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EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

EXECUTION VERSION 

€450,000,000 
 BELDEN INC.

 (a Delaware corporation) 

3.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 

PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
 June 27, 2017

 June 27, 2017 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch 
 As Representative for the
several Initial Purchasers 
 Winchester House 
 1 Great
Winchester Street 
 London 
 EC2N 2DB 

United Kingdom 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 

Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several purchasers named in Schedule I
hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch is acting as Representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), €450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), which will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis as to principal, premium, if any, and interest (the “Guarantees” and together with the Notes, the
“Securities”) by the subsidiaries of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (each individually, a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture
( the “Indenture”), dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2), among the Company, the Guarantors, Deutsche Trustee Company Limited, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch,
as Principal Paying Agent, and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as Transfer Agent and Registrar. 
 The Notes will be issued only in the form
of global notes registered in the name of a common depositary for EuroClear System (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking société anonyme (“Clearstream”), or a nominee of such common depositary. This
Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) and the Indenture are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents” and the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated herein and therein are hereinafter referred to as the “Transactions.” 
 The Notes (and the related
Guarantees) will be offered and sold through the Initial Purchasers without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to qualified institutional buyers in compliance with the exemption
from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”). The Initial Purchasers have advised the Company that they will
offer and sell the Notes purchased by them hereunder in accordance with Section 3 hereof as soon as the Representative deems advisable. 

Concurrently with the issuance of the Notes, the Company will conduct a tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 5.5% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2022 upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in that certain Offer to Purchase dated June 27, 2017 (such tender offer, the “Tender Offer”). 

 In connection with the sale of the Notes, the Company has prepared a preliminary offering
memorandum, dated June 27, 2017 (including the information incorporated by reference therein, the “Preliminary Memorandum”), an Offering Memorandum (as defined below) and a Final Memorandum (as defined below). The Final Memorandum,
the Preliminary Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum are each referred to herein as a “Memorandum.” Each Memorandum sets forth certain information concerning the Company, the Guarantors, the Securities, the Transaction Documents
and the Transactions. The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, and any amendment or supplement thereto, in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes by the Initial
Purchasers. 
 Prior to the time when the sales of the Notes were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company has prepared
and delivered to the Initial Purchasers a pricing supplement (the “Pricing Supplement”), dated June 27, 2017. In connection with the sale of the Notes, the Company has prepared an electronic road show (the “Company
Additional Written Information”). The Pricing Supplement together with the Preliminary Memorandum is referred to herein as the “Offering Memorandum.” 

Promptly after the Time of Sale, and in any event no later than the second business day following the Time of Sale, the Company will prepare
and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a Final Offering Memorandum , dated the date hereof (including the information incorporated by reference therein, the “Final Memorandum”), which will consist of the Preliminary Memorandum with
such changes therein as are required to reflect the information contained in the Pricing Supplement. 
 1. Representations and Warranties
of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the Initial Purchasers that: 

(a) The Offering Memorandum at the Time of Sale did not and, at the Closing Date, will not contain; the Company Additional
Written Information (when taken together with the Offering Memorandum), at the Time of Sale did not and, at the Closing Date, will not contain; and the Final Memorandum, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its date and as of the Closing
Date will not, in each case, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or, in each case, omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that the representations or warranties set forth in this paragraph shall not apply to statements in or omissions from any Memorandum and the Company Additional Written Information made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Initial Purchasers expressly for use therein, as specified in Section 12. The Company and the Guarantors have not distributed or referred to and will not distribute or refer
to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes other than (i) the Preliminary Memorandum, (ii) the Offering Memorandum,
(iii) the Final Memorandum and (iv) the Company Additional Written Information. The statistical and industry data included in each Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all
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 (b) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or
leasing of property requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect” shall
mean a material adverse change in or effect on (i) the business, operations, properties, assets, liabilities, earnings, financial condition, results of operations or management of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below), considered
as one enterprise, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) the ability of the Company and each Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Notes, the Guarantees or the Transaction Documents. 

(c) Each of the Company and each Guarantor has full power (corporate and other) to own or lease its properties and conduct its
business as described in each Memorandum; and each of the Company and each Guarantor has full power (corporate and other) to enter into the Transaction Documents and to execute, deliver and perform the Securities and to carry out all the terms and
provisions hereof and thereof to be carried out by it. 
 (d) The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the
Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum under the caption “Capitalization.” All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Company. 

(e) Each Subsidiary (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company (each, a “Subsidiary”)
has been duly incorporated or organized, is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has the power and
authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued shares of capital stock or other
ownership interests of each Subsidiary (and, in the case of entities which are not wholly-owned as set forth on Schedule III hereto, all of the issued shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each such entity that are owned by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned directly or through wholly-owned Subsidiaries by the Company, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except as otherwise described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. 

  
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 (f) No Subsidiary is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock or other ownership interests, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of
such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary, except as provided by applicable laws or regulations, by the Indenture, by that certain term loan credit agreement, dated October 3, 2013, by and among the
Company, Belden Finance 2013 LP, the Lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated August 13, 2015, by that certain amended and restated credit
agreement, dated May 16, 2017, by and among, inter alios, the Company, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, or as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. 

(g) Ernst & Young LLP, who has either audited or conducted an interim review of the Company’s historical
consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum and delivered its report with respect to the Company’s audited historical consolidated financial statements in the
Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and the rules and regulations
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. 
 (h) The historical consolidated financial statements (including the
notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries included and/or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum fairly present the financial position, results of operations, cash flows and changes in
stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods specified therein; since the date of the latest of such financial statements, there has been no change nor any development or event
involving a prospective change which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise expressly disclosed in the notes thereto) and comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act; the information set forth under the caption “Summary – Summary Consolidated Historical Financial Data of Belden Inc.” in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum
has been fairly extracted from the financial statements of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, fairly presents the information included therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements
included and/or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Memorandum, the

  
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Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum fairly present the information called for in all material respects and have been prepared in accordance with the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s (the “Commission”) rules and guidelines applicable thereto. 
 (i) Subsequent to the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, (i) none of the Company and its Subsidiaries have incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction
in each case not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock and, except for regular quarterly dividends on the common stock, par value $0.01 of the Company in amounts per share
that are consistent with past practice, has not declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on any class of its capital stock; and (iii) there has not been any change in the capital stock, short-term debt or
long-term debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, except, with respect to (i) through (iii) of this Section 1(i), as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum or as would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (j) The Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) maintain (a) effective
internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and (b) a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by
reference in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum fairly present the information called for in all material respects and are prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable
thereto. 
 (k) The Company maintains an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its Subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule
13a-15 of the Exchange Act. 
 (l) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor. 

  
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 (m) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and each Guarantor and,
on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor and, assuming due authorization and execution thereof by the Trustee, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and each
Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Indenture will conform in all material
respects to the description thereof in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. 
 (n) On the Closing Date, the
Indenture will conform, in all material respects, to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and to the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is
qualified thereunder. 
 (o) The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, on the Closing Date, when executed and
authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is
subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; the Guarantees have been duly authorized by the Guarantors and, on
the Closing Date, upon the due issuance and delivery of the related Notes and the due endorsement of the Guarantees thereon, will have been duly executed, endorsed and delivered and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the
Guarantors, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Notes and the Guarantees will conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. 
 (p) The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the performance of other Transaction Documents by the Company and each Guarantor, the issuance and sale of the Notes, the issuance of the Guarantees and the compliance by the Company and each Guarantor with all of the provisions
of the Notes, the Guarantees, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions will not: (i) violate or conflict with the certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other
constitutive documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or

  
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loan agreement, stockholders’ agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound or any of their respective properties are subject, or any statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental authority or court or any arbitrator applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the
case of this clause (ii) for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) (assuming, as to matters of fact, the accuracy of
the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained herein) require the consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or filing or qualification with, any governmental authority or court, or body or arbitrator having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except (v) such as may be required under the rules and regulations of the Irish Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) with respect to the listing of the Notes on the official
list of the Exchange and admitting the Notes to trading on the Global Exchange Market of the Exchange, (w) filings on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act disclosing the offer and sale of the Notes,
(x) such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer or sale of the Notes, (y) such as have been obtained or (z) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations, filings or qualifications would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(q) No legal or governmental proceedings or investigations are pending or, to the Company’s and the Guarantors’
knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, other than proceedings accurately described in the Preliminary Memorandum, the
Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum and such proceedings or investigations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. 

(r) There are no relationships, direct or indirect, between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand,
and the respective directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, that would be required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in a prospectus were the Notes being issued and
sold in a public offering registered on Form S-1 under the Securities Act that are not so disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum; and there are no contracts or other documents that would
be required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in a prospectus were the Notes being issued and sold in a public offering registered on Form S-1 under the Securities Act that are not so disclosed in the
Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. 
 (s) Each of the Company and each Guarantor is not now nor, after giving
effect to the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees and the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Transactions, will be (in each case on a consolidated basis) (i) insolvent, (ii) left
with unreasonably small capital with which to engage in its anticipated business or (iii) incurring debts or other obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts or obligations as they become due. 

  
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 (t) The Company and its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D
under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”) (“Affiliates”)) have not distributed and, prior to the later of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) the completion of the distribution of the Notes, will not distribute
any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than the Preliminary Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum, the Final Memorandum, Company Additional Written Information or any amendment or supplement thereto and other
materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act and the U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”), or regulations promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act or FSMA, and approved by the parties to this Agreement. 

(u) The statements set forth in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum under the caption “Description of
Notes,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Notes, and under the captions “Description of Other Indebtedness” and “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as they
purport to summarize the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, fairly and accurately summarize the subject matter thereof in all material respects. 

(v) The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all items of real property and good and
marketable title to all personal property owned by each of them, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other defect or claim of any third party, except as (x) set forth in the Offering Memorandum and the Final
Memorandum or (y) to the extent the failure to have such title or the existence of such pledges, liens, encumbrances, security interests or other defects or claims would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Any property leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries is held under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, and there is no default under any such lease or any other event that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a
default thereunder, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(w) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: no
“prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder, or Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”)) or failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived, or any of the events
set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder (other than events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has
occurred, exists or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to ERISA that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries maintains, contributes to or has any obligation to
contribute to, or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise (a “Plan”); and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
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compliance with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or expects to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA (including any
liability under Section 4062(e) of ERISA) with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any Plan; and each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter, or
is maintained pursuant to a master or prototype plan that is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion letter, from the Internal Revenue Service and to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, no event has occurred and no condition
exists that would reasonably be expected to result in the revocation of any such determination letter or opinion letter. 

(x) Except as disclosed in each Memorandum, no labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
exists or, to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, is imminent or is threatened which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 

(y) There are no proceedings for a merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any Guarantor or a sale
of all or a material part of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole); and, other than as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, no probable material acquisition by the Company or any Guarantor is pending or contemplated.

 (z) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or otherwise possesses adequate rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights, all applications and registrations for each of the foregoing, and all other technology, data,
proprietary rights and confidential information necessary to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted and proposed to be conducted as described in the Offering Memorandum; the conduct of the Company and its Subsidiaries’
respective businesses does not infringe, violate or otherwise conflict with the proprietary rights of any third party except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, or is otherwise aware, of any infringement or violation of or conflict with such rights of any third party, which infringement, violation or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (aa) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts and with such deductibles as are prudent in the
business in which it is engaged; and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue their respective businesses at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  
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 (bb) Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has complied with all laws,
ordinances, regulations and orders applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries, and their respective businesses, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice to the contrary; and each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries possesses all certificates, authorizations, permits, licenses, approvals, orders and franchises (collectively, “Licenses”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses in the manner and to the full extent now
operated or proposed to be operated as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, in each case issued by the appropriate national, regional, local or other governmental or regulatory authorities, except where the failure to so
comply or to possess such Licenses would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(cc) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their
capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906
related to certifications. 
 (dd) (i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is and for the applicable statute of
limitations has been in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, decisions and decrees relating to: occupational health and workplace safety or pollution or protection
of the Environment, including, without limitation, those relating to the management, Release, cleanup or remediation of Hazardous Materials (“Environmental Law”); 

(ii) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries and their respective operations and properties has obtained and is in compliance
with the conditions of all permits, authorizations, licenses, approvals and variances necessary under any Environmental Law for the continued conduct in the manner now conducted of their respective businesses (“Environmental
Permits”); 
 (iii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice from a governmental
authority alleging any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Law, including, for the investigation or remediation of any disposal, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous
Material; and 
 (iv) There are no past or present conditions or circumstances, including but not limited to on-site or off-site Release of any Hazardous Material, at, or arising out of, the respective businesses, assets and properties of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries or,
to the knowledge of the Company, any business, assets or properties formerly leased, operated or owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which may reasonably be expected to give rise to: (i) liabilities or obligations incurred by the
Company or its Subsidiaries for any cleanup, remediation or corrective action under any Environmental Law; (ii) claims against the Company or its Subsidiaries arising under any Environmental Law for personal injury, property damage, or damage
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or obligations incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries to comply with any Environmental Law; or (iv) fines or penalties assessed against the Company or its Subsidiaries arising under any
Environmental Law; 
 except in the case of subparagraphs (i) through (iv) above, as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. 
 For
purposes of this Section 1(dd): 
 “Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater,
soil, surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna; 
 “Hazardous
Material” means any material, substance, chemical, pollutant, contaminant, waste, product, derivative, compound, mixture, solid, liquid, mineral or gas, in each case, whether naturally occurring or
man-made, that is hazardous, acutely hazardous or toxic, or that is classified or regulated as such under Environmental Laws. 

“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge,
dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the Environment or within, from or into any building, structure, facility or fixture. 

(ee) (i) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is in violation of its certificate of incorporation or its bylaws or comparable
organization documents, as applicable, and (ii) no default or breach exists, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default in the due performance and observation of any term, covenant or
condition of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, loan agreement, stockholders’ agreement or any other similar financial agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of their respective properties are subject, except in the case of clause (ii) for such violations, defaults or breaches that would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. 
 (ff) Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed all foreign, federal, state and
local tax returns that are required to be filed (taking into account any valid extension) and has paid (or withheld as a withholding agent) all taxes (whether or not shown on a tax return) required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or
penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for (i) any tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith and for which the Company and its Subsidiaries retains
adequate reserves in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles or (ii) to the extent that any failure to file a return or pay any tax, assessment, fine or penalty would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no tax deficiency, assessment or claim that has been asserted against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
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 (gg) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum,
there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any person granting such person the right to require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to file a registration statement under the Securities
Act or to require the Company to include any securities held by any person in any registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act. 

(hh) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, nor after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum will be, an “investment company,” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). 
 (ii) Within the preceding six
months, none of the Company or any of its Affiliates has, directly or through any agent, made offers to sell or sales of any security of the Company, or solicited offers to buy any securities of the Company of the same or a similar class as the
Notes, other than the Notes offered or sold to the Initial Purchasers hereunder. 
 (jj) None of the Company or any of its
Affiliates has, directly or through any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no statement is made), offered, solicited offers to buy or sold the Notes by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. 

(kk) None of the Company, any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial
Purchasers, as to which no statement is made), has engaged in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Notes, and each of them has complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. Terms used in this paragraph have the
meanings given to them by Regulation S. 
 (ll) None of the Company or any of its Affiliates has taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale
of the Notes; nor has the Company or any of its Affiliates paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any securities of the Company with respect to the proposed offering of the Notes (except as
contemplated by this Agreement). 
 (mm) The Notes satisfy the eligibility requirements of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the
Securities Act. 
 (nn) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers in
Section 3 hereof and compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the procedures set forth in Section 3 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers in the manner
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Agreement and disclosed in each Memorandum to register the Notes or the related Guarantees under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. 

(oo) None of the Transactions (including, without limitation, the use of proceeds from the sale of the Notes) will violate or
result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 

(pp) There are, and during the last 12 months there have been, no disputes between the Company and any of its ten largest
suppliers (as measured by dollar volume of goods purchased by the Company) (“Material Suppliers”) or ten largest customers (as measured by dollar volume of goods sold by the Company) (“Material Customers”), except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has received no notice, and is not otherwise aware, of any anticipated dispute with any of its Material Suppliers and Material
Customers, or that (i) any Material Supplier intends to cease or reduce its supply to the Company or (ii) any Material Customer intends to cease or reduce its purchases from the Company, except in each case as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (qq) Except as provided for herein or as
disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, there are no agreements, arrangements or understandings that will require the payment of any commissions, fees or other remuneration to any investment banker, broker, finder, consultant
or intermediary in connection with the Transactions, other than the fees or expense reimbursements to be paid to the dealer manager and the information agent in connection with the Tender Offer. 

(rr) There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar fees or charges required to be paid in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale by the Company of the Notes. 
 (ss)
None of the Company, the Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken
any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such Persons of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), the UK Bribery Act 2010 or any other
applicable anti-bribery or corruption law or statute (the “Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of
interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign
official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, the OECD

  
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Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Transactions or similar laws or regulations of any other relevant jurisdiction; and the Company, the Guarantors, their
Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, its Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws and have instituted and maintain and enforce policies and procedures
designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith and compliance with, as applicable, the UK Bribery Act 2010, the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International
Transactions and applicable Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws of any other relevant jurisdiction. To the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, no actions or investigations by any governmental or regulatory agency are ongoing or threatened
against the Company, the Guarantors or their Subsidiaries, or any of their directors, officers, employees, associated parties or persons acting on their behalf in relation to a breach of the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws. The Company will not
directly or indirectly use, lend or contribute the proceeds raised under the Agreement for any purpose that would breach the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws. 

(tt) The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with
the money laundering laws of all jurisdictions in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), (ii) have instituted and will maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with the Money Laundering Laws; and (iii) confirm and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including but not limited to their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or
affiliates, with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is current, pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatened. The Company and its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or
affiliates shall not directly or indirectly use the transaction proceeds in a manner that would breach Money Laundering Laws. 

(uu) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any director,
officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or
equivalent EU or United Nations measure or Her Majesty’s Treasury or any other relevant sanctions laws (collectively, “Sanctions”) nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory
that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, the Crimea region of the Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or
indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to (i) any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing or facilitating the
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sanctions administered by OFAC or any equivalent EU or United Nations measure or sanctions administered by Her Majesty or any other relevant sanctions laws, (ii) fund or facilitate any
activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor
or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person or with any Sanctioned Country that at the
time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions. With regard to Deutsche Bank, this representation and warranty shall apply only and if to the extent that it does not result in a violation of Council Regulation
(EC) No. 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 or any applicable anti-boycott laws or regulations. 
 (vv) Application has
been made by the Company and the Guarantors for the Notes to be admitted to the Official List of the Exchange and admitted to trading on the Global Exchange Market of the Exchange. 

Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company or the Guarantors and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or their counsel shall be
deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company or the Guarantors, as the case may be, to the Initial Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby. 

2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes. On the basis of the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants herein contained
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell €450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, and each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company
the principal amount of Notes set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in Schedule I hereto at a purchase price equal to 98.500% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest from July 6, 2017 (the “Purchase
Price”). One or more certificates in definitive form or global form, as instructed by the Representative for the Notes that the Initial Purchasers have severally agreed to purchase hereunder, and in such denomination or denominations and
registered in such name or names as the Representative requests upon notice to the Company not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to a common depositary
(the “Common Depositary”) for Euroclear and Clearstream for the respective accounts of the Initial Purchasers, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers duly paid, against
payment by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers of the Purchase Price therefor by wire transfer in Federal or other funds immediately available to the account of the Company. Such delivery of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the offices
of Vinson & Elkins LLP (“Counsel for the Company”), 1001 Fannin, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77002 at 10:00 A.M., London time, on July 6, 2017, or at such other place, time or date as the Representative and the Company
may agree upon, such time and date of delivery against payment being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” 

  
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 3. Offering of the Notes and the Initial Purchasers’ Representations and Warranties.
Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company and the Guarantors that: 

(a) It is a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”). 

(b) It will solicit offers for such Notes only from, and will offer such Notes only to, persons that it reasonably believes to
be (A) QIBs or (B) in the case of offers outside the United States, to persons other than U.S. persons (“foreign purchasers”, which term shall include dealers or other professional fiduciaries in the United States acting
on a discretionary basis for foreign beneficial owners (other than an estate or trust)) in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act that, in each case, in purchasing such Notes are deemed to have represented and agreed as provided in the
Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum under the caption “Notice to Investors.” 
 (c) It will not offer or
sell the Notes using any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act. 

(d) With respect to offers and sales outside the United States: 

(i) at or prior to the confirmation of any sale of any Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S, it will have sent to each
distributor, dealer or other person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Notes from it during the distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S) a confirmation or notice substantially to the following
effect: 
 “The Notes covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, (i) as part of their distribution at any time; or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the
later of the commencement of the offering of the Notes and July 6, 2017, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by
Regulation S.”; 
 (ii) such Initial Purchaser has offered the Notes and will offer and sell the Notes (A) as
part of its distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S or as otherwise permitted in Section 3(b);
accordingly, such Initial Purchaser has not engaged nor will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Notes, and such Initial Purchaser has complied and will comply with the offering
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 (iii) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only
communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes in circumstances in which
Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company or the Guarantors; and 
 (iv) it has complied and will comply
with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom. 

Terms used in Sections 3(d)(i) and (ii) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S. 

(e) Each of the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell Notes to or through any of
their respective affiliates and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Notes purchased by it to or through its affiliated Initial Purchaser. 

4. Covenants of the Company. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenant and agree with the Initial Purchasers
that: 
 (a) The Company will prepare the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum in the form approved by the
Representative and will not amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum or the Final Memorandum or otherwise distribute or refer to any “written communication” (as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes (other than the Offering Memorandum, the Final Memorandum and the Company Additional Written Information) without first furnishing to the Representative a copy of such proposed amendment or
supplement and will not use or file any amendment or supplement to which the Representative may reasonably object. 
 (b) The
Company will furnish to the Initial Purchasers and to Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (“Counsel for the Initial Purchasers”) concurrently with the Time of Sale and during the period referred to in paragraph (c) below,
without charge, as many copies of the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they reasonably may request. 

(c) At any time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, if any event occurs or
condition exists as a result of which the Offering Memorandum or the Final Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it should be necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum or the Final Memorandum, to comply with applicable law, the Company will promptly
(i) notify the Initial Purchasers of the same; (ii) subject to the requirements of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, prepare and provide to the Initial Purchasers, at its own 

  
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expense, an amendment or supplement to the Offering Memorandum or the Final Memorandum, so that the statements in the Offering Memorandum or Final Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will
not, in the light of the circumstances when the Offering Memorandum or Final Memorandum, is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum or Final Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law;
and (iii) supply any supplemented or amended Offering Memorandum or Final Memorandum, to the Initial Purchasers and Counsel for the Initial Purchasers, without charge, in such quantities as may be reasonably requested. 

(d) The Company will (i) qualify the Notes and the Guarantees for sale by the Initial Purchasers under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate and (ii) maintain such qualifications for so long as reasonably required for the resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or so subject. The Company will
promptly advise the Initial Purchasers of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose. 
 (e) At any time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, (x) the
Company will deliver to the Initial Purchasers such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Initial Purchasers may from time to time reasonably request and (y) whenever it or any of its
Subsidiaries publishes or makes available to the public (by filing with any regulatory authority or securities exchange or by publishing a press release or otherwise) any information that would reasonably be expected to be material in the context of
the issuance of the Notes under this Agreement, shall promptly notify the Initial Purchasers as to the nature of such information or event. At any time prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company will notify the Initial
Purchasers of (i) any decrease in the rating of the Notes or any other debt securities of the Company by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) or (ii) any notice
or public announcement given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or that any such securities rating agency has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of the Notes, as soon as reasonably
practicable after the Company becomes aware of any such decrease, notice or public announcement. 
 (f) The Company will not
and will not permit any of its Affiliates to resell any of the Notes that have been acquired by any of them, other than pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 (g) None of the Company or any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial
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which no statement is made) will, directly or indirectly, make offers or sales of any security, or solicit offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require the registration of
the Notes under the Securities Act. 
 (h) None of the Company or any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or
their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates, as to which no statement is made), will solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell the Notes by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising
(within the meaning of Regulation D) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. 

(i) None of the Company or any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial
Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates, as to which no statement is made), will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Notes, and each of them will comply with the offering
restrictions requirements of Regulation S. 
 (j) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes as set
forth under “Use of Proceeds” in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. 
 (k) So long as any of the
Notes are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, at any time that the Company is not then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will provide at its expense to
each holder of the Notes and to each prospective purchaser (as designated by such holder) of the Notes, upon the request of such holder or prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(This covenant is intended to be for the benefit of the holders, and the prospective purchasers designated by such holders from time to time, of the Notes.) 

(l) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Initial Purchasers to cause the Securities to be
eligible for clearance and settlement through Euroclear and Clearstream. For so long as the Securities are eligible for resale in reliance on Rule 144A or Regulation S, if requested by the Initial Purchasers, the Company will use its reasonable
efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for settlement through the book entry facilities of Euroclear and Clearstream. 

(m) The Company and the Guarantors will (i) use their reasonable best efforts to list and to maintain the listing of the
Notes on the Official List of the Exchange for trading on the Global Exchange Market for so long as such Notes are outstanding and (ii) deliver to the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority and the Exchange copies of the Offering
Memorandum, the Final Memorandum and such other documents, information and undertakings as may be required in connection with obtaining such listing. 

(n) Until completion of the distribution, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates will take, directly or indirectly, any
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stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes, or issue any press release or other public announcement referring to the
offering of the Notes that does not adequately disclose the fact that stabilizing action may take place with respect to the Notes. In the event that any stabilization action is taken in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 (“MAR”), the Company and the Guarantors authorize the Representatives to make adequate public disclosure of the information required by MAR and Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 506/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the conditions to applicable
buy-back programmes and stabilization measures. 
 (o) For so long as any Notes are
outstanding, the Company and its Subsidiaries will conduct their operations in a manner that will not subject the Company or any Subsidiary to registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. 

(p) Each Note will bear the legend contained in “Notice to Investors” in the Offering Memorandum and the Final
Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. 
 (q)
The Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company or warrants to purchase debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Notes (other than the Notes
offered pursuant to this Agreement) for a period of 60 days after the date hereof, without the prior written consent of the Representative. 

(r) Each of the Company and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that each of the Initial Purchasers is acting solely in the
capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company and each Guarantor with respect to the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not
as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, any Guarantor or any other person. Additionally, no Initial Purchaser is advising the Company, any Guarantor or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or
regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. Each of the Company and each Guarantor shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the Transactions, and
the Initial Purchasers shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or any Guarantor with respect thereto. Any review by the Initial Purchasers of the Company, any Guarantor, the Transactions or other matters relating to the Transactions
will be performed solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor. 

(s) So long as the Notes are listed on the Official List of the Exchange and the rules of the Exchange so require, the Company
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 5. Expenses. (a) Whether or not the Transactions are consummated or this Agreement is
terminated, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the
Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation of each Memorandum and all amendments and supplements thereto,
including all printing costs associated therewith, and the delivering of copies thereof to the Initial Purchasers, in the quantities herein above specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Notes to the
Initial Purchasers, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes under state securities laws and all expenses
in connection with the qualification of the Notes for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 4(d) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers in
connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) all expenses and listing fees incurred in connection with the application for admission of the Notes on the Global Exchange Market of
the Irish Stock Exchange, (v) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Notes, (vi) the costs and charges of the Trustee and any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (vii) the cost of the preparation, issuance and
delivery of the Notes, (viii) all costs and expenses relating to investor presentations, including any “road show” presentations undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Notes, including, without limitation,
expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics and fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the
obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in Section 5(b) of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers will pay all of their costs and
expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Notes by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. 

(b) If the sale of the Notes provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set
forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company or the Guarantors to perform all obligations and
satisfy all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder other than by reason of a default by any of the Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers upon demand
for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with
the proposed purchase and sale of the Notes; provided that in the case of a termination pursuant to any of clauses (i) (other than a termination as a result of a suspension in trading in any securities of the Company), (ii), (iii) or
(iv) of Section 10(a) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers upon demand for one-half of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the
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 6. Conditions to the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligations of the several
Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Notes shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors in Section 1 hereof, in each case as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as
if made on and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company’s officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their covenants and agreements hereunder and to
the following additional conditions: 
 (a) The Initial Purchasers shall have received (i) an opinion and negative
assurance statement, dated the Closing Date, of Counsel for the Company, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A, and (ii) an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Brian E. Anderson, Esq., internal counsel for the Company, the form of
which is attached as Exhibit B. 
 (b) The Initial Purchasers shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of
Counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Notes and such other related matters as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as it may
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon such matters. 
 (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have
received on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and Counsel for the Initial Purchasers, from
Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the historical
consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of the Company included in or incorporated by reference into the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall
use a “cut-off date” within three days of the date of such letter. References to the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum in this paragraph (c) with respect to either letter referred to
above shall include any amendment or supplement thereto at the date of such letter. 
 (d) (i) None of the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries, shall have sustained, since the date of the latest audited historical consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or
supplement thereto), any loss or interference with their respective businesses or properties from fire, explosion, flood, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree (whether domestic or foreign) otherwise than as set forth in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto); and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one
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business, operations, properties, assets, liabilities, earnings, financial condition, results of operations or management of the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise,
whether or not in the ordinary course of business, otherwise than as set forth in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which, in any such case described in clause
(i) or (ii), is, in the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner described in the Offering
Memorandum and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). 
 (e) The Initial Purchasers shall
have received certificates dated the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, of (i) the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and (ii) each Guarantor: as to
the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors in this Agreement at and as of the Closing Date; that the Company and or the applicable Guarantor(s), as the case may be, have performed all covenants and
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its or their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; and as to the matters set forth in Section 6(d) (in the case of the certificate from the Company’s officers only).

 (f) The Notes shall have received initial ratings by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, and, subsequent to
the date hereof, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of the Notes or any of the Company’s other debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating agency”, as that term is defined by the Commission for
purposes of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act, and no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review its ratings of the Notes or any of the Company’s other debt securities or any notice or
public announcement given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or that any such securities rating agency has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of the Notes. 

(g) The Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through the Common Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream. 

(h) On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and Counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received such
further certificates, documents or other information as they may have reasonably requested from the Company. 
 7. [Reserved]. 

8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Initial Purchaser against any
losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Initial Purchaser or such other person may become subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
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untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Information or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or
supplement thereto; or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Information or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse, as incurred, each Initial Purchaser and each such other person for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Initial Purchaser or such other person in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that the Company and the Guarantors will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
in any Preliminary Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Information or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
such Initial Purchaser through the Representative specifically for use therein as set forth in Section 12 hereof. 
 (b) Each Initial
Purchaser, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, and each person, if any, who controls any of the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company, the Guarantors, any such affiliates, directors or officers or such controlling person may become
subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary Memorandum,
the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Information or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any
Company Additional Written Information or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Initial
Purchaser through the Representative specifically for use therein as set forth in Section 12 hereof and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, will reimburse as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Company or the Guarantors or any such affiliates, directors or officers or such controlling person in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with, any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action in respect thereof. 
 (c) Promptly after receipt by any person to whom indemnity may be available under this
Section 8 (the “indemnified party”) of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any person from whom indemnity may be sought under this
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indemnifying party will not relieve such indemnifying party from (i) any liability which it may have under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 8 to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) as a proximate result of the failure or (ii) any other liability which it may have to such indemnified party. In case any such action is brought against any
indemnified party, and such indemnified party notifies the relevant indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, to assume the defense thereof,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if the named parties in any such action (including impleaded parties) include both
the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have concluded, based on advice of outside counsel, that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or that representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, the indemnifying party shall not have the
right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties.
After notice from an indemnifying party to an indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), such indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof, unless (i) such indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that in connection with such action the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for the reasonable expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to one local counsel in any jurisdiction) for any indemnified person in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in
the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances) or (ii) such indemnifying party does not promptly retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party or (iii) such indemnifying party has
authorized the employment of counsel for such indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. After such notice from an indemnifying party to an indemnified party, such indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of
any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the written consent of such indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party or any other person that may be entitled to indemnification
hereunder is a party to such claim, action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party and such other persons from all liability arising out of such claim, action,
suit or proceeding and does not contain any statement as to or finding of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party. 

(d) (i) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 8 is unavailable or
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without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with defending or investigating any action or claim) (or actions in respect thereof) (“Losses”), the
Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, agree to contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Losses to
which the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, may be subject, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and
the Initial Purchasers, on the other, from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is unavailable for any reason, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company
and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses. The relative benefits received by the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses, but, for the avoidance of doubt, net of the Initial
Purchasers’ discounts) received by the Company bear to the total discounts, commissions and fees received by the Initial Purchasers from the Company in connection with the purchase of the Notes hereunder as set forth in the Final Memorandum or
this Agreement. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers, the parties’ intent, relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission, and any other equitable
considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation (even
if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph (d), no Initial Purchaser shall be obligated
to make contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the total discounts, commissions and fees received by such Initial Purchaser from the Company in connection with the purchase of the Notes hereunder, and 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. The Initial Purchasers’ respective obligations to
contribute hereunder are several in proportion to their respective obligations to purchase Notes as set forth on Schedule I hereto and not joint. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each other person listed in Section 8(a) hereof shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each affiliate, director or
officer of the Company or any Guarantor and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company
and the Guarantors. 
 (e) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any
obligations or liabilities which the Company and the Guarantors may otherwise have and the obligations of the respective Initial Purchasers under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any obligations or liabilities which the Initial Purchasers
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 9. Survival. The respective representations, warranties, agreements, covenants,
indemnities and other statements of the Company, the Guarantors, their respective officers, and the several Initial Purchasers set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors, their respective officers or directors or any controlling person referred to in Section 8 hereof or any Initial Purchaser, its
affiliates, directors, officers and controlling persons and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Notes. The respective agreements, covenants, indemnities and other statements set forth in Sections 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 16 hereof shall remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement. 
 10. Termination. (a) The
Representative may terminate this Agreement with respect to the Notes by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date in the event that the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform in any material respect all
obligations and satisfy in any material respect all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior thereto or if, at or prior to the Closing Date and after the execution of this Agreement (i) trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market, the Irish Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in
any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or minimum or maximum prices shall have been established on
any such exchange or market; (ii) there has been a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States, the United Kingdom or Ireland; (iii) a banking moratorium shall have
been declared by New York or United States authorities or by the competent governmental or regulatory authorities in the United Kingdom or Ireland; or (iv) there shall have been (A) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities between the
European Union, any member state thereof or the United States and any foreign power, (B) an outbreak or escalation of any other insurrection or armed conflict involving the European Union, any member state thereof or the United States,
(C) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or (D) any change in general economic, political or financial conditions which has an effect on the U.S. financial markets or the international financial markets that, in the case of any
event described in this clause (iv), in the sole judgment of the Representative, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Notes as disclosed in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum
or the Final Memorandum, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto. 
 (b) Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 10 shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof. 
 11.
Defaulting Initial Purchasers. If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall be
obligated to purchase the Notes that such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date (the “Remaining Notes”) in the respective proportions that the principal amount of the
Notes set opposite the name of each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser in Schedule I hereto bears to the total number of the Notes set opposite the names of all the
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however, that the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Notes on the Closing Date if the total amount of
Notes which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 10% of the total amount of Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date, and no non-defaulting
Initial Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the amount of Notes that it agreed to purchase on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the
non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or those other purchasers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Company who so agree, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase, in such proportion
as may be agreed upon among them, all the Remaining Notes. If the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or other Initial Purchasers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers do not elect to purchase the Remaining
Notes, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the
extent set forth herein. 
 Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to
the Company for damages caused by its default. If other purchasers are obligated or agree to purchase the Notes of a defaulting or withdrawing Initial Purchaser, the Company or the Representative may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full
business days in order to effect any changes in the Transaction Documents or in any other document or arrangement that, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or Counsel for the Initial Purchasers, may be necessary. 

12. Information Supplied by Initial Purchasers. The statements set forth in the second sentence of the sixth paragraph and seventh
paragraph under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, to the extent such statements relate to the Initial Purchasers, constitute the only information furnished by the Initial Purchasers to
the Company for the purposes of Sections 1(a) and 8 hereof. 
 13. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if
sent to any of the Initial Purchasers, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission and confirmed in writing to Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester Street, London EC2N 2DB, United Kingdom,
Attention: High Yield Capital Markets (fax: +44 (0)20 7547 2704) with a copy to Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Luis Penalver and if sent to the Company or any Guarantor, shall be delivered
or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission and confirmed in writing to the Company at Belden Inc., 1 North Brentwood Boulevard, 15th Floor, St. Louis, Missouri 63105, Attention: Brian E.
Anderson, with a copy to Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 1001 Fannin, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas, 77002, Attention: David Stone. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L.
107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Initial Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information
may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Initial Purchasers to properly identify their respective clients. 

14. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the several Initial Purchasers, the Company and
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successors and legal representatives, and nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the several Initial Purchasers, the Company and
the Guarantors and their respective successors and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, except that (i) the indemnities of the Company contained in Section 8 of this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of any
affiliate, director or officer of an Initial Purchaser and any person or persons who control any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and (ii) the indemnities of
the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 8 of this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the affiliates, directors and officers of the Company and the Guarantors, and any person or persons who control the Company or the Guarantors
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No purchaser of Notes from any Initial Purchaser shall be deemed a successor to such Initial Purchaser because of such purchase. 

15. Applicable Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflicts of law provisions that would apply the laws of another jurisdiction. 

16. Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) All judicial proceedings arising out of or relating
to this Agreement may be brought in any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New York, which jurisdiction is exclusive, and the Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. 

(b) Each party agrees that any service of process or other legal summons in connection with any proceeding (whether based upon contract, tort
or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be served on it by mailing a copy thereof by registered mail, or a form of mail substantially equivalent thereto, postage prepaid, addressed to the served party at its address
as provided in Section 13 hereof. Nothing in this Section 16 shall affect the right of the parties to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. 

(c) Each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers hereby waives all right to trial by jury in any proceeding (whether based
upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agrees that a final judgment in any such proceeding brought in any such court shall be
conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in any other courts in the jurisdiction of which it is or may be subject, by suit upon any such judgment. 

17. Authority of Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch on
behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers. 

  
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 18. Judgment Currency. 

(a) The Company and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify each Initial Purchaser, its directors, officers,
affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any loss incurred by such Initial Purchaser as a result of any
judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “judgment currency”) other than euros and as a result of any variation as between (i) the
rate of exchange at which the euro amount is converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such indemnified person is able to purchase euro with the amount of the judgment
currency actually received by the indemnified person. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company and each Guarantor and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or
order as aforesaid. The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency. 

(b) Each Initial Purchaser, jointly and not severally, agrees to indemnify the Company and the Guarantors and their respective affiliates,
directors, officers, and each person, if any, who controls any of the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any loss incurred by the Company or such
Guarantor, as applicable, as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a judgment currency and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate
of exchange at which the euro amount is converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such indemnified person is able to purchase euro with the amount of the judgment
currency actually received by the indemnified person. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of each Initial Purchaser and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as
aforesaid. The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency. 

19. Agreement and Acknowledgment with Respect to the Exercise of Bail-in Powers.
Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between any Purchaser and any other party to this Agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement acknowledges, accepts and agrees to be bound
by: 
 (a) the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution
Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of a Purchaser (the “Relevant BRRD Party”) to such other party under this Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof:

 (i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon; 

(ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares or other securities or other obligations of the
Relevant BRRD Party or another person (and the issue to or conferral on such other party to this Agreement of such shares, securities or obligations); 

  
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 (iii) the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; and 

(iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, or the dates on which any payments are due, including
by suspending payment for a temporary period; and 
 (b) the variation of the terms of this Agreement, to the extent
necessary, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority. 

For purposes of this Section 19: 

“Bail-in Legislation” means in relation to a member state of the European Economic
Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement each as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from time to time;

 “Bail-in Powers” means any Write-down and Conversion Powers as defined in
relation to the relevant Bail-in Legislation; 
 “BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU
establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms; 
 “BRRD Liability”
has the same meaning as in such laws, regulations, rules or requirements implementing the BRRD under the applicable Bail-in Legislation; 

“EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such, then in
effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/; and 

“Relevant Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the authority to exercise any Bail-in Powers. 
 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile, email or other electronic
transmission (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. 

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 If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please indicate your acceptance thereof in the space
provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute an agreement binding the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	BELDEN INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Brian E. Anderson

	Name:	 	Brian E. Anderson
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Legal,
		 	General Counsel and Corporate
		 	Secretary
	
	BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LLC
	BELDEN HOLDINGS, LLC
	CDT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC
	BELDEN 1993 LLC
	PPC BROADBAND, INC.
	BELDEN FINANCE 2013 LP
	GARRETTCOM, INC. 
	GRASS VALLEY USA, LLC
	PROSOFT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
	VIA HOLDINGS I, INC.
	VIA HOLDINGS II, INC.
	TRIPWIRE, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William Tiszai

	Name:	 	William Tiszai
	Title:	 	Treasurer

  
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	Accepted as of the date hereof.
	
	DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH
	Acting on behalf of itself and as Representative of the several Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule I
	
	DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthias Russwurm

		 	Name:	 	Matthias Russwurm
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ray Dukes

		 	Name:	 	Ray Dukes
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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 SCHEDULE I 

INITIAL PURCHASERS 
  

					
	 Initial Purchaser
	  	Aggregate Principal
Amount of Notes to be
Purchased from the Company	 
		
	 Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
	  	€	180,000,000	 
	 Wells Fargo Securities International Limited
	  	 	112,500,000	 
	 J.P. Morgan Securities plc
	  	 	90,000,000	 
	 Canaccord Genuity Inc.
	  	 	22,500,000	 
	 Seaport Global Securities LLC
	  	 	22,500,000	 
	 Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
	  	 	22,500,000	 
		  	  
	  
	 
	 Total
	  	€	450,000,000	 
		  	  
	  
	 

  
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 SCHEDULE II 

GUARANTORS 
  

			
	 Guarantor
	  	 Jurisdiction of Formation

		
	BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LLC	  	Delaware
	BELDEN HOLDINGS, LLC	  	Delaware
	CDT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC	  	Delaware
	BELDEN 1993 LLC	  	Delaware
	PPC BROADBAND, INC.	  	Delaware
	BELDEN FINANCE 2013 LP	  	Delaware
	GARRETTCOM, INC.	  	California
	GRASS VALLEY USA, LLC	  	Delaware
	PROSOFT TECHNOLOGY, INC.	  	California
	VIA HOLDINGS I, INC.	  	Delaware
	VIA HOLDINGS II, INC.	  	Delaware
	TRIPWIRE, INC.	  	Delaware

  
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 SCHEDULE III 
  

			
	 Subsidiary
	  	 Company’s Ownership
Interest

		
	Xuzhou Hirschmann Electronics Co. Ltd. (China)	  	50%
	GarrettCom India Pvt. Ltd. (India)	  	49%
	Port GmbH (Germany)	  	25%
	Shanghai Hite-Belden Network Technology Co., Ltd.	  	51%
	Hirschmann Automation & Control (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.	  	50%
	Hirschmann Electronics (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd	  	50%

  
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 EXHIBIT A 

1. The Company is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power
and authority necessary to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum in all material respects. Each of the Covered Guarantors [DE only] is validly existing
as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, necessary to own
or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum in all material respects. The Company and each Covered Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity
and is in good standing under the laws of each such jurisdiction set forth opposite the respective entity’s name on Annex A hereto. 

2. The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Covered Guarantors and (assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee and the Guarantors other than the Covered Guarantors) constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance
with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”). 

3. The Notes have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when paid for by the Initial Purchasers in
accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee and the Guarantors other than the Covered Guarantors, and due authentication and delivery of the Notes by the
Trustee in accordance with the Indenture), will constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms, except that the
enforcement thereof may be subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. 
 4. The Guarantees have been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Covered Guarantors and, when the Notes have been paid for by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement (assuming (i) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Guarantees by the
Guarantors other than the Covered Guarantors, (ii) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee and the Guarantors other than the Covered Guarantors, and (iii) the due authentication and delivery of the
Guarantees by the Guarantors other than the Covered Guarantors in accordance with the Indenture), will constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and enforceable against each of
them in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. 

  
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 5. The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the
Covered Guarantors. 
 6. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers and the issuance of the Guarantees) will not constitute or result in a breach or a default under (or an event that with notice or
passage of time or both would constitute a default under) any of (i) the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of the Company or the comparable organizational documents of the Covered Guarantors, or (ii) any statute or any judgment,
order or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority known to such counsel, except, with respect to clause (ii) only, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not reasonably be expected to
result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to clause (ii) above, such counsel need not express any opinion as to the applicability of any federal or state securities or Blue Sky laws or federal or state
antifraud laws, rules or regulations. 
 7. No consent, approval, authorization or order of any governmental authority is required for the
issuance and sale by the Company of the Notes and the issuance of the Guarantees by the Guarantors or the consummation by the Company and the Guarantors of the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, except (i) such as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky laws, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion, (ii) such as may be required under federal securities laws, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion other than the opinion
provided in paragraphs 8 and 9 below, and (iii) those which have previously been obtained. 
 8. None of the Company and the Guarantors
are, and immediately after the sale of the Securities to be sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the application of the proceeds from such sale (as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum under the caption “Use of
Proceeds”) will be, an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act. 
 9. Assuming the
accuracy of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers contained in the Purchase Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required in connection with the sale of the Notes
to the Initial Purchasers or in connection with the initial resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, in each case as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. 

10. The statements under the captions “Description of Notes” and “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”
in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, insofar as such statements relate to statements of law or summaries of documents referred to therein or of legal conclusions, have been reviewed by such counsel and such statements of law and
summaries of documents are accurate in all material respects. 
 In addition, such counsel shall also state that it has participated in conferences with
representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and with representatives of the Company’s independent accountants at which conferences the contents of the Offering Memorandum and the 

  
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Final Memorandum and any amendment and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed. Although such counsel has not undertaken to determine independently, and does not assume any
responsibility for, or express any opinion regarding the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum (except as expressly provided in paragraph 10 above), based upon the
participation described above, nothing has come to the attention of such counsel to cause such counsel to believe that the Offering Memorandum, as of the Time of Sale, or that the Final Memorandum, as of its date or at the Closing Date, contained or
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In making the foregoing statement,
such counsel need not express any comment or belief with respect to the financial statements and notes and related schedules and other financial and accounting data contained in or omitted from the Offering Memorandum or the Final Memorandum. 

  
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 EXHIBIT B 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch 
 J.P. Morgan Securities plc 

Wells Fargo Securities International Limited 
 Canaccord Genuity
Inc. 
 Seaport Global Securities LLC 
 Stifel,
Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated 
 c/o Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch 

Winchester House 
 1 Great Winchester Street 

London 
 EC2N 2DB 

United Kingdom 
  

	 	Re:	Belden Inc. Offering of 3.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 

I am Senior Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
In that capacity I have acted as counsel for the Company and the Guarantors (as defined below) with respect to the matters described herein. This letter is being delivered in response to the requirement in Section 6(a) of the Purchase Agreement
dated June 27, 2017 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as representative (the “Representative”) for the several purchasers listed on Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement (the “Initial
Purchasers”), the Company, the guarantors listed on Schedule II to the Purchase Agreement (the “Guarantors”) relating to the sale by the Company of €450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.375% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”) to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2017 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors, Deutsche Trustee Company Limited, as Trustee (the
“Trustee”), Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as Principal Paying Agent, and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as Transfer Agent and Registrar. The Notes are guaranteed pursuant to the guarantees to be issued by the Guarantors on the date
hereof, as evidenced by the Notations of Guarantees (the “Guarantees,” and together with the Notes, the “Securities”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings
set forth in the Purchase Agreement. 
 In connection with the preparation of this letter, I have among other things read: 

(a) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated June 27, 2017, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes (the “Preliminary
Offering Memorandum”); 
 (b) the Supplement to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated June 27, 2017 (the “Pricing
Supplement” and, collectively with the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the “Offering Memorandum”); 

  
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 (c) the Offering Memorandum, dated June 27, 2017, relating to the offering and sale of the
Notes (the “Final Offering Memorandum”); 
 (d) an executed copy of the Purchase Agreement; 

(e) an executed copy of the Indenture; 

(f) the executed Notes and the executed Guarantees; 

(g) a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting held on [    ], 2017; 

(h) a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors, of the Company dated [    ],
2017, under authority delegated to him by the Board of Directors; 
 (i) a copy of the resolutions adopted by the boards of directors of the
Guarantors dated [    ], 2017; 
 (j) copies of all certificates and other documents delivered in connection with the
sale of the Notes on the date hereof and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement; and 
 (k) such
other records, certificates and documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate in order to deliver the opinions set forth herein. 

Subject to the assumptions, qualifications, exclusions and other limitations which are identified in this letter, I advise you that: 

1. To my knowledge and except as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the subject that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and to my knowledge and except as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others that would, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the
Guarantors (as applicable) of the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees and the issuance and sale of the Securities as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Final Memorandum do not and will not result in a material
breach, default or violation under any existing obligation of or restriction on such entity under any agreements filed (including by incorporation by reference) pursuant to Items 601(b)(l)(2),(4) or (10) of Regulation S-K as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and any subsequent current reports on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Material Agreements”), it being expressly understood that I express no opinion as to any federal securities laws, securities laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction (including
“Blue Sky” laws), the 

  
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indemnification and contribution provisions of the Purchase Agreement or the effect of such entity’s performance of its obligations on such entity’s compliance with financial covenants
or covenants requiring financial calculations. If a Material Agreement is governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than Missouri, I have assumed such Material Agreement is governed by the laws of Missouri. 

I am admitted to practice law in the State of Missouri and the opinion expressed herein is limited to the present law of the State of Missouri
and the federal law of the United States. I express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. To the extent the opinions expressed herein are governed by laws other than the State of Missouri or federal law of the United States, I have
assumed with your permission that the laws of each such other jurisdiction are the same as the laws of the State of Missouri. 
 This
opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above, and I render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters. The foregoing opinions are limited in all respects to existing applicable laws, each as in effect on
the date hereof I undertake no obligation or responsibility to update or supplement my opinions set forth herein in response to subsequent changes in the law or to reflect facts or circumstances that arise after the date of this opinion and come to
our attention. 
 This opinion letter is provided in my capacity as General Counsel to the Company in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. You may rely upon this letter only for the purpose served by the provision in the Purchase Agreement cited in the initial paragraph of this letter in response to which it has been delivered. Without my written
consent: (i) no person (including any person that acquires securities from you) other than you may rely on this letter for any purpose; provided, however, my opinion may be relied upon by the Trustee under the Indenture;
(ii) this letter may not be cited or quoted in any financial statement, prospectus, private placement memorandum or other similar document; (iii) this letter may not be cited or quoted in any other document or communication which might
encourage reliance upon this letter by any person or for any purpose excluded by the restrictions in this paragraph; and (iv) copies of this letter may not be furnished to anyone for purposes of encouraging such reliance. 

 

	
	Very truly yours,
	
	Brian E. Anderson, Esq.
	General Counsel, Belden Inc.

  
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 Schedule A 
  

	
	BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LLC
	BELDEN HOLDINGS, LLC
	CDT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC
	BELDEN 1993 LLC
	PPC BROADBAND, INC.
	BELDEN FINANCE 2013 LP
	 GARRETTCOM, INC.
 GRASS VALLEY USA,
LLC

	 PROSOFT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
 VIA HOLDINGS I,
INC.

	VIA HOLDINGS II, INC.
	TRIPWIRE, INC.Exhibit 10.11

 

 

     

     

    

 

“DEED
OF ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO A PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP”

 

For the Construction of an Integrated Municipal
Solid Waste to Energy Complex in Moroni, Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros

 

 

GOUVERNORAT
DE L’ÎLE AUTONOME DE LA GRANDE COMORE (« Assignor »)

 

 

 

BIOCRUDE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (“Assignee”)

 

 

	AGREEMENT REFERENCE:	DEED-ASSIGNMENT/MSW-DAA/CA/2016/1
	 	 
	TRANSACTION CODE:	BCT/MCMUC/MORONI/UNION DES COMORES /1
	 	 
	CONTRACT GENERATION:	01

 

	Initials: __________	 	Initials: __________

 

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Deed of Assignment pursuant to a Private-Public
Partnership

 

DEED
OF ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP

 

	AGREEMENT REFERENCE:	DEED-ASSIGNMENT/MSW-DAA/CA/2016/1
	 	 
	TRANSACTION CODE:	BCT/MCMUC/MORONI/UNION DES COMORES/1
	 	 
	DATE:	December __, 2016

 

This
Deed of Assignment (DA) pursuant to a Private-Public Partnership (PPP), as defined by the Governorate
of the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros
and elaborated hereunder, sets forth the basic understandings between:

 

	FIRST PARTY	GOVERNORATE OF THE AUTONOMOUS ISLAND OF GRANDE COMORE, a Statutory Body constituted under Comorian Law, (hereinafter referred to as “Assignor”, which expression shall, unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, mean and include its successors and assigns) and having its office at Route de Moroni- Itsandra, Moroni, Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros, duly represented by the Governor, The Honourable HASSANI Hamadi, the Commissioner of the “Commissariat à l’Environnement, à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et à l’Energie, à l’Emploi, à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité”, Mr. Mohamed Abdou MLANAO, the Commissioner of the “Commissariat à la Sécurité intérieure, à la Fonction Publique, à l’Administration des Collectivités Territoriales Décentralisées, à la Réforme Administrative, chargé de l’Information”, Ms. Maissara Adam MONDOHA, and the Commissioner of the “Commissariat aux Finances, au Budget, à l’Economie, au Commerce Intérieur, à l’Industrie, au Plan, chargé de la promotion des Investissements”, Mr. Said Ahamada YOUSSOUF, by virtue of Resolution ad hoc;
	 	 
	AND	 
	 	 
	SECOND PARTY	BIOCRUDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC, a Corporation duly organized under the laws of Canada (hereinafter called “Assignee”) having its principle office at 1255 Phillips Square, Suite 605, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3B 3G5, herein duly represented by the President and CEO, Mr. John MOUKAS, by virtue of corporate resolution ad hoc.
	 	 
	 	Hereinafter collectively called the “Parties”
	 	 
	PREAMBLE
	 	 
	WHEREAS	Assignee is an environmental services company specializing in the waste reformation milieu. Assignee has developed efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly products, systems and processes for the reformation of waste material (MSW and Sewage Sludge, amongst other types of waste), waste management and the creation of renewable energy sources and resalable by-products (hereinafter the “Technology”);

 

	Initials: __________	Initials: __________
	Strictly Confidential	Property of BioCrude Technologies, Inc.

 

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Partnership

 

	WHEREAS	The Assignor has a residual materials (MSW and Sewage Sludge Waste) management plan and is desirous of having its MSW and sewage sludge managed, treated and procured with environmentally friendly technologies into renewable resources and not land filled, while achieving rigid standards for emissions, water contamination (leachate), human safety standards and environmental protection, while augmenting its waste processing management and disposal capabilities;
	 	 
	WHEREAS	Relating to Assignee’s proposal for the implementation of Integrated MSW-Energy Complexes for the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros (Moroni) and the whole of the inter-related presented documents (Proposal, Power Point Presentations, Executive Summaries, concessions (MSW – Land - Supply of Water, Power Purchase Agreement “PPA”, etc.)), in which Assignee proposes the construction of Waste to Energy facilities for the management, treatment and transformation of waste in the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros (called “the project” hereafter), according to the determination of Assignee;
	 	 
	WHEREAS	The Assignor has considered the advantages generated by the implementation of Integrated MSW – Energy Complex in Moroni, Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros, with respect to Environmental, Economic, Social and Technological well-being, as well as being in conformity to the standards of a “Clean Design Mechanism”, defined by the UNFCCC (Kyoto Accord); Refer to the “Implementation of an Integrated Municipal Waste to Energy Processing Complex” proposals for all of the above mentioned cities, to handle for MSW management and to the Concession Agreements for the MSW – Land - Supply of Water, Power Purchase Agreement “PPA”, etc.; whereby Assignor acknowledges receipt, has reviewed and is satisfied for full execution across the country of the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros), and is desirous, by these presences in engaging with Assignee for the realization of same;
	 	 
	WHEREAS	The Assignor is conscientious and eager to coordinate its efforts to create a positive synergy with Assignee for the successful realization of said Integrated MSW-Energy Complex in the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros for the remedy of the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros’s Waste Management Dilemmas, and as such, the Governmental Authorities of the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros will grant Assignee, by virtue of these presences, by Governmental Decree, full exclusivity for Municipal Solid Waste Management for the cities across the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros, representing a minimum of 700 TPD of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW);
	 	 
	WHEREAS	On January 11, 2016, The Assignor has engaged in a transaction (the “Transaction”), by virtue of a “Private-Public Partnership” (PPP) with Assignee, defined within the context of this said “Deed of Assignment” (DA), whose purpose is for the utilization of Assignee’s proprietary technology, knowhow and financial resources for the realization of the exclusive business developments, the projects, under BOOT (Build, Own, Operate & Transfer) basis, across the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros;

 

 

	Initials: __________	Initials: __________
	Strictly Confidential	Property of BioCrude Technologies, Inc.

 

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	WHEREAS	The parties, following discussions, desire to enforce amendments discussed and reflected within these presences and agree to sign the Concession Agreements, the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and this Deed of Assignment as amended hereunder. Following the signature of these presences, the amended Concession Agreements, the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and this Deed of Assignment will replace the Concession Agreements, the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and this Deed of Assignment signed on the 11th of January 2016 and will become lawful and binding on the parties, present and future;
	 	 
	WHEREAS	This Deed of Assignment will define the framework of collaboration amongst the parties to clearly express their will to begin respectively on their level and for this, will carry out the terms of same in a spirit of mutual respect of the commitments entered into, frank collaboration, transparency and common support. Where necessary, other complementary agreements will be concluded and the range of the facilities which the parties intend to bring in order to achieve the goals contained therein.
	 	 
	WHEREAS	this preamble forms an integral part of these presences.

 

THE PARTIES AGREE TO SIGN THIS DEED OF ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT
TO A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP OF THESE PARTIES, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) PARTS (SECTIONS):

 

		I.	Deed of Assignment

 

		II.	Project Specifications

 

		III.	Annexures

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual covenants, stipulations and agreements hereinafter contained the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound
in a formal agreement, do mutually covenant and agree as follows:

 

I.
DEED OF ASSIGNMENT

 

Chapter I: General Dispositions

 

This Deed of Assignment defines the contractual rights and obligations
of the Assignor and Assignee.

 

Article 1: Object

 

This Deed of Assignment embodies the engagement
of the Assignor to authorize the Assignee to Conceive, Design, Finance, Construct, Maintain and Exploit Municipal Solid Waste to
Energy Complexes in the municipalities within the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros, to procure renewable
energy and marketable by-products (organic fertilizer).

 

Article 2: Duration of Deed of Assignment

 

This Deed of Assignment is for a duration/period
of thirty (30) years from the date of its application. It enters into force upon signature by all parties.

 

	Initials: __________	Initials: __________
	Strictly Confidential	Property of BioCrude Technologies, Inc.

 

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Article 3: Extension of Period Option
of Deed of Assignment

 

The Assignee has the option to renew this
contract for one additional period of thirty (30) years. The Assignee can execute the renewal option by (i) sending a written renewal
notice within twelve (12) months from the end of the initial contract stating the Assignee’s wishes to exercise its the contract
option to renew for an additional thirty (30) years; and (ii) if the Assignee has not breached its contractual obligations during
the first thirty (30) year contract period.

 

The tariff rates for the waste management
services offered to Assignor for the renewal period of the optional thirty (30) year term will be indexed at a rate of
4.5% annually. The reference year for the application of the indexation of 4.5%
will be the last year of the original contract, using that years’ rate as the base for indexation for the following year,
same being the first year of the thirty (30) year renewal option.

 

Chapter II: Respective Obligations
of Parties

 

Article 4: Objective of Assignee’s’ Obligations

 

The Assignee shall:

 

		Ø	Conceive, Design, Finance, Construct,
Maintain and Exploit, Exclusively, a Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Complex in Moroni, in the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore,
Union of the Comoros, in compliance with national and international laws regarding the protection and preservation of the environment,
inter alia, the prevention and management of environmental pollution;

 

		Ø	Obtain and maintain, throughout the life
of the project, all necessary approvals required to certify best industry practices in the environmental protection milieu.

 

The Assignee Guarantees:

 

		Ø	To be in compliance with technical requirements
in force within the industry milieu and to use good construction practices and technologies, materials and equipment, of recognized
standards and quality;

 

		Ø	To effect an intellectual property and
skills transfer;

 

		Ø	To conduct social work for women and children
(through a foundation, that will be established by the Assignee). Funding will be from the sale of the Assignees earned carbon
credits, whereby Assignee will donate 10% of the Carbon Credits (CER’s) to same,
annually, via a Revenue Sharing Agreement. The project meets the criteria for a “Clean Design Mechanism” (CDM),
pursuant to article 12 of the UNFCCC (“Kyoto Accord”).

 

Article 5: Assignee’s Investment Plan and Financing
Terms

 

Assignee is responsible for the realization of the exclusive
business developments of the project(s) via BOOT (Build, Own, Operate & Transfer) basis, in Moroni, Autonomous Island
of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros; as per the expectations of all parties, and stipulated in the provisions of the Concession
Agreements, to service the minimum amount of 700 TPD of MSW.

 

The Assignee also agrees that all costs in relation to the connecting,
synchronizing, turning on or testing, and maintenance of the equipment are the sole responsibility of Assignee, excluding payments
of processing and monitoring of the project as per government regulations and the provisions stipulated in the Concession Agreements,
which are the responsibilities of the other contracting parties in the Concession Agreements (Agents/Agencies of Assignor), endorsed
with Sovereign guarantees of the Assignor for execution of same.

 

	Initials: __________	Initials: __________
	Strictly Confidential	Property of BioCrude Technologies, Inc.

 

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Article 6: Assignee’s Depreciation
Policy

 

Amortization of plant and equipment will
be in accordance with the laws applicable to the Comorian company "Company to be created by Assignee" To
this end, the most durable equipment will be amortized using a straight-line depreciation method, over a period of 15 years,
to allow a minimum of one renewal before the expiry of the Concession Agreements.

 

Article 7: Repair and Maintenance of
the Project

 

The repair and maintenance of the project
is the sole responsibility of Assignee.

 

Assignee shall undertake a proper and prudent
repair and maintenance schedule, to ensure optimal functioning of the project (s) to provide services
in accordance with the provisions of this Deed of Assignment and the Concession Agreements (MSW, Land, Supply of Treated Effluent
and Power Purchase Agreement) associated with it.

 

Article 8: Accounting Provisions

 

The Assignee shall keep accounting records
of its project (s) activities in accordance with accounting rules and procedures of International Accounting Standards ("GAAP";
"Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" or "IFRS", "International Financial Reporting Standards").

 

Article 9: Concession Agreements Tariff
Rates

 

The tariff rates for the resale of electricity
to the national power corporation (Le Gestion de l’Eau et de l’Électricité aux Comores (MA-MWE)) are
set out in the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), attached as annex 1.

 

The tariff rates for the tipping fees for
the supply of Municipal Solid Waste from the municipalities, the land lease rate and the rates for the treated effluent for the
project (s) are set out in the Municipal Solid Waste Concession Agreement, Land Lease Agreement & Supply of Treated Sewage/Effluent
Agreement, attached as annex 2.

 

The rates regarding the sale of fertiliser
will be subject to market rates.

 

Article 10: Assignee’s obligations,
vis-a-vis, Third Party Transactions

 

The Assignee will have organic fertilizer
as a derivative by-product of the project (s), for sale to third parties. It ensures that such sale will be in the state of the
art practices.

 

Article 11: Transfer, Sell or Surrender
of the Project (s)

 

The Assignee has the right to sell, transfer
or surrender the project (s) to a third party or lenders by notifying the Assignor in advance, in writing, of same.

 

Article 12: Conditions of Making Available
to the Public

 

The Assignor against remuneration will
make available Integrated MSW-Energy complexes for the management and processing of Municipal Solid Waste into renewable energy
and marketable by-products. In addition, it will sell marketable derivative by-products derived from the processing of the municipal
solid waste.

 

Electricity is made available to the public
pursuant to a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) attached as annex 1.

 

Municipal Solid Waste treatment is performed
under the conditions defined in Section II of these presences, “Project Proposals and Specifications”
and is further elaborated in the Municipal Solid Waste Concession Agreement, Land Lease Agreement & Supply of Treated
Sewage/Effluent Agreement.

 

The Assignee will have organic fertilizer
as a derivative by-product of the project (s), for sale to third parties. It ensures that such sale will be in the state of the
art practices, in accordance with the regulations in force in the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros.

 

	Initials: __________	Initials: __________
	Strictly Confidential	Property of BioCrude Technologies, Inc.

 

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Article 13: Terms of Remuneration of
Assignee

 

The Assignee will receive remuneration
for the project (s) as follows:

 

		Ø	Tipping fees paid by the municipalities
pursuant to the Concession Agreements, and endorsed by Assignor with Sovereign Guarantees;

 

		Ø	The sale of electricity to the National
Power Corporation (Le Gestion de l’Eau et de l’Électricité aux Comores (MA-MWE)) under the provisions
of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA); and endorsed by Assignor with Sovereign Guarantees; and

 

		Ø	The sale of marketable derivative by-products
(fertilizer), which will be sold by Assignee in the market place. 

 

Article 14: Assignor’s Obligations

 

The Assignor shall:

 

		Ø	Ensure that the electrical network is
able to receive and transmit electricity, no later than one month before the anticipated date of commissioning and that no technical
or legal constraints inhibit the execution of these presences and the Concession and Power Purchase Agreements;

 

		Ø	Ensure and facilitate the requirements
for construction of the project (s) and the smooth transition to the operational phase (period), as of the anticipated date of
commissioning;

 

		Ø	Ensure, facilitate and deliver promptly
all necessary authorizations, permits and clearances, in accordance with applicable laws and inform the Assignee with diligence
and accuracy, if it so requests, in writing, what is requisite for same;

 

		Ø	Provide Assignee with all updated laws
and regulations applicable to areas of environment, sanitation and energy;

 

		Ø	Sign and execute the Concession Agreements,
Power Purchase Agreement(s) and consummate all of their obligations under same, required for the launching of the project(s), in
accordance to these presences, within sixty (60) days of Assignee’s written request for each facility in a city, representing
a minimum quantum of one (1) facility (ies) with a minimum processing capacity of 600 TPD per facility; failing to do so shall
constitute breach of said presences and Assignor will compensate Assignee for said breach, opportunity revenues lost due to delay/offset

 

		Ø	Guarantee and assure the execution of
all of their obligations inherent within the realms of the Concession Agreements and Power Purchase agreement (s) (land acquisition,
contractual conditions, exclusivity, administrative and fiscal facilities, authorizations, approvals, permits, etc...) for the
realization of the project(s).

 

Article 15: Assignee’s Obligations

 

The Assignee shall:

 

		Ø	Construct and commission each project
within 24 months of obtaining all necessary permits, approvals and clearances, related thereto;

 

		Ø	Create a Comorian Corporation Corporation
                                                                                                                  with a “Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV) classification, for the Waste Management related project in
                                                                                                                  the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros, with all the tax benefits set out in the Comorian legal
                                                                                                                  standards. The Comorian government is committed to issue the certificate of eligibility and subsequently award the license
                                                                                                                  giving the company the classification of Special Purpose Vehicle for claims of achieving the purpose of the Deed of
                                                                                                                  Assignment;

 

		Ø	Engage to work primarily with Comorian
persons and legal entities, subject to competence and quality, as will be required for the interests, safeguard and profitability
of the project(s);

 

	Initials: __________	Initials: __________
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		Ø	Provide adequate organization and qualified
personnel for the execution of operations;

 

		Ø	Comply at all times with the environmental
laws;

 

		Ø	Comply with its contractual obligations
of these presences and with those of the Concession Agreements and Power Purchase Agreement (s) and treat minimum quantities of
waste contained in the Concession Agreements; and

 

		Ø	Establish in the Autonomous Island of
Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros, a fully equipped laboratory to monitor and analyze the quality of water, air, soil and the
project's impact on these elements and personnel.

 

The Assignee shall ensure that the Project
(s) is (are) designed, built and completed in a good workmanlike manner using sound engineering construction
practices and using only materials and equipment that are new and of international utility grade quality such that, the useful
life of the Project (s) will be at least till the expiry date of the Concession Agreements and Power Purchase Agreement (s).

 

The Assignee shall ensure that design,
construction and testing of all equipment, facilities, components and systems of the Project shall be in accordance with the Comorian
Standards and Codes issued by the Bureau of Comorian Standards and/or internationally recognized Standards and Codes, such as:

 

	i.	 	American National Standards Institute (ANS)
	ii.	 	American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
	iii.	 	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
	iv.	 	American Petroleum Institute (API)
	v.	 	Standards of the Hydraulic Institute, USA
	vi.	 	International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
	vii.	 	Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)
	viii.	 	Tubular Exchanger Manufacturer's Association (TEMA)
	ix.	 	American Welding Society (AWS)
	x.	 	National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
	xi.	 	National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
	xii.	 	International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC)
	xiii.	 	Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association (EJMA)
	xiv.	 	Heat Exchange Institute (HEI)
	xv.	 	American Water Works Association (AWWA)

 

Other international standards, established
to be equivalent or superior to the above standards shall also be acceptable. However, in the event of any conflict between the
requirements of the international codes and standards and the requirements of the country’s standards and regulations, the
latter shall prevail.

 

The Assignee is committed, if required
by Comorian law, to create a corporation (under the umbrella of the SPV, governing the resale of electricity to the National Power
Corporation (Le Gestion de l’Eau et de l’Électricité aux Comores (MA-MWE)).

 

The Assignee shall:

 

		Ø	Comply with laws and regulations applicable
to it, especially with regard to roads, police, health, labor and safety regulations;

 

		Ø	Maintain a prudent corporate governance
in regards to the administration of the use of its assets and the running of the project as an on-going concern (Business);

 

		Ø	respect and ensure respect for its employees,
contractors and suppliers and all rules relating to the hazard prevention, hygiene and safety; and

 

		Ø	Not use any materials that could endanger
human safety.

 

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The Assignee agrees to sell exclusively
to the Assignor any net energy produced by the project(s) and the Assignor agrees to purchase all net energy produced by the project(s)
as per the provisions of the Power Purchase Agreement(s).

 

Article 16: Sharing of Risks

 

The risks associated with the performance
and operations of the project(s) are the sole responsibility of the Assignee.

 

Article 17: Assignor’s Monitoring
Mechanisms

 

The parties agree to the establishment
of an overseeing committee for the evaluation of the project(s). This committee will meet at least once every six months to assess,
evaluate and make recommendations of the project(s) and its (their) operation(s).

 

The Assignee shall provide on a website,
all pertinent details of influxes of materials and out-fluxes of by-products (solid, liquid, gas, etc...) from the project
(s); this information shall be updated on a bimonthly basis.

 

The parties agree that the Assignor can
perform spot checks whenever he decides as long as it complies with the provisions and procedures provided in the Concession Agreements
and Power Purchase Agreement (s).

 

Article 18: Sanctions and penalties

 

All sanctions and penalties shall conform
to the provisions stipulated in the Concession Agreements and the Power Purchase Agreement(s); refer to annex 1 & 2.

 

The obligations of the Assignee under these
presences shall be suspended in whole or part by force majeure, which include war, public disturbances, natural disasters and/or
other emergencies and will continue for a term for at least the duration of the event constituting of force majeure.

 

Article 19: Modifications

 

This Deed of Assignment may only be amended
by mutual consent of the parties, respecting the essence of same, that is to say, with an emphasis on efficiency, clarity and simplicity.

 

Any executed changes, once signed, will
be immediately applicable and will be annexed to this Deed of Assignment.

 

Article 20: Assignment of Contract

 

In case of an Assignment/Transfer of these
presences or of any Concession/Power Purchase Agreement(s) of the assignee to a new Entity, notwithstanding any termination, the
new Entity shall assume the all of the obligations, duties and liabilities of the present Assignee, and any unexpired obligation(s)
and/or ongoing project(s) started under these presences and not completed, will be obligated for completion.

 

Article 21: End of Contract

 

Under these presences, the parties agree
to a renewal or not. Upon renewing theses presences and contract(s) derived therefrom, both parties will adhere to the provisions
of same and article 28, hereunder.

 

Article 22: Amicable Dispute Resolution

 

The parties agree to settle amicably any
dispute that will arise from the interpretation or enforcement of this Deed of Assignment. Otherwise, the dispute shall be submitted
to competent courts in Canada (Ontario).

 

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Article 23: Arbitration

 

The arbitral forum chosen for this Deed of Assignment is that
of Ontario, Canada. Any dispute arising from the application of these presences shall be settled under the Rules of Arbitration
of the International Chamber of Commerce. Costs related to arbitration shall be shared equally between the parties. However, each
party will bear the cost of its own arbitrator(s). The parties may, however, with the court’s ruling, ask to be reimbursed
for their costs of arbitration.

 

Applicable Law

 

Only the courts of Canada shall have jurisdiction to hear disputes
that may arise, based on this Deed of Assignment. But before going to court, the parties have recourse to arbitration.

 

The parties agree to place all the provisions of this Agreement
under the jurisdiction of Canadian law.

 

Dispute Resolution

 

For all disputes that arise, the Disputes
will be resolved by arbitration, and will respect the rules, regulations and procedures

thereto. The Disputes shall be resolved by arbitration under
the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of

Commerce. Herein under is the procedure to be followed:

 

	i.		The Arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed in accordance with
the rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. Each of the parties will select an arbitrator and the two (2)
arbitrators will select the third (3rd) arbitrator.

 

	ii.		The place of arbitration shall be France. The language of the arbitration shall be English.

 

	iii.		The arbitration tribunal's award shall be substantiated in writing. The arbitration tribunal shall
also decide on the costs of the arbitration proceedings and the allocation thereof.

 

	iv.		The award shall be enforceable in any court having jurisdiction in the country of the Assignor,
subject to the applicable Laws.

 

Article 24: Origin and Source of Project
Works (Procurement of Equipment, Civil Works, etc...)

 

The Assignee and its subcontractors, if
any, will endeavor to use as much as feasibly possible of services, materials and local raw materials and products manufactured
in the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros, to the extent that these services, materials, raw materials and
products are available at competitive terms of price, quality, warranty and delivery time.

 

Article 25: Financial Provisions

 

Contracts signed under the provisions of
this said Deed of Assignment, shall be subject to specific financial and tax implications related to corporations exploiting such
projects, as provided by law, with the classification "Special Purpose Vehicle”
(SPV), up to and including all the tax benefits set out in the Comorian legal
standards.

 

Transactions made under the provisions
of this said Deed of Assignment or contract(s) resulting therefrom, will be accounted for via a trading scheme in force in the
Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros, as they are executed and recorded.

 

Subject to the provisions of this Deed
of Assignment, the State of the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros guarantees, for the duration of these
presences and for all Contract(s) arising therefrom, the Assignee the following:

 

		•	Possession of one or more bank accounts in the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the
Comoros;

		•	Opening a foreign currency account in the Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros;

		•	The conversion and transfer of all monies (from the on-going concerns of the project(s)) to any
part of the world.

 

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The Assignor also warrants that all Expatriate
staff of Assignee shall have the benefit of free conversion and free transfer to any
part of the world, of all monies derived from earnings or from the sale of personal effects.

 

Article 26: Tax Provisions

 

The Assignee will be exempt from the impositions
of Value Added Tax (VAT) and Corporate Income Taxes for the duration of the contract
and the option of renewal thereof.

 

During the term of the Agreement and renewal
option, the Assignee will be exempt of any and all import / customs duties, levies and taxes
implicated with the importation of all machinery, vehicles, materials, equipment and other consumer goods requisite and contributing
to the project, vis a vis, construction of the infrastructure and development of the business (as defined
within the context of this agreement), and the daily operation of same.

 

The Assignee can expediently import/export
any goods for the benefit of/derived from the business, for the benefit of same.

 

The
Assignee shall benefit from the procedure of direct and immediate removal of all goods imported or it will cause to be imported
for the purposes of the project(s), or the transfer of any funds derived from the on-going concerns of the project(s) to any part
of the world, designated by Assignee.

 

Article 27: Termination of Contract

 

Upon the occurrence of any default of either
party, the affected party will send a formal notice “Mise en Demeure” stating in detail the circumstances that
prompted the issuance of such notice. After the issuance of said notice, a consultation period of ninety (90) days or longer, if
agreed between the parties, will be realized. During this consultation period, the parties shall continue to perform their respective
obligations under this agreement. This Deed of Assignment may be amended by mutual consent of the parties under the same conditions
as those forms of signature, that is to say with an emphasis on efficiency, clarity and simplicity, if so required by both parties
for remedy of same.

 

At the end of the period of 90 days, unless
the parties have agreed otherwise or if the event of default has been corrected, the aggrieved party may require to exercise its
full rights of compensation/replacement, as the case may be for each party, of the defaulting party in accordance with the provisions
of the Concession Agreements and/or Power Purchase Agreement(s), if it will proceed with the termination of same.

 

Article 28: Renewal of Contract (Deed
of Assignment)

 

As an exception, any party may make known
its willingness to extend the contract for one additional period of thirty (30) years. The contract extension will be (i) if the
Party seeking to extend the initial period sends a written request to that effect to the other party and that party accepts it
within twelve (12) months before the end of the initial period, subject that the party asking the request for a renewal has not
been in default of any of its obligations inherent within the realms of these presences or any of the contracts arising therefrom.
If the accepting party does not reply within the aforesaid time frame, the renewal will be accepted as a “Tacit Renewal”,
respecting the provisions and stipulations of same and the Contracts derived there from.

 

Article 29: Confidentiality

 

For purposes of this agreement:

 

"Confidential Information",
in relation to and including the Disclosing Party, means any and all information, whether or not explicitly designated as
such, whether patentable or not, whether in written, oral or electronic form, disclosed by or on behalf of Disclosing party to
Recipient and pertaining to Disclosing party’s business, creation, products or technology, techniques, including, without
limitation, non-public information, know-how, whether technical or non-technical, trade secrets, data materials, inventions, designs,
formulas, ideas, developmental or experimental work, source codes, algorithms, records, studies, reports, business and marketing
plans and projections/costs, details of agreements and arrangements with third parties, other original works of authorship, customer
lists, contact lists, marketing strategies, terms of contracts, business plans, financial information or other subject matter pertaining
to any business of Disclosing party or any of its Affiliates, clients, consultants, suppliers, licensors or licensees and any other
trade secret and information which Disclosing party treats as confidential, including any information
entrusted to Disclosing party by third parties, including, without limitation, all information, clearly marked as Confidential
Information, held by that party or any agent or employee of that party, relating to the business, operations or undertaking of
that party.

 

	Initials: __________	Initials: __________
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The term Confidential Information shall
not include, however, information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public, (ii) was lawfully available to the
Recipient on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party or its Representatives (iii) becomes available
to the Recipient on a non-confidential basis from a Person who was not otherwise known by the Recipient or its Representatives
to be bound by a confidentiality or similar agreement with the Disclosing Party or any of its Representatives, or otherwise subject
to an obligation of confidentiality or secrecy to the Disclosing Party or its Representatives and that the information was not
transmitted to the Person by the Recipient, or (iv) is independently developed by the Recipient or its Representatives without
the use of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party. Confidential Information is not
or does not come within the public domain merely because features of the Confidential Information may be found separately or within
a general disclosure in the public domain.

 

“Confidentiality
Obligations”: Except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement or as authorized in writing by the Disclosing
Party, the Recipient shall (i) hold in confidence and not reproduce, distribute or disclose to any third-party other than its
Representatives any Confidential Information; (ii) protect such Confidential Information with at least the same degree of
care that Recipient uses to protect its own Confidential Information, but in no case, less than a reasonable degree of care;
(iii) use the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information for no purpose other than pursuing the “Specified
Purpose”; (iv) limit access to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information to its Representatives having
a need to know such Confidential Information, who are informed of its confidential nature, and are bound by confidentiality
obligations; and (v) promptly notify the Disclosing Party upon discovery of any loss or unauthorized disclosure of the
Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.

 

"Specified Purpose" means the sole purpose for which Confidential Information is to be disclosed by a party to the other party, which is
to enable the parties to co-operate in a possible business transaction (engagement) between Receiving Party, its subsidiaries or
clients, and Disclosing Party with respect to Disclosing Party's information, technologies, commercial practices and know-how.

 

Certain documents and information, public
or private, for the fulfillment of the contract, must be confidential. Accordingly, each Party undertakes to respect the confidentiality
not to harm the other party and refrain from disclosing any documents, information, ideas, practices, know-how, data or design
as may be aware in the course of this agreement. Both parties agree that they must not, without the prior written approval of the
Disclosing Party, use, disclose, divulge or deal with any Confidential Information, nor cause, permit or allow any act, matter
or thing to be done, omitted or occur whereby any Confidential Information may become known or be used by, or be disclosed or communicated
to, any other person, except strictly in accordance to these provisions of “Specified Purpose”.

 

For the purposes of this clause, the Disclosing
Party and Recipient shall assume full responsibility for its Affiliates and/or Representatives, as if it were like itself.

 

“Disclosures Required by Law”: If the Recipient or any of its Representatives is requested or required in connection with any legal or governmental
proceeding to disclose or otherwise becomes legally compelled to disclose any Confidential Information, the Recipient shall provide
the Disclosing Party with prompt written notice, if permitted by law, so as to enable the Disclosing Party, sufficiently in advance
of the disclosure with reasonable opportunity to prevent the disclosure or to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy
or waive compliance with this Agreement and provided further that in the event that such protective order or other remedy is not
obtained, Recipient shall (i) make any required disclosures in consultation with the Disclosing Party; (ii) furnish only that portion
of the Confidential Information which Recipient is advised by written opinion of counsel is legally required; and (iii) exercise
Recipient’s best efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment shall be accorded such Confidential Information.

 

“Remedies”: The
Recipient acknowledges that its breach of this Agreement may cause irreparable damage to the Disclosing Party for
which monetary damages would not be a sufficient remedy by itself. The rights and remedies provided to each Party in this Agreement
are cumulative and in addition to any other rights and remedies available to such Party at law or in equity.

 

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“No License Granted”: The Confidential Information is and shall remain the sole property of the Disclosing Party (or the third-party which has
disclosed the information to the Disclosing Party). The Recipient recognizes and agrees that nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be construed as granting any property rights, by license or otherwise, to any Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.

 

“No Representations”: All Confidential Information is provided on an “as is” basis and the Recipient agrees and acknowledges
that neither the Disclosing Party nor any of its Representatives are making any representation or warranty, express or implied,
as to the accuracy or completeness of the Confidential Information, and neither the Disclosing Party nor any of its Representatives
will have any liability to the Recipient, its Representatives or any other Person relating to or resulting from the use of or reliance
on the Confidential Information or for any errors therein or omission therefrom.

 

Article 30: Insurance

 

The Assignee is required throughout the
term of these presences and contracts derived therefrom, to take out with one or more insurance company’s known to be solvent,
the insurance policies covering all of its responsibilities and all risks inherent within the realms of these presences and contracts
derived therefrom.

 

Upon disaster and damage of the project(s),
the insurance money paid will be used to repair the disaster, including the reconstruction of the Works or their rehabilitation
by rebuilding the destroyed items. In case of total loss, the amount of compensation will be given priority to creditors and the
balance to the Assignee.

 

Article 31: Special Provisions

 

This Deed of Assignment shall enter into
force, immediately after signature.

 

This Deed of Assignment is the legal equivalent
of a contract: Legal, Compellable, Coaching and Enforceable. It provides a benchmark for contracts and schedules thereunder. This
Deed of Assignment is the basis for the drafting of all contracts arising therefrom, being by nature an extrinsic contract agreement
and commitment. This Deed of Assignment once signed gives strength and validity to all other subsequent agreements.

 

It will be a fundamental contractual nature
between the parties insofar as it represents the main elements of the parties' intent. The Deed of Assignment concerns the projects
for the municipality of Moroni and other cities within the Moroni District, Autonomous Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros.

 

Article 32: Notices

 

Unless otherwise stated, notices to be
given under this Agreement including but not limited to a notice of waiver of term, breach of any term of this Agreement and termination
of this Agreement, shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery/ recognized international courier, mail, telex, facsimile
or email and delivered or transmitted to the parties at their respective addresses set forth below:

 

Name, Address, Tel. &
Fax of Assignor:

 

Gouvernorat de l’Île
Autonome de la Grande Comore

Route
de Moroni- Itsandra

Moroni,
Île Autonome de la Grande Comore, Union des Comores

 

(Attn:
The Honourable HASSANI Hamadi, Governor and/or

Mr.
Mohamed Abdou MLANAO, Commissaire à l’Environnement, à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et
à l’Énergie, à l’Emploi, à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité)

 

Tel:
+269 773 13 64; +269 773 84 77; +269 764 44 77

Facsimile:

Email:
sgg.ngazidja@gmail.com

Website:
http://www.gouvernorat-ngazidja.com

 

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Name, Address, Tel. & Fax of Assignee:

 

BioCrude Technologies, INC.

1255 Phillips Square, Suite 605

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3B 3G5

 

(Attn: Mr. John MOUKAS, Chairman/CEO)

 

Tel: (877) 878-1268

Facsimile: (877) 778-1568

Email: jmoukas@biocrudetech.com

Website: http://www.biocrudetech.com

 

Nota Bene: All notices under this Agreement shall be
in English or French.

 

Article 33: Language

 

The
Parties have required that this Deed of Assignment, the Concession Agreements and Power Purchase Agreement(s),
attached as annexures, and all notices, deeds, documents, and other
instruments to be given pursuant hereto be drawn in the English
and French languages. Les parties ont exigé que cette entente ainsi que tous les avis et autres documents exécutés
en vertu des présentes soient rédigés en langue
anglaise et française.

 

Article 34: Publication/Advertise of excerpts of this Deed
of Assignment in the Official Gazette

 

An
excerpt of this Deed of Assignment pursuant to a Private-Public Partnership, including the name and quality of contracting
parties as well as the purpose, duration and essence of the contract,
will be published in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous
Island of Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros, by the Assignor.

 

Article 35: Project Specifications

 

The
specifications of the project, annexed hereto, consists of administrative and technical clauses defining the conditions, the
duties and obligations of parties and their participants for project
(s) realization, in regards to infrastructure, public utility works, operations
and management services. It forms an integral part of this agreement.

 

Article 36: Annexures

 

The following annexes are an integral part of this contract:

 

		1.	Power Purchase Agreement(s) (PPA);

		2.	Municipal Solid Waste Concession Agreement(s), Land Lease Agreement(s) and the Supply of Treated
Effluent Agreement(s);

		3.	Administrative authorizations.

 

Article 37: Registration

 

The Assignor is exempt from registration fees. All expenses
related to the registration formalities shall be borne by the Assignor.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Deed of Assignment (DA) to be executed by their duly authorized representatives, as of the day and year set out below.

 

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II.
Project Specifications

 

The specifications of the project, annexed
hereto, consists of administrative and technical clauses defining the conditions, the duties and obligations of parties and their
participants for project (s) realization, in regards to infrastructure, public utility works, operations and management services

 

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III.
Annexures

 

	1.	Power Purchase Agreement(s) (PPA);

	2.	Municipal Solid Waste Concession Agreement(s), Land Lease Agreement(s) and the Supply of Treated
Effluent Agreement(s);

	3.	Administrative authorizations.

 

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1.

 

Power Purchase Agreement(s) (PPA)

 

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2.

 

Municipal Solid Waste Concession Agreement(s), Land Lease
Agreement(s) and the Supply of Treated Effluent Agreement(s)

 

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Administrative
authorizations (if applicable) required 

 

The
table below gives the name and status of all the Statutory and Non-Statutory Clearances involved in
this project.

 

	Statutory Clearances
	Authorization of Pollution Control	Commissariat à l’Environnement, à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et à l’Énergie, à l’Emploi, à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité
	Pollution Clearance from the Ministère de la Production, de l'Environnement, de l'Énergie, de l'Industrie et de l'Artisanat de l’Union des Comores and Consent to Establish and Operate Plant	Commissariat à l’Environnement, à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et à l’Énergie, à l’Emploi, à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité
	Civil Aviation Clearance for Stack Height	Commissariat à l’Environnement, à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et à l’Énergie, à l’Emploi, à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité
	Municipal board for treated sewage	Commissariat à l’Environnement, à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et à l’Énergie, à l’Emploi, à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité & le Gestion de l'Eau et de l'Électricité aux Comores (MA-MWE)
	Town & Country Planning Clearance	Commissariat à l’Environnement, à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et à l’Énergie, à l’Emploi, à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité
	Host Country Approval for CDM under Kyoto protocol	Commissariat à l’Environnement,
    à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et à l’Énergie, à l’Emploi,
    à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité
	Non-Statutory Clearances
	Construction power	le Gestion de l'Eau et de l'Électricité aux Comores (MA-MWE)
	Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)	Commissariat à l’Environnement, à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et à l’Énergie, à l’Emploi, à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité & le Gestion de l'Eau et de l'Électricité aux Comores (MA-MWE)
	Power evacuation arrangements	Commissariat à l’Environnement, à l’Urbanisme, au Développement Durable et à l’Énergie, à l’Emploi, à l’Entreprenariat et à la Solidarité & le Gestion de l'Eau et de l'Électricité aux Comores (MA-MWE)

 

	Initials: __________	Initials: __________
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