as a          condition of reimbursement under Subparagraph 24.2, give written notice          thereof  to the  Managing  Group as soon as  practicable  and shall not          admit liability nor settle,  adjust or compromise the claim without the          approval of the Managing Group.

24.4     Before any Party  brings a claim  against any third party in respect of          loss or damage to any part of TAT-14,  it shall first  consult with the          Managing Group and shall not settle,  adjust or compromise such a claim          without its  consent.  Any money  received by the  claimant  Party as a          result  of an  award by a  competent  tribunal  or  under a  settlement          approved by the Managing Group shall be shared among the Parties in the          proportions of their  respective  ownership  shares in accordance  with          Schedule B.

24.5     In the  case  where a claim  is  brought  against  one of the  Terminal          Parties,  in its  capacity  as a  Maintenance  Authority  for TAT-14 in          respect of a  sacrificed  anchor  and/or  loss of, or damage to fishing          gear,  then such  Terminal  Party may settle such a claim for an amount          not greater than $ 25,000 on each  occasion or such an amount as agreed          by the Managing Group from time to time, and obtain reimbursement under          Subparagraph 24.2.

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25       DURATION OF AGREEMENT AND REALIZATION OF ASSETS

25.1     This Agreement  shall become  effective on the Effective Date and shall          continue in operation for at least a period of  twenty-five  (25) years          (hereinafter  called Initial Period) after the RFCS Date and shall be          terminable  thereafter by agreement of the Parties.  However, any Party          may terminate  its  participation  in this  Agreement at the end of the          Initial Period or at any time  thereafter by giving at least one year's          prior notice,  in writing,  to the other  remaining  Parties.  Upon the          effective  date  of  termination  of  participation  of  a  Party,  the          Schedules  of this  Agreement  shall  be  appropriately  modified.  The          remaining Parties shall assume the capital,  operation, and maintenance          interests of the Party  terminating its  participation in proportion to          their interests assigned  immediately  preceding such effective date of          termination,  except for the continuing  rights and  obligations of the          terminating Party as specified in Subparagraphs  25.4, 25.5 and of this          Agreement.  No credit  for  capital  costs will be made to a Party that          terminates its participation in accordance with this Subparagraph 25.1.          Termination of this Agreement or  termination of the  participation  of          any Party herein shall not terminate  Subparagraphs  25.4, 25.5 of this          Agreement or  prejudice  the  operation or effect  thereof or affect or          diminish any other right or obligation  of any Party hereto  accrued or          incurred prior to such termination.

25.2     This  Agreement may be terminated at any time during the Initial Period          by unanimous written agreement of the Parties.  If unanimous  agreement          cannot be reached  between all the Parties for the retirement of TAT-14          during its  intended  lifetime,  this  matter  will be  referred to the          General  Committee for resolution in accordance with  Subparagraph  6.6          but  in  this  case  requiring  a 85 %  majority  of the  total  voting          interests as specified in Schedule B.

25.3     If a Terminal  Party  terminates  its  participation  in this Agreement          after  the  Initial  Period,  pursuant  to  Subparagraph  25.1  of this          Agreement,  the Managing Group and said Terminal Party will negotiate a          reasonable  agreement  in order to ensure the  continuous  operation of          that Cable Station after the Initial Period.

25.4     The interests of a Party in Segment S which come to an end by reason of          the  termination  of its  participation  in this  Agreement,  or of the          termination of this Agreement,  shall be deemed to continue for as long          as is necessary for effectuating the purposes of Subparagraph 25.5.

25.5     Notwithstanding  Subparagraph  25.1 upon  termination of this Agreement          pursuant to this  Paragraph 25 the Parties  shall not be relieved  from          any liabilities, costs, damages or obligations which may arise pursuant          to  Paragraph  17 and/or in  connection  with  costs or claims  made by          persons with respect to TAT-14 or any part thereof,  or which may arise          in relation to TAT-14 due to any law,  order or regulation  made by any          government   or   international   legal   authority   pursuant  to  any          international  convention,  treaty or agreement.  Any such liabilities,          costs, damages or obligations shall be divided among the Parties in the





         proportions of their  respective  ownership  shares in accordance  with          Schedule B.

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26       RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES

         The relationship  between or among the Parties hereto shall not be that          of partners or joint  ventures and nothing  herein  contained  shall be          deemed to constitute a  partnership  between them. In relation to third          parties, the Parties will not act as partners,  or as any kind of joint          legal entity. Any co-operation among the Parties in Committees,  Groups          or  Subcommittees  is  only  to  facilitate  the  performance  of  this          Agreement.

27       OBTAINING OF LICENSES

27.1     The Parties  shall at all times hold the  governmental  and  regulatory          approvals  necessary to operate as an ITE.  The Parties  shall make all          reasonable  efforts to obtain the  appropriate  consents,  governmental          authorizations,  licenses  and  permits  necessary  to carry  out their          duties under this Agreement.

27.2     The  Terminal  Parties  will  use  all  reasonable  efforts,  in  their          respective  Country,  to obtain  and to have  continued  in effect  all          governmental approvals, consents, authorizations, licenses, and permits          for  the  construction  and  operation  of  TAT-14  in  the  respective          Countries.

27.3     In the event that any Terminal  Party fails,  or is likely to fail,  to          obtain such approvals, consents,  authorizations,  licenses or permits,          that Terminal Party shall give  immediate  notice to the Managing Group          for it to take appropriate action pursuant to this Agreement.

28       PRIVILEGES FOR DOCUMENTS OR COMMUNICATIONS

         Each Party hereto specifically  reserves, and is granted by each of the          other Parties,  in any action,  arbitration or other proceeding between          or among  the  Parties  or any of them in a  Country  other  than  that          Party's own Country,  the right of privilege,  in  accordance  with the          laws of that  Party's own  Country,  with  respect to any  documents or          communications  which are material and pertinent to the subject  matter          of the action,  arbitration or proceeding as respects  which  privilege          could be claimed or  asserted  by that Party in  accordance  with those          laws, and such privilege, whatever may be its nature and whenever it be          claimed  or  asserted,  shall be  allowed  to that Party as it would be          allowed if the action, arbitration or other proceeding had been brought          in a court of, or before an arbitrator in, the Party's own Country.

29       CONFIDENTIALITY

29.1     All data and  information  that is acquired or received by any Party in          anticipation of or under this Agreement shall be confidential and shall          not be divulged in any

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         way to any third party, without the prior written approval of the other          Parties,  nor shall it be used for any purpose beyond the scope of this          Agreement. Any Party may, without such approval, disclose such data and          information to:

         (i)    the employees of that Party; or          (ii)   the extent  required by any applicable  laws, or the requirement                 of any recognized  stock  exchange in compliance  with its rules                 and  regulations  or in the  case if a party  wholly  owned by a                 sovereign  government,  by the rules of governance of the Party,                 or          (iii)  any   government   agency  or  regulatory   authority   lawfully                 requesting such information or to which such  information  needs                 to be  submitted  in order to obtain  any  necessary  consent or                 approval', or          (iv)   any Court of competent  jurisdiction  acting in pursuance of its                 powers; or





         (v)    professional  advisors,  auditors  and  bankers or any bona fide                 intending  assignee  upon  obtaining  a similar  undertaking  of                 confidentiality; or          (vi)   the  extent  that  such data  and/or  information  is  generally                 available to the public.

         Any Party may disclose such data and information to such persons as may          be necessary in  connection  with the conduct of  operations  of TAT-14          upon  obtaining  a similar  undertaking  of  confidentiality  from such          persons.

29.2     Each Party shall remain bound by the  provisions  of this  Paragraph 29          during  the period of this  Agreement  and for the period of five years          following termination of this Agreement.

30       ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

30.1     No Party may assign,  sell, transfer or dispose of part or parts of its          rights or obligations under this Agreement except as otherwise provided          for in Paragraph 9.

30.2     A Party may assign the whole of its rights  under this  Agreement  to a          successor  by  law,  Subsidiary  or  Affiliate  of  such  Party,  or  a          corporation or an entity  jointly  controlling or under the same common          control as such Party,  provided that the assigning  Party shall remain          jointly and severally  liable with the assignee for the  performance of          this  Agreement for the duration of the  Agreement.  The Managing Group          may  decide  that the  assigning  Party  will not  remain  jointly  and          severally  liable  with  the  assignee  for  the  performance  of  this          Agreement for the duration of the Agreement provided that the assigning          Party will give  notice to the other  Parties in a timely  manner,  and          provided  that  the  assignee  agrees  in  writing  to be  bound by the          provisions of this Agreement.

30.3     Except in accordance  with  Subparagraph  30.2, no Party may assign the          whole of its rights under this Agreement without the written consent of          all the other Parties, such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

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30.4     If a governmental or other regulatory  approval is required lawfully to          effect  the  proposed   assignment,   the  assigning   Party  shall  be          responsible,  at its  own  expense,  for  preparing  and  pursuing  the          application  for such  approval.  Such  approval  shall be  obtained in          advance  of  the  assignment   unless  the  relevant   governmental  or          regulatory  authority  has  formally  indicated  in  writing  that  the          transfer may proceed in advance of the receipt of the formal approval.

30.5     In each such case of  assignment  written  notice shall be given to the          other Parties in a timely manner by the Party making said assignment.

31       WAIVER

         Silence,  lateness to invoke or the waiver by any Party of a breach of,          or a default  under,  any of the provisions of this  Agreement,  or the          failure of any Party, on one or more  occasions,  to enforce any of the          provisions  of this  Agreement  or to exercise  any right or  privilege          hereunder,  shall  not  thereafter  be  construed  as a  waiver  of any          subsequent breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any          such provision, right, or privilege hereunder.

32       COMMUNICATIONS

         Any notice under this Agreement shall be delivered by hand, first class          mail with postage  prepaid,  facsimile or e-mail and shall be deemed to          have been given:

         (i)    when  delivered if delivered by hand,  facsimile or e-mail (with                 receipt acknowledged); or;          (ii)   at the  expiration  of ten (10) days (or thirty (30) days,  if a                 notice  of  termination  of this  Agreement)  from  the  date of                 dispatch if delivered by mail.

33       PARAGRAPH HEADINGS, REFERENCES

         Headings  are inserted  for  convenience  only and shall not affect the          interpretation of this Agreement,  References to recitals, clauses, and          attachments  are to  recitals  and  clauses  of and  Schedules  to this





         Agreement.  Unless the context otherwise requires,  words importing the          singular  number  shall  include the plural and vice versa.  Unless the          context  otherwise   requires,   references  to  a  person  include  an          individual,  firm, body, corporation,  unincorporated association,  and          government or  governmental,  semi-governmental  or local  authority or          agency. Reference to the male shall include the female.

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34       SEVERABILITY

         If any of  the  provisions  of  this  Agreement  shall  be  invalid  or          unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not invalidate          or render  unenforceable  the entire  Agreement,  but rather the entire          Agreement  shall  be  construed  as if not  containing  the  particular          invalid or  unenforceable  provision or provisions,  and the rights and          obligations of the Parties shall be construed and enforced accordingly.

35       EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS

35.1     Except for  revisions to the relevant  Schedules,  in  accordance  with          Paragraphs  9,  11 and 21 of this  Agreement,  the  provisions  of this          Agreement may be amended or supplemented  only by unanimous  consent of          all the Parties to this Agreement through an Amendatory Agreement. Such          an  Amendatory   Agreement   shall  be  signed  by  a  duly  authorized          representative  of each and every Party or by certain Parties on behalf          of all the Parties, as decided by the General Committee.

35.2     This Agreement and any Amendatory  Agreement  thereof shall be executed          in three  counterparts in English.  The NA, one Eastern  Terminal Party          and one Western Terminal Party shall receive originals. The NA shall be          the official custodian of the Agreement and shall accord access to such          Agreement and any Amendatory  Agreement.  The Parties to this Agreement          shall be  provided a certified  photocopy  of any  counterpart  and any          revised Schedules.

35.3     For revision to the relevant  Schedules,  in accordance with Paragraphs          9, 11 and 21 of this Agreement, the agreement in writing of the Parties          having  their  ownership   percentages   increased  or  their  capacity          assignment changed will be required to formalize the revised Schedules,          which will be considered as part of this Agreement, in substitution for          the preceding version of those Schedules.

36       INTERPRETATION OF THE AGREEMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

36.1     The  construction,  interpretation  and  performance  of this Agreement          shall be governed by the laws of Switzerland,  except for its conflicts          of law principles.

36.2     Any dispute relating to this Agreement or its subject matter, including          disputes as to validity,  performance,  breach,  or termination,  which          cannot be settled by mutual  agreement  between the  Parties,  shall be          submitted to binding  arbitration  under the Rules of Conciliation  and          Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce as in force on the          date of the  commencement  of the  arbitration  and as modified by this          arbitration  clause. The appointing and administering body shall be the          International Chamber of Commerce.  There shall be only one arbitrator.          The  arbitration  shall  take  place in  Geneva,  Switzerland,  and the          proceedings shall be conducted in the English language. The award shall          be final and binding and the Parties hereby waive all means of recourse          to the courts of

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         Switzerland or any other Country.  Jucgment on the award may be entered          in any court of competent Jurisdiction.

37       SUCCESSORS BOUND

         This Agreement  shall be binding on the Parties,  their  successors and          permitted assigns.





38       ENTIRE AGREEMENT

38.1     This  Agreement  represents  the  entire  understanding  and  agreement          between the Parties in relation to the matters  dealt with herein,  and          supersedes all previous representations, understandings and agreements,          whether oral or written, relating thereto.

38.2     It includes  the  following  documents  which are  attached  hereto and          incorporated herein by reference

                                    SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE A     PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT

SCHEDULE B     VOTING INTERESTS, OWNERSHIP  INTERESTS IN SEGMENTS AND ALLOCATION                OF CAPITAL, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS IN SEGMENTS S AND T.

SCHEDULE C     SUMMARY OF ALLOCATED CAPACITY

SCHEDULE C-1   SUMMARY OF ALLOCATED  CAPACITY  AS  ASSIGNED  AT THE TIME OF C&MA                SIGNING

                                     ANNEXES

ANNEX 1     TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR MANAGING GROUP

ANNEX 2     TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE PROCUREMENT GROUP

ANNEX 3     TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE AR&R SUBCOMMITTEE

ANNEX 4     TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE F&A SUBCOMMITTEE

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ANNEX 5     TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE CENTRAL BILLING PARTY

ANNEX 6     TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

ANNEX 7     SOURCE OF FINANCIAL CHARGE RATES

ANNEX 8     INITIAL OWNERSHIP PRICING MATRIX

ANNEX 9     CAPACITY STRUCTURE

ANNEX 10    ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

ANNEX 11    CONFIGURATION DIAGRAM

39       TESTIMONIUM

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF the Parties  have  severally  subscribed  these  presents or caused  them to be  subscribed  in  their  names  and on their  behalf  by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

     For and on behalf of      ABS Telecom plc

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     For and on behalf of      AT&T Corp.

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     BARAK I.T.C

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     For and on behalf of      BC TEL

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     For and on behalf of      Belgacom S.A.

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     For and on behalf of      BellSouth International, Inc.

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     For and on behalf of      British Telecommunications pIc

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     For and on behalf of      Cable & Wireless Global Network Organisation Limited

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     For and on behalf of      Cable & Wireless, Inc.

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     For and on behalf of      Carrier 1 AG

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     For and on behalf of      COMPANHIA PORTUGUESA RADIO MARCONI, SA.

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     For and on behalf of      Com Tech International Corporation

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     For and on behalf of      CYPRUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY

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     For and on behalf of      Deutsche Telekom AG

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     For and on behalf of      Energis Communications Limited

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     For and on behalf of      Emirates Telecommunications Corporation - ETISALAT

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     For and on behalf of      France Telecom

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     For and on behalf of      GTE Intelligent Network Services Incorporated

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     For and on behalf of      Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation S.A.

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     For and on behalf of IXC Communications, Inc.      For and on behalf of

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     IXNET Limited

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     For and on behalf of      Japan Telecom Co., Ltd.

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     For and on behalf of      Kokusai Denshin Denwa Americas Inc.

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     For and on behalf of      KPN Telecom B.V

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     For and on behalf of      MCI International Inc.

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     For and on behalf of      NTT Worldwide Network Corporation

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     For and on behalf of      OY FINNET International AB

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     For and on behalf of      Pacific Gateway Exchange

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     For and on behalf of      Pacific Gateway Exchange Inc.

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     For and on behalf of      Rostelecom

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     For and on behalf of      RSL Communications Limited

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     For and on behalf of      Singapore Telecommunications Limited

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     For and on behalf of      Slovenske Telecomunicatie s.e.

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     For and on behalf of      Sonera Ltd.

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     For and on behalf of      Sprint Communications Company L.P.

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     For and on behalf of      STAR Telecommunications Inc.

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     For and on behalf of      StarHub

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     For and on behalf of      STARTEC GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

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     For and on behalf of      Swisscom Ltd

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     For and on behalf of      Swisscom North America Inc.

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     For and on behalf of      Tele 2 AB

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     For and on behalf of      TeleBermuda International Limited

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     For and on behalf of      Tele Danmark A/S

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     For and on behalf of      Telef6nica de Espana, S.A.

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     For and on behalf of      Teleglobe USA

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     For and on behalf of      Telenor Global Services AS

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     For and on behalf of      Telesur

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     For and on behalf of      TELIA AB (publ)

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     For and on behalf of      Telia North America Inc.

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     For and on behalf of      Transoceanic Communications Incorporated

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     For and on behalf of      Turk Telekomunikasyon A.S.

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     For and on behalf of      Ultrallne (Bermuda) Limited

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     For and on behalf of      VIATEL

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     For and on behalf of      Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Insurance that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is there a requirement for insurance that must be maintained by one party for the benefit of the counterparty?
[EX A]: Should the Managing Group agree to jointly          insure against such risks, the cost of such insurance will form part of          the capital costs referred to in Subparagraph 13.1.

[EX Q]: Exhibit 10.2 PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT MARKED BY [**] HAVE BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO RULE 601(B)(10) OF REGULATION S-K. THE OMITTED INFORMATION IS (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE REGISTRANT IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED. EXECUTION VERSION STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 20, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement), by and among Farids & Co. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Farids), Edible Arrangements, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (EA), and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the Company is an international franchisor, confectionery manufacturer and retail operator; WHEREAS, Farids is a holding company and, together with TF (as defined below), indirectly controls EA; WHEREAS, EA is a US-based franchisor that specializes in fresh fruit arrangements and specialty fruit gift items; WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell, and Farids desires to purchase, 126,839 shares (the Purchased Shares) of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the Common Stock), on the terms set forth herein; WHEREAS, substantially concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and EA shall execute and deliver the Warrant (as defined below); WHEREAS, substantially concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and EA shall execute and deliver the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement (as defined below); and WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Company, Farids and EA agree and acknowledge that the cooperation between the Company and EA is an important component to achieve their respective strategic objectives, and they desire to continue and further enhance the strategic cooperation alliance between them as contemplated under this Agreement. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Section 1.1 Defined Terms. (a) 144 Sale means (i) a Transfer of Shares (including in any broker assisted cashless exercise) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act and (ii) for purposes of Article VII only, any Transfer of Shares pursuant to a Resale Shelf Registration Statement.





(b) Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. (c) Amendment means the Amendment, dated the date hereof, to the Rights Agreement by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, attached as Exhibit E hereto. (d) Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company. (e) Bylaws means the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as in effect as of the date hereof. (f) Certificate of Incorporation means the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, as in effect as of the date hereof. (g) Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person other than a Permitted Holder; or (ii) at any time, the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company. (h) Eligible Registration Statement means any registration statement (other than (i) a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any similar or successor form or (ii) with respect to any corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Securities Act or other business combination or acquisition transaction, any registration statement related to the issuance or resale of securities issued in such a transaction) filed by the Company under the Securities Act in connection with any primary or secondary offering of Common Stock for the account of the Company and/or any shareholder of the Company, whether or not through the exercise of any registration rights. (i) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 2





(j) Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement means the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between EA and the Company, attached as Exhibit B hereto. (k) Family Member means, with respect to any natural person, (i) any child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote issue, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, child of sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, cousin and adoptive relationships (each, a family member) or estate of such family member or (ii) any foundation, trust, family limited partnership, family limited liability company or other entity created and used for estate planning purposes, so long as any such foundation, trust, family limited partnership, family limited liability company or other entity is controlled by, for the benefit of, or owned by such natural person or one or more persons described in clause (i) (such entities referred to in this clause (ii), the Permitted Estate Vehicles). (l) Farids Group means Farids, EA and each and every Farids Transferee. Unless the Company is otherwise notified in writing by Farids or EA, TF shall at all times serve as the designated representative to act on behalf of the Farids Group for purposes of this Agreement and shall have the sole power and authority to bind the Farids Group with respect to all provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that if TF ceases to serve as the designated representative of the Farids Group, then TF (or his designated legal representative in the case of his death or permanent disability) shall have the power to designate a new designated representative of the Farids Group, which designee (and any successor thereafter designated and appointed) shall have the sole power and authority to bind the Farids Group with respect to all provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall be entitled to rely on all actions taken by TF or such designee on behalf of the Farids Group. (m) Farids Transferee means each and every direct and indirect transferee of Farids (including transferees of Shares from any member of the Farids Group so long as such Shares were originally held by the Farids Group) pursuant to Transfer set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of Permitted Transfer. (n) FINRA means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (o) GAAP means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. (p) Holder means any Person owning of record Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, with or without consideration, any Common Stock. (q) Indemnification Agreement means the Indemnification Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and TF, attached as Exhibit D hereto. (r) Investors means (i) Farids, (ii) EA and (iii) TF and his Family Members. (s) Law means any domestic or foreign, U.S. Federal, state, municipality or local law, statute, ordinance, code, rule, or regulation or common law. 3





(t) Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, including any agreement to give any of the foregoing. (u) Lock-Up Securities means (i) any Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company, (ii) any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, with or without consideration, any Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company (including any option to purchase such a security), (iii) any security carrying any option, warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or other security referred to in clause (ii), or (iv) any such option, warrant or right. (v) Nasdaq means The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. (w) Order means any decree, order, judgment, writ, award, injunction, rule or consent of or by a Governmental Entity. (x) Permitted Holders means each of (i) the Investors and their respective Affiliates and members of management of the Company and (ii) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that in the case of such group, without giving effect to such group, Persons specified in clause (i) must collectively beneficially own a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company beneficially owned by such group. (y) Permitted Transfer means (i) any Transfer to one or more entities that are, directly or indirectly, wholly owned by Farids or any Family Member of TF, (ii) any Transfer to one or more entities that are members of the Farids Group and (iii) Transfer made following a Change in Control of Farids or EA or made pursuant to a Change in Control that constitutes a sale of the Company as a whole; provided, with respect to each of clause (i)-(iii), so long as the transferee (other than a transferee that already is party to this Agreement) agrees to be subject to the terms of this Agreement (subject to any limitation on the assignment of rights by such Person to the transferee in connection with such Transfer) by executing and delivering a joinder agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. (z) Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust, joint venture, government agency, or other entity. (aa) Prospectus means the prospectus included in the Eligible Registration Statement, including any form of prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments or supplements to such prospectus, including all post-effective amendments and all material, if any, incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference into such prospectus. (bb) Registrable Securities means all Purchased Shares and Warrant Shares and any securities into which Common Stock may be converted or exchanged pursuant to any merger, consolidation, sale of all or any part of the Company's assets, corporate conversion or other extraordinary transaction of the Company held by the Farids Group, other than any Common Stock or securities into which Common Stock may be converted or exchanged that (i) have been sold by the Farids Group to the public either pursuant to a registration statement or Rule 144 or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, (ii) except in connection with a Demand Request by the Farids Group for a registration pursuant to a Resale Shelf Registration Statement, in the hands of the Farids Group is eligible to be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without any volume limitation or (iii) shall have ceased to be outstanding; provided, that when determining the amount of Registrable Securities, only the Purchased Shares, any Vested Warrant Shares and the remaining Warrant Shares eligible for vesting into Vested Warrant Shares shall be included in such calculation. 4





(cc) Registration Expenses means all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Article VI hereof, including, without limitation, (i) all SEC and other registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses with respect to (A) filings required to be made with FINRA and (B) securities or blue sky laws, including, without limitation, any fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with any filing and application made to or with (and clearance by) FINRA and any blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 6.6(d)), (ii) preparation, printing, messenger and delivery expenses, (iii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (iv) fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants and any other persons, including special experts retained by the Company, (v) expenses related to any special audits incident to or required by any such registration, in each case, whether or not any Eligible Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective, (vi) all fees and expenses related to the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange, (vii) all internal expenses of the Company, including the compensation of officers and employees of the Company and the fees and expenses in connection with any annual audit and (viii) the fees and expenses of one counsel for the Farids Group in connection with the review of any registration statement, not to exceed $10,000 for each registration. For the avoidance of doubt, any stamp, transfer or similar taxes or duties payable by the Farids Group in connection with any registration, sale or distribution of Registrable Securities shall be borne by the Farids Group and not by the Company. (dd) Resale Shelf Registration Statement means a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act; provided that any sales of securities thereunder will not (i) require a prospectus supplement, (ii) require any additional cooperation from the Company (except as set forth in Section 6.4(b)) or (iii) be made pursuant to an underwritten offering. (ee) Rights Agreement means the Rights Agreement dated March 1, 2015 between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent. (ff) SEC or Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission. (gg) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. (hh) Shares means, collectively, the Purchased Shares or shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. (ii) Significant Block means five percent (5%) or more of the Company's issued and outstanding Common Stock. 5





(jj) Subsidiary means, any Person of which at least a majority of the securities or ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Company or by one or more of its Subsidiaries. (kk) TF means Tariq Farid, an individual. (ll) Threshold Block means one percent (1%) or more of the Company's issued and outstanding Common Stock. (mm) Transaction Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement, the Warrant, the Indemnification Agreement and the Amendment. (nn) Transfer means any sale, assignment, encumbrance, hypothecation, pledge, conveyance in trust, gift, transfer by request, devise or descent, entry into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership (whether to be settled by delivery of the Purchased Shares, in cash or otherwise) or other transfer or disposition of any kind, including, but not limited to, transfers to receivers, levying creditors, trustees or receivers in bankruptcy proceedings or general assignees for the benefit of creditors whether voluntary or by operation of law, directly or indirectly, of any Purchased Shares. (oo) Vested Warrant Shares means the shares of Common Stock into which the Warrant shall vest and for which the Warrant shall become exercisable. (pp) Voting Stock of the Company as of any date means the shares of capital stock of the Company that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of the Company. (qq) Warrant means the common stock purchase warrant, dated the date hereof, issued to the EA, providing for the purchase at a purchase price per share of $8.76 of up to 960,677 Warrant Shares, attached as Exhibit C hereto. (rr) Warrant Shares means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant. ARTICLE II ISSUANCE OF THE PURCHASED SHARES Section 2.1 Share Purchase. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Farids hereby agrees to purchase, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to Farids, at the Closing (as defined below), the Purchased Shares (the Share Purchase), in consideration of the payment by Farids to the Company of $999,998.68 (the Purchase Price) and Farids assistance in developing the strategic alliance contemplated hereby. The Purchase Price shall be paid by Farids by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to one or more bank accounts designated in writing by the Company, on the Closing Date (as defined below). 6





Section 2.2 Closing. The closing of the Share Purchase (the Closing) shall take place at the offices of Perkins Coie LLP, 1900 Sixteenth Street Suite 1400, Denver, Colorado 80202, at 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time or before 90 days after the date hereof (such , the Closing Date). Section 2.3 Transactions to be Effected At or Prior to the Closing. At or prior to the Closing, the transactions below shall take place (except (i) to the extent such day is not a business day, (ii) the transactions set forth in clauses (a) through (e) below shall take place on or prior to the date hereof and (iii) the transactions set forth in clauses (f) through (h) shall take place as promptly as practicable on or after the date hereof, but in no event later than the Closing Date): (a) The Board of Directors shall have taken all necessary action related to the nomination of TF for election to the Board of Directors at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders to be held on January 9, 2020 (the Annual Meeting), provided that the mailing and filing of proxy materials reflecting the nomination of TF to the Board of Directors shall be completed no later than two (2) business days following the date hereof. (b) The Company and Farids shall execute and deliver this Agreement. (c) The Company and EA shall execute and deliver the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement and, in consideration of EA entering into the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement and the performance of EA's obligations therein, the Company shall issue the Warrant to EA. Each of the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement and the Warrant is effective as of the date hereof in accordance with the terms of such document. (d) The Company and TF shall execute and deliver the Indemnification Agreement. (e) The Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. shall execute and deliver the Amendment. (f) The Company shall receive the approval of Nasdaq with respect to the supplemental listing of the Purchased Shares and the reservation for issuance on the Nasdaq Global Market of the Warrant Shares. (g) The Company shall issue to Farids the Purchased Shares in electronic book-entry form. (h) The Company shall deliver to Farids the irrevocable letter of instructions addressed to the Company's transfer agent, relating to the issuance of the Purchased Shares. ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Section 3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each of Farids and EA as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that: 7





(a) Existence and Power. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on the business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a Company Material Adverse Effect). (b) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 46,000,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 250,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share (the Preferred Stock), of which 50,000 shares are designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock. As of December 19, 2019, there were 6,004,229 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and no shares of Preferred Stock outstanding. As of December 19, 2019, no shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock were reserved for issuance, except for an aggregate of 258,888 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding stock options and the settlement of restricted stock units issued under the Company's equity incentive plans and stock incentive plans. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. (c) Authority; Approvals. The Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Purchased Shares, the Warrant and the underlying Warrant Shares, have been duly and validly approved by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and no other corporate and no shareholder proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to approve such Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. The Board of Directors has taken all actions so that the restrictions contained in Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the DGCL), applicable to a business combination (as defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) do not and will not apply to the execution, delivery or performance of any Transaction Document and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due execution and delivery by Farids and EA, as applicable) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity whether applied in a court of law or a court of equity and by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally (collectively, the Enforceability Exceptions). (d) Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, does not and will not (i) contravene or conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, (ii) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law or Order binding upon the Company, (iii) constitute a default under or breach of (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) or violate or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material contract or other instrument or obligations binding upon the Company or by which any shares of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock or any of the Company's assets is or may be bound or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock or any of the Company's assets. 8





(e) Consents and Approvals. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each of Farids and EA as set forth in this Agreement and EA as set forth in the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement, as of the Closing Date, no consents or approvals of, or filings or registrations with, any federal, state or local court, governmental, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory authority, agency, commission, body or other governmental entity or self-regulatory organization (each, a Governmental Entity) or of or with any other third party by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are necessary for the execution and delivery by the Company of any Transaction Document to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, except for (A) those already obtained or made, (B) the filing of any Eligible Registration Statement with the Commission pursuant to Article VI, (C) the supplemental listing application to Nasdaq with respect to the supplemental listing of the Purchased Shares and the reservation for issuance on the Nasdaq Global Market of the Warrant Shares and (D) any securities or blue sky filings of any state. The transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do not require the consent or approval by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635. (f) Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares. As of the Purchase Date, the Purchased Shares shall be, and the Warrant Shares, when issued and delivered to EA in accordance with the terms of the Warrant will be, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive rights and will be delivered free and clear of all Liens. Except for the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents, the issuance and delivery of the Purchased Shares and the Warrant does and will not cause the vesting of any securities of the Company to accelerate, or trigger or create in any Person the right to acquire, purchase, exercise, exchange or convert any securities of the Company into Common Stock. (g) SEC Filings; Financial Statements. All forms, reports, schedules, statements and documents required to be filed with the SEC by the Company (including all exhibits included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, the SEC Reports) during the twelve (12) months prior to the date hereof were prepared in accordance and complied as of their respective filing dates, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and did not at the time they were filed (or if amended or superseded by a later filing prior to the date hereof, then on the date of such later filing) contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except as otherwise disclosed in an SEC Report, each of the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes and schedules thereto) contained in the SEC Reports (or if amended or superseded by a later filing prior to the date hereof, then on the date of such later filing) (i) complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to the extent otherwise permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or as described in the notes thereto) and (iii) fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated (subject in the case of unaudited financial statements to normal year-end adjustments and to any other adjustments described therein, including the notes thereto). Other that certain non-recurring expenses, no material adverse changes have occurred in the financial condition or business of the Company since the date of the most recent financial statement included in the SEC reports. 9





(h) Application to Takeover Protections. The Company and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, fair price, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Farids Group or any Person in the Farids Group as a result of Farids, EA and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company's issuance of the Purchased Shares, the Warrants and the underlying Warrant Shares and the ownership of such securities by the Farids Group or any Person in the Farids Group. Section 3.2 Representations and Warranties of Farids and EA. Each of Farids and EA, severally with respect to itself and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that: (a) Existence and Power. Farids is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Farids has all power and authority, limited liability company and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on the business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations or financial condition of Farids and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. EA is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. EA has all power and authority, limited liability company and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on the business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations or financial condition of EA and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (b) Authorization; Approvals. Each of Farids and EA has full power and authority to execute and deliver each of the Transaction Documents to which it is party, as applicable, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and the consummation by Farids and EA of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly approved by all necessary limited liability company action of each of Farids and EA, and no other limited liability company and no member proceedings on the part of either Farids or EA are necessary to approve such Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. Each of the Transaction Documents that has been executed and delivered by Farids or EA (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company), as applicable, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Farids or EA, as applicable, enforceable against Farids or EA, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, subject to Enforceability Exceptions. 10





(c) Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by Farids and EA of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, does not and will not (i) contravene or conflict with (A) Farids' certificate of formation or operating agreement or (B) EA's certificate of formation or operating agreement, (ii) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law or Order binding upon EA or Farids, (iii) constitute a default under or breach of (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) or violate or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material contract or other instrument or obligations binding upon Farids or by which any shares of the capital stock of Farids or EA or EA or any of Farids' or EA's assets is or may be bound or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the shares of capital stock of Farids or EA any of Farids' or EA's assets. (d) Consents and Approvals. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as set forth in this Agreement and the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement, as of the Closing Date, no consents or approvals of, or filings or registrations with, any Governmental Entity or of or with any other third party by or on behalf of Farids or EA is necessary for the execution and delivery by Farids and EA, as applicable, of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by Farids and EA, as applicable, of the transactions contemplated thereby. (e) Ownership of the Company; Control of EA. Except for the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents, none of Farids or any of its Affiliates holds or has any rights to acquire, whether directly or indirectly, any Common Stock or any other voting or equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for Common Stock or any other voting or equity securities of the Company. EA is controlled by Farids. (f) Accredited Investor; Experience. Farids is an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company and has the capacity to protect its own interests. (g) Acquisition for Own Account. Farids is acquiring the Purchased Shares for its own account for investment purposes, and not with a view to, or for the sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, or that would require the issuance of the Purchased Shares pursuant to this Agreement to be registered under the Securities Act. (h) No Reliance. Farids has relied upon the representations and warranties set forth herein and its own investigations and diligence, including a review of the Company's annual, quarterly and current reports and other documents filed with or furnished to the SEC, and not upon any other information provided by or on behalf of the Company in making the decision to purchase the Purchased Shares. Farids understands and acknowledges that neither the Company nor any of the Company's representatives, agents or attorneys is making or has made at any time any warranties or representations of any kind or character, express or implied, with respect to any matter or the Common Stock, except as expressly set forth herein. 11





ARTICLE IV BOARD NOMINATION RIGHTS Section 4.1 Springing Nomination Right. Subject to, and only upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in, this Section 4.1 and Section 4.5, (i) the Farids Group shall have the right to designate TF or, in the event of the death or permanent disability of TF, another individual that is reasonably acceptable to the Company to be a director of the Company (TF or its designee in such capacity, the Director Designee), and (ii) the Company shall cause the Director Designee to be nominated as a director of the Company unless and until such Director Designee is unwilling or unable to serve as a director. The rights and obligations of the Farids Group and the Company (including, without limitation, the right of the Farids Group to appoint the Director Designee and the obligation of the Company to cause the Director Designee to be nominated for election to the Board of Directors (other than with respect to the Annual Meeting)) set forth in this Article IV shall only be effective immediately after, and only upon, the date the Farids Group owns 5.0% or more of the issued and outstanding Common Stock. Subject to, and only upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in, this Section 4.1 and Section 4.5, it is understood and agreed that in the event that a vacancy is created at any time as a result of (i) the death or permanent disability of any Director Designee or (ii) the retirement, resignation or removal (with or without cause) of any Director Designee other than TF, then the Farids Group shall have the right to designate a replacement director (who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company and shall satisfy the eligibility requirements in Section 4.3) to fill such vacancy. Section 4.2 Obligations of the Company. (a) Nomination; Insurance. On or prior to the date of this Agreement or TF's election to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, as applicable, the Company shall have (x) nominated TF for election to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, (y) entered into an Indemnification Agreement with TF as the Director Designee and (z) taken all necessary action for TF to be covered by the Company's existing directors' liability insurance policy. (b) Nomination. Subject to, and only upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in, this Section 4.1 and Section 4.5, the Company shall cause the Director Designee to be (x) nominated for election to the Board of Directors and included in the Board of Director's slate of nominees recommended to the shareholders of the Company for each election of directors, and recommend to the shareholders of the Company that the Director Designee be elected to the Board of Directors and (y) included in the proxy statement (if any) prepared by management of the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for every meeting of the shareholders of the Company called with respect to the election of members of the Board of Directors, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the shareholders of the Company or the Board of Directors with respect to the election of members of the Board of Directors. When applicable pursuant to Section 4.1 and Section 4.5, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the election of the Director Designee and otherwise support the Director Designee for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports, and has historically supported, its other nominees in the aggregate. Except as otherwise required by applicable Law, the Company shall not take any action to cause the removal without cause of the Director Designee, unless it is directed to do so by the Farids Group. 12





Section 4.3 Eligibility of Director Designee. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article IV, the Company shall not be obligated to cause to be nominated for election to the Board of Directors (or to be included in the Board of Directors' slate of nominees to the Company's stockholders or any proxy statement prepared by management of the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for meetings of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to the election of members of the Board of Directors) or recommend to the Company's stockholders the election of the Director Designee in the event that (i) the Director Designee fails to satisfy all applicable requirements (other than those relating to independence) regarding qualifying as a director of the Company under (A) Nasdaq rules (or the rules of the principal market on which shares of Common Stock are then listed) regarding service as a director and (B) applicable Law; (ii) the Director Designee has been involved in any of the events enumerated in Item 2(d) or (e) of Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act, (iii) the Director Designee is currently the target of an investigation by any governmental authority or agency relating to felonious criminal activity or is subject to any order, decree, or judgment of any court or agency prohibiting service as a director of any public company or providing investment or financial advisory services or (iv) the Director Designee has declared or otherwise indicated (whether publicly or to the Company or the Board of Directors) that she or he is unwilling or unable to serve as a director or otherwise takes actions inconsistent with her or his election. If any event described in clause (i) through (iv) of the preceding sentence occurs, (x) if the Director Designee is TF, then the Farids Group shall forfeit its rights under this Agreement to designate the Director Designee as a member of the Board of Director and shall not have any right to a replacement designee and (y) if the Director Designee is an individual other than TF, then the TF Group shall designate a replacement designee who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company and shall satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth in this Section 4.3 and such replacement designee shall thereafter constitute a Director Designee under this Agreement. The Company shall promptly notify the Farids Group in writing of any objection to the Director Designee in advance of the date on which proxy materials are mailed by the Company in connection with such election of directors. Section 4.4 Resignation. If Farids' Nomination Right set forth in this Article IV is currently applicable and is terminated pursuant to Section 4.5, at the request of the Company, the Director Designee shall offer to resign as a director effective immediately. Section 4.5 Termination. Subject to Section 4.1, the rights and obligations of the Farids Group and the Company (including, without limitation, the right of the Farids Group to appoint the Director Designee and the obligation of the Company to cause the Director Designee to be nominated for election to the Board of Directors) set forth in this Article IV (if applicable, the Nomination Right) shall terminate immediately after the date the Farids Group owns less than 5.0% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company, and the Director Designee shall no longer be deemed to be a Director Designee; provided further, that, even if the Farids Group owns 5.0% or more of the issued and outstanding Common Stock, such rights and obligations shall terminate on the earliest to occur of: (A) for purposes of determining the Nomination Right for the third Contract Year (as defined in the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement), the EA Revenue (as defined in the Warrant) for the second Contract Year is less than $[**], (B) for purposes of determining the Nomination Right for the fourth Contract Year, the EA Revenue for the third Contract Year is less than $[**]; (C) for purposes of determining the Nomination Right for the fifth Contract Year, the EA Revenue for the fourth Contract Year is less than $[**]; or (D) for purposes of determining the Nomination Right for the 12-month period following the fifth Contract Year, the EA Revenue for the fifth Contract Year is less than $[**]. 13





ARTICLE V RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER Section 5.1 Restrictions on Transfer. (a) Until the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the Farids Group agrees not to make any Transfer of all or any portion of the Purchased Shares, except that the Farids Group shall be permitted to make Permitted Transfers. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Farids Group agrees that it will not effect any Transfer of Purchased Shares unless such Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and, in either case, in compliance with all applicable state securities laws and all applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction. The Company agrees, and the Farids Group understands and consents, that the Company will not take any action to cause or permit the Transfer of any Purchased Shares to be made on its books (or on any register of securities maintained on its behalf) unless the Transfer is permitted by and has been made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and all applicable securities laws. The Farids Group agrees that in connection with any Transfer of Purchased Shares that is not made pursuant to a registration statement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, request an opinion, certifications and other information in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company stating that such transaction is exempt from registration under the Securities Act. (c) The Purchased Shares shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with legends substantially similar to the following (in addition to any legend required under applicable state securities laws) or if held in electronic form, shall be held in an account by the Company's stock transfer agent subject to restrictions on Transfer substantially consistent with the following legend, which shall be furnished in accordance with applicable Law: THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE ACT), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION OR (B) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S RIGHT TO RECEIVE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND FROM COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY STATING THAT SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. 14





THE SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 20, 2019, AMONG FARIDS & CO. LLC, EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS, LLC AND THE COMPANY (AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED AND IN EFFECT FROM TIME TO TIME). NO SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY. (d) The Farids Group acknowledges and agrees that any Transfer of the limited liability company interests, partnership interests, shares or other similar equity interests in any member of the Farids Group or a parent entity of such member will be deemed to constitute a Transfer of Purchased Shares, and any proposed Transfer of all or any portion of any such interests in any member of the Farids Group or a parent entity of such member shall be subject to compliance with the terms of this Agreement as such terms apply to the Farids Group. (e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Farids Group may from time to time pledge, and/or grant a security interest in, some or all of the legended Purchased Shares in connection with applicable securities laws, pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement in compliance with a bona fide margin loan. Such a pledge would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion shall be required in connection with a subsequent transfer or foreclosure following default by the Farids Group transferee of the pledge. No notice shall be required of such pledge, but the Farids Group's transferee shall promptly notify the Company of any such subsequent transfer or foreclosure. The Farids Group acknowledges that the Company shall not be responsible for any pledges relating to, or the grant of any security interest in, any of the Purchased Shares or for any agreement, understanding or arrangement between the Farids Group and its pledgee or secured party. At the Farids Group's expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Purchased Shares may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Purchased Shares, including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder. (f) The legend set forth in Section 5.1(c) above shall be removed and the Company shall issue one or more certificates without such legend or any other legend to the holder of the Purchased Shares upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery, if (i) such Purchased Shares are registered for resale under the Securities Act, (ii) such Purchased Shares are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) such Purchased Shares are eligible for resale under the Securities Act without regard to current public information, manner of sale or volume limitations. Any fees (with respect to the Company's transfer agent, Company counsel or otherwise) associated with the removal of such legend shall be borne by the Company. 15





Section 5.2 Remedy for Prohibited Transfer. In the event that any member of the Farids Group Transfers any Purchased Shares in contravention of Section 5.1, such Transfer shall be null and void, and the Company agrees it will not take any action to effect such a Transfer nor will it treat any alleged transferee as the holder of such Purchased Shares. ARTICLE VI REGISTRATION RIGHTS Section 6.1 Demand Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive a written request (a Demand Request) from the Farids Group that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of all or a portion of the Registrable Securities owned by the Farids Group, then the Company shall, subject to the limitations of this Section 6.1, effect, as expeditiously as reasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof that the Farids Group requests to be registered, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1(c); provided, however, that any Eligible Resale Registration Statement shall be filed within 90 days following receipt of such Demand Request and any Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be filed within 30 days following receipt of such Demand Request, as applicable. The Farids Group shall have the right to make two (2) Demand Requests on or after the date that is the second anniversary of the date of this Agreement; provided, that the Farids Group shall not make more than one (1) Demand Request within any six-month period. (b) If the Farids Group intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request by means of an underwritten public offering, it shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 6.1. The Farids Group shall have the right to select the investment bank or banks and managers to administer any offering made in connection with a Demand Request, including the lead managing underwriter; provided that such investment banks or managers shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company; provided, further, that if the Farids Group declines to exercise such right, the Company shall select the investment bank or banks and managers to administer the offering, but the Farids Group shall continue to have such right pursuant to this Section 6.1(b) in any subsequent underwritten public offering. (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to (i) effect a registration pursuant to Section 6.1 unless the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Farids Group, together with all other shares of Common Stock requested to be registered by any other holder of piggyback registration rights (each, an Other Piggyback Holder) pursuant to any agreement containing similar registration rights as those contained in this Article VI (such other shares, the Other Registrable Securities), are reasonably expected to result in aggregate gross cash proceeds in excess of (x) in the case of a Resale Shelf Registration Statement, three (3) million dollars ($3,000,000) and (y) in the case of any other form of registration statement, one (1) million dollars ($1,000,000) or (ii) prepare, file, effect or maintain a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor to Form S-3) or any similar shelf registration statement (other than a Resale Shelf Registration Statement) under the Securities Act for the purposes of compliance with any Demand Right pursuant to this Section 6.1. 16





Section 6.2 Piggyback Registrations. (a) From and after the second anniversary of the date of this Agreement, the Company shall notify the Farids Group (unless the Farids Group has demanded such registration pursuant to Section 6.1) in writing at least five (5) business days prior to the initial public filing of any Eligible Registration Statement. Such notice from the Company shall state the intended method of distribution of the Registrable Securities included in such Eligible Registration Statement. The Company shall afford the Farids Group the opportunity to include Registrable Securities in such Eligible Registration Statement so long as it agrees to sell its Registrable Securities pursuant to the same method of distribution. If the Farids Group desires to include Registrable Securities held by it in any such Eligible Registration Statement, it shall, within four (4) business days after the above-described notice from the Company, so notify the Company in writing. Any such notice from the Farids Group shall (i) specify the amount of Registrable Securities that the Farids Group would like to include in such Eligible Registration Statement and (ii) include the agreement of the Farids Group to participate in any related underwritten offering on the same terms as the other participating Holders. Upon such written notice from the Farids Group, the Company will use its best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Farids Group has requested to be registered. If the Farids Group decides not to or is unable to include all of its Registrable Securities in any Eligible Registration Statement filed by the Company, the Farids Group shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include Registrable Securities in any subsequent Eligible Registration Statement as may be filed by the Company, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. Prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Eligible Registration Statement, the Farids Group may withdraw from such Eligible Registration Statement any of the Registrable Securities at any time upon written notice to the Company. (b) Underwriting. If the Eligible Registration Statement under which the Company gives notice under this Section 6.2 is for an underwritten offering, the Company shall so advise the Farids Group. In such event, the right of the Farids Group to be included in an Eligible Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 6.2 shall be conditioned upon the Farids Group's participation in such underwriting by executing and delivering a custody agreement and power of attorney in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company with respect to such Registrable Securities (the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney), which Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney shall permit the Farids Group to, prior to the effectiveness of such Eligible Registration Statement, withdraw any of the Registrable Securities at any time from such Eligible Registration Statement upon written notice to the Company and the custodian. The Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney will provide, among other things, that (i) the Farids Group will, to the extent applicable, deliver to and deposit in custody with the custodian and attorney-in-fact named therein one or more certificates representing such Registrable Securities, accompanied by duly executed stock powers in blank, and irrevocably appoint said custodian and attorney-in-fact with full power and authority to act under the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney on the Farids Group's behalf with respect to the matters specified therein, including, but not limited to, the entry into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) in customary form with the underwriter(s) and such other documents and agreements reasonably required in connection with such registration or offering and (ii) the Farids Group will perform its obligations under such Underwriting Agreement and any other agreement entered into in connection with such registration and/or offering. The Farids Group also agrees to execute such other documents and agreements as the Company may reasonably request to effect the provisions of this Section 6.2 and any transactions contemplated hereby. 17





Section 6.3 Priority on Registrations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VI, if the lead managing underwriter or underwriters advise, in the case of a requested registration pursuant to Section 6.1, the Farids Group or, in all other cases, the Company that marketing factors (including, but not limited to, an adverse effect on the per share offering price) require a limitation of the number of shares to be included in an underwritten offering (including Registrable Securities), then the Farids Group or the Company, as the case may be, shall so advise all holders of Registrable Securities and all Other Piggyback Holders who have requested to participate in such offering, that (i) if the requested registration is pursuant to Section 6.1, the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated first to the Farids Group for its own account, and second to the Company (to the extent it is selling shares of Common Stock in such offering) and the Other Piggyback Holders who have duly requested shares to be included therein on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares proposed to be sold by the Company and the number of Other Registrable Securities requested to be included by such Other Piggyback Holders, and (ii) if the requested registration is not pursuant to Section 6.1, the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated first to the Company for its own account (to the extent such registration was initiated by the Company) or to such Holder of Other Registrable Securities who demanded such registration pursuant to demand rights similar to those set forth in this Agreement, and second to the Company (to the extent such registration was not initiated by the Company), the Farids Group and the Other Piggyback Holders who have duly requested shares to be included therein on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares proposed to be sold by the Company (to the extent such registration was not initiated by the Company), the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by the Farids Group and the number of Other Registrable Securities requested to be included by all such Other Piggyback Holders. For any Other Piggyback Holder which is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, the partners, members or shareholders, as applicable, of such Other Piggyback Holder and the estates and Family Members of any such partners, members and shareholders and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing Person(s) shall be deemed to be a single Other Piggyback Holder, and any pro rata reduction with respect to such Other Piggyback Holder pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all Persons deemed to constitute such Other Piggyback Holder (as defined in this sentence). Section 6.4 Termination, Effectiveness, Postponement and Suspension of Registration. (a) Right to Terminate Registration. If the Farids Group determines for any reason not to proceed with any proposed registration requested pursuant to Section 6.1, the Farids Group shall promptly notify the Company in writing. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company shall withdraw or terminate such registration whether or not any Other Piggyback Holder has elected to include any Other Registrable Securities in such registration. In addition, the Company shall have the right to withdraw or terminate any proposed registration initiated by it and a Holder of Other Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw or terminate any proposed registration initiated by it, whether or not the Farids Group or any Other Piggyback Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as the case may be, in such registration. The Company shall promptly give notice of the withdrawal or termination of any registration to the Farids Group, to the extent the Farids Group has elected to participate in such registration. The Registration Expenses of any such withdrawn or terminated registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 6.5. 18





(b) Effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Eligible Registration Statement until the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities included in such Eligible Registration Statement have actually been sold and (ii) the date that is (x) 180 days (in respect of a Resale Shelf Registration Statement) or (y) 90 days (in respect of any Eligible Registration Statement other than a Resale Shelf Registration Statement) from the effective date of such Eligible Registration Statement. (c) Postponement or Suspension of Registration. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of an Eligible Registration Statement in respect of a registration pursuant to this Agreement at any time would require the Company to make a public disclosure of material non-public information, (1) which disclosure in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors (after consultation with external legal counsel) (x) would be required to be made in any registration statement so that such registration statement would not contain a material misstatement or omission, (y) would not be required by applicable Law to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Eligible Registration Statement and (z) would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the Company's ability to effect a material proposed acquisition, disposition, financing, business opportunity, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction or (2) during a customary blackout period of the Company, then the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such determination to the Farids Group, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend the use of, such Eligible Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be permitted to do so pursuant to clause (1) above (x) more than two times during any twelve (12) month period or (y) for a period exceeding thirty (30) days on any one occasion (unless a longer period is consented to by the Farids Group) (the Suspension Period). In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Farids Group agrees to suspend, promptly upon its receipt of the notice referred to above, its use of any prospectus relating to such registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. If so requested by the Company, the Farids Group shall use its reasonable best efforts to deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in the Farids Group's possession, of the prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. The Company agrees that, in the event it exercises its rights under this Section 6.4(c), it shall (i) promptly notify the Farids Group of the termination or expiration of any Suspension Period, (ii) within thirty (30) days after delivery of the notice referred to above (unless a longer period is consented to by the Farids Group), resume the process of filing or request for effectiveness, or update the suspended registration statement, as the case may be, as may be necessary to permit the Farids Group to offer and sell its Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable Law and (iii) if an Eligible Registration Statement that was already effective had been suspended as result of the exercise of such rights by the Company, promptly notify the Farids Group after the termination or expiration of any Suspension Period of the applicable time period during which the Eligible Registration Statement is to remain effective, which shall be extended by a period of time equal to the duration of the Suspension Period. 19





Section 6.5 Expenses of Registration. Except as specifically provided herein, all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 shall be borne by the Company. All underwriting fees and selling commissions relating to the distribution of the Registrable Securities and all taxes, if any, on the transfer and sale, respectively, of the Registrable Securities being sold that are incurred in connection with any registrations hereunder shall be borne by the Farids Group. For the avoidance of doubt, all underwriting fees, selling commissions and taxes incurred in connection with any registration hereunder relating to securities sold by the Company shall be borne by the Company. Section 6.6 Obligations of the Company. If and whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 (to the extent the Farids Group has requested to include Registrable Securities in an Eligible Registration Statement pursuant to clause (a) of such Section 6.1 or 6.2, as the case may be), the Company shall effect such registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall cooperate in the sale of the securities and shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible: (a) Prepare and file with the SEC an Eligible Registration Statement on such form as shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Farids Group in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof and the provisions of this Article VI, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause each such Eligible Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided, however, that before filing any Eligible Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (not including documents that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall afford the Farids Group, its counsel and the managing underwriter, if any, an opportunity to review copies of all such documents proposed to be filed. The Company shall not file any Eligible Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto in respect of which the Farids Group has a right to review prior to the filing of such document, if the Farids Group, its counsel or the managing underwriter, if any, shall reasonably object, in writing, on a timely basis. (b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Eligible Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Eligible Registration Statement continuously effective for the effectiveness period; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Eligible Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented. 20





(c) Notify the Farids Group, its counsel and the managing underwriter, if any, promptly (but in any event within 10 business days), and confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to an Eligible Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective (including in such notice a written statement that the Farids Group may, upon request, obtain, without charge, one conformed copy of such Eligible Registration Statement or post-effective amendment including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and all exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Eligible Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at any time when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Eligible Registrable Securities the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 6.6(k) below cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of an Eligible Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event that makes any statement made in such Eligible Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Eligible Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of such Eligible Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the Company's reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to an Eligible Registration Statement would be appropriate. (d) Use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of an Eligible Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment. (e) If requested by the managing underwriter, if any, or the Farids Group, (i) promptly incorporate in a post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter, if any, or the Farids Group reasonably requests to be included therein to comply with applicable Law, (ii) make all required filings of such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such post-effective amendment, and (iii) supplement or make amendments to such Eligible Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to take any actions under this Section 6.6(e) that are not, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, in compliance with applicable Law. (f) Furnish to the Farids Group and each managing underwriter, if any, without charge, one conformed copy of the Eligible Registration Statement or Statements and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits. 21





(g) Deliver to the Farids Group, its counsel and the underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request; and, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by the Farids Group and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and an amendment or supplement thereto. (h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, to use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and cooperate with the Farids Group, the underwriters, if any, the sales agent and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as the Farids Group or the managing underwriter, if any, reasonably request in writing; use its reasonable best efforts to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period during which the related Eligible Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and use its reasonable best efforts to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Eligible Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (B) take any action that would subject it to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. (i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by clause (v) or (vi) of Section 6.6(c) above, as promptly as practicable prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Eligible Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (j) Enter into an underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings and take all such other actions as are reasonably requested by the managing underwriter in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, (i) make such customary representations and warranties to the underwriters, with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, and the Eligible Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein; (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory (in form, scope and substance) to the managing underwriter), addressed to the underwriters covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters; and (iii) obtain comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Eligible Registration Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with underwritten offerings. The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder. 22





(k) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by such Eligible Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. (l) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally available to its security-holders earnings statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any 12-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company after the effectiveness date of an Eligible Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month periods. Section 6.7 Delay of Registration; Furnishing Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2 that the Farids Group shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of distribution of such securities as required by Section 6.12 or as otherwise reasonably requested by the Company. Section 6.8 Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in an Eligible Registration Statement under Section 6.1 or 6.2: (a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Farids Group, the partners, members, directors and officers of any member of the Farids Group, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), the directors and officers of such underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls any member of the Farids Group or such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively, the Non-Company Indemnified Parties), against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or suits, actions or proceedings in respect thereof) and reasonable documented expenses that arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations by the Company: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Eligible Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein, including any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein, or any other such disclosure document (including reports and other documents filed under the Exchange Act and any document incorporated by reference therein) or related document or report, (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein (in the case of an Eligible Registration Statement only), or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances when they were made, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any federal, state, foreign or common law, rule or regulation in connection with the offering covered by such Eligible Registration Statement (collectively, a Violation); and the Company will reimburse each such Non-Company Indemnified Party for any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6.8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such Eligible Registration Statement by such Non-Company Indemnified Party. 23





(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Farids Group will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), the directors and officers of such underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which the Company or any such director, officer, employee, agent, representative, controlling person or underwriter may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or suits, actions or proceedings in respect thereof) and reasonable documented expenses that arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Eligible Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein, including any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein, or any other such disclosure document (including reports and other documents filed under the Exchange Act and any document incorporated by reference therein) or related document or report, (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein (in the case of an Eligible Registration Statement only), or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances when they were made, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any federal, state, foreign or common law, rule or regulation in connection with the offering covered by such Eligible Registration Statement (collectively, a Holder Violation), in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Holder Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by the Farids Group expressly for use in connection with such Eligible Registration Statement; and the Farids Group will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, employee, agent, representative, controlling person or underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding if it is judicially determined that there was such a Holder Violation; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6.8(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Farids Group, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided, further, that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 6.8(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by the Farids Group upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation. 24





(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6.8 (an Indemnified Party) of written notice of the commencement of any claim, damage, suit, action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation) being brought or asserted against it, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6.8 (an Indemnifying Party), deliver to the Indemnifying Party a written notice of the commencement thereof; provided, that the failure of the Indemnified Party to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any liability it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6.8 except to the extent such failure has materially prejudiced the Indemnifying Party's ability to defend such action (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses). The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the Indemnifying Party so desires, jointly with any other Indemnifying Party who has received a similar notice, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel relating to such proceeding, and after notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall not, except as specified below, be liable to such Indemnified Party under paragraph (a) or (b) above, as the case may be, for any legal expenses of other counsel. In any such proceeding, an Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the Indemnified Party; provided the Indemnifying Party will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel if (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have so mutually agreed; (ii) the Indemnifying Party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; (iii) the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded, based on the advice of counsel, that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel that is required to effectively defend against any such proceeding) for all Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed promptly. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party. 25





(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.8 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to herein, the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder, shall to the extent permitted by applicable Law contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the actions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by a court of law by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, that in no event shall any contribution by a Holder hereunder exceed the net proceeds from the offering made under such Eligible Registration Statement received by such Holder. (e) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 6.8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. (f) The obligations of the Company and the Farids Group under this Section 6.8 shall survive completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in an Eligible Registration Statement and the termination of this Agreement. (g) The obligations of the parties under this Section 6.8 will be in addition to any liability, without duplication, which any party may otherwise have to any other party. Section 6.9 Market Stand-Off Agreement. The Farids Group hereby agrees that the Farids Group shall not Transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale or other Transfer, any Lock-Up Security held by the Farids Group (other than those included in the registration) for a period specified by the representative(s) of the underwriters of Registrable Securities or any other securities sold in any offering in respect of which the Farids Group received notice from the Company in accordance with Section 6.2, such period not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180) days following the pricing date of any underwritten offering; provided that the Farids Group shall only be required to comply with this Section 6.9 if the Farids Group beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) at least 3.0% or more of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time. The Company may impose stop transfer instructions with respect to any Lock-Up Security subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of said one hundred and eighty (180) day or shorter period. 26





Section 6.10 Agreement to Furnish Information. The Farids Group agrees to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the representative(s) of the underwriter(s) that are consistent with the Farids Group's obligations under Section 6.9 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. In addition, if requested by the Company or such representative(s), the Farids Group shall provide, to the extent the Farids Group has elected to include Registrable Securities in an Eligible Registration Statement, within one (1) business day of such request, such information relating to itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the registration and the intended method of distribution of the Registrable Securities as may be reasonably requested by the Company or such representative(s) in connection with the completion of any public offering of Common Stock pursuant to such Eligible Registration Statement. The underwriters of Registrable Securities are intended third party beneficiaries of Sections 6.8 and 6.10 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Section 6.11 Termination. The rights and obligations of the Farids Group set forth in this Article VI (other than those set forth in Sections 6.8 and 6.9) shall terminate on the date that the Farids Group owns less than 3% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock, but in no event earlier than the Expiration Date (as defined in the Warrant). ARTICLE VII RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL; CHANGE IN CONTROL Section 7.1 Right of First Offer for 144 Sales. (a) Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.1 of this Agreement and Section 2.3 of the Warrant, in the event any member of the Farids Group proposes to Transfer (other than a Permitted Transfer) a Threshold Block, in a transaction or series of related transactions, of Shares in a 144 Sale, the Farids Group shall furnish to the Company a written notice of such proposed Transfer (a ROFO Sale Notice) at least 48 hours prior to the opening of trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (or such other primary stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed) on the business day that the Farids Group proposes to begin to effect such 144 Sale. (b) The ROFO Sale Notice shall include: (i) (A) the number of Shares proposed to be sold (the ROFO Shares), (B) the per share purchase price in cash at which the Farids Group is prepared to Transfer such ROFO Shares (the ROFO Sale Price) and (C) the date the Farids Group proposes to begin to effect such 144 Sale; and (ii) (ii) an offer to sell to the Company and/or a designee of the Company all or a portion of the ROFO Shares at the ROFO Sale Price. (c) If the Company wishes to purchase (and/or cause a designee to purchase) all or a portion of the ROFO Shares at the ROFO Sale Price, the Company shall deliver a notice (a ROFO Purchase Notice) to the Farids Group no later 8:00 a.m. New York time on the business day that the Farids Group proposes to effect such 144 Sale specifying the number of ROFO Shares it wishes to purchase (and/or cause a designee to purchase) from the Farids Group. The closing of the purchase of such ROFO Shares by the Company and/or any such designee shall take place no later than five (5) business days after delivery of the ROFO Purchase Notice, with payment for such ROFO Shares being made concurrently with such purchase to the Farids Group's account designated in the ROFO Sale Notice. If the Company does not timely deliver a ROFO Purchase Notice it shall be deemed to have waived all of its rights with respect to the offer contained in the ROFO Sale Notice. 27





(d) In the event that the number of ROFO Shares offered to be purchased in the ROFO Purchase Notice is less than the number of ROFO Shares set forth in the Sale Notice (or the Company does not timely deliver a ROFO Purchase Notice), the Farids Group may sell the ROFO Shares that are not subject to any such ROFO Purchase Notice during the five (5) day business day period beginning on the date in the ROFO Sale Notice on which the Farids Group proposed to begin to effect such 144 Sale (the ROFO Transfer Period); provided that no such ROFO Share may be sold for less than the ROFO Sale Price. (e) (e) If by the expiration of the ROFO Transfer Period, the Farids Group has not completed the Transfer of any ROFO Shares at the ROFO Sales Price or a higher price, in order for the Farids Group to Transfer such ROFO Shares (or any other Shares) it shall be necessary for a new ROFO Sale Notice or ROFR Sale Notice to be delivered, and the terms and provisions of this Article VII to be again complied with. The Farids Group shall not deliver more than one ROFO Sale Notice or ROFR Sale Notice in any thirty (30) day period. Section 7.2 Right of First Refusal. (a) Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.1 of this Agreement and Section 2.3 of the Warrant, in the event any member of the Farids Group proposes to Transfer (other than a Permitted Transfer) (i) a Threshold Block, in a transaction or series of related transactions, that, to the Farids Group's knowledge (after due inquiry in connection with a private, non-open market transaction) is to a Person whom the Company reasonably determines is a direct or indirect material competitor of the Company or any Affiliate of such Person or (ii) a Significant Block, in a transaction or series of related transactions, that, to the Farids Group's knowledge (after due inquiry in connection with a private, non-open market transaction) is to a Person whom the Company reasonably determines is a direct or indirect material competitor of the Company or any Affiliate of such Person (in each case, regardless of whether such Transfer will constitute a 144 Sale), the Farids Group shall furnish to the Company a written notice of such proposed Transfer (a ROFR Sale Notice) at least (5) business days prior to the business day that the Farids Group proposes to effect such Transfer. (b) The ROFR Sale Notice shall include: (i) (A) the identity of the proposed transferee, (B) the purchase agreement and other documentation for the proposed Transfer (the ROFR Sale Documentation), (C) the number of Shares proposed to be sold (the ROFR Shares), (D) the per share purchase price in cash at which the Farids Group is prepared to Transfer such ROFR Shares (the ROFR Sale Price) and (E) the date the Farids Group proposes to effect such Transfer; and 28





(ii) an offer to sell to the Company and/or a designee of the Company all of the ROFR Shares at the ROFR Sale Price. (c) If the Company wishes to purchase (and/or cause a designee to purchase) all of the ROFR Shares at the ROFR Sale Price, the Company shall deliver a notice (a ROFR Purchase Notice) to the Farids Group within three (3) business day after receipt of the ROFR Sale Notice. The closing of the purchase of such ROFR Shares by the Company and/or any such designee shall take place no later than the later of (i) the purchase date set forth in the ROFR Sale Documentation and (ii) five (5) business days after delivery of the ROFR Purchase Notice, with payment for such ROFR Shares being made concurrently with such purchase to the Farids Group's account designated in the ROFR Sale Notice. If the Company does not timely deliver a ROFR Purchase Notice it shall be deemed to have waived all of its rights with respect to the offer contained in the ROFR Sale Notice. (d) In the event that Company does not timely delivery a ROFR Purchase Notice, the Farids Group may sell the ROFR Shares to the proposed transferee identified in the ROFR Sale Notice at the ROFR Sale Price and on the other terms and conditions set forth in the ROFR Sale Documentation no later than three (3) business days following the date the Farids Group proposed to effect such Transfer in the ROFR Sale Notice (the ROFR Transfer Period). (e) If by the expiration of the ROFR Transfer Period, the Farids Group has not completed the Transfer of the ROFR Shares, in order for the Farids Group to Transfer such ROFR Shares (or any other Shares) it shall be necessary for a new ROFO Sale Notice or ROFR Sale Notice to be delivered, and the terms and provisions of this Article VII to be again complied with. The Farids Group shall not deliver more than one ROFR Sale Notice or ROFO Sale Notice in any thirty (30) day period. ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS Section 8.1 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally, telecopied (upon telephonic confirmation of receipt), on the first business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next day courier service, or on the third business day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice: (a) if to the Company to: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. 265 Turner Drive Durango, Colorado 81303 Attention: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer 29





with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: Perkins Coie LLP 1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Attention: Sonny Allison and Ned Prusse (b) If to the Farids Group to: Farids & Co. LLC 980 Hammond Dr., Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30328 USA Attention: Tariq Farid (c) If to EA to: Edible Arrangement, LLC 980 Hammond Dr., Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30328 USA Attention: Tariq Farid with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: DLA Piper LLP (US) 444 West Lake Street Suite 900 Chicago, IL 60606 Attention: Neal Aizenstein Section 8.2 Further Assurances. Each party hereto shall do and perform or cause to be done and performed all further acts and shall execute and deliver all other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents as any other party hereto reasonably may request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Section 8.3 Amendments and Waivers. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Farids Group. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. The execution of a joinder agreement to this Agreement by a Family Member of TF shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement requiring the consent of any party hereto. 30





Section 8.4 Fees and Expenses. Each party hereto shall pay all of its own fees and expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Section 8.5 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, provided, that, unless in connection with Permitted Transfers, neither party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any person without the express written consent of the other party hereto and any such assignment or other transfer shall be null and void; provided, further, that no such assignment shall relieve the assigning party of its obligations hereunder if such assignee does not perform such obligations. Prior to the receipt by the Company of adequate written notice of the Permitted Transfer of any Purchased Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and specifying the full name and address of the transferee, the Company may deem and treat the person listed as the holder of such shares in its records as the absolute owner and holder of such shares for all purposes, including the payment of dividends. Section 8.6 Governing Law. (a) This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and wholly performed within such state, except for matters directly within the purview of the DGCL, which shall be governed by the DGCL. Each of the Farids Group and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and in the courts hearing appeals therefrom unless no basis for federal jurisdiction exists, in which event each party hereto irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and the courts hearing appeals therefrom, for any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the Farids Group and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any such action, suit or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for any reason, other than the failure to serve process in accordance with this Section 8.6, that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise), and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, that the action, suit or proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of such action, suit or proceeding is improper, or that this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts and further irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the benefit of any defense that would hinder, fetter or delay the levy, execution or collection of any amount to which the party is entitled pursuant to the final judgment of any court having jurisdiction. Each of the Farids Group and the Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any and all rights to trial by jury in connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. 31





(b) Each of the Farids Group and the Company expressly acknowledges that the foregoing waivers are intended to be irrevocable under the laws of the State of New York, the State of Delaware and of the United States of America; provided, that consent by the Farids Group and the Company to jurisdiction and service contained in this Section 8.6 is solely for the purpose referred to in this Section 8.6 and shall not be deemed to be a general submission to said courts or in the State of New York other than for such purpose. Section 8.7 Ownership Limitation. The Farids Group shall not (unless specifically requested in writing by the Company, acting through a resolution of a majority of the Company's directors), directly or indirectly, and agrees to cause the Affiliates of the Farid Group to not, directly or indirectly, in any manner acquire, offer or propose to acquire, or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of another person, by joining a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (including any group of persons that would be treated as a single person under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), through swap or hedging transactions or otherwise, any securities of the Company, or any rights decoupled from the underlying securities of the Company that would result in the Farids Group (together with its Affiliates) owning, controlling or otherwise having any beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 19.99% or more of the fully diluted number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time; provided, however, that nothing herein will require Common Stock to be sold to the extent that the Farids Group and its Affiliates, collectively, exceed the ownership limit under this Section 8.7 as the result of any share repurchase or other Company action that reduces the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock on or after the date hereof; provided, further, that (a) this Section 8.7 shall not preclude Farids or EA from privately requesting a waiver of the provisions of Section 8.7, and (b) the provisions of this Section 8.7 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect if the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to, or publicly announces that it plans to enter into, a transaction involving all or a controlling portion of the Company's equity securities or all or substantially all of the Company's assets (whether by merger, consolidation, business combination, tender or exchange offer, recapitalization, restructuring, sale, equity issuance or otherwise). Section 8.8 Non-Disparagement. (a) Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall in any manner, directly or indirectly, in any capacity or manner, make or cause to be made, or in any way encourage any other person to make or cause to be made, any public statement or public announcement, including in any document or report filed with or furnished to the SEC or through the press, media, analysts or other persons, that constitutes an ad hominem attack on or otherwise disparages, defames or slanders the Farids Group or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective successors or current or former members, partners, officers, directors or employees (it being understood and agreed that the restrictions in this Section 8.8(a) shall not apply to any member of the Board of Directors based upon discussions solely among other members of the Board of Directors and/or management of the Company); provided, that the limitations set forth in this Section 8.8(a) shall not prevent the Company or any of its Affiliates from (i) responding to any public statement or announcement made by the Farids Group or any of its Affiliates that was made in breach of Section 8.8(b) below or (ii) if solicited by a Third Party, making objective statements that reflect the Company's view with respect to factual matters concerning specific acts or determinations of the Farids Group or any of its Affiliates (or their respective current or former representatives) occurring after the date hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, a public statement or announcement shall only be deemed to be made by the Company if such public statement or announcement is made by (X) an executive officer or a member of the Board of Directors (other than a Director Designee) or (Y) an employee or representative of the Company authorized to make such statement or announcement on behalf of the Company. 32





(b) Neither the Farids Group nor any of its Affiliates shall in any manner, directly or indirectly, in any capacity or manner, make or cause to be made, or in any way encourage any other person to make or cause to be made, any public statement or public announcement, including in any document or report filed with or furnished to the SEC or through the press, media, analysts or other persons, that constitutes an ad hominem attack on or otherwise disparages, defames or slanders the Company or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective successors or current or former members, partners, officers, directors or employees; provided, that, the limitations set forth in this Section 8.8(b) shall not prevent the Farids Group or any of its Affiliates from (i) responding to any statement made by the Company or any of its Affiliates or representatives that was made in breach of Section 8.8(a) above or (ii) if solicited by a Third Party, making objective statements that reflect the Farids Group's or any of its Affiliates' view with respect to factual matters concerning specific acts or determinations of the Company, any of its Affiliates or any current or former representatives of the Company or any of its Affiliates occurring after the date hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, a public statement or announcement shall only be deemed to be made by the Farids Group or any of its Affiliates if such public statement or announcement is made by (X) a Farids manager, director or executive officer or an EA manager, director or executive officer (Y) an employee or representative of Farids or EA authorized to make such statement or announcement on behalf of Farids or EA, as applicable. Section 8.9 Non-Solicitation. (a) Each of EA, Farids and the Company shall not, and shall cause their respective controlled Affiliates to not, either directly or indirectly solicit, hire, or contract with any of the employees of the other party or its Affiliates during the Term (as defined in the Exclusive Supplier Operating Agreement) and for one (1) year following the termination or expiration thereof; provided that this Section 8.9(a) shall not apply with respect to any such employee who employment with the other party and its Affiliates has been terminated for a period in excess of nine (9) months. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the restrictions regarding solicitation in this Section 8.9 shall not be deemed to apply to media advertisements of general circulation, open job fairs, the efforts of an employment search firm or other generalized means of publicizing a job opening, such as on a website or job board which, in each case, are not targeted primarily at the employees of the other party or its Affiliates; provided that this Section 8.9(b) shall not limit the restrictions or hiring set forth in Section 8.9(a). Section 8.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties and/or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. 33





Section 8.11 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. Section 8.12 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable Law, such provision shall be deemed to be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of this Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforced in accordance with its terms to the maximum extent permitted by law. Section 8.13 Counterparts; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures were upon the same instrument. Facsimile and electronic (.PDF) signatures shall be sufficient to execute this Agreement. Except for Section 6.8 with respect to the underwriters of Registrable Securities, no provision of this Agreement shall confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder. Section 8.14 Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing. Section 8.15 Remedies. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the terms hereof, this being in addition to any other remedies to which they are entitled at law or equity. In the event of any dispute between the parties concerning the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the party prevailing in such dispute shall be entitled to collect from the other party all costs incurred in such dispute, including reasonable attorneys' fees. [Remainder of this page intentionally left blank] 34





IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the date first written above. ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC. By: /s/ Bryan J. Merryman Name: Bryan J. Merryman Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer FARIDS & CO. LLC By: /s/ Tariq Farid Name: Tariq Farid Title: Chief Executive Officer EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS, LLC By: /s/ Tariq Farid Name: Tariq Farid Title: Chief Executive Officer [Signature Page to Strategic Alliance Agreement]





EXHIBIT A FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT This JOINDER AGREEMENT (this Joinder Agreement) is executed pursuant to the terms of the Strategic Alliance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2019, by and among Farids & Co. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Farids), Edible Arrangements, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), a copy of which is attached hereto and is incorporated herein by reference (the Agreement), by the undersigned (the Farids Transferee). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Agreement. By execution and delivery of this Joinder Agreement, the Farids Transferee agrees as follows: SECTION 1. Acknowledgment. The Farids Transferee acknowledges that it has acquired Purchased Shares from a member of the Farids Group pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. SECTION 2. Agreement. The Farids Transferee (a) agrees that the Purchased Shares it owns shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Agreement to the same extent as if such Farids Transferee were a member of the Farids Group, (b) hereby adopts the Agreement with the same force and effect as if it were originally a member of the Farids Group and (c) shall constitute a member of the Farids Group under the Agreement. SECTION 3. Notice. Any notice required to be provided by the Agreement shall be given to the Farids Transferee at the address of Farids Group listed in the Agreement. SECTION 4. Governing Law. This Joinder Agreement and the rights of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein. Executed and dated this day of . Farids Transferee: [INSERT NAME] By: [Title] Acknowledged and Agreed to by ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC. By: [Title] A-1





EXHIBIT B EXCLUSIVE SUPPLIER OPERATING AGREEMENT [Attached] B-1





EXHIBIT C WARRANT [Attached] C-1





EXHIBIT D INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT [Attached] D-1





EXHIBIT E AMENDMENT E-1 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Insurance that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is there a requirement for insurance that must be maintained by one party for the benefit of the counterparty?
[EX A]: On or prior to the date of this Agreement or TF's election to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, as applicable, the Company shall have (x) nominated TF for election to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, (y) entered into an Indemnification Agreement with TF as the Director Designee and (z) taken all necessary action for TF to be covered by the Company's existing directors' liability insurance policy.

[EX Q]: Exhibit 10.1 [*] Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, is omitted because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

SUPPLY AGREEMENT

THIS SUPPLY AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made this, 20t h day of January, 2020 (the Effective Date), by and between HOVIONE INTER AG, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, and organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland and having its registered office at Pilatusstrasse 23, CH-6003, Luzern, Switzerland (hereafter referred to as HOVIONE), and INTERSECT ENT, Inc. together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, and organized and existing under the laws of Delaware and having its registered office at 1555 Adams Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (hereafter referred to as INTERSECT). HOVIONE and INTERSECT are each sometimes referred to herein as a Party and together as the Parties.

WHEREAS, HOVIONE has developed and manufacturers the active pharmaceutical ingredient(s) identified in Exhibit A hereto (the API); and

WHEREAS, INTERSECT develops and markets Finished Product based on the API, as defined herein; and

WHEREAS, INTERSECT desires to acquire API from HOVIONE to incorporate into the Finished Product; and

WHEREAS, HOVIONE is willing to supply such API for INTERSECT's use, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree and covenant as follows: 1. Definitions 1.1. Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient or API shall have the meaning given such term in the preamble hereof. 1.2. Affiliate means any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with either Party hereto. For purpose of this definition, control shall mean ownership of over fifty percent (50%) of the equity capital, the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interest of an entity, or the right to receive over fifty percent (50%) of the profits or earnings of an entity. In the case of non-stock organizations, the term control shall mean the power to control the distribution of profits. 1.3. Applicable Law shall mean the laws, regulations, rules and guidelines pertaining to the development, manufacture, packaging, labeling, storage, import, export, distribution, marketing, sale and/or intended use of the API or the Finished Product. 1.4. Batch Record shall mean a batch manufacturing record, prepared according to applicable cGMP guidelines, for every production batch of API. 1.5. Confidential Information shall mean all the technical information, whether tangible or intangible, including (without limitation) any and all data, techniques, discoveries, inventions, processes, know-how, patent applications, inventor certificates, trade secrets, methods of production and other proprietary information, that either Party or its Affiliates have ownership rights to (as either owner, licensee or sub-licensee), or may hereafter obtain rights. 1





1.6. Current Good Manufacturing Practices or cGMP shall mean current Good Manufacturing Practice as set forth by the US FDA as well as current good manufacturing practices applicable to the API, or the making thereof at HOVIONE's manufacturing facility, set forth by the relevant Regulatory Agency. 1.7. Defect with respect to the API shall mean failure of the API to comply with the Product Specifications. 1.8. FDA shall mean the US Food and Drug Administration, and any successor thereto. 1.9. Finished Product shall mean the finished dosage form combination drug and device product that contains the API ready for clinical use or commercial sale. 1.10. Firm Forecast shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.2 hereof. 1.11. Product Specifications shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2 hereof. 1.12. Quality Agreement shall mean that certain Quality Assurance Agreement, dated of even date herewith, by and between INTERSECT and HOVIONE, which sets forth (a) the roles and responsibilities of the Parties with respect to the quality assurance for the API and (b) how the Parties' quality operations shall interact with each other in connection with the same. 1.13. Regulatory Agency shall mean national, or other government entities regulating or otherwise exercising authority with respect to the API or the Finished Product in the United States including, without limitation, the US FDA 1.14. Term shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10. 2. Manufacture and Sale 2.1. Supply. During the term of this Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, INTERSECT shall purchase [*] of its annual API requirement, from HOVIONE and HOVIONE shall manufacture and supply API to INTERSECT (or a third party designated by INTERSECT) in such quantities as from time to time may be ordered by INTERSECT. 2.2. Product Specifications. The specifications of the API as set out in in Exhibit B to this Agreement (the Product Specifications); as such Exhibit may be amended according to the terms of the quality agreement between the parties. 3. Costs. HOVIONE shall be responsible for all costs and expenses related to the maintenance of a US DMF or European CEP for the API. Any additional submissions, technical work, documents, data or materials requested by INTERSECT may be chargeable by HOVIONE. 4. Price, Orders and Terms of Payment 4.1. Pricing. The price for the API shall be as set forth on Exhibit C hereto. All sums shall be expressed in and payable in US Dollars. 4.2. Forecasting. For each calendar year during the term of this Agreement, INTERSECT shall submit a twelve (12) month rolling forecast updated on a quarterly basis, broken down on a quarterly basis covering INTERSECT's anticipated requirements of API, each such forecast to be provided to HOVIONE at least ninety (90) days prior to the start of the relevant twelve (12) month period. The rolling forecast shall be for information purposes only and non- binding so long as the INTERSECT provides a blanket purchase order covering their demand for the next six (6) months. In the case that INTERSECT does not provide a blanket purchase order, the forecast will be considered binding. INTERSECT shall place all purchase orders with HOVIONE at least ninety (90) days in advance of required delivery to INTERSECT. Within five (5) days of receipt of a purchase order, HOVIONE shall notify INTERSECT in writing of its acceptance of the purchase order and confirm the delivery date. If the purchase order exceeds the Firm Forecasted amount, HOVIONE shall use commercially reasonable efforts to fill such order but shall not be in breach of this Agreement if HOVIONE does not supply the excess. 2





4.3. Delivery Terms. Each purchase order shall specify: (i) an identification of the API ordered; (ii) quantity requested; (iii) the requested delivery date; and (iv) shipping instructions and address. HOVIONE agrees to deliver the API DDP Menlo Park, CA USA (Incoterms 2010). 4.4. Payment Terms. HOVIONE shall invoice INTERSECT upon dispatch of the API. INTERSECT shall pay the price to HOVIONE for API within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of invoice of such API. Payments shall be made to HOVIONE by wire transfer. 4.5. Scope of Agreement. In no event shall any terms or conditions included on any purchase order, invoice or acknowledgement thereof or any other document, whether paper, electronic or otherwise, relating thereto, apply to the relationship between the Parties under this Agreement, unless such terms are expressly agreed to by the Parties in writing. If there is a conflict between the terms of any purchase order or other document and this Agreement, the terms of this agreement shall apply. The Parties further agree that no course of dealing between the Parties shall in any way modify, change or supersede the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 5. Manufacture and Delivery of API. 5.1. Manufacture. The API shall be manufactured by HOVIONE at its facilities in accordance with all relevant current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), the Specifications, and Applicable Laws, and pursuant to HOVIONE's Drug Master File (DMF), prepared by HOVIONE and filed with the US FDA. HOVIONE shall advise INTERSECT in writing in advance of making any changes to the Product Specifications or any material changes in the methods, processes or procedures in manufacturing the API that could affect the quality, purity and/or physical properties of the API, any changes will be made according to the terms of the quality agreement between the parties. HOVIONE shall provide sufficient notice of any such change to INTERSECT to allow INTERSECT to make any required notices to and obtain any required approvals from any Regulatory Agency with respect to such change. 5.2. Right of Audit. See Quality Agreement. 5.3. Certificate of Analysis; Product Release. The quality control(s) and the release(s) of API (including documentation) shall be done by HOVIONE in accordance with the Quality Agreement. HOVIONE shall provide certificates of analysis to INTERSECT for each batch of API delivered under this Agreement. API shall have at least [*] remaining on the date of delivery. 5.4. Cooperation. During the term of this Agreement, HOVIONE shall assist and cooperate in a timely manner INTERSECT in its preparation of any documents or other materials which may be required by the US FDA to validate sell and/or distribute the API to be supplied by HOVIONE under this Agreement or the Finished Product. HOVIONE shall file with the US FDA and shall maintain at all times as current, a DMF for the API. HOVIONE shall also provide INTERSECT with a referral letter permitting INTERSECT to use HOVIONE's DMF. 5.5. Required Changes. INTERSECT shall deliver to HOVIONE written notice of any required changes to the Product Specifications requested by the Regulatory Authorities, and HOVIONE shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make such changes to the Product Specifications. If any change to Product Specifications requested by INTERSECT materially affects HOVIONE's costs of producing the API, then HOVIONE shall promptly so inform INTERSECT in writing and the Parties shall negotiate, in good faith, an adjustment to the pricing paid by INTERSECT for API under this Agreement. If the Parties cannot mutually agree, following good faith negotiations, on an equitable adjustment to pricing, then either HOVIONE or INTERSECT may terminate this Agreement for business reasons on not less than ninety (90) days prior written notice, without any further obligation to the other party; provided, however, that INTERSECT shall remain liable for all sums owed to HOVIONE for orders of API that were placed prior to the date of termination. 3





5.6. Inspection of API. Within thirty (30) calendar days of the arrival of each lot of API at the manufacturing facility designated by INTERSECT, INTERSECT shall inspect and test each lot of API at its own cost and expense. If, upon inspecting and testing the API, INTERSECT determines that a lot of API does not conform to the Product Specifications, then INTERSECT shall, within such thirty (30) day period, give HOVIONE written notice of such non-conformity (setting forth the details of such non-conformity):Unless HOVIONE objects, within 20 working days from the notice by INTERSECT, to the non-conformity INTERSECT will return the non-conforming API to HOVIONE. Any API rejected by INTERSECT may not be reshipped to INTERSECT except if the API is reprocessed according to the DMF. HOVIONE sole responsibility shall be to replace any non-conforming API within thirty (30) days of receiving the notice of non- conformity. Disputes between the Parties as to whether all or any part of a shipment rejected by INTERSECT materially conforms to the Product Specifications shall be resolved by a mutually acceptable third-party testing laboratory located in a neutral country. HOVIONE shall pay all the fees of the third-party laboratory, unless the third-party testing laboratory determines that the delivered API materially conforms to the Product Specifications, in which case INTERSECT shall pay all the fees of such third-party laboratory and also any additional costs that HOVIONE incurred in providing replacement material. 5.7. Regulatory Communications. During the Term, HOVIONE shall notify INTERSECT after receipt of any communication from any Regulatory Agency in connection or that can affect INTERSECT Marketing Authorization. 5.8. Liability. It is understood that HOVIONE has no control over the ultimate use of the Finished Product once it leaves INTERSECT's manufacturing facility. HOVIONE shall have no liability arising out of or in connection with the sale or use of the API or any product or material made from or incorporating the API, except to the extent that the API was not manufactured in accordance with the Product Specifications, cGMPs or Applicable Law or the liability otherwise arises from a breach of this Agreement by HOVIONE. 5.9. Recall. INTERSECT shall be responsible for conducting any recall of Finished Product, and HOVIONE shall co-operate with and give all reasonable assistance to INTERSECT in conducting any such recall to the extent it relates to the API. HOVIONE shall bear the expense of any recall resulting from a material breach of its obligations hereunder and/or of the Quality Agreement and/or from its gross negligence or willful misconduct subject to the limits set out in 8.4. Otherwise, INTERSECT shall bear such expenses. In the event of such recall or similar action, each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate the costs associated therewith. In the case of a disagreement as to the existence or level of nonconforming API, then the matter shall be referred to an independent third-party laboratory. The decision of the laboratory shall be final and binding on the Parties. 5.10. Retention of Documentation. All documentation related to the manufacturing of the API shall be archived with HOVIONE after manufacturing in accordance with HOVIONE's document retention policies. 5.11. Safety of API. Each Party shall immediately notify the other Party of any unusual health or environmental occurrence relating to API. Each Party shall advise the other Party immediately of any safety or toxicity problems of which it becomes aware regarding API. 6. Warranties. 6.1. HOVIONE's Warranties. HOVIONE represents and warrants to INTERSECT that: (a) It has full right and power to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder in accordance with its terms; (b) The API and all components and ingredients thereof shall be manufactured and delivered in strict compliance with: (i) the Product Specifications; (ii) the methods processes and procedures, including the site manufacture, set forth in the DMF, together with all applicable regulatory requirements relating to the manufacture of the API 4





(c) the plant(s) for manufacture of the API is and shall be in compliance with all applicable cGMPs and that such plant(s) is and shall continue to be available for inspection if and when the Regulatory Authorities so requests; 6.2. INTERSECT's Warranties. INTERSECT represents and warrants to HOVIONE that: (a) It has the full right and power to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder in accordance with its terms; and (b) That it will purchase the API in strict compliance with the terms of this agreement. as set forth under Section 2.1 and 2.1. 6.3. DISCLAIMER. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR EXTENDS ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. 6.4. Mutual Warranties. Each party represents and warrants to the other party that it holds all necessary and required permits and authorizations, including, but not limited to, those required by the FDA, and shall undertake throughout the term of this Agreement to maintain the same in full force and effect. Each party further covenants that it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such other permits and authorizations as may be reasonably required from time to time in either case to operate their respective facilities and/or businesses in order to manufacture, provide, distribute and/or sell API hereunder. 7. Confidentiality. 7.1. Confidentiality. Each party agrees to retain in confidence all Confidential Information disclosed to it pursuant to this Agreement, whether such disclosure occurred before or after the date hereof. Disclosed information shall not be deemed Confidential Information hereunder if: (a) it is now or later becomes publicly known, other than through the fault of the receiving party; (b) it is lawfully known without restriction to the receiving party at the time of disclosure as evidenced by written documentation; (c) it is rightfully obtained by the receiving party from a third party without restriction and without breach of this Agreement or any similar agreement; and/or (d) it is independently developed by the receiving party without access to the disclosing party's information, as evidenced by written documentation. If either Party is required under Applicable Law to disclose Confidential Information by any court or to any Regulatory Agency, the Party required disclosing the Confidential Information shall, prior to such disclosure, notifying the other Party of such requirement and all particulars related to such requirement. The notified Party shall have the right, at its expense, to object to such disclosure and to seek confidential treatment of any Confidential Information to be so disclosed on such terms as it shall determine, and the other Party shall fully cooperate with the notified Party in this regard. The confidentiality of disclosed Confidential Information and the obligation of confidentiality hereunder shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement for a period of ten years. The Parties specifically agree that all terms of this Agreement, all sales and API requirements and costs and all purchase orders shall be deemed to be confidential. 7.2. Separate Confidentiality Agreement. If the Parties entered into one or more separate confidentiality agreements or non-disclosure agreements (each, a Confidentiality Agreement), such Confidentiality Agreement(s) shall be and remain in full force and effect as provided therein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any such Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of such Confidentiality Agreement shall control. 7.3. Public Announcements. During the term of this Agreement, no party hereto shall issue or release, directly or indirectly, any press release, marketing material or other communication to or for the media or the public that pertains to this Agreement, the API, the Finished Product or the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, a Press Release) unless the content of such Press Release has been approved by the other party hereto, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent or preclude any party from making such disclosures as may be required by applicable law, including, but not limited to, any disclosures required applicable securities laws. 5





8. Indemnification. 8.1. INTERSECT shall indemnify, defend and hold HOVIONE and its officers, directors, affiliates, agents and employees harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, costs, expenses, losses, liabilities and/or damages (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees) of every kind and nature caused by, arising out of or resulting from INTERSECT's negligence relating to, or breach of, this Agreement, and any claim for personal or bodily injury arising from the use of the Finished Product or any substance, dosage composition or compound manufactured therefrom; provided, however, that in no event shall this Section apply to any claim covered by Section 8.2 below. 8.2. HOVIONE shall indemnify, defend and hold INTERSECT and its officers, directors, affiliates, agents and employees harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, costs, expenses, losses, liabilities and/or damages (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs) of every kind and nature caused by, arising out of or resulting from HOVIONE's negligence relating to, or breach of, this Agreement and any claim for personal or bodily injury arising from the manufacture and/or distribution of API by HOVIONE. This indemnification obligation does not apply to any claim for personal or bodily injury arising from the use or administration of the API except to the extent such injury is attributable to a Defect in the API arising out of HOVIONE's gross negligence, willful misconduct, or failure to manufacture and deliver the API in accordance with the Product Specifications and all Applicable Law. 8.3. Each party will promptly notify the other of any actual or threatened judicial or other proceedings which could involve either or both parties. Each party reserves the right to defend itself in any such proceedings; provided, however, that, if indemnity is sought, then the party from whom indemnity is sought shall have the right to control the defense of the claim, and the indemnified party may participate with counsel of its choice at its own expense. The Parties shall cooperate with each other to the extent reasonably necessary in the defense of all actual or potential liability claims and in any other litigation relating to the API supplied pursuant to this Agreement. Each party will supply information to the other relevant to any product liability claims and litigation affecting the API and/or the Finished Product, as the case may be. 8.4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS LIMITATION WILL NOT APPLY TO DAMAGES RESULTING FROM BREACHES BY A PARTY OF ITS DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-USE IMPOSED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT OR SUCH PARTY'S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS STATED ABOVE. FURTHER AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE TOTAL LIABILITY PER YEAR OF HOVIONE SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE VALUE OF THE REVENUES COLLECTED IN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTUAL YEAR. 9. Insurance. Unless the Parties otherwise agree in writing, the following terms shall apply: 9.1. During the term of this Agreement and for a period [*] after any expiration or termination of this Agreement, each of INTERSECT and HOVIONE shall maintain in full force and effect a comprehensive general liability insurance policy, including Products Liability coverage, with minimum limits of [*] for bodily injury including death. 6





10. Term and Termination. 10.1. Term.

Unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.2 below, the term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in effect for a FIVE (5) year period. 10.2. Grounds for Termination. (a) Either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the failure of the other party to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement or otherwise discharge its duties hereunder in any material respect, or the breach by the other party of any of its representations or warranties herein in any material respect, if such failure or breach is not cured within ninety (90) days of such breaching party's receipt of written notice specifying the nature of such failure or breach with particularity; or (ii) the making by the other party of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the filing by or against such other party of any petition under any federal, state or local bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, if such filing has not been stayed or dismissed within sixty (60) days after the date thereof. 10.3. INTERSECT shall also have the right to suspend further performance under this Agreement and/or terminate this agreement in its entirety, without liability except for unpaid previously delivered API that conforms with the terms hereof, if: (i) HOVIONE loses any approval(s) from the US FDA required to perform its obligations under this Agreement or if HOVIONE is involved in felonious or fraudulent activities. 10.4. HOVIONE shall also have the right to suspend further performance under this Agreement, terminate this Agreement and demand compensation if INTERSECT fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided, however, that if any such failure is disputed by INTERSECT in good faith, HOVIONE shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement with respect to such dispute until such dispute is adjudicated in favor of HOVIONE in accordance with Section 14.6. 10.5. Obligations on Termination: 10.5.1. Of HOVIONE. Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10, HOVIONE will not perform any further work, except the following: 10.5.1.1. perform only those services and other activities mutually agreed upon by INTERSECT and HOVIONE as being necessary or advisable to comply with issued and paid for purchase orders; 10.5.1.2. promptly return all Confidential Information of INTERSECT that it has received pursuant to this Agreement. 10.5.2. Of INTERSECT. Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10, COMPANY will: 10.5.2.1. promptly pay HOVIONE any monies due and owing HOVIONE, up to the time of termination, for API actually manufactured, all authorized expenses actually incurred and any uncancellable commitments made by HOVIONE in connection with the scope of this Agreement; and 10.5.2.2. promptly return all Confidential Information of HOVIONE that it has received pursuant to this Agreement. 11. Continuing Obligations; Survival. In no event shall any termination or expiration of this Agreement excuse either party from any breach or violation of this Agreement and full legal and equitable remedies shall remain available therefore, nor shall it excuse either party from making any payment due under this Agreement with respect to any period prior to the date of expiration or termination. 12. Agreement to Consummate; Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Parties hereto agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to do all things necessary, proper or advisable under this Agreement, applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated hereby. If, at any time after the date hereof, any further action is necessary, proper or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, then, as soon as is reasonably practicable, each party to this Agreement shall take, or cause its proper officers to take, such action. 7





13. Force Majeure. Any delay in the performance of any of the duties or obligations of either party hereto (except for the payment of money) caused by an event outside the affected party's reasonable control shall not be considered a breach of this Agreement and the time required for performance shall be extended for a period equal to the period of such delay. Such events shall include, but will not be limited to, acts of God, acts of a public enemy, acts of terrorism, insurrections, riots, injunctions, embargoes, fires, explosions, floods, or other unforeseeable causes beyond the reasonable control and without the fault or negligence of the Party so affected. The Party so affected shall give prompt written notice to the other party of such event. The suspension of performance shall be of no greater scope and no longer duration than is reasonably required and the nonperforming Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to remedy its inability to perform; provided, however, that in the event the suspension of performance continues for sixty (60) days after the date of the occurrence, and such failure to perform would constitute a material breach of this Agreement in the absence of such force majeure event, the no affected Party may terminate this Agreement immediately by written notice to the affected Party. 14. General Provisions. 14.1. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any interest herein may be assigned, in whole or in part, by either party without the prior written consent of the other, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that either party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement: (a) to an affiliate, division or subsidiary of such party; and/or (b) to any third party that acquires all or substantially all of the stock or assets of such party, whether by asset sale, stock sale, merger or otherwise, and, in any such event such assignee shall assume the transferring party's obligations hereunder. However, notwithstanding any such assignment, in the case of an assignment to an affiliate, division or subsidiary, the transferring party shall remain liable under this Agreement (in addition to the transferee) unless such liability is specifically waived in writing by the other party hereto. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns. (a) Buyout. In the case that either company is acquired by, or merges with, another company which has reason to not wish to continue the relationship, that company may make a contract buyout payment [*] for the [*], with a [*] buyout payment amount of [*]. 14.2. Notice. Any notice or request required or permitted to be given under or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given if in writing and sent by: (a) personal delivery against a signed receipt therefore, (b) certified mail, return receipt requested, first class postage prepaid, (c) nationally recognized overnight delivery service (signature required), (d) confirmed facsimile transmission, or (e) electronic mail (with any notices to send by facsimile transmission or electronic mail to also be sent by one of the other methods set forth in this Section), addressed as follows: If to HOVIONE, then to: Hovione FarmaCiencia SA Attention: General Counsel Estrada do Paco do Lumiar Campus do Lumiar, Edificio R 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal

With a copy, sent as provided herein, to: gc@hovione.com If to INTERSECT, then to: 1555 Adams Dr., Menlo Park, CA 94025 Attn: Chief Operations Officer email: purchasing@intersectent.com 8





Any party may alter the address to which communications are to be sent by giving notice of such change of address in conformity with the provisions of this Section providing for the giving of notice. Notice shall be deemed to be effective, if personally delivered, when delivered; if mailed, at midnight on the third business day after being sent by certified mail; if sent by nationally recognized overnight delivery service, on the next business day following delivery to such delivery service; and if sent by confirmed facsimile transmission or electronic mail, on the next business day following transmission (so long as any notices sent by facsimile transmission or electronic mail are also sent by one of the other methods set forth in this Section). 14.3. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties as to the subject matter hereof and merges all prior discussions and negotiations between them, and neither party shall be bound by any conditions, definitions, warranties, understandings or representations with respect to such subject matter other than as expressly provided herein or as duly set forth on or subsequent to the date hereof in writing and signed by a proper and duly authorized officer or representative of the Parties to be bound thereby, except that this Agreement shall not supersede any separate confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement that may have been, or that may be, entered into by the Parties. To the extent that any conflict arises among the documents that comprise this Agreement (including any schedules or exhibits), the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall govern. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control over and supersede any contrary term in any purchase order, 14.4. Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be amended, modified and supplemented only by written agreement duly executed and delivered by each of the Parties hereto. 14.5. Waiver. The failure of any party to exercise any right or to demand the performance by the other party of duties required hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any rights or obligations of the Parties under this Agreement. A waiver by any party of a breach of any of the terms of this Agreement by any other party shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach of the terms of this Agreement. 14.6. Governing Law. This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States, notwithstanding any conflict of law provisions to the contrary. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to this Agreement. Any action which in any way involves the rights, duties and obligations of either party hereto under this Agreement shall be brought in the courts of Geneva and the Parties to this Agreement hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction of any such court. The Parties waive any and all rights to have any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement tried before a jury. 14.7. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement or any action in any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had not been contained herein. 14.8. Construction. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event of any ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and the terms include and including shall be deemed to be immediately followed by the phrase but not limited to. The terms herein and hereunder and similar terms shall be interpreted to refer to this entire Agreement, including any schedules attached hereto. 14.9. Parties/Relationship. Neither party shall hold itself out to third parties as possessing any power or authority to enter into any contract or commitment on behalf of any other party. This Agreement is not intended to, and shall not; create any agency, partnership or joint venture relationship between or among the Parties. Each Party is an independent contractor with respect to the others. No Party is granted any right or authority to assume or create any obligation or responsibility, express or implied, on behalf of, or in the name of any other Party hereto, or to bind any other party hereto in any manner or with respect to anything, whatsoever. 9





14.10. Captions. The captions and headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience and reference only and in no way define or limit the scope or content of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of its provisions. 14.11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 14.12. Subcontractors. Any work that is to be done by any Party under this Agreement may be subcontracted to a third party in accordance with the approved Marketing Authorisation, cGMPs and any applicable PMDA guidelines which relate to the work to be performed under the direction and supervision of such party, as the case may be; provided, however, that the subcontracting party exercises reasonable diligence in selecting such subcontractor and, as between the parties hereto, the subcontracting party shall be and remain responsible for all acts and omissions of any such subcontractor. 14.13. Schedules and Exhibits. All Schedules and Exhibits referenced in this Agreement, if any, are hereby incorporated by reference into, and made a part of, this Agreement. 14.14. Currency. All sums set forth in this Agreement and ay appendices, exhibits or schedules hereto are, and are intended to be, expressed in US dollars.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed the Agreement as of the date first above written. HOVIONE INTER AG:

By: /s/ Frederic Kahn Name: Frederic Kahn Its: VP Marketing and Sales 10





INTERSECT ENT, INC.:

By: /s/ Thomas A. West Name: Thomas A. West Its: CEO 11 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Insurance that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is there a requirement for insurance that must be maintained by one party for the benefit of the counterparty?
[EX A]:
During the term of this Agreement and for a period [*] after any expiration or termination of this Agreement, each of INTERSECT and HOVIONE shall maintain in full force and effect a comprehensive general liability insurance policy, including Products Liability coverage, with minimum limits of [*] for bodily injury including death.