Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 
 Execution Version 
  

 
  

NORDSON CORPORATION 
  

 
 MASTER NOTE
PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
  
  

Dated as of July 26, 2012 
 Initial Issuance of 
 $68,000,000 3.07% Senior Notes, Series 2012-A, due
July 25, 2025 
 $75,000,000 3.13% Senior Notes, Series 2012-B, due July 26, 2024 

$37,000,000 2.62% Senior Notes, Series 2012-C, due July 26, 2021 

$20,000,000 2.27% Senior Notes, Series 2012-D, due July 26, 2017 

 
  

 
  

			
		 	 Series 2012-A PPN: 655663 C#7
 Series 2012-B PPN: 655663 D*0

Series 2012-C PPN: 655663 D@8

Series 2012-D PPN: 655663 D#6

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
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	 1.      AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUE NOTES
	  	 	1	  
	 1A.       Description of Notes to be Initially Issued
	  	 	1	  
	 1B.        Additional Series of Notes
	  	 	1	  
	 1C.        Guaranty Agreement
	  	 	2	  
	 2.           PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES; CLOSING
	  	 	2	  
	 2A.       Purchase and Sale of Notes
	  	 	2	  
	 2B.        Closing
	  	 	2	  
		
	 3.      CONDITIONS OF CLOSING
	  	 	3	  
	 3A.       Certain Documents
	  	 	3	  
	 3B.        Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchasers
	  	 	4	  
	 3C.        Opinion of Company’s Counsel
	  	 	4	  
	 3D.       Representations and Warranties; No Default; Satisfaction of
Conditions
	  	 	4	  
	 3E.        Purchase Permitted by Applicable Laws
	  	 	4	  
	 3F.        Compliance Certificates
	  	 	5	  
	 3G.       Private Placement Number
	  	 	5	  
	 3H.       Fees and Expenses
	  	 	5	  
	 3I.         Proceedings
	  	 	5	  
	 3J.         Funding Instructions
	  	 	5	  
		
	 4.      PREPAYMENTS
	  	 	5	  
	 4A.       Scheduled Required Prepayments of Series 2012 Notes
	  	 	5	  
	 4B.        Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount
	  	 	6	  
	 4C.        Notice of Optional Prepayment
	  	 	6	  
	 4D.       Application of Prepayments
	  	 	6	  
	 4E.        No Acquisition of Notes
	  	 	6	  
		
	 5.      AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	  	 	7	  
	 5A.       Money Obligations
	  	 	7	  
	 5B.        Financial Statements
	  	 	7	  
	 5C.        Electronic Delivery
	  	 	8	  
	 5D.       Financial Records
	  	 	8	  
	 5E.        Franchises
	  	 	8	  
	 5F.        ERISA Compliance
	  	 	8	  
	 5G.       Notice
	  	 	9	  
	 5H.       Environmental Compliance
	  	 	9	  
	 5I.         Pari Passu Ranking
	  	 	9	  
		
	 6.      NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	  	 	9	  
	 6A.       Financial Covenants
	  	 	9	  

  
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	 6B.        Indebtedness
	  	 	9	  
	 6C.        Liens
	  	 	10	  
	 6D.       Merger and Sale of Assets
	  	 	11	  
	 6E.        Acquisitions
	  	 	12	  
	 6F.        Affiliate Transactions
	  	 	13	  
	 6G.       Restrictive Agreements
	  	 	13	  
	 6H.       Guaranties of Payment; Guaranty Under Material Indebtedness
Agreement
	  	 	13	  
	 6I.         Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
	  	 	14	  
		
	 7.      EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
	  	 	14	  
	 7A.       Acceleration
	  	 	14	  
	 7B.        Rescission of Acceleration
	  	 	16	  
	 7C.        Notice of Acceleration or Rescission
	  	 	17	  
	 7D.       Other Remedies
	  	 	17	  
		
	 8.      REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES
	  	 	17	  
	 8A.       Organization; Subsidiary Preferred Equity
	  	 	17	  
	 8B.        Power and Authority
	  	 	17	  
	 8C.        Financial Statements
	  	 	18	  
	 8D.       Actions Pending.
	  	 	18	  
	 8E.        Outstanding Indebtedness
	  	 	18	  
	 8F.        Title to Properties
	  	 	18	  
	 8G.       Taxes
	  	 	18	  
	 8H.       Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters
	  	 	19	  
	 8I.         Offering of Notes
	  	 	19	  
	 8J.         Use of Proceeds
	  	 	19	  
	 8K.       ERISA
	  	 	20	  
	 8L.        Governmental Consent
	  	 	20	  
	 8M.      Compliance with Environmental and Other Laws
	  	 	20	  
	 8N.       Regulatory Status
	  	 	20	  
	 8O.       Permits and Other Operating Rights
	  	 	21	  
	 8P.        Absence of Financing Statements, etc.
	  	 	21	  
	 8Q.       Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.
	  	 	21	  
	 8R.        Disclosure
	  	 	21	  
	 8S.        Hostile Tender Offers
	  	 	22	  
		
	 9.      REPRESENTATIONS OF EACH PURCHASER
	  	 	22	  
	 9A.       Nature of Purchase
	  	 	22	  
	 9B.        Source of Funds
	  	 	22	  
		
	 10.    DEFINITIONS; ACCOUNTING MATTERS
	  	 	24	  
	 10A.     Yield-Maintenance Terms
	  	 	24	  
	 10B.     Other Terms
	  	 	25	  

  
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	 10C.     Accounting and Legal Principles, Terms and Determinations
	  	 	35	  
		
	 11.    MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	36	  
	 11A.     Note Payments
	  	 	36	  
	 11B.     Expenses
	  	 	36	  
	 11C.     Consent to Amendments
	  	 	37	  
	 11D.     Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes
	  	 	37	  
	 11E.     Persons Deemed Owners; Participations
	  	 	38	  
	 11F.      Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement
	  	 	38	  
	 11G.     Successors and Assigns
	  	 	38	  
	 11H.     Independence of Covenants
	  	 	39	  
	 11I.       Notices
	  	 	39	  
	 11J.      Payments Due on Non-Business Days
	  	 	39	  
	 11K.     Satisfaction Requirement
	  	 	39	  
	 11L.     GOVERNING LAW
	  	 	39	  
	 11M.    SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	  	 	40	  
	 11N.     Severability
	  	 	40	  
	 11O.     Descriptive Headings; Advice of Counsel; Interpretation; Time of the Essence
	  	 	40	  
	 11P.      Counterparts; Facsimile or Electronic Signatures
	  	 	41	  
	 11Q.     Independent Investigation
	  	 	41	  
	 11R.     Directly or Indirectly
	  	 	41	  

  
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 EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES 

 

					
	 SCHEDULE A
	  	—	  	INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS
			
	 EXHIBIT A
	  	—	  	FORM OF SERIES 2012-A NOTE
	 EXHIBIT B
	  	—	  	FORM OF SERIES 2012-B NOTE
	 EXHIBIT C
	  	—	  	FORM OF SERIES 2012-C NOTE
	 EXHIBIT D
	  	—	  	FORM OF SERIES 2012-D NOTE
	 EXHIBIT E
	  	—	  	FORM OF SUPPLEMENT
	 EXHIBIT F
	  	—	  	FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY COUNSEL
	 EXHIBIT G
	  	—	  	FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
			
	 SCHEDULE 8H
	  	—	  	AGREEMENTS RESTRICTING INDEBTEDNESS

  
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 NORDSON CORPORATION 

28601 Clemens Road 
 Westlake, Ohio 44145 
 As of July 26, 2012 

TO EACH OF THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN 
 THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A: 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 

The undersigned, Nordson Corporation, an Ohio corporation (herein called the “Company”), hereby agrees with you as set
forth below. Reference is made to paragraph 10 hereof for definitions of capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein. 
 1. AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUE NOTES. 
 1A. Description of Notes to be
Initially Issued. The Company has authorized the issue and sale of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes consisting of (i) $68,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.07% Senior Notes, Series 2012-A, due
July 25, 2025 (the “Series 2012-A Notes”); (ii) $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.13% Senior Notes, Series 2012-B, due July 26, 2024 (the “Series 2012-B Notes”); (iii) $37,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 2.62% Senior Notes, Series 2012-C, due July 26, 2021 (the “Series 2012-C Notes”); and (iv) $20,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.27% Senior Notes, Series 2012-D, due
July 26, 2017 (the “Series 2012-D Notes” and, collectively with the Series 2012-A Notes, the Series 2012-B Notes and the Series 2012-C Notes, the “Series 2012 Notes”, such term to include any such notes issued
in substitution or exchange therefor pursuant to paragraph 11D of this Agreement). The Series 2012 Notes shall be substantially in the forms set out in Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C and Exhibit D, with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be
approved by the purchasers of such Series 2012 Notes, or series thereof, and the Company. 
 1B. Additional Series of
Notes. In addition to the issuance and sale of the Series 2012 Notes, the Company may from time to time issue and sell one or more additional series of notes (the “Additional Notes” and together with the Series 2012
Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to this Agreement, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Additional Notes issued pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed $500,000,000. Each series of Additional Notes will be issued
pursuant to a supplement to this Agreement (a “Supplement”) in substantially the form of Exhibit E, and will be subject to the following terms and conditions: 

(i) the designation of each series of Additional Notes shall distinguish such series from the Notes of all other series;

 (ii) each series of Additional Notes may consist of different and separate tranches and may differ as to
currency denominated outstanding principal amounts, 

 
maturity dates, interest rates and premiums or make-whole amounts, if any, and price and terms of redemption or payment prior to maturity; 

(iii) all Notes issued under this Agreement, including pursuant to any Supplement, shall rank pari passu with each other
and all other senior unsecured Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries; 
 (iv) each series of
Additional Notes shall be dated the date of issue, bear interest at such rate or rates, mature on such date or dates, be subject to such mandatory or optional prepayments, if any, on the dates and with the make-whole amounts, premiums or breakage
amounts, if any, as are provided in the Supplement under which such Additional Notes are issued, and shall have such additional or different conditions precedent to closing and such additional or different representations and warranties or other
terms and provisions as shall be specified in such Supplement; and 
 (v) except to the extent provided in
foregoing clause (iv), all of the provisions of this Agreement shall apply to all Additional Notes. 
 1C. Guaranty
Agreement. The payment by the Company of all amounts due with respect to the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement will be guaranteed by each Subsidiary that, on or after the date of the Closing, is or
becomes a guarantor under the Primary Credit Facility (individually, a “Guarantor of Payment” and collectively, the “Guarantors of Payment”), pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement in form and substance substantially similar to the
form of guarantee, if any, given by any Subsidiary to the lenders under the Primary Credit Facility and otherwise completed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to you, as it hereafter may be amended or supplemented from time to time with the consent
of the Guarantors (the “Guaranty Agreement”). 
 2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES; CLOSING. 

2A. Purchase and Sale of Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to you and
each of the other purchasers named in Schedule A (the “Other Purchasers”), and you and the Other Purchasers will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Notes in the denomination, principal amount and
series specified opposite your names in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. Your obligation hereunder and the obligations of the Other Purchasers are several and not joint obligations and you shall have no
liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance by any Other Purchaser hereunder. 
 2B. Closing. The sale
and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by you and the Other Purchasers shall occur at the offices of Foley & Lardner LLP, 321 N. Clark Street, Suite 2800, Chicago, Illinois 60654 at 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, at a closing (the
“Closing”) on any Business Day on or prior to July 26, 2012 as may be agreed upon by the Company and you and the Other Purchasers. At the Closing the Company will deliver to you the Notes to be purchased by you in the form of a single
Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $500,000 as you may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee), against delivery by you to the Company or their order of

  
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immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company (for the benefit of the Company) to account
number 0751166 at KeyBank, N.A., ABA No. 041001039. If at the Closing the Company fails to tender such Notes to you as provided above in this paragraph 2B, or any of the conditions specified in paragraph 3 shall not have been fulfilled to your
satisfaction, you shall, at your election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights you may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment. 

3. CONDITIONS OF CLOSING. Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser
hereunder at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions: 
 3A.
Certain Documents. Such Purchaser shall have received original counterparts or, if satisfactory to such Purchaser, certified or other copies of all of the following, each duly executed and delivered by the party or parties thereto, in form and
substance satisfactory to such Purchaser dated the date of the Closing unless otherwise indicated, and, on the date of the Closing, in full force and effect with no event having occurred and being then continuing that would constitute a default
thereunder or constitute or provide the basis for the termination thereof: 
 (i) The Note(s) to be purchased by
such Purchaser on the date of Closing in the form of Exhibit A hereto; 
 (ii) a Secretary’s Certificate
signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary and one other officer of the Company and each Guarantor of Payment, if any, certifying, among other things (a) as to the name, titles and true signatures of the officers of the Company or such
Guarantor of Payment authorized to sign this Agreement, the Notes being delivered on the date of the Closing, any Guaranty Agreement or Confirmations being delivered on the date of the Closing and the other documents to be delivered in connection
with this Agreement, (b) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the certificate of incorporation or other formation document of the Company or such Guarantor of Payment, as applicable, certified by the Secretary of State
of the state of organization of the Company or such Guarantor of Payment, as applicable, as of a recent date, (c) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the by-laws, operating agreement or other organizational document
of the Company or such Guarantor of Payment, as applicable, which were duly adopted and are in effect as of the date of the Closing and have been in effect immediately prior to and at all times since the adoption of the resolutions referred to in
clause (d) below, (d) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the resolutions of the board of directors or other managing body of the Company or such Guarantor of Payment, as applicable, duly adopted at a meeting or
by unanimous written consent of such board of directors or other managing body, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of agreements necessary to effect the transactions in connection with this Agreement, and that such resolutions have
not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, and are in full force and effect and are the only resolutions of the shareholders, partners or members of the Company or such Guarantor of Payment or of such board of directors or other managing body
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liquidation proceedings as to the Company or any Subsidiary have been commenced or are contemplated; 
 (iii) a certificate of corporate or other type of entity and tax good standing for the Company from the Secretary of State of the state of organization of the Company; and 

(iv) such other certificates, documents and agreements as you may reasonably request. 

3B. Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchasers. Such Purchaser shall have received from Foley & Lardner LLP, or such
other counsel who is acting as special counsel for such Purchaser in connection with this transaction, a favorable opinion satisfactory to such Purchaser as to such matters incident to the matters herein contemplated as it may reasonably request.

 3C. Opinion of Company’s Counsel. Such Purchaser shall have received from Taft Stettinius & Hollister
LLP, special counsel for the Company (or such other counsel designated by the Company and acceptable to such Purchaser), a favorable opinion satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated as of the date of the Closing, and substantially in the form of
Exhibit F attached hereto and as to such other matters as such Purchaser may reasonably request. The Company, by its execution hereof, hereby requests and authorizes such special counsel to render such opinions and to allow such Purchaser to rely on
such opinions, agrees that the issuance and sale of any Notes will constitute a reconfirmation of such request and authorization, and understands and agrees that each Purchaser receiving such an opinion will and is hereby authorized to rely on such
opinion. 
 3D. Representations and Warranties; No Default; Satisfaction of Conditions. The representations and
warranties contained in paragraph 8 shall be true on and at the time of Closing, both before and immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes to be issued on the Closing and to the consummation of any other transactions contemplated
hereby; there shall exist on the Closing no Event of Default or Default, both before and immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes to be issued on the date of the Closing and to the consummation of any other transactions
contemplated hereby; the Company shall have performed all agreements and satisfied all conditions required under this Agreement to be performed or satisfied on or before the date of the Closing; and the Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser
an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of the Closing, to each such effect. 
 3E. Purchase Permitted by Applicable
Laws. The purchase of and payment for the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser on the date of the Closing on the terms and conditions herein provided (including the use of the proceeds of such Notes by the Company) shall not violate any
applicable law or governmental regulation (including, without limitation, Section 5 of the Securities Act or Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and shall not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty,
liability or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any applicable law or governmental regulation, and you shall have received such certificates or other evidence as it may request to establish compliance with this condition. All necessary
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notices to or filings with any court or administrative or governmental body or other Person required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Notes to
be issued on the date of the Closing or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall have been issued or made, shall be final and in full force and effect and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to such
Purchaser. 
 3F. Compliance Certificates. The Company shall have delivered to you such certificates, in form and
substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, demonstrating that the issuance of the Notes on the date of the Closing is in compliance with the provisions of the Primary Credit Facility and any other Material Indebtedness Agreement as such Purchaser
shall request, showing computations in reasonable detail. 
 3G. Private Placement Numbers. A Private Placement Number
issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained by Foley & Lardner LLP for each series of
the Series 2012 Notes. 
 3H. Fees and Expenses. Without limiting the provisions of paragraph 11B hereof, the Company
shall have paid the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any special counsel to the Purchasers in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the
Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing. 
 3I. Proceedings. All corporate and other proceedings taken or
to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incident thereto shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Purchaser, and such Purchaser shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified
or other copies of such documents as it may reasonably request. 
 3J. Funding Instructions. At least three Business Days
prior to the date of the Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Company confirming the information specified in Section 3 including (i) the name and address of
the transferee bank, (ii) such transferee bank’s ABA number and (iii) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited. 

4. PREPAYMENTS. The Series 2012 Notes shall be subject to prepayment only with respect to the required prepayments specified in
paragraph 4A, the optional prepayments permitted by paragraph 4B, and upon acceleration pursuant to paragraph 7A. 
 4A.
Scheduled Required Prepayments of Series 2012 Notes. 
 (i) Series 2012-A Notes. Payments of interest
shall be made on the Series 2012-A Notes on January 26 and July 26 of each year, commencing on January 26, 2013. On July 26, 2018 and on each July 26 thereafter to and including July 26, 2024, the Company will prepay
$8,500,000 principal amount (or such lesser principal amount as shall then be outstanding of the Series 2012-A Notes at par and without payment of the Yield-Maintenance Amount. 

  
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 (ii) Series 2012-B Notes. Payments of interest shall be made on the
Series 2012-B Notes on January 26 and July 26 of each year, commencing on January 26, 2013. On July 26, 2020 and on each July 26 thereafter to and including July 26, 2023, the Company will prepay $15,000,000 principal
amount (or such lesser principal amount as shall then be outstanding of the Series 2012-B Notes at par and without payment of the Yield-Maintenance Amount. 
 (iii) Series 2012-C Notes. Payments of interest shall be made on the Series 2012-C Notes on January 26 and July 26 of each year, commencing on January 26, 2013. On July 26, 2017
and on each July 26 thereafter to and including July 26, 2020, the Company will prepay $7,400,000 principal amount (or such lesser principal amount as shall then be outstanding of the Series 2012-C Notes at par and without payment of the
Yield-Maintenance Amount. 
 (iv) Series 2012-D Notes. Payments of interest shall be made on the Series
2012-C Notes on January 26 and July 26 of each year, commencing on January 26, 2013. No regularly scheduled prepayments are due on the Series 2012-D Notes prior to their stated maturity. 

4B. Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount. The Company may, at its option, prepay in whole at any time or from time to
time in part (in integral multiples of $1,000,000 and in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 on any one occurrence) one or more series of the Notes, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus interest thereon to the prepayment date and the
Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each such Note. Any partial prepayment of a series of Notes pursuant to this paragraph 4B shall be applied in satisfaction of required payments of principal thereof (including the required payment of
principal due upon the maturity thereof) as selected by the Company. 
 4C. Notice of Optional Prepayment. The Company
shall give the holder of each series of Notes to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B irrevocable written notice of such prepayment not less than 10 Business Days prior to the prepayment date (which shall be a Business Day), specifying such
prepayment date and the aggregate principal amount of each series of Notes, and the Notes held by such holder, to be prepaid on such date, and stating that such prepayment is to be made pursuant to paragraph 4B. Notice of prepayment having been
given as aforesaid, the principal amount of the Notes specified in such notice, together with interest thereon to the prepayment date and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect thereto, shall become due and payable on such
prepayment date. 
 4D. Application of Prepayments. In the case of each prepayment of less than the entire outstanding
principal amount of all Notes of the series to be prepaid pursuant to paragraphs 4A or 4B, the principal amount so prepaid shall be allocated pro rata to all Notes of such series at the time outstanding in proportion to the respective outstanding
principal amounts thereof. 
 4E. No Acquisition of Notes. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to, prepay or otherwise retire in whole or in part prior to their stated final maturity (other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B or upon acceleration of

  
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such final maturity pursuant to paragraph 7A), or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, Notes of any series held by any holder unless the Company or such Subsidiary or Affiliate
shall have offered to prepay or otherwise retire or purchase or otherwise acquire, as the case may be, the same proportion of the aggregate principal amount of Notes of such series held by each other holder of Notes of such series at the time
outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any Notes so prepaid or otherwise retired or purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose under this
Agreement. 
 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. From the date of Closing and so long thereafter as any Note is outstanding and
unpaid, the Company covenants as follows: 
 5A. Money Obligations. The Company covenants that it will, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, pay in full (a) prior in each case to the date when penalties would attach, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies (except only those so long as and to the extent that the same shall be contested
in good faith by appropriate and timely proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP) for which it may be or become liable or to which any or all of its properties may be or become subject and the failure
to pay would have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) all of its wage obligations to any employees required to be paid in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. §§206-207) or any comparable provisions and the failure to
pay would have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) all of its other obligations calling for the payment of money (except only those so long as and to the extent that the same shall be contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have
been established in accordance with GAAP) before such payment becomes overdue and the failure to pay (i) would constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder or (ii) have a Material Adverse Effect. 

5B. Financial Statements. The Company covenants that it will deliver to each Significant Holder in duplicate: 

(i) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarter-annual periods of each
fiscal year of the Company, balance sheets of the Company as of the end of such period and statements of income (loss), stockholders’ equity and cash flow for the quarter and fiscal year to date periods, all prepared on a Consolidated basis, in
accordance with GAAP, and in form and detail satisfactory to the Required Holders and certified by a Financial Officer of the Company; provided that delivery of the Company’s quarterly report for any fiscal quarter of the Company on Form 10-Q
as filed with the SEC shall satisfy the requirements of this subpart (i); 
 (ii) within ninety (90) days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, (a) an annual audit report of the Company for that year prepared on a Consolidated and consolidating (but only as to the Company and its Subsidiaries) basis, in accordance with GAAP, and in form
and detail satisfactory to the Required Holders and certified by an independent public accountant satisfactory to the Required Holders, which report shall include balance sheets and statements of income (loss), stockholders’ equity and
cash-flow for that period, provided that delivery of the Company’s annual report for any fiscal year of the Company on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC shall satisfy the requirements 

  
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of this subpart (ii)(a), and (b) a certificate by such accountant setting forth the Defaults and Events of Default coming to its attention during the course of its audit or, if none, a
statement to that effect; 
 (iii) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements in (i) and
(ii) above, a Compliance Certificate; and 
 (iv) as soon as available, copies of all notices, reports,
definitive proxy statements and other documents that are publicly available and sent by the Company to its shareholders, to the holders of any of its debentures or bonds or the trustee of any indenture securing the same or pursuant to which they are
issued, or sent by the Company (in final form) to any securities exchange or over the counter authority or system, or to the SEC or any similar federal agency having regulatory jurisdiction over the issuance of the Company’s securities.

 5C. Electronic Delivery. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to 5B(i), (ii) or (iv) (to the extent
that any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents, or provides a
link thereto on the Company’s website on the Internet at the website address; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Company’s behalf on an Internet website, if any, to which each Significant Holder has access; provided
that: (i) the Company shall deliver paper copies of such documents to any Significant Holder that requests that the Company deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by such Significant Holder
and (ii) the Company shall notify each Significant Holder (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents. 
 5D. Financial Records. The Company covenants that it will at all times maintain true and complete records and books of account, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
appropriate reserves for possible losses and liabilities, all in accordance with GAAP. 
 5E. Franchises. The Company
will and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain at all times its existence, rights and franchises, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to paragraph 6D hereof; provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve or
maintain such rights or franchises where the failure to do so will not have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 5F. ERISA
Compliance. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries shall incur any material accumulated funding deficiency within the meaning of ERISA, or any material liability to the PBGC, established thereunder in connection with any ERISA Plan. The Company
shall promptly notify each Significant Holder of any material taxes assessed, proposed to be assessed or that the Company has reason to believe may be assessed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to any ERISA Plan. As used in this Section “material” means the measure of a matter of significance that shall be determined as being an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company.

  
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 5G. Notice. The Company covenants that it will promptly notify each Significant
Holder whenever, to the knowledge of a Financial Officer (a) any Default or Event of Default is likely to occur hereunder, or (b) any default, or event with which the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would cause a default,
shall have occurred under any Material Indebtedness Agreement. 
 5H. Environmental Compliance. Except where the failure
to do so would not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company covenants that it will, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, (i) comply in all respects with any and all Environmental Laws including, without limitation, all
Environmental Laws in jurisdictions in which the Company or any Subsidiary owns or operates a facility or site, arranges for disposal or treatment of hazardous substances, solid waste or other wastes, accepts for transport any hazardous substances,
solid waste or other wastes or holds any interest in real property or otherwise and (ii) not allow the release or disposal of hazardous waste, solid waste or other wastes on, under or to any real property in which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries holds any interest or performs any of its operations, in violation of any Environmental Law. The Company shall defend, indemnify and hold the holders of Notes harmless against all costs, expenses, claims, damages, penalties and
liabilities of every kind or nature whatsoever (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of or resulting from the noncompliance of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any Environmental Law. Such indemnification shall survive any
termination of this Agreement. 
 5I. Pari Passu Ranking. The Company covenants that the obligations of the Company under
this Agreement and the Notes shall, and that it will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, take all necessary action to ensure that the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Notes shall, at all times rank at least pari passu in right
of payment (to the fullest extent permitted by law) with all other senior unsecured Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries. 
 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. From the date of Closing and so long thereafter as any Note or other amount due hereunder is outstanding and unpaid, the Company covenants as follows: 

6A. Financial Covenants. 
 6A(1). Leverage Ratio. The Company covenants that it shall not suffer or permit for the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters of the Company, the Leverage Ratio to exceed
3.75 to 1.00. 
 6A(2). Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company covenants that it shall not suffer or permit for the
most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters of the Company, the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 2.50 to 1.00. 

6B. Indebtedness. The Company covenants that it will not and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur or have
outstanding any obligation for borrowed money or any Indebtedness of any kind; provided, that this paragraph 6B shall not apply to: 
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 (ii) unsecured Indebtedness of the Company under the Primary Credit
Facility; 
 (iii) the unsecured Indebtedness of the Company under the 2008 Note Purchase Agreement in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000); 
 (iv) the unsecured Indebtedness
of the Company under the 2011 Note Purchase Agreement; 
 (v) the unsecured Indebtedness of the Company owing to
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. up to the Dollar Equivalent of One Billion Japanese Yen (¥1,000,000,000); 
 (vi) loans or capital leases to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the purchase or lease of fixed assets, which loans or leases are secured by the assets being purchased or leased, so long as the
aggregate principal amount of all such loans and leases for the Company and its Subsidiaries do not exceed the greater of (a) One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) and (b) an amount equal to five percent (5%) of Consolidated
Total Assets at any time; 
 (vii) Indebtedness owed by the Company or a Subsidiary (other than the Receivables
Subsidiary) to the Company or another Subsidiary (other than the Receivables Subsidiary); 
 (viii) Indebtedness
of the Receivables Subsidiary under the Permitted Receivables Facility, so long as (a) the funded amount, together with any other Indebtedness thereunder, does not exceed the greater of (1) Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) and
(2) an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of Consolidated Total Assets at any time, and (b) the Company provides a copy of the documents evidencing such transaction to each Significant Holder; and 

(ix) additional Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, to the extent not otherwise permitted pursuant to any of
the foregoing clauses of this paragraph 6B, so long as (a) the Company will be in pro forma compliance as of the applicable measurement period with paragraph 6A hereof after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (b) no
Event of Default shall exist prior to or after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness and (c) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness by any Subsidiary, the amount of outstanding Priority Indebtedness does
not exceed an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Assets. 
 6C. Liens. The Company
covenants and warrants that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided that this paragraph 6C shall not apply to
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 (i) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being actively contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; 

(ii) other statutory Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property and assets that
(a) were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit, and (b) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the
operation of its business; 
 (iii) easements or other minor defects or irregularities in title of real property
not interfering in any material respect with the use of such property in the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; 
 (iv) Liens securing the Notes; 
 (v) Liens on fixed assets securing
the loans or capital leases pursuant to paragraph 6B(vi) hereof, provided that such Lien only attaches to the property being acquired or leased; 
 (vi) Liens on the Receivables Related Assets in connection with the Permitted Receivables Facility securing the obligations under the Permitted Receivables Facility; and 

(vii) any other Liens, to the extent not otherwise permitted pursuant to subparts (i) through (vi) hereof, so
long as the aggregate amount of Priority Indebtedness does not exceed at any time, for the Company and all Subsidiaries, an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Assets; provided, however, that no Liens that secure any
obligations of the Company under the Primary Credit Facility, the 2008 Note Purchase Agreement or the 2011 Note Purchase Agreement shall be permitted under this clause (vii). 
 The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary (other than the Receivables Subsidiary) to, enter into any Material Indebtedness Agreement (other than any contract or agreement entered into in
connection with the Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to paragraph 6B(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (ix) hereof) that would prohibit the holders of the Notes from acquiring a security interest, mortgage or other Lien on, or a
collateral assignment of, any of the property or assets of the Company or any of Subsidiaries. 
 6D. Merger and Sale of
Assets. The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge or consolidate with any other Person, or sell, lease or transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets to any Person other than in the ordinary course of
business, except that, if no Default or Event of Default shall then exist or immediately thereafter shall begin to exist: 
 (i) any Subsidiary (other than the Receivables Subsidiary) may merge with (a) the Company (provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person), or (b) any other Subsidiary
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 (ii) the Company may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of
its assets to any Subsidiary (other than the Receivables Subsidiary) and any Subsidiary (other than the Receivables Subsidiary) may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets to (a) the Company, or (b) any Subsidiary
(other than the Receivables Subsidiary); 
 (iii) in addition to any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition
permitted pursuant to subparts (i) and (ii) above, the Company and any Subsidiary may sell accounts receivables and related rights to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with the Permitted Receivables Facility; 

(iv) any merger or consolidation that constitutes an Acquisition permitted pursuant to paragraph 6E hereof; and

 (v) in addition to any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition permitted pursuant to subparts
(i) through (iv) above, the Company or any Subsidiary (other than the Receivables Subsidiary) may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets to any Person so long as the aggregate amount of all such assets sold,
leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Company and all of its Subsidiaries in any fiscal year does not exceed an amount equal to ten percent (10.0%) of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal
year. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 6D, the Company may, or may permit any Subsidiary to, sell,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets and the assets subject to such sale, lease, transfer or disposition shall not be subject to or included in any of the foregoing limitations of the preceding sentence if the net proceeds from such
Disposition are, within 365 days of such sale, lease, transfer or disposition, are reinvested in productive assets of the Company or applied to the prepayment of the Notes or any other outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary owed
to a non-Affiliate ranking pari passu with or senior to the Notes. For purposes of foregoing sentence, the Company shall offer to prepay (not less than 30 or more than 60 days following such offer) the Notes on a pro rata basis at a price of 100% of
the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid (without any Yield-Maintenance Amount) together with interest accrued to the date of prepayment; provided that if any holder of the Notes declines such offer, the proceeds that would have been paid to
such holder shall be offered pro rata to the other holders of the Notes that have accepted the offer. A failure by a holder of Notes to respond in writing not later than 10 Business Days prior to the proposed prepayment date to an offer to prepay
made pursuant to this paragraph 6D shall be deemed to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder. Whether or not such offers are accepted by holders, the entire principal amount of the Notes subject thereto shall be deemed to have been
prepaid solely for purposes of this paragraph. Any prepayments of principal made pursuant to such offers shall be applied to scheduled payments of principal in inverse order of maturity. 

6E. Acquisitions. The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, effect an Acquisition, except
that the Company or any Subsidiary (other than the Receivables Subsidiary) may effect an Acquisition so long as (a) the Company shall be the surviving entity if such Acquisition is a merger or consolidation with the Company and if such
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Subsidiary on the consummation thereof; (b) the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Person acquired shall have approved such Acquisition; and (c) no Default or
Event of Default shall then exist or immediately thereafter shall begin to exist. 
 6F. Affiliate Transactions. The
Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering
of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company or its Subsidiaries on terms that are less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time in a transaction with a non-Affiliate;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) the payment of customary and reasonable directors’ fees to directors who are not employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof; or (ii) any
transaction, including, but not limited to the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility, between the Company and an Affiliate that the Company reasonably determines in good faith is beneficial to the Company and its
Affiliates as a whole and that is not entered into for the purpose of hindering the exercise by any holder of a Note of its rights or remedies under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. 

6G. Restrictive Agreements. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary (excluding the Receivable Subsidiary) to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary (excluding the Receivables Subsidiary) to
(i) make, directly or indirectly, any Capital Distribution to the Company; (ii) make, directly or indirectly, loans or advances or capital contributions to the Company; or (iii) transfer, directly or indirectly, any of the properties
or assets of such Subsidiary (excluding the Receivables Subsidiary) to the Company, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (1) applicable law, (2) customary non-assignment provisions in leases or other
agreements entered in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, (3) customary restrictions in security agreements or mortgages securing Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent such restrictions
only restrict the transfer of the property subject to such security agreement or mortgage or (4) customary and reasonable restrictions in agreements necessary to obtain loans and credit facilities so long as such restrictions do not materially
encumber the ability of the Subsidiaries taken as a whole to make Capital Distributions. 
 6H. Guaranties of Payment;
Guaranty Under Material Indebtedness Agreement. The Company covenants that it will not permit any Subsidiary to become a Guarantor in respect of any Indebtedness under the Primary Credit Facility unless, prior to or concurrently therewith
(i) the Company shall have caused each such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to each holder of Notes an executed joinder to the Guaranty Agreement and a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Subsidiary certifying such
Subsidiary’s charter and by-laws (or comparable governing documents), resolutions of the board of directors (or comparable governing body) of such Subsidiary authorizing the execution and delivery of such Guaranty Agreement and incumbency and
specimen signatures of the officers of such Subsidiary executing such documents and (ii) if any holder of any Indebtedness under the Primary Credit Facility shall be or become a party to an intercreditor agreement with any other holder of any
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under the Primary Credit Facility with respect to which any Subsidiary is a Guarantor shall have entered into an intercreditor agreement in form and substance customary and appropriate for such
agreement and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. 
 6I. Terrorism Sanctions Regulations. The
Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (i) become a Person described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1
of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii) be in violation of any law, regulation, or list of any government agency (including, without limitation, the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control list, Executive Order No. 13224 or the USA Patriot Act)
that prohibits or limits the conduct of business with or the receiving of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of certain Persons specified therein or that prohibits or limits any Purchaser from purchasing the Notes hereunder from the
Company or from otherwise conducting business with the Company or its Subsidiaries. 
 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. 

7A. Acceleration. If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing for any reason whatsoever (and whether such
occurrence shall be voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected by operation of law or otherwise): 

(i)(a) the principal of any Note or any Yield-Maintenance Amount shall not be paid in full punctually when due and payable
or within three (3) Business Days thereafter, or (b) the interest on any Note or any fee shall not be paid in full punctually when due and payable or within five (5) Business Days thereafter; or 

(ii) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail or omit to perform and observe paragraphs 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, 6G or 6H;
or 
 (iii) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail or omit to perform and observe any agreement or other
provision (other than those referred to in paragraphs 7A(i) or 7A(ii) hereof) contained or referred to in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document that is on the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s part, as the case may be, to be
complied with, and that Default shall not have been fully corrected within thirty (30) days after the giving of written notice thereof to the Company by the Required Holders that the specified Default is to be remedied; or 

(iv) any representation, warranty or statement made by the Company or any Subsidiary in or pursuant to this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document, or any other material information furnished by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be false or erroneous; or 

(v) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall default in the payment in an amount in excess of Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) of principal, interest or fees due and owing upon any other obligation for borrowed money (other than the Notes), for all such obligations for all of the Company and its Subsidiaries in aggregate equal to or greater
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period of grace provided with respect thereto, or in the performance or observance of any other agreement, term or condition contained in any agreement under which such obligation is created
beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, if the effect of such default is to allow the acceleration of the maturity of such Indebtedness or to permit the holder thereof to cause such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated
maturity; or 
 (vi) the occurrence of one or more ERISA Events that (a) the Required Holders determine
could have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) results in a Lien on any of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of the greater of (1) Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) and (2) an amount equal to three percent
(3%) of Consolidated Total Assets; or 
 (vii) a Change of Control shall occur; or 

(viii) a final judgment or order for the payment of money shall be rendered against any the Company or any Subsidiary by a
court of competent jurisdiction, that remains unpaid or unstayed and undischarged for a period (during which execution shall not be effectively stayed) of thirty (30) days after the date on which the right to appeal has expired, provided that
the aggregate of all such judgments for the Company and its Subsidiaries shall exceed the greater of (i) Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) and (ii) an amount equal to three percent (3%) of Consolidated Total Assets; or 

(ix)(a) any material provision, in the reasonable opinion of any holder of the Notes, of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid and binding and enforceable against the Company or any Subsidiary; (b) the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any material provision of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document against the Company or any Subsidiary shall be contested by such Company or any Subsidiary; (c) the Company or any Subsidiary shall deny that it has any or further liability or obligation thereunder; or (d) any
material provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be terminated, invalidated or set aside, or be declared ineffective or inoperative or in any way cease to give or provide to the holder of a Note the benefits purported to
be created thereby; or 
 (x) the Company or any Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary that individually, or in
the aggregate when combined with all other Subsidiaries excluded from this paragraph 7A(x) by operation of this parenthetical, has assets less than or equal to the greater of (i) Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) and (ii) an amount
equal to three percent (3%) of Consolidated Total Assets) shall (a) except as permitted pursuant to paragraph 6D hereof, discontinue business, (b) generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, (c) make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (d) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, a custodian, a trustee, an interim trustee or liquidator of all or a substantial part of its assets, (e) be adjudicated a debtor or have
entered against it an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as the same may be amended from time to time, (f) file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or have an involuntary proceeding filed against it and the same shall
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period of thirty (30) days from commencement of such proceeding or case, or file a petition or an answer seeking reorganization or an arrangement with creditors or seeking to take advantage
of any other law (whether federal or state (or the foreign equivalent)) relating to relief of debtors, or admit (by answer, by default or otherwise) the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency or other proceeding (whether federal or state (or the foreign equivalent)) relating to relief of debtors, (g) suffer or permit to continue unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) consecutive days any judgment, decree or order
entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, that approves a petition seeking its reorganization or appoints a receiver, custodian, trustee, interim trustee or liquidator of all or a substantial part of its assets, or (h) take, or omit to
take, any action in order thereby to effect any of the foregoing; 
 then (1) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause
(i) of this paragraph 7A, any holder of any Note (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) may at its option, by notice in writing to the Company, declare all of the Notes held by such holder to be, and all of the Notes
held by such holder shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable at par together with interest accrued thereon, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company,
(2) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (x) of this paragraph 7A with respect to the Company, all of the Notes at the time outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable together with interest
accrued thereon and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company, and (3) if such event is not an Event
of Default specified in clause (x) of this paragraph 7A with respect to the Company, the Required Holder(s) may at its or their option, by notice in writing to the Company, declare all of the Notes to be, and all of the Notes shall thereupon be
and become, immediately due and payable together with interest accrued thereon and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by the Company. The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for)
and without the occurrence of an Event of Default and that the provision for payment of Yield-Maintenance Amount by the Company in the event the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default is intended to provide
compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances. 
 7B. Rescission of Acceleration. At any time
after any or all of the Notes shall have been declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, the Required Holder(s) may, by notice in writing to the Company, rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) the
Company shall have paid all overdue interest on the Notes, the principal of and Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, payable with respect to any Notes which have become due otherwise than by reason of such declaration, and interest on such overdue
interest and overdue principal and Yield-Maintenance Amount at the Default Rate, (ii) the Company shall not have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (iii) all Events of Default and Defaults, other
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pursuant to the Notes or this Agreement. No such rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right arising therefrom. 

7C. Notice of Acceleration or Rescission. Whenever any Note shall be declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A
or any such declaration shall be rescinded and annulled pursuant to paragraph 7B, the Company shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the holder of each Note at the time outstanding. 

7D. Other Remedies. If any Event of Default or Default shall occur and be continuing, the holder of any Note may proceed to
protect and enforce its rights under this Agreement and such Note by exercising such remedies as are available to such holder in respect thereof under applicable law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both, whether for specific
performance of any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement. No remedy conferred in this Agreement upon the holder of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other
remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy conferred herein or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise. 

8. REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents, covenants and warrants as follows: 

8A. Organization; Subsidiary Preferred Equity. The Company is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the
laws of the State of Ohio, and each Subsidiary is duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have duly qualified or been duly licensed, and are
authorized to do business and are in good standing, in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of their respective properties or the nature of their respective businesses makes such qualification or licensing necessary and in which the failure to
be so qualified or licensed could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Subsidiary has any outstanding shares of any class of capital stock or other equity interests which has priority over any other class of capital stock or
other equity interests of such Subsidiary as to dividends or distributions or in liquidation except as may be owned beneficially and of record by the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. Each of its Subsidiary’s legal name and its state or
jurisdiction of organization has been set forth in the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K (excluding for any Subsidiary organized or no longer in existence since the date thereof). As of the date of this Agreement, no Subsidiary
is a Guarantor with respect to any Indebtedness under the Primary Credit Facility or under any other Material Indebtedness Agreement. 
 8B. Power and Authority. The Company and each Subsidiary has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, power to own or hold under lease and operate
their respective properties which it purports to own or hold under lease and to conduct its business as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted. The Company has all requisite corporate power to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Notes. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Notes has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and this Agreement and the Notes have been duly executed and
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Company and are valid obligations of the Company, legally binding upon and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
(i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law). 
 8C. Financial Statements. The Company has made available to each Purchaser of any Note
(i) its annual report on Form 10K for each of the three fiscal years of the Company most recently completed prior to the date of this Agreement (other than fiscal years completed within 90 days prior to such date for which audited financial
statements have not been released) and (ii) quarterly report on Form 10-Q as at the end of the quarterly period (if any) most recently completed prior to such date and after the end of such fiscal year (other than quarterly periods completed
within 45 days prior to such date for which financial statements have not been released). There has been no material adverse change in the business, property or assets, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or prospects of the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole since the end of the most recent fiscal year for which such audited financial statements had been furnished to each Purchaser of any Note. 
 8D. Actions Pending. There is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any properties
or rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, by or before any court, arbitrator or administrative or governmental body which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 8E. Outstanding Indebtedness. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has outstanding any Indebtedness except
as permitted by paragraph 6B. There exists no default under the provisions of any instrument evidencing such Indebtedness or of any agreement relating thereto. 
 8F. Title to Properties. The Company has and each of its Subsidiaries has good and indefeasible title to its respective real properties (other than properties which it leases) and good title to all
of its other respective properties and assets, including the properties and assets reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in paragraph 8B (other than properties and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business),
subject to no Lien of any kind except Liens permitted by paragraph 6C and except where the failure to have such title would not have a Material Adverse Affect. All leases necessary in any material respect for the conduct of the respective businesses
of the Company and its Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect except for those leases which the failure to be so would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 

8G. Taxes. The Company has, and each of its Subsidiaries has, filed all federal, state and other income tax returns which, to the
knowledge of the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries, are required to be filed, and each has paid all taxes as shown on such returns and on all assessments received by it to the extent that such taxes have become due, except such taxes as
are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or which the failure to file or pay would not have a Material Adverse
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 8H. Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement or subject to any charter, by-law, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other corporate, limited liability company or partnership restriction which materially
and adversely affects its business, property or assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement or the Notes, nor the offering, issuance and sale of the Notes, nor fulfillment of nor
compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and of the Notes will conflict with, or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any Lien
upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, the charter, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement or partnership agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any award of any
arbitrator or any agreement (including any agreement with stockholders, members or partners), instrument, order, judgment, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject and the violation of which
would have a Material Adverse Affect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating
thereto or any other contract or agreement (including its charter, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement or partnership agreement), the violation of which would have a Material Adverse Affect, which limits the amount of, or
otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company of the type to be evidenced by the Notes except as set forth in the agreements listed in Schedule 8H attached hereto. 

8I. Offering of Notes. Neither the Company nor any agent acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, offered the Notes or
any similar security of the Company for sale to, or solicited any offers to buy the Notes or any similar security of the Company from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect thereto with, any Person other than Institutional Investors,
and neither the Company nor any agent acting on its behalf has taken or will take any action which would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the provisions of any securities or
Blue Sky law of any applicable jurisdiction. 
 8J. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Series 2012 Notes will be used
for general corporate purposes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary owns or has any present intention of acquiring any “margin stock” as defined in Regulation U (12 CFR Part 221) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(herein called “margin stock”). None of the proceeds of the sale of any Notes will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or for the purpose
of maintaining, reducing or retiring any Indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any stock that is then a margin stock or for any other purpose which might constitute the sale or purchase of any Notes a “purpose
credit” within the meaning of such Regulation U. The Company is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Neither the Company nor
any agent acting on its behalf has taken or will take any action which might cause this Agreement or any Note to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate the
Exchange Act, in each case as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect. 

  
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 8K. ERISA. Except as referred to in the Company’s report as Form 10-K for its
most recently concluded fiscal year, no accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, exists with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan). No liability to the
PBGC has been or is expected by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) by the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate which is or could reasonably be expected to be
materially adverse to the business, property or assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or presently
expects to incur any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan which is or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the business, property or assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes will be exempt from or will not involve any transaction which is subject to the prohibitions of
section 406 of ERISA and will not involve any transaction in connection with which a penalty could be imposed under section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975 of the Code. The representation by the Company in the next
preceding sentence is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representation in paragraph 9B. 
 8L. Governmental Consent. Neither the nature of the Company or of any Subsidiary, nor any of their respective businesses or properties, nor any relationship between the Company or any Subsidiary
and any other Person, nor any circumstance in connection with the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Notes is such as to require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to or filing with any court or
administrative or governmental body (other than routine filings after the date of the Closing for any Notes with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or state Blue Sky authorities) in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Notes or fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or of the Notes. 
 8M. Compliance with Environmental and Other Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries and all of their respective properties and facilities have complied at all times and in all respects with all
federal, state, local, foreign and regional statutes, laws, ordinances and judicial or administrative orders, judgments, rulings and regulations, including, without limitation, those relating to protection of the environment, except, in any such
case, where failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 8N. Regulatory Status. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or an “investment adviser” within the meaning of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” or
an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, or (iii) a “public utility”
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 8O. Permits and Other Operating Rights. The Company and each Subsidiary has all such
valid and sufficient certificates of convenience and necessity, franchises, licenses, permits, operating rights and other authorizations from federal, state, foreign, regional, municipal and other local regulatory bodies or administrative agencies
or other governmental bodies having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or any of its properties, as are necessary for the ownership, operation and maintenance of its businesses and properties, as presently conducted and as proposed to
be conducted while the Notes are outstanding, subject to exceptions and deficiencies which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and such certificates of convenience and necessity,
franchises, licenses, permits, operating rights and other authorizations from federal, state, foreign, regional, municipal and other local regulatory bodies or administrative agencies or other governmental bodies having jurisdiction over the
Company, any Subsidiary or any of its properties are free from restrictions or conditions which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
violation of any thereof in any material respect. 
 8P. Absence of Financing Statements, etc. Except with respect to
Liens permitted by paragraph 6C hereof there is, to the knowledge of a Financial Officer, no financing statement, security agreement, chattel mortgage, real estate mortgage or other document filed or recorded with any filing records, registry or
other public office, that purports to cover, affect or give notice of any present or possible future Lien on, or security interest in, any assets or property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any rights relating thereto. 

8Q. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc. 

(i) Neither the sale of any Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading
with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.

 (ii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is a Person described or designated in the Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions with any such Person. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot Act. 
 (iii) No part of the proceeds from the sale of
any Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in
order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, assuming in all cases that such Act applies to the Company. 

8R. Disclosure. Neither this Agreement nor any other document, certificate or statement furnished to any Purchaser by or on behalf
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order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading. There is no fact or facts peculiar to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which materially adversely affects or in the
future may (so far as the Company can now reasonably foresee), individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the business, property or assets, or financial condition of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
and which has not been set forth in this Agreement or in the other documents, certificates and statements furnished to each Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company prior to the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
Any financial projections delivered to any Purchaser on or prior to the date of this Agreement are reasonable based on the assumptions stated therein and the best information available to the officers of the Company. The copy of the Primary Credit
Facility furnished to each Purchaser prior to the date of this Agreement is a true and complete copy of the Primary Credit Facility as in effect on the date of this Agreement. 
 8S. Hostile Tender Offers. None of the proceeds of the sale of any Notes will be used to finance a Hostile Tender Offer. 
 9. REPRESENTATIONS OF EACH PURCHASER. Each Purchaser represents as follows: 

9A. Nature of Purchase. Such Purchaser is not acquiring the Notes purchased by it hereunder with a view to or for sale in
connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s property shall at all times be and remain within its control. 

9B. Source of Funds. At least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a
“Source”) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder: 
 (i) the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as that term is defined in the United States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60)
in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account
contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or
affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set
forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile; or 
 (ii) the Source is a
separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such
separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or 

  
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 (iii) the Source is either (a) an insurance company pooled separate
account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1, or (b) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (iii), no employee benefit plan
or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or 

(iv) the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part V of PTE 84-14 (the
“QPAM Exemption”)) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are included in such investment
fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Section V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee
organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM
(applying the definition of “control” in Section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the Company and (a) the identity of such QPAM and (b) the names of all employee benefit plans whose assets are included in
such investment fund have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (iv); or 
 (v) the
Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Section IV of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”)) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV of the
INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section IV(h) of the
INHAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the Company and (a) the identity of such INHAM and (b) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to
this clause (v); or 
 (vi) the Source is a governmental plan; or 

(vii) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more
employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (vii); or 
 (viii) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA. 
 As used in this paragraph 9B, the terms “employee benefit plan”, “governmental plan”, and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned
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 10. DEFINITIONS; ACCOUNTING MATTERS. For the purpose of this Agreement, the terms
defined in paragraphs 10A and 10B (or within the text of any other paragraph) shall have the respective meanings specified therein and all accounting matters shall be subject to determination as provided in paragraph 10C. 

10A. Yield-Maintenance Terms. 
 “Called Principal” shall mean, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and
payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires. 
 “Discounted Value” shall mean, with respect to
the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in
accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (as converted to reflect the periodic basis on which interest on such Note is payable, if interest is payable other than on a semi-annual basis) equal to the Reinvestment Yield
with respect to such Called Principal. 
 “Reinvestment Yield” shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal
of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City local time) on the Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal for the most recent
actively traded on the run U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date on the display designated as “Page PX1” on Bloomberg Financial Markets (or such
other display as may replace Page PX1 on Bloomberg Financial Markets, or (ii) if such yields shall not be reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time shall not be ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the
Treasury Constant Maturity Series yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields shall have been so reported as of the Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical
Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. In the case of each determination under clause
(i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence, such implied yield shall be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and
(b) interpolating linearly between (1) the applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less
than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to that number of decimal places as appears in the coupon of the applicable Note. 
 “Remaining Average Life” shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such
Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) each Remaining Scheduled Payment of such Called Principal (but not of interest thereon) by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth
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Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment. 
 “Remaining Scheduled Payments” shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due on or after the
Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date. 
 “Settlement Date” shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or is declared to be or
otherwise becomes due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires. 
 “Yield-Maintenance
Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Called Principal of such Note over the sum of (i) such Called Principal plus (ii) interest accrued thereon as of
(including interest due on) the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal. The Yield-Maintenance Amount shall in no event be less than zero. 
 10B. Other Terms. 
 “Acquisition” shall mean any
transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, or any business or division of any Person, (b) the
acquisition of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the stock (or other equity interest) of any Person, or (c) the acquisition of another Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) by a merger or consolidation or any other combination
with such Person. 
 “Additional Notes” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1A. 

“Affiliate” shall mean with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such specified Person. “Control” (including the correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall
mean the possession, directly or indirectly of, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such specified Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 

“Alternate Currency” shall mean Euros, Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen or any other currency, other than Dollars, that is
freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. 
 “Anti-Terrorism Order” means Executive Order
No. 13,224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg. 49, 079 (2001), as amended. 

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday and (ii) a day on which commercial
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 “Capital Distribution” shall mean a payment made, liability incurred or
other consideration given for the purchase, acquisition, redemption or retirement of any capital stock or other equity interest of the Company or any Subsidiary or as a dividend, return of capital or other distribution (other than any stock
dividend, stock split or other equity distribution payable only in capital stock or other equity of the Company or such Subsidiary in question) in respect of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity interest,
including, but not limited to, any Share Repurchase. 
 “Cash Equivalent” shall mean any debt instrument that
would be deemed a cash equivalent in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Change of Control” shall mean (a) the
acquisition of, or, if earlier, the shareholder or director approval of the acquisition of, ownership or voting control, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, on or after the date of this Agreement, by any Person or group (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) other than the Current Management Team, of shares representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate ordinary Voting Power represented by the issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company; (b) the occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Company nor (ii) appointed by
directors so nominated; or (c) the occurrence of a change of control, or other similar provision, as defined in any Material Indebtedness Agreement. 
 “Closing” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2B. 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. 
 “Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate, substantially in the form of the attached
Exhibit G. 
 “Consideration” shall mean, in connection with an Acquisition, the aggregate consideration
paid, including borrowed funds, cash, the issuance of securities or notes, the assumption or incurring of liabilities (direct or contingent), the payment, in excess of fair and reasonable amounts, of consulting fees or fees for a covenant not to
compete and any other consideration paid for the purchase. 
 “Consolidated” shall mean the resultant
consolidation of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, including principles of consolidation consistent with those applied in preparation of the consolidated financial statements referred to in
paragraph 5B hereof. 
 “Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Charges” shall mean, for any period,
the aggregate of all depreciation and amortization charges for fixed assets, leasehold improvements and general intangibles (specifically including goodwill) as well as impairments thereof and any losses traced to the write-off of goodwill, fixed
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any of its Subsidiaries for such period, all as determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated EBIT” shall mean, for any period, on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, Consolidated Net Earnings for such period plus the aggregate amounts deducted in
determining such Consolidated Net Earnings in respect of (a) income taxes, (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, (c) any non-cash charges taken in accordance with GAAP, (d) any non-cash charges relating to annual costs associated
with expensing the Company’s employee stock option program if the Company is required or chooses to do so, and (e) any non-cash charges. 
 “Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, Consolidated EBIT plus Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Charges.

 “Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, the interest expense of the Company for such
period, as determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, and shall include that portion of the expenses of a Permitted Receivables Facility that would be the equivalent to interest expense if a Company obtained funding in a manner
that would give rise to interest expense, in an amount approximately equal to the amount of the Permitted Receivables Facility. 

“Consolidated Net Earnings” shall mean, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company for such period, as
determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean the
book value of all assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, based upon the financial statements of the Company for the most recently completed fiscal quarter. 

“Consolidated Trailing EBITDA” shall mean the sum of (a) Consolidated EBITDA, plus (b)(i) without duplication, the
EBITDA of Subsidiaries acquired by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters to the extent that such EBITDA of Subsidiaries acquired is confirmed by audited financial or other information
(which other information need not be audited or auditable) minus (ii) the EBITDA of Subsidiaries disposed of by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters; provided, however, that,
non-recurring gains shall be excluded from the determination of Consolidated Trailing EBITDA. 
 “Consolidated Trailing
Interest Expense” shall mean the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (b)(i) without duplication, the interest expense of Subsidiaries acquired by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the most recently completed four
(4) fiscal quarters to the extent that such interest expense of such Subsidiaries acquired is confirmed by audited financial or other information (which other information need not be audited or auditable), minus (ii) the interest expense
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 “Consolidated Trailing Net Earnings” shall mean the sum of
(a) Consolidated Net Earnings, plus (b)(i) without duplication, the Net Earnings of Subsidiaries acquired by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters to the extent that such Net Earnings
of such Subsidiaries acquired is confirmed by audited financial or other information (which other information need not be audited or auditable), minus (ii) the Net Earnings of Subsidiaries disposed of by the Company and its Subsidiaries during
the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters. 
 “Controlled Group” shall mean a Company and each
Person required to be aggregated with a Company under Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o). 
 “Current
Management Team” shall mean any group comprised of the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer and other senior management of the Company (or any combination thereof) as in place on the date of this
Agreement, and their respective spouses and children (and/or trusts of which the only beneficiaries are such members of senior management and their respective spouses and children) or any “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d under
the Exchange Act) that includes at least three (3) of such members of senior management, together with their “affiliates” and “associates” (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act). 

“Default” shall mean any of the events specified in paragraph 7A, whether or not any requirement for such event to
become an Event of Default has been satisfied. 
 “Default Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Note, a rate
per annum from time to time equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, and (ii) the greater of (a) 2.00% per annum above the rate of interest stated in such Note, or (b) 2.00% over the rate of
interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, from time to time in New York City as its Prime Rate. 

“Depreciation and Amortization Charges” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, in accordance with GAAP,
the aggregate of all such charges for fixed assets, leasehold improvements and general intangibles (specifically including goodwill) of such Person as well as impairments thereof and any losses traced to the write-off of goodwill, fixed assets,
leasehold improvements and general intangibles associated with the disposal or exiting of a business by such Person for such period. 
 “Dollar” and the sign “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America. 
 “Dollar Equivalent” of any amount shall mean the Dollar equivalent of such amount, determined by the Company on the basis of its spot rate at approximately 11:00 A.M. London time on
the date for which the Dollar equivalent amount of such amount is being determined, for the purchase of the relevant Alternate Currency with Dollars for delivery on such date. 

  
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 “EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, in accordance with GAAP, Net Earnings
for such period, plus the aggregate amounts deducted in determining such Net Earnings in respect of (a) income taxes, (b) interest expense, and (c) Depreciation and Amortization Charges. 

“Environmental Laws” shall mean all provisions of law, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, licenses,
judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, orders, awards and standards promulgated by the government of the United States of America or any other applicable country or sovereignty or by any state or municipality thereof or by any court, agency,
instrumentality, regulatory authority or commission of any of the foregoing concerning health, safety and protection of, or regulation of the discharge of substances into, the environment. 

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. 
 “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any corporation which is a member of
the same controlled group of corporations as the Company within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code, or any trade or business which is under common control with the Company within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code. 

“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) the existence of a condition or event with respect to an ERISA Plan that presents a
risk of the imposition of an excise tax or any other liability on a Company or of the imposition of a Lien on the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (b) the engagement by a Controlled Group member in a non-exempt “prohibited
transaction” (as defined under ERISA Section 406 or Code Section 4975) or a breach of a fiduciary duty under ERISA that could result in liability to a Company; (c) the application by a Controlled Group member for a waiver from
the minimum funding requirements of Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302 or a Controlled Group member is required to provide security under Code Section 401(a)(29) or ERISA Section 307; (d) the occurrence of a Reportable
Event with respect to any Pension Plan as to which notice is required to be provided to the PBGC; (e) the withdrawal by a Controlled Group member from a Multiemployer Plan in a “complete withdrawal” or a “partial withdrawal”
(as such terms are defined in ERISA Sections 4203 and 4205, respectively); (f) the involvement of, or occurrence or existence of any event or condition that makes likely the involvement of, a Multiemployer Plan in any reorganization under
ERISA Section 4241; (g) the failure of an ERISA Plan (and any related trust) that is intended to be qualified under Code Sections 401 and 501 to be so qualified or the failure of any “cash or deferred arrangement” under any
such ERISA Plan to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(k); (h) the taking by the PBGC of any steps to terminate a Pension Plan or appoint a trustee to administer a Pension Plan, or the taking by a Controlled Group member of any steps
to terminate a Pension Plan; (i) the failure by a Controlled Group member or an ERISA Plan to satisfy any requirements of law applicable to an ERISA Plan; (j) the commencement, existence or threatening of a claim, action, suit, audit or
investigation with respect to an ERISA Plan, other than a routine claim for benefits; or (k) any incurrence by or any expectation of the incurrence by a Controlled Group member of any liability for post-retirement benefits under any Welfare
Plan, other than as required by ERISA Section 601, et. seq. or Code Section 4980B, that, as to (a) through (k) above, would reasonably be likely to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. 

  
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 “ERISA Plan” shall mean an “employee benefit plan” (within the
meaning of ERISA Section 3(3)) that a Controlled Group member at any time sponsors, maintains, contributes to, has liability with respect to or has an obligation to contribute to such plan. 

“Event of Default” shall mean any of the events specified in paragraph 7A, provided that there has been satisfied any
requirement in connection with such event for the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or the happening of any further condition, event or act. 
 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 “Financial Officer” shall mean any of the following officers: chief executive officer, president, vice president-finance, chief financial officer, controller or treasurer. Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a Financial Officer in this Agreement shall refer to a Financial Officer of the Company. 

“Guarantor” shall mean a Person that pledges its credit or property in any manner for the payment or other performance
of the indebtedness, contract or other obligation of another and includes (without limitation) any guarantor (whether of payment or of collection), surety, co-maker or co-borrower, endorser or Person that agrees conditionally or otherwise to make
any purchase, loan or investment in order thereby to enable another to prevent or correct a default of any kind. 

“Guarantor of Payment” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1C. 

“Guaranty Agreement” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1C. 

“Hostile Tender Offer” shall mean, with respect to the use of proceeds of any Note, any offer to purchase, or any
purchase of, shares of capital stock of any corporation or equity interests in any other entity, or securities convertible into or representing the beneficial ownership of, or rights to acquire, any such shares or equity interests, if such shares,
equity interests, securities or rights are of a class which is publicly traded on any securities exchange or in any over-the-counter market, other than purchases of such shares, equity interests, securities or rights representing less than 5% of the
equity interests or beneficial ownership of such corporation or other entity for portfolio investment purposes, and such offer or purchase has not been duly approved by the board of directors of such corporation or the equivalent governing body of
such other entity prior to the date on which such Notes are issued. 
 “including” shall mean, unless the
context clearly requires otherwise, “including without limitation”, whether or not so stated. 

“Indebtedness” shall mean, for the Company or any Subsidiary (excluding in all cases trade payables payable in the
ordinary course of business by the Company or such Subsidiary), without duplication, (a) all obligations to repay borrowed money, direct or indirect, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, (b) all obligations for the deferred purchase price of
capital assets, in each case, incurred outside of the ordinary course of business, (c) all obligations under conditional sales or other title retention agreements (other than a true consignment), in each case, incurred outside of the ordinary
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accordance with GAAP, (f) all obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary with respect to asset securitization financing programs, including, but not limited to, all indebtedness under the
Permitted Receivables Facility, and (g) all material obligations arising outside the ordinary course of business to advance funds to, or to purchase assets, property or services from, any other Person in order to maintain the financial
condition of such Person. 
 “Institutional Investor” shall mean any insurance company, commercial, investment
or merchant bank, finance company, mutual fund, registered money or asset manager, savings and loan association, credit union, registered investment advisor, pension fund, investment company, licensed broker or dealer, “qualified institutional
buyer” (as such term is defined under Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act) or “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act). 

“Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, for the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters of the Company, on a
Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Trailing EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Trailing Interest Expense, as determined after the conclusion of most recently completed fiscal quarter in accordance with
the Company’s customary financial reporting practices. 
 “Leverage Ratio” shall mean, at any time, for
the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters of the Company, on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (a)(i) Total Indebtedness minus (ii) the aggregate amount of cash, Cash Equivalents and other
marketable securities of the Company and its Subsidiaries as set forth on the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the most recently completed fiscal quarter that are not subject to a Lien (other than a Lien in favor of the
holders of the Notes), to (b) Consolidated Trailing EBITDA, as determined after the conclusion of most recently completed fiscal quarter in accordance with the Company’s customary financial reporting practices. 

“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, security interest, lien (statutory or other), charge, encumbrance on, pledge or deposit
of, or conditional sale, leasing, sale with a right of redemption or other title retention agreement and any capitalized lease with respect to any property (real or personal) or asset. 

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, property or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the rights and remedies of the holders of the Notes
hereunder or thereunder. 
 “Material Indebtedness Agreement” shall mean any debt instrument, lease (capital,
operating or otherwise), guaranty, contract, commitment, agreement or other arrangement evidencing any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary in an amount equal to or greater than the greater of (i) Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000)
and (ii) an amount equal to five percent (5%) of Consolidated Total Assets. 

  
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 “Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a Pension Plan that is subject to the
requirements of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA. 
 “Net Earnings” shall mean, for any period, the net income
(loss) for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Notes” shall have the meaning given in
paragraph 1B hereof. 
 “Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate signed in the name of the Company
by a Responsible Officer of the Company. 
 “Other Purchasers” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A.

 “PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor or replacement entity thereto
under ERISA. 
 “Pension Plan” shall mean an ERISA Plan that is a “pension plan” (within the meaning
of ERISA Section 3(2)). 
 “PNC Term Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
June 4, 2012 by and among, inter alia, the Company and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent. 

“Purchaser” means each purchaser listed in Schedule A. 

“Permitted Receivables Facility” shall mean an accounts receivable facility whereby the Company or its Subsidiaries sell
or transfer the accounts receivables of the Company or its Subsidiaries to the Receivables Subsidiary which in turn transfers to a buyer, purchaser or lender undivided fractional interests in such accounts receivable, so long as (a) no portion
of the Indebtedness or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) under such Permitted Receivables Facility is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary, (b) there is no recourse or obligation to the Company or any Subsidiary (other than
the Receivables Subsidiary) whatsoever other than pursuant to customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with such Permitted Receivables Subsidiary, and
(c) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (other than the Receivables Subsidiary) provides, either directly or indirectly, any other credit support of any kind in connection with such Permitted Receivables Facility other than as set forth in
subpart (b) of this definition. 
 “Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership,
joint venture, unincorporated organization, corporation, limited liability company, institution, trust, estate, government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. 

“Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (as such term is defined in section 3 of ERISA) which is or has been
established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have been made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate. 

  
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 “Primary Credit Facility” shall mean the $500 million unsecured
multicurrency credit facility pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain credit agreement dated as of December 9, 2011, by the Company and the Banks (as defined in therein) with KeyBank National Association and J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. as co-lead arrangers, as amended, supplemented, restated, extended, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time. 
 “Priority Indebtedness” shall mean, without duplication, the sum of (a) all Indebtedness of Subsidiaries permitted by paragraph 6B(ix) and (b) all Indebtedness of the Company
secured by any Liens permitted by paragraph 6C(vii). 
 “Receivables Related Assets” shall mean accounts
receivable, instruments, chattel paper, obligations, general intangibles and other similar assets, in each case relating to receivables subject to the Permitted Receivables Facility, including interests in merchandise or goods, the sale or lease of
which gave rise to such receivables, related contractual rights, guaranties, insurance proceeds, collections and proceeds of all of the foregoing. 
 “Receivables Subsidiary” shall mean a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company that is established as a “bankruptcy remote” Subsidiary for the sole purpose of acquiring accounts
receivable under the Permitted Receivables Facility and that shall not engage in any activities other than in connection with the Permitted Receivables Facility. 
 “Reportable Event” shall mean a reportable event as that term is defined in Title IV of ERISA, except actions of general applicability by the Secretary of Labor under Section 110 of
such Act. 
 “Required Holder(s)” shall mean the holder or holders of more than 50% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes or, if the term is expressly used with respect to a series of Notes, of such series of Notes from time to time outstanding. 
 “Responsible Officer” shall mean the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company or any other officer of the
Company involved principally in its financial administration or its controllership function. 
 “SEC” shall
mean the United States Securities Exchange Commission. 
 “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. 
 “Series 2012 Notes” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1A. 

“Series 2012-A Notes” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1A. 

“Series 2012-B Notes” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1A. 

“Series 2012-C Notes” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1A. 

“Series 2012-D Notes” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1A. 

  
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 “Share Repurchase” shall mean the purchase, repurchase, redemption or other
acquisition by the Company from any Person of any capital stock or other equity interest of the Company. 
 “Significant
Holder” shall mean (a) any original purchaser of a Note (but not any successors or assigns) or (b) any holder (together with its Affiliates) of more than $25,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding. 
 “Subordinated”, as applied to Indebtedness, shall mean that the Indebtedness has been
subordinated (by written terms or written agreement being, in either case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders) in favor of the prior payment in full of the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries under this Agreement,
the Notes and the other Transaction Documents. 
 “Subsidiary” of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall
mean (i) a corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of the Voting Power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the
Company, (ii) a partnership or limited liability company of which the Company, one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, directly or indirectly, is a general partner or managing
member, as the case may be, or otherwise has the power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof, or (iii) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which the Company, one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company or the
Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority interest in the Voting Power or the power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof. 

“Supplement” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1B. 

“Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Notes, any Guaranty Agreement and any other agreements,
documents, writings or instruments now or hereafter executed or deemed by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement. 
 “Transferee” shall mean any direct or indirect transferee of all or any part of any Note purchased by any Purchaser under this Agreement. 

“Total Indebtedness” shall mean, at any time, on a Consolidated basis, all Indebtedness of the Company, including, but
not limited to, current, long-term and Subordinated Indebtedness, if any, and all Indebtedness under the Permitted Receivables Facility. 
 “2008 Note Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2008, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold Fifty Million
Dollars ($50,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of its 4.98% Series A Senior Notes due February 22, 2013. 

“2011 Note Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2011,
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Notes, $25,000,000 and $50,000,000, due August 31, 2018 and September 1, 2020, respectively, and may issue and sell additional senior notes. 

“USA Patriot Act” shall mean United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. 

“Voting Power” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the exclusive ability to control, through the ownership of shares
of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or otherwise, the election of members of the board of directors or other similar governing body of such Person, and the holding of a designated percentage of Voting Power of a Person
means the ownership of shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other interests of such Person sufficient to control exclusively the election of that percentage of the members of the board of directors or similar
governing body of such Person. 
 “Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any corporation, any shares of
stock of such corporation whose holders are entitled under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting
power by reason of the happening of any contingency). 
 “Welfare Plan” shall mean an ERISA Plan that is a
“welfare plan” within the meaning of ERISA Section 3 (l). 
 “Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company or other entity, except for director’s qualifying shares or shares required to be owned individually due to country specific regulations regarding ownership or control
of the organization or operation of such entity, all of the securities or other ownership interest of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors, or other persons performing similar functions, are at the time
directly or indirectly owned by such Person. 
 10C. Accounting and Legal Principles, Terms and Determinations. All
references in this Agreement to “generally accepted accounting principles” or “GAAP” shall be deemed to refer to generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States at the time of application thereof. Unless
otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all unaudited consolidated financial statements and certificates and reports as to
financial matters required to be furnished hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph 5A or, if no such statements have been so delivered, the most recent audited financial statements referred to in clause (i) of paragraph 8B. Any reference herein to any specific
citation, section or form of law, statute, rule or regulation shall refer to such new, replacement or analogous citation, section or form should such citation, section or form be modified, amended or replaced. 

  
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 11. MISCELLANEOUS. 

11A. Note Payments. The Company agrees that, so long as any Purchaser shall hold any Note, it will make payments of principal of,
interest on, and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to, such Note, which comply with the terms of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit (not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date
due) to (i) such Purchaser’s account or accounts specified in Schedule A attached hereto or (ii) such other account or accounts in the United States as such Purchaser may from time to time designate in writing, notwithstanding any
contrary provision herein or in any Note with respect to the place of payment. Each Purchaser agrees that, before disposing of any Note, such Purchaser will make a notation thereon (or on a schedule attached thereto) of all principal payments
previously made thereon and of the date to which interest thereon has been paid. The Company agrees to afford the benefits of this paragraph 11A to any Transferee which shall have made the same agreement as each Purchaser has made in this paragraph
11A. No holder shall be required to present or surrender any Note or make any notation thereon, except that upon the written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after the payment or prepayment in full of any Note,
the applicable holder shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after such request, to the Company at its principal office. 
 11B. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Company shall pay, and save each Purchaser and any Transferee harmless against liability for the payment
of the following out-of-pocket expenses arising in connection with such transactions: 
 (i) (a) all stamp and
documentary taxes and similar charges and (b) costs (not to exceed $3,500) of obtaining a private placement number from Standard and Poor’s Ratings Group for the Notes; 

(ii) document production and duplication charges and the fees and expenses of any special counsel engaged by such
Purchaser or such Transferee in connection (a) with any transaction contemplated by this Agreement and (b) with any subsequent proposed waiver, amendment or modification of, or proposed consent under, this Agreement, whether or not such
proposed waiver, amendment, modification or consent shall be effected or granted; 
 (iii) the reasonable costs
and expenses, including attorneys’ and financial advisory fees, incurred by such Purchaser or such Transferee in enforcing (or determining whether or how to enforce) any rights under this Agreement or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena
or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by reason of your or such Transferee’s having acquired any Note, including without limitation costs and
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 (iv) any judgment, liability, claim, order, decree, cost, fee, expense,
action or obligation resulting from the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the use of the proceeds of the Notes by the Company. 
 The Company also will promptly pay or reimburse each Purchaser or holder of a Note (upon demand, in accordance with each such Purchaser’s or holder’s written instruction) for all fees and costs
paid or payable by such Purchaser or holder to the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information, and
all subsequent annual and interim filings of documents and financial information related to this Agreement, with such Securities Valuation Office or any successor organization acceding to the authority thereof. 

The obligations of the Company under this paragraph 11B shall survive the transfer of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein by
any Purchaser or any Transferee and the payment of any Note. 
 11C. Consent to Amendments. This Agreement may be
amended, and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, if the Company shall obtain the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Holder(s)
except that, (i) with the written consent of the holders of all Notes of a particular series, and, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, of the holders of all Notes of all series at the time outstanding (and not without
such written consents), the Notes of such series may be amended or the provisions thereof waived to change the maturity thereof, to change or affect the principal thereof, or to change or affect the rate, method of computation or time of payment of
interest on or any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to the Notes of such Series and (ii) without the written consent of the holder or holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, no amendment to or waiver of the provisions of this
Agreement shall change or affect the provisions of paragraph 7A or this paragraph 11C insofar as such provisions relate to proportions of the principal amount of the Notes of any series, or the rights of any individual holder of Notes, required with
respect to any declaration of Notes to be due and payable or with respect to any consent, amendment, waiver or declaration. Each holder of any Note at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this paragraph 11C,
whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate such consent, but any Notes issued thereafter may bear a notation referring to any such consent. No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor any delay in
exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of any Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no negotiations or discussions in which any holder of any Note may engage
regarding any possible amendments, consents or waivers with respect to this Agreement or the Notes shall constitute a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, any term of this Agreement or any Note or any rights of any such holder under this
Agreement or the Notes. As used herein and in the Notes, the term “this Agreement” and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. 

11D. Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes. The Notes are issuable as registered notes without coupons in
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enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes; provided, however, that no such minimum denomination shall apply to Notes issued upon transfer by any holder of the
Notes to any other entity or group of Affiliates with respect to which the Notes so issued or transferred shall be managed by a single entity. The Company shall keep at its principal office a register in which the Company shall provide for the
registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the principal office of the Company, the Company shall, at its expense, execute and deliver one or more new Notes of like tenor and of a like
aggregate principal amount, registered in the name of such transferee or transferees. At the option of the holder of any Note, such Note may be exchanged for other Notes of like tenor and of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Note to be exchanged at the principal office of the Company. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall, at its expense, execute and deliver the Notes which the holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive. Every Note surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney
duly authorized in writing. Any Note or Notes issued in exchange for any Note or upon transfer thereof shall carry the rights to unpaid interest and interest to accrue which were carried by the Note so exchanged or transferred, so that neither gain
nor loss of interest shall result from any such transfer or exchange. Upon receipt of written notice from the holder of any Note of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Note and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon
receipt of such holder’s unsecured indemnity agreement, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Company will make and deliver a new Note, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated Note. 
 11E. Persons Deemed Owners; Participations. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the
Company may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner and holder of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, interest on and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to such Note and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note shall be overdue, and the Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary. Subject to the preceding sentence, the holder of any Note may from time to time grant participations in all or any
part of such Note to any Person on such terms and conditions as may be determined by such holder in its sole and absolute discretion. 
 11F. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement. All representations and warranties contained herein or made in writing by or on behalf of the Company in connection herewith shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the transfer by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any Transferee, regardless of any
investigation made at any time by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any Transferee. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes embody the entire agreement and understanding between the Purchasers and the Company with respect to
the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter. 
 11G.
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successors and assigns of the parties hereto (including, without limitation, any Transferee) whether so expressed or not. 
 11H. Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is prohibited by any one of such covenants, the fact that it
would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise be in compliance within the limitations of, another covenant shall not (i) avoid the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default if such action is taken or such condition exists or
(ii) in any way prejudice an attempt by the holder of any Note to prohibit through equitable action or otherwise the taking of any action by the Company or any Subsidiary which would result in a Default or Event of Default. 

11I. Notices. All written communications provided for hereunder (other than communications provided for under paragraph 2) shall
be sent by first class mail or nationwide overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid) and (i) if to any Purchaser, addressed to such Purchaser at the address specified for such communications in Schedule A attached hereto or at such other
address as such Purchaser shall have specified to the Company in writing, (ii) if to any other holder of any Note, addressed to such other holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing or, if any
such holder shall not have so specified an address to the Company, then addressed to such holder in care of the last holder of such Note which shall have so specified an address to the Company and (iii) if to the Company, addressed to it at
Nordson Corporation, 28601 Clemens Road, Westlake, Ohio 44145, Attention: Chief Financial Officer or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing, provided, however, that any such communication to
the Company may also, at the option of the Person sending such communication, be delivered by any other means either to the Company at its address specified above. 
 11J. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of, interest on, or Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with
respect to, any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

 11K. Satisfaction Requirement. If any agreement, certificate or other writing, or any action taken or to be taken, is
by the terms of this Agreement required to be satisfactory to any Purchaser, to any holder of Notes or to the Required Holder(s), the determination of such satisfaction shall be made by such Purchaser, such holder or the Required Holder(s), as the
case may be, in the sole and exclusive judgment (exercised in good faith) of the Person or Persons making such determination. 

11L. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS AGREEMENT TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, OR THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES TO BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER
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 11M. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN NEW YORK COUNTY, OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS, UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE COMPANY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 11I, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON RECEIPT. THE COMPANY AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST THE COMPANY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE
AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES BROUGHT IN ANY OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COMPANY HAS OR MAY HEREAFTER ACQUIRE IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OF NOTICE,
ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY), THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES. THE
COMPANY AND EACH PURCHASER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY. 

11N. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable
such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 11O. Descriptive Headings; Advice of Counsel; Interpretation; Time of the
Essence. The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. Each party to this Agreement represents to the other parties to this Agreement that
such party has been represented by counsel 

  
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in connection with this Agreement and the Notes, that such party has discussed this Agreement and the Notes with its counsel and that any and all issues with respect to this Agreement and the
Notes have been resolved as set forth herein and therein. No provision of this Agreement or the Notes shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party hereto by any court or other governmental or judicial authority by
reason of such party having or being deemed to have structured, drafted or dictated such provision. Time is of the essence in the performance of this Agreement and the Notes. 
 11P. Counterparts; Facsimile or Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (or counterpart signature pages), each of which counterparts shall be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Agreement. 
 11Q. Independent Investigation. Each Purchaser represents to and agrees with each other Purchaser
that it has made its own independent investigation of the condition (financial and otherwise), prospects and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with its purchase of the Notes hereunder and has made and shall continue to make
its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company. No holder of Notes shall have any duties or responsibility to any other holder of Notes, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or appraisal or to provide
any credit or other information with respect thereto. No holder of Notes is acting as agent or in any other fiduciary capacity on behalf of any other holder of Notes. 
 11R. Directly or Indirectly. Where any provision in this Agreement refers to actions to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable
whether the action in question is taken directly or indirectly by such Person. 

  
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 If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on the
accompanying counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon the foregoing shall become a binding agreement between you and the Company. 

 

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	NORDSON CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	Gregory A. Thaxton
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

  
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 The foregoing Agreement is 
 hereby accepted as of the 
 date first above written. 

AVIVA LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY 
 ROYAL NEIGHBORS
OF AMERICA 
 By: Aviva Investors North America, Inc., Its authorized attorney-in-fact 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	Roger D. Fors
	Title:	 	VP-Private Fixed Income

  
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 JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
 By: PPM America, Inc., as attorney in fact, 
 on behalf of Jackson National Life Insurance Company

  

	
	  
	Title:

 JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 
 By: PPM America, Inc., as attorney in fact, 
 on behalf of Jackson National Life Insurance Company
of New York 
  

	
	  
	Title:

  
 S-3

 AMERIPRISE CERTIFICATE COMPANY 

 

			
	By	 	 
		 	    Name:
		 	    Title:

 RIVERSOURCE LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK 

 

			
	By	 	 
		 	    Name:
		 	    Title:

  
 S-4

 MONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

 AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

 HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  
 S-5

 THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

 COLUMBUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

 THE LAFAYETTE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  
 S-6

 INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

 INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT GPO 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

 NATIONAL INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  
 S-7

 NATIONAL INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT GPO 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

 KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

 

			
	By	 	 
	Name:	 	Maureen Williams
	Title:	 	Director, Treasury Management

  
 S-8

 MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA 
  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  
 S-9

 PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (PLI) 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  
 S-10

 UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

 COMPANION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  
 S-11

 WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY 

 

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

  

			
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

  
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 SCHEDULE A 
 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 
  

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be
Purchased
	 AVIVA LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	$20,000,000	  	$19,000,000
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  	$10,000,000	  	

 Registered in the name of : HARE & CO. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 New York, NY 

ABA #021000018 

Credit A/C# GLA111566 
 A/C Name: Institutional Custody Insurance Division 
 Custody Account Name: Aviva
Life and Annuity Co-Annuity 
 Custody Account Number: 010048 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or
otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 PREFERRED REMITTANCE: privateplacements@avivainvestors.com 
 Aviva Life and
Annuity Company 
 c/o Aviva Investors North America, Inc. 

Attn: Private Fixed Income Dept. 
 215 10th
Street, Suite 1000 
 Des Moines, IA 50309 

  
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 (3) All other communications and notices: 

PREFERRED REMITTANCE: privateplacements@avivainvestors.com 
 Aviva Life and Annuity Company 
 c/o Aviva Investors North America, Inc.

 Attn: Private Fixed Income Dept. 
 215 10th
Street, Suite 1000 
 Des Moines, IA 50309 
 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York 

One Wall Street, 3rd Floor 
 Window A 
 New York, NY 10286 

FAO: Aviva Life and Annuity Co-Annuity, A/C #010048 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 42-0175020 (Aviva Life and Annuity Company) 
         13-6062916 (Hare & Co.) 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  		  	$1,000,000
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 Registered in the name of: ELL & CO 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 Federal Funds Wire Transfer 
 Northern Chgo/Trust 

ABA 071000152 

Credit wire account 5186041000 
 F/C 26-73769/Royal Neighbors 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and application
of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 

(2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 PREFERRED REMITTANCE: 
 Ell & Co, c/o Northern Trust Co. 

PO Box 92395, Chicago, IL 60675 
 With copy to: 
 PREFERRED REMITTANCE: privateplacements@avivainvestors.com

 Royal Neighbors of America 
 c/o Aviva Investors North America, Inc. 
 Attn: Private Fixed Income 

215 10th Street, Suite 1000 
 Des Moines, IA 50309 

  
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 (3) All other communications and notices: 

PREFERRED REMITTANCE: privateplacements@avivainvestors.com 
 Royal Neighbors of America 
 c/o Aviva Investors North America, Inc. 

Attn: Private Fixed Income 
 215 10th
Street, Suite 1000 
 Des Moines, IA 50309 
 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 Northern Trust Co 

Trade Securities Processing, C1N 
 801 South Canal Street 
 Chicago, IL 60607 

(5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-1711198 (Royal Neighbors of America) 

     36-6412623 (ELL & CO) 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	$10,000,000	  	
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

The Bank of New York 
 ABA # 021-000-018 
 BNF Account #: IOC566 

FBO: JNL A/C # 187242 
 Ref: CUSIP / PPN, Description, and Breakdown (P&I) 
 with sufficient information to identify
the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Jackson National Life Insurance
Company 
 C/O The Bank of New York 
 Attn: P&I Department 
 P. O. Box 19266 

Newark, New Jersey 07195 
 Phone: (718) 315-3035, Fax: (718) 315-3076 
 (3) All other communications and notices:

 PPM America, Inc. 
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200 
 Chicago, IL 60606-1228 

Attn: Private Placements – Elena Unger 
 Phone: (312) 634-7853, Fax: (312) 634-0054 
 Email:
elena.unger@ppmamerica.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York 
 Special Processing – Window A 

One Wall Street, 3rd Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: JNL – JNL ELI, A/C # 187242 

(5) Financial Information should be sent to: 
 PPM America, Inc. 
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200 

Chicago, IL 60606-1228 
 Attn: Private Placements – Elena Unger 
 Phone: (312) 634-7853, Fax:
(312) 634-0054 
 Email: privatereporting@ppmamerica.com 

and to: 
 Jackson
National Life Insurance Company 
 One Corporate Way 
 Lansing, MI 48951 
 Attn: Investment Accounting – Mark Stewart 

Phone: (517) 367-3190, Fax: (517) 706-5503 
 (6) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 38-1659835 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	$10,000,000	  	
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

The Bank of New York 
 ABA # 021-000-018 
 BNF Account #: IOC566 

FBO: JNL A/C # 187244 
 Ref: CUSIP / PPN, Description, and Breakdown (P&I) 
 with sufficient information to identify
the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Jackson National Life Insurance
Company 
 C/O The Bank of New York 
 Attn: P&I Department 
 P. O. Box 19266 

Newark, New Jersey 07195 
 Phone: (718) 315-3035, Fax: (718) 315-3076 
 (3) All other communications and notices:

 PPM America, Inc. 
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200 
 Chicago, IL 60606-1228 

Attn: Private Placements – Curtis Spillers 
 Phone: (312) 634-7853 Fax: (312) 634-0054 
 Email:
elena.unger@ppmamerica.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York 
 Special Processing – Window A 

One Wall Street, 3rd Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: JNL – JNL MVA, A/C # 187244 

(5) Financial information should be sent to: 
 PPM America, Inc. 
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200 

Chicago, IL 60606-1228 
 Attn: Private Placements – Curtis Spillers 
 Phone: (312) 634-7853, Fax:
(312) 634-0054 
 Email: privatereporting@ppmamerica.com 

and to: 
 Jackson
National Life Insurance Company 
 One Corporate Way 
 Lansing, MI 48951 
 Attn: Investment Accounting – Mark Stewart 

Phone: (517) 367-3190, Fax: (517) 706-5503 
 (6) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 38-1659835 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	$10,000,000	  	
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  	$12,000,000	  	

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

The Bank of New York 
 ABA # 021-000-018 
 BNF Account #: IOC566 

FBO: JNL A/C # 187241 
 Ref: CUSIP / PPN, Description, and Breakdown (P&I) 
 with sufficient information to identify
the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Jackson National Life Insurance
Company 
 C/O The Bank of New York 
 Attn: P&I Department 
 P. O. Box 19266 

Newark, New Jersey 07195 
 Phone: (718) 315-3035, Fax: (718) 315-3076 
 (3) All other communications and notices:

 PPM America, Inc. 
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200 
 Chicago, IL 60606-1228 

Attn: Private Placements – Elena Unger 
 Phone: (312) 634-7853, Fax: (312) 634-0054 
 Email:
elena.unger@ppmamerica.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York 
 Special Processing – Window A 

One Wall Street, 3rd Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: JNL – JNL 241 / Non Insul., A/C # 187241 

(5) Financial information should be sent to: 
 PPM America, Inc. 
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200 

Chicago, IL 60606-1228 
 Attn: Private Placements – Elena Unger 
 Phone: (312) 634-7853, Fax:
(312) 634-0054 
 Email: privatereporting@ppmamerica.com 

and to: 
 Jackson
National Life Insurance Company 
 One Corporate Way 
 Lansing, MI 48951 
 Attn: Investment Accounting – Mark Stewart 

Phone: (517) 367-3190, Fax: (517) 706-5503 
 (6) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 38-1659835 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  		  	$5,000,000
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

The Bank of New York 
 ABA # 021-000-018 
 BNF Account #: IOC566 

FBO: JNL A/C # 187243 
 Ref: CUSIP / PPN, Description, and Breakdown (P&I) 
 with sufficient information to identify
the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Jackson National Life Insurance
Company 
 C/O The Bank of New York 
 Attn: P&I Department 
 P. O. Box 19266 

Newark, New Jersey 07195 
 Phone: (718) 315-3035, Fax: (718) 315-3076 
 (3) All other communications and notices:

 PPM America, Inc. 
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200 
 Chicago, IL 60606-1228 

Attn: Private Placements – Curtis Spillers 
 Phone: (312) 634-7853, Fax: (312) 634-0054 
 Email:
elena.unger@ppmamerica.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York 
 Special Processing – Window A 

One Wall Street, 3rd Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: JNL – JNL GIC, A/C # 187243 

(5) Financial Information should be sent to: 
 PPM America, Inc. 
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200 

Chicago, IL 60606-1228 
 Attn: Private Placements – Elena Unger 
 Phone: (312) 634-7853, Fax:
(312) 634-0054 
 Email: privatereporting@ppmamerica.com 

and to: 
 Jackson
National Life Insurance Company 
 One Corporate Way 
 Lansing, MI 48951 
 Attn: Investment Accounting – Mark Stewart 

Phone: (517) 367-3190, Fax: (517) 706-5503 
 (6) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 38-1659835 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

									
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased	 
	 JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
	  	 	Series 2012-A	  	  	 	Series 2012-B	  
			
		  				  	 	$3,000,000	  
			
		  	 	Series 2012-C	  	  	 	Series 2012-D	  

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

The Bank of New York 
 ABA # 021-000-018 
 BNF Account #: IOC566 

FBO: JNLNY A/C # 187271 
 Ref: CUSIP / PPN, Description, and Breakdown (P&I) 
 with sufficient information to identify
the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Jackson National Life Insurance
Company of New York 
 C/O The Bank of New York 
 Attn: P&I Department 
 P. O. Box 19266 

Newark, New Jersey 07195 
 Phone: (718) 315-3035, Fax: (718) 315-3076 
 (3) All other communications and notices:

 PPM America, Inc. 
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1100 
 Chicago, IL 60606-1228 

Attn: Private Placements – Elena Unger 
 Phone: (312) 634-7853, Fax: (312) 634-0054 
 Email:
elena.unger@ppmamerica.com 
 Email: privatereporting@ppmamerica.com 

  
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 and to: 
 Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York 
 One Corporate Way 

Lansing MI 48951 

Attn: Investment Accounting – Mark Stewart 
 Phone: (517) 367-3190, Fax: (517) 706-5503 
 (4) Address for delivery of Notes:

 The Bank of New York 
 Special Processing – Window A 
 One Wall Street, 3rd Floor 

New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: JNL – JNLNY Gen. Account, A/C # 187271 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-3873709

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 AMERIPRISE CERTIFICATE COMPANY (910)
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  		  	$15,000,000

 Registered in the name of : Cudd & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
  

			
	 ABA#:
	  	021000021
	 Bank:
	  	JPMorgan Chase Bank
	 Beneficiary #:
	  	9009000127
	 Beneficiary name:
	  	JPMorgan Chase Bank
	 For further credit to:
	  	P01162

 with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate,
maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments:

 Ameriprise Certificate Company 
 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Attention: 
 Jamshid Irshad@JPMorgan.com 

Amit K Aswani@JPMorgan.com 
 Donna Preston@JPMorgan.com 
 Fonda J Mitchell@JPMorgan.com 

Telephone:  469-477-8185 
 Facsimile:    469-477-1904 
 A duplicate copy for all
unscheduled payments of interest and/or principal to: 
 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC 

Attention: Fixed Income Investment Dept – Private Placements 
 216 Ameriprise Financial Center 
 Minneapolis, MN 55474 

Telephone:    612-671-2400 
 Facsimile:      612-671-2180 

  
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 (3) All other communications and notices: 

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC 
 Attention: Fixed Income Investment Department – Private Placements 
 216
Ameriprise Financial Center 
 Minneapolis, MN 55474 
 Telephone: 612-671-2400 
 Facsimile: 612-671-2180 

(4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 JPMorgan Chase 
 Attention Physical Receiving Area 

4 Chase Metrotech Center, 3rd Floor 
 Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001 
 Telephone: 718-242-0264 (Frederic Cavanaugh) 

Reference: P01162 

cc: via email: chris.h.patton@columbiamanagement.com or 
                       facsimile: (612) 47-2670 

(5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-6022143 (Cudd & Co.) 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 RIVERSOURCE LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK (902)
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  		  	$5,000,000

 Registered in the name of : Cudd & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
  

			
	 ABA#:
	  	021000021
	 Bank:
	  	JPMorgan Chase Bank
	 Beneficiary #:
	  	9009000127
	 Beneficiary name:
	  	JPMorgan Chase Bank
	 For further credit to:
	  	P01162

 with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate,
maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments:

 RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York 
 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Attention: 
 Jamshid Irshad@JPMorgan.com 

Amit K Aswani@JPMorgan.com 
 Donna Preston@JPMorgan.com 
 Fonda J Mitchell@JPMorgan.com 

Telephone:  469-477-8185 
 Facsimile:    469-477-1904 
 A duplicate copy for all
unscheduled payments of interest and/or principal to: 
 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC 

Attention: Fixed Income Investment Dept – Private Placements 
 216 Ameriprise Financial Center 
 Minneapolis, MN 55474 

Telephone:  612-671-2400 
 Facsimile:    612-671-2180 

  
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 (3) All other communications and notices: 

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC 
 Attention: Fixed Income Investment Department – Private Placements 
 216
Ameriprise Financial Center 
 Minneapolis, MN 55474 
 Telephone: 612-671-2400 
 Facsimile: 612-671-2180 

(4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 JPMorgan Chase 
 Attention Physical Receiving Area 

4 Chase Metrotech Center, 3rd Floor 
 Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001 
 Telephone: 718-242-0264 (Frederic Cavanaugh) 

Reference: P 01155 
 cc: via email: chris.h.patton@columbiamanagement.com or 

                      
facsimile: (612) 547-2670 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-6022143 (Cudd & Co.) 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 MONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	$10,000,000.00	  	
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

JP Morgan/Chase 

ABA No.: 021-000021 
 For credit to MONY Closed Block 
 Account Number: 321-023803 

A/C: MONY Closed Block – G 52963 
 Face Amount of $10,000,000.00 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and application
of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 

(2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 MONY Life Insurance Company 
 C/O AllianceBernstein LP 

1345 Avenue of the America 
 37th Floor

 New York, New York 10105 
 Attention:  Mike Maher 

                  Telephone #:
(212) 823-2873 

                  Fax #: (212) 969-6298

  
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 (3) All other communications and notices: 

MONY Life Insurance Company 
 C/O AllianceBernstein LP 
 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 37th Floor 

New York, NY 10105 
 Attention:  Monique Meany 

                  AllianceBernstein LP

                   Telephone #:
(212) 823-2758 
 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 MONY Life Insurance Company 
 c/o AXA/Equitable Life Insurance Company 

1290 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor 
 New York, New York 10104 
 Attention:  Neville Hemmings 

                  Law Department 

                  Telephone #:
(212) 314-4103 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-1632487 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	$6,000,000.00	  	
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. 
 Account (s): AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company 
 4 Chase Metrotech Center

 Brooklyn, New York 11245 
 ABA No.: 021-000021 
 Bank Account: 037-2-417394 

Custody Account: G05476 
 Face Amount of $6,000,000.00 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and application
of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 

(2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company 
 C/O AllianceBernstein LP 

1345 Avenue of the America 
 37th Floor

 New York, New York 10105 
 Attention: Cosmo Valente 

                  Telephone #:
(212) 969-6384 

  
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 (3) All other communications and notices: 

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company 
 C/O AllianceBernstein LP 
 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 38th Floor 

New York, NY 10105 
 Attention:  Monique Meany 

                  AllianceBernstein LP

                   Telephone #:
(212) 823-2758 
 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company 
 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor

 New York, New York 10104 
 Attention:  Neville Hemmings 

                  Telephone #:
(212) 314-4103 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-557-0651 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	$2,000,000.00	  	
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 Registered in the name of: CUDD & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 JP Morgan/Chase 
 ABA No. 021-000021 

For credit to the Private Income Processing Group 
 Account Number: 900-9000-200 
 Account: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New
Jersey-P60748 
 Face Amount of $2,000,000.00 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or
otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 JP Morgan Chase Manhattan Bank 
 14201 N. Dallas Parkway 

13th Floor 

Dallas, Texas 75254-2917 
 Fax: 469-477-1904 
 Second Copy of Payments and Written Confirmations:

 Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey 
 c/o AllianceBernstein LP 
 1345 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY10105 

Attention:  Mei Wong / Mike Maher 
                   Phone:    212-969-2112 / 212-823-2873 

                  Fax:
        212-969-6298 

  
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 Third Copy of Payments and Written Confirmations: 

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey 
 Three Penn Plaza 
 PP-15K 

Newark, NJ 07105-2200 
 Attention:  Susan McCarthy-Manager Cash & Investments 

                  Phone:   
973-466-8568 or 973-466-4375 

                  Fax:    
    973-466-8461 
 (3) All other communications and notices: 

AllianceBernstein LP 
 1345 Avenue of the Americas—38th Floor 
 New York, NY 10105 

Attention:  Amy Judd 
                   Phone:   212-969-1145 

                  Fax:    
    212-969-6089 
 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 

AllianceBernstein LP 
 1345 Avenue of the Americas 
 New York, NY 10105 

Attention:  Angel Salazar/Cosmo Valente 
                   Insurance Operations 
                   Phone:    212-969-2491 or 212-969-6384 

(5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 22-0999690 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  	$7,000,000	  	

 Registered in the name of: Hare & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 ABA# 021000018 

BNF: IOC566 

Attn: PP P&I Department 
 Ref: Bank # 952621/Cusip 655663D @8 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and
application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 The Western and Southern Life
Insurance Company 
 400 Broadway, MS 80 
 Cincinnati, OH 45202-3341 
 invacctg@wslife.com 

(3) All other communications and notices: 
 Fort Washington Investment Advisors 
 Suite 1200 - Private Placements 

303 Broadway 

Cincinnati, OH 45202 
 Email address: 
 privateplacements@fortwashington.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 One Wall Street 

3rd Floor - Window A 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: A/C Number 952621 

The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company 
 Contact: Ada Casiano (212) 635-9121 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-6062916 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 COLUMBUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  	$2,000,000	  	

 Registered in the name of: Hare & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 ABA# 021000018 

BNF: IOC566 

Attn: PP P&I Department 
 Ref: Bank # 067067/Cusip 655663D @8 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and
application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Columbus Life Insurance Company

 400 East Fourth Street, MS 80 
 Cincinnati, OH 45202-3302 
 invacctg@wslife.com 

(3) All other communications and notices: 
 Fort Washington Investment Advisors 
 Suite 1200 - Private Placements 

303 Broadway 

Cincinnati, OH 45202 
 Email address: 
 privateplacements@fortwashington.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 One Wall Street 

3rd Floor - Window A 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: A/C Number 067067 

Columbus Life Insurance Company 
 Contact: Ada Casiano (212) 635-9121 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-6062916 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 THE LAFAYETTE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  	$2,000,000	  	

 Registered in the name of: Hare & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 ABA# 021000018 

BNF: IOC566 

Attn: PP P&I Department 
 Ref: Bank # 205724/Cusip 655663D @8 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and
application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 The Lafayette Life Insurance
Company 
 400 Broadway, MS 80 
 Cincinnati, OH 45202-3341 
 invacctg@wslife.com 

(3) All other communications and notices: 
 Fort Washington Investment Advisors 
 Suite 1200 - Private Placements 

303 Broadway 

Cincinnati, OH 45202 
 Email address: 
 privateplacements@fortwashington.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 One Wall Street 

3rd Floor - Window A 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: A/C Number 205724 

The Lafayette Life Insurance Company 
 Contact: Ada Casiano (212) 635-9121 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-6062916 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  	$1,000,000	  	

 Registered in the name of: Hare & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 ABA# 021000018 

BNF: IOC566 

Attn: PP P&I Department 
 Ref: Bank # 952701/Cusip 655663D @8 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and
application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Integrity Life Insurance
Company 
 400 Broadway, MS 80 
 Cincinnati, OH 45202-3341 
 invacctg@wslife.com 

(3) All other communications and notices: 
 Fort Washington Investment Advisors 
 Suite 1200 - Private Placements 

303 Broadway 

Cincinnati, OH 45202 
 Email address: 
 privateplacements@fortwashington.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 One Wall Street 

3rd Floor - Window A 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: A/C Number 952701 

Integrity Life Insurance Company 
 Contact: Ada Casiano (212) 635-9121 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-6062916 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT GPO
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  	$1,000,000	  	

 Registered in the name of: Hare & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 ABA# 021000018 

BNF: IOC566 

Attn: PP P&I Department 
 Ref: Bank # 952705/Cusip 655663D @8 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and
application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Integrity Life Insurance
Company Separate Account 
 400 Broadway, MS 80 
 Cincinnati, OH 45202-3341 
 invacctg@wslife.com 

(3) All other communications and notices: 
 Fort Washington Investment Advisors 
 Suite 1200 - Private Placements 

303 Broadway 

Cincinnati, OH 45202 
 Email address: 
 privateplacements@fortwashington.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 One Wall Street 

3rd Floor - Window A 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: A/C Number 952705 

Integrity Life Insurance Company Separate Account 
 Contact: Ada Casiano (212) 635-9121 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-6062916 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 NATIONAL INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  	$1,000,000	  	

 Registered in the name of: Hare & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 ABA# 021000018 

BNF: IOC566 

Attn: PP P&I Department 
 Ref: Bank # 952709/Cusip 655663D @8 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and
application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 National Integrity Life
Insurance Company 
 400 Broadway, Mail Station 80 
 Cincinnati, OH 45202-3341 
 invacctg@wslife.com 

(3) All other communications and notices: 
 Fort Washington Investment Advisors 
 Suite 1200 - Private Placements 

303 Broadway 

Cincinnati, OH 45202 
 Email address: 
 privateplacements@fortwashington.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 One Wall Street 

3rd Floor - Window A 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: A/C Number 952709 

National Integrity Life Insurance Company 
 Contact: Ada Casiano (212) 635-9121 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-6062916 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 NATIONAL INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT GPO
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D
			
		  	$1,000,000	  	

 Registered in the name of: Hare & Co. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 ABA# 021000018 

BNF: IOC566 

Attn: PP P&I Department 
 Ref: Bank # 952713/Cusip 655663D @8 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and
application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 National Integrity Life
Insurance Company Separate Account 
 400 Broadway, MS 80 

Cincinnati, OH 45202-3341 
 invacctg@wslife.com 
 (3) All other communications and notices: 

Fort Washington Investment Advisors 
 Suite 1200 - Private Placements 
 303 Broadway 

Cincinnati, OH 45202 
 Email address: 
 privateplacements@fortwashington.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 The Bank of New York Mellon 
 One Wall Street 

3rd Floor - Window A 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Ref: A/C Number 952713 

National Integrity Life Insurance Company Separate Account 
 Contact: Ada Casiano (212) 635-9121 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-6062916 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  		  	$3,000,000
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

Republic Bank 

601 West Market Street 
 Louisville, KY 40202 
 ABA# 083001314 

A/C # 53396618 

Republic Bank IMT 

FFC/ KY Farm Bureau Mutual 53443683 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or
otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company 
 Investment Department 

9201 Bunsen Parkway 
 Louisville, KY 40220 
 Email address: Maureen.Williams@KYFB.com; 

Carrie.Schaaf@KYFB.com; Bob.Ethier@KYFB.com 
 (3) All other communications and notices: 
 Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance
Company 
 Investment Department 
 9201 Bunsen Parkway 
 Louisville, KY 40220 

Email address: PrivatePlacements@KYFB.com 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company 
 Attn: Maureen Williams 

Investment Department 
 9201 Bunsen Parkway 
 Louisville, KY 40220 

(5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 61-0392792 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  		  	$15,000,000
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

The Northern Trust Company 
 50 South LaSalle Street 
 Chicago, IL 60675 

ABA No. 071-000-152 
 Account Name: Modern Woodmen of America 
 Account No. 84352 

with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is
of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 

Modern Woodmen of America 
 Attn: Investment Accounting Department 
 1701 First Avenue 

Rock Island, IL 61201 
 Fax: (309) 793-5688 
 (3) All other communications and notices: 

Modern Woodmen of America 
 Attn: Investment Department 
 1701 First Avenue 

Rock Island, IL 61201 
 investments@modern-woodmen.org 
 Fax: (309) 793-5574 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 Modern Woodmen of America 
 Attn: Aaron Birkland 

1701 First Avenue 

Rock Island, IL 61201 
 (5)
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-1493430 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (PLI)
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  		  	$15,000,000
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 Registered in the name of: HARE & CO. 
 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK 
 ABA #: 021 000 018 

BNF: IOC566 

ATTN: PP P & I Department 
 FFC CUSTODY #: 0000294412 
 CUST. NAME: Protective Life Ins., Co. 

REF: Protective Life Ins., Co. / 
 PPN #: 655663 D*0 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such
funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2)
Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 middleoffice@protective.com 

Protective Life Insurance Co. ( PLI ) 
 Attn: Investment Department – Jamie Broadhead 
 2801 Hwy. 280 South

 Birmingham, AL 35223 

  
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 (3) All other communications and notices: 

middleoffice@protective.com 
 Protective Life Insurance Co. ( PLI ) 
 Attn: Investment Department – Jamie
Broadhead 
 2801 Hwy. 280 South 
 Birmingham, AL 35223 
 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 

The Bank of New York 
 One Wall Street, 3rd floor, Window “A” 
 New York, N.Y. 10286 

CUSTODY A/C # 294412 
 CUST NAME: PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 63-0169720 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 COMPANION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  		  	$3,000,000
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 ABA #021000021 
 Private Income Processing 

For credit to: 

Companion Life Insurance Company 
 Account # 900-9000200 
 a/c: G07903 

Cusip/PPN: 655663 D*0 
 Interest Amount: 
 Principal Amount: 

with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is
of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 

JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 14201 Dallas Parkway – 13th Floor 
 Dallas, TX 75254-2917 

Attn: Income Processing 
 a/c: G07903 
 (3) All other communications and notices: 

4 - Investment Accounting 
 Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company 
 Mutual of Omaha Plaza 

Omaha, NE 68175-1011 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 4 Chase Metrotech Center, 3rd Floor 

Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001 
 Attention: Physical Receive Department 
 Account # G07903 

(5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-1595128 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  		  	$4,000,000
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 ABA #021000021 
 Private Income Processing 

For credit to: 

Companion Life Insurance Company 
 Account # 900-9000200 
 a/c: G07097 

Cusip/PPN: 655663 D*0 
 Interest Amount: 
 Principal Amount: 

with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is
of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 
 (2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 

JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 14201 Dallas Parkway – 13th Floor 
 Dallas, TX 75254-2917 

Attn: Income Processing 
 a/c: G07097 
 (3) All other communications and notices: 

4 - Investment Accounting 
 Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company 
 Mutual of Omaha Plaza 

Omaha, NE 68175-1011 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 4 Chase Metrotech Center, 3rd Floor 

Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001 
 Attention: Physical Receive Department 
 Account # G07097 

(5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 47-0322111 

  
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 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 

 

					
	 Name of Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount of Series 2012 Notes
to be Purchased
	 WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY
	  	Series 2012-A	  	Series 2012-B
			
		  		  	$7,000,000
			
		  	Series 2012-C	  	Series 2012-D

 (1) All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

U.S. Bank, N.A. 

1700 Farnam Street 
 Omaha, Nebraska 68102 
 ABA # 104000029 

For the Account of WOW 
 Account # 148747770730 
 with sufficient information to identify the source and application of
such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make whole amount or otherwise. 

(2) Address for all notices relating to payments: 
 Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society 
 Attn: Securities Department

 1700 Farnam Street 
 Omaha, Nebraska 68102 
 (3) All other communications and notices: 

Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society 
 Attn: Securities Department 
 1700 Farnam Street 

Omaha, Nebraska 68102 

  
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 (4) Address for delivery of Notes: 
 Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society 
 Attn: Securities Department

 1700 Farnam Street 
 Omaha, Nebraska 68102 
 (5) Taxpayer I.D. Number: 47-0339250 

  
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 EXHIBIT A 
 [FORM OF SERIES 2012-A NOTE] 
 NORDSON CORPORATION 

3.07% SENIOR NOTE, SERIES 2012-A, DUE JULY 25, 2025 
 No. A-                 
 PPN                 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, NORDSON CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio (herein called the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to
                            , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
$[            ] on July 25, 2025, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid balance thereof at the rate of 3.07% per annum from
the date hereof. Payments of interest shall be made semianually, on January 26 and July 26 in each year, commencing on January 26, 2013, until the principal hereof shall have been paid. Any overdue payment (including any overdue
prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of Yield Maintenance Amount and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any overdue payment of interest, shall be payable semiannually as aforesaid on (or, at the option of the registered holder
hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the Default Rate. The “Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum from time to time equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, and
(ii) the greater of (a) 5.07% or (b) 2.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, from time to time in New York City as its Prime Rate. 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield Maintenance Amount payable with respect to this Note are to be made at the main
office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in New York City or at such other place as the holder hereof shall designate to the Company in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America. 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to a Master Note Purchase Agreement,
dated as of July 26, 2012 (herein called the “Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly
endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the
name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the
Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 

  
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 The Company agrees to make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts
specified in the Agreement. This Note is also subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, on the terms specified in the Agreement. 
 The Company and any and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties severally waive grace, demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor or default, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration
(except to the extent required in the Agreement), protest and diligence in collecting in connection with this Note, whether now or hereafter required by applicable law. 
 In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Agreement.

 Capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings as
defined in the Agreement. 
 THIS NOTE IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF SUCH STATE (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS NOTE TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION). 

 

					
	NORDSON CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Title:	 	 

  
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 Exhibit B 
 [FORM OF SERIES 2012-B NOTE] 
 NORDSON CORPORATION 

3.13% SENIOR NOTE, SERIES 2012-B, DUE JULY 26, 2024 
 No. B-                 
 PPN                 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, NORDSON CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio (herein called the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to
                        , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
$[            ] on July 26, 2024, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid balance thereof at the rate of 3.13% per annum from
the date hereof. Payments of interest shall be made semianually, on January 26 and July 26 in each year, commencing on January 26, 2013, until the principal hereof shall have been paid. Any overdue payment (including any overdue
prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of Yield Maintenance Amount and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any overdue payment of interest, shall be payable semiannually as aforesaid on (or, at the option of the registered holder
hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the Default Rate. The “Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum from time to time equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, and
(ii) the greater of (a) 5.13% or (b) 2.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, from time to time in New York City as its Prime Rate. 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield Maintenance Amount payable with respect to this Note are to be made at the main
office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in New York City or at such other place as the holder hereof shall designate to the Company in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America. 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to a Master Note Purchase Agreement,
dated as of July 26, 2012 (herein called the “Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly
endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the
name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the
Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 

  
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 The Company agrees to make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts
specified in the Agreement. This Note is also subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, on the terms specified in the Agreement. 
 The Company and any and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties severally waive grace, demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor or default, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration
(except to the extent required in the Agreement), protest and diligence in collecting in connection with this Note, whether now or hereafter required by applicable law. 
 In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Agreement.

 Capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings as
defined in the Agreement. 
 THIS NOTE IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF SUCH STATE (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS NOTE TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION). 

 

					
	NORDSON CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Title:	 	 

  
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 Exhibit C 
 [FORM OF SERIES 2012-C NOTE] 
 NORDSON CORPORATION 

2.62% SENIOR NOTE, SERIES 2012-C, DUE JULY 26, 2021 
 No. C-                 
 PPN                 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, NORDSON CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio (herein called the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to
                        , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
$[            ] on July 26, 2021, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid balance thereof at the rate of 2.62% per annum from
the date hereof. Payments of interest shall be made semianually, on January 26 and July 26 in each year, commencing on January 26, 2013, until the principal hereof shall have been paid. Any overdue payment (including any overdue
prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of Yield Maintenance Amount and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any overdue payment of interest, shall be payable semiannually as aforesaid on (or, at the option of the registered holder
hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the Default Rate. The “Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum from time to time equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, and
(ii) the greater of (a) 4.62% or (b) 2.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, from time to time in New York City as its Prime Rate. 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield Maintenance Amount payable with respect to this Note are to be made at the main
office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in New York City or at such other place as the holder hereof shall designate to the Company in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America. 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to a Master Note Purchase Agreement,
dated as of July 26, 2012 (herein called the “Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly
endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the
name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the
Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 

  
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 The Company agrees to make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts
specified in the Agreement. This Note is also subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, on the terms specified in the Agreement. 
 The Company and any and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties severally waive grace, demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor or default, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration
(except to the extent required in the Agreement), protest and diligence in collecting in connection with this Note, whether now or hereafter required by applicable law. 
 In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Agreement.

 Capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings as
defined in the Agreement. 
 THIS NOTE IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF SUCH STATE (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS NOTE TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION). 

 

					
	NORDSON CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Title:	 	 

  
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 [FORM OF SERIES 2012-D NOTE] 

NORDSON CORPORATION 
 2.27% SENIOR NOTE, SERIES 2012-D DUE JULY 26, 2017 
 No.
D-                 

PPN                 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, NORDSON CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio
(herein called the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to                         , or registered assigns, the
principal sum of $[            ] on July 26, 2017, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid balance thereof at the rate of
2.27% per annum from the date hereof. Payments of interest shall be made semianually, on January 26 and July 26 in each year, commencing on January 26, 2013, until the principal hereof shall have been paid. Any overdue payment
(including any overdue prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of Yield Maintenance Amount and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any overdue payment of interest, shall be payable semiannually as aforesaid on (or, at the option of the
registered holder hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the Default Rate. The “Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum from time to time equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum rate permitted by
applicable law, and (ii) the greater of (a) 4.27% or (b) 2.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, from time to time in New York City as its Prime Rate. 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield Maintenance Amount payable with respect to this Note are to be made at the main
office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in New York City or at such other place as the holder hereof shall designate to the Company in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America. 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to a Master Note Purchase Agreement,
dated as of July 26, 2012 (herein called the “Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly
endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the
name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the
Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
 This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from
time to time in part, on the terms specified in the Agreement. 

  
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 The Company and any and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties severally waive grace,
demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor or default, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration (except to the extent required in the Agreement), protest and diligence in collecting in connection with this Note, whether now or
hereafter required by applicable law. 
 In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Note
may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Agreement. 
 Capitalized
terms used herein which are defined in the Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings as defined in the Agreement. 
 THIS NOTE IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF SUCH STATE (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE
CAUSE THIS NOTE TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION). 
  

					
	NORDSON CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Title:	 	 

  
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 EXHIBIT E 
 NORDSON CORPORATION 
 28601 Clemens Road 

Westlake, Ohio 44145 
 [            ] SUPPLEMENT TO MASTER NOTE PURCHASE 
 AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JULY 26, 2012 
 Dated as of
[            ] 
 TO EACH OF THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN 

THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A: 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 The
undersigned, Nordson Corporation, an Ohio corporation (herein called the “Company”), hereby agrees with you as set forth below: 
 1. Background. The Company entered into a Master Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 26, 2012 with the purchasers listed in Schedule A thereto [and one or more supplements or amendments
thereto] (as heretofore amended and supplemented, the “Note Purchase Agreement”) providing for the issuance by the Company of up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes in series. Pursuant to the Note Purchase
Agreement, the Company has issued $200,000,0000 aggregate principal amount of Series 2012 Notes [and {insert reference to any other series so issued}]. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed in the Note Purchase
Agreement. 
 2. Authorization of the New Series of Additional Notes. The Company has authorized the issue and sale of
[            ] aggregate principal amount of Notes to be designated as its [ %] Senior Notes, Series [            ], due
[            ], [            ] (the “Series [            ]
Notes”). The Series [            ] Notes, together with the Series 2012 Notes [and the Series [            ] Notes]
heretofore issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement and each series of Additional Notes that may from time to time hereafter be issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1B of the Note Purchase Agreement, are collectively referred to as
the “Notes” (such term shall also include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 11D of the Note Purchase Agreement). The Series [            ]
Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1 to this [            ] Supplement, (this “Supplement”) with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be
approved by you and the other Purchasers and the Company. 
 3. Sale and Purchase of Series
[            ] Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of this [            ] Supplement and the Note Purchase Agreement,
the Company will issue 

  
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and sell to you and each of the other Purchasers named in the attached Schedule A (the “Other Purchasers”), and you and each of the Other Purchasers will purchase from the Company, at
the Closing provided for in Section 4 below, Series [    ] Notes in the principal amount specified opposite your respective names in the attached Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. Your
obligation hereunder and the obligations of the Other Purchasers are several and not joint obligations and you shall have no liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance by any Other Purchaser hereunder. 

4. Closing. The sale and purchase of the Series [    ] Notes to be purchased by the Purchasers shall occur at
the offices of [                        ] at 9:00 a.m., [    ] time, at a closing (the
“Closing”) on [    ], [    ] or on such other Business Day thereafter on or prior to [    ], [    ] as may be agreed upon by the Company and you and the
Other Purchasers. At the Closing the Company will deliver to you the Series [    ] Notes to be purchased by you in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Series [    ] Notes in denominations of
at least $500,000 as you may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee), against delivery by you to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price
therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company to account number [            ]at [Name and Address of Bank], ABA No.
[            ]. If at the Closing the Company fails to tender such Series [    ] Notes to you as provided above in this Section 4, or any of the conditions
specified in Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled to your satisfaction, you shall, at your election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Supplement, without thereby waiving any rights you may have by reason of such failure or
such nonfulfillment. 
 5. Conditions to Closing. Your obligation to purchase and pay for the Series
[    ] Notes to be sold to you at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to your satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 of the Note Purchase Agreement, as hereafter modified, and
to the following additional conditions: 
 [Set forth any modifications and additional conditions.] 

6. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to you that each of the representations and
warranties contained in paragraph of the Note Purchase Agreement is true and correct as of the date hereof (unless limited to an earlier date, in which case, as of such earlier date) (i) except that all references to “Purchaser” and
“you” therein shall be deemed to refer to you and the Other Purchasers hereunder, all references to “this Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to the Note Purchase Agreement as supplemented by this Supplement, and all references
to “Notes” therein shall be deemed to include the Series [    ] Notes, and (ii) except for changes to such representations and warranties or the Schedules referred to therein that are set forth in the attached
Schedule 6. 
 7. Representations of the Purchasers. You confirm to the Company that the representations and agreements
set forth in paragraph 9 of the Note Purchase Agreement are true and correct as to such you. 
 8. Prepayment of the Series
[    ] Notes. [Insert here optional and mandatory prepayment provisions for the Series [    ] Notes, including prepayment premiums, breakage amounts or yield-maintenance amounts, if any.] 

  
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 9. Applicability of Note Purchase Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein (and expressly permitted by the Note Purchase Agreement), all of the provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement are incorporated by reference herein and shall apply to the Series [    ] Notes as if expressly set forth in
this Supplement. 
 If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on the accompanying
counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon the foregoing shall become a binding agreement between you and the Company. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	NORDSON CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  
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 The foregoing is agreed 
 to as of the date thereof. 
 [ADD PURCHASER SIGNATURE BLOCKS] 

  
 E-4

 SCHEDULE A 
 INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS 
  

			
	 Name and Address of Purchaser
	  	 Principal Amount of

Series [    ] Notes to be Purchased

 Register Notes in name of: 
  

	(1)	All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 

with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and
whether payment is of principal, premium, or interest. 
 For all payments other than scheduled payments of principal and
interest, the Company shall seek instructions from the holder, and in the absence of instructions to the contrary, will make such payments to the account and in the manner set forth above. 

 

	(2)	All notices of payments and written confirmations of such wire transfers: 

  

	(3)	Original notes delivered to: 

  

	(4)	All other communications: 

  

	(5)	Tax ID No. 

  
 E-5

 Schedule 6 to 
 [    ] Supplement 
 EXCEPTIONS TO REPRESENTATIONS

 AND WARRANTIES 

  
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 Exhibit 1 to 
 Supplement 
 FORM OF SERIES [    ] NOTE

  
 E-7

 EXHIBIT F 
 [FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S COUNSEL] 
 [Letterhead of Taft
Stettinius & Hollister LLP] 
 [Date of Closing] 

 

	
	[List Purchasers]
	  
	  
	  
	  

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 We have acted as counsel for Nordson Corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the Master Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2012, between the Company and each of the
Purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto (the “Note Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has issued to you today (i) $68,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.07% Senior Notes, Series 2012-A, due July 25, 2025;
(ii) $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.13% Senior Notes, Series 2012-B, due July 26, 2024; (iii) $37,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.62% Senior Notes, Series 2012-C, due July 26, 2021 and
(iv) $20,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.27% Senior Notes, Series 2012-D, due July 26, 2017 (the collectively, “Notes”). All terms used herein that are defined in the Note Agreement have the respective meanings
specified in the Note Agreement. This letter is being delivered to you in satisfaction of the condition set forth in paragraph 3C of the Note Agreement and with the understanding that you are purchasing the Notes in reliance on the opinions
expressed herein. 
 In this connection, we have examined such certificates of public officials, certificates of officers of the
Company and copies certified to our satisfaction of corporate documents and records of the Company and of other papers, and have made such other investigations, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for our opinion hereinafter set
forth. We have relied upon such certificates of public officials and of officers of the Company with respect to the accuracy of material factual matters contained therein which were not independently established; nothing, however, has come to our
attention to cause us to believe that any such factual matters are untrue. With respect to the opinion expressed in paragraph 3 below, we have also relied upon the representation made by each of you in paragraph 9A of the Note Agreement. 

Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that: 
 1. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio. The Company has all requisite corporate power to conduct its business as currently
conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted. 

  
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 2. The Company has all requisite corporate power to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under the Note Agreement and the Notes. The Note Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company and duly executed and delivered by authorized officers of the
Company, and are valid obligations of the Company, legally binding upon and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 

3. It is not necessary in connection with the offering, issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes under the circumstances
contemplated by the Note Agreement to register the Notes under the Securities Act or to qualify an indenture in respect of the Notes under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 

4. The extension, arranging and obtaining of the credit represented by the Notes do not result in any violation of
Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
 5. The execution and delivery of
the Note Agreement and the Notes, the offering, issuance and sale of the Notes and fulfillment of and compliance with the respective provisions of the Note Agreement and the Notes do not conflict with, or result in a breach of the terms, conditions
or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company [or any of its Subsidiaries] pursuant to, or require any
authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to or filing with any court, administrative or governmental body or other Person (other than routine filings after the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and/or state Blue Sky authorities) pursuant to, the charter or by-laws of the Company [or any of its Subsidiaries], any applicable law (including any securities or Blue Sky law), statute, rule or regulation or (insofar as is known to
us after having made due inquiry with respect thereto) any agreement (including, without limitation, any agreement listed in Schedule 8G to the Note Agreement), instrument, order, judgment or decree to which the Company [or any of its
Subsidiaries] is a party or otherwise subject. 
 6. The Company is not (a) an “investment
company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or an “investment adviser” within the meaning of the Investment Advisers Act of
1940, as amended, (b) a “holding company” of a “public utility company” of an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, within the meaning
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, or (c) a “public utility” within the meaning of the Federal Power Act, as amended. 
 7. To our knowledge, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any governmental authority either (i) with respect to the Note Agreement or the Notes or (ii)

  
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that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 [Customary assumptions and qualifications] 
 We acknowledge that
the Company has requested that this opinion letter be rendered to each of you and to any Transferee, that this opinion letter is rendered with the intention that each of you and any Transferee may rely on this opinion letter, and that each of you
and any Transferee may rely on this opinion letter. 
 Very truly yours, 

  
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 EXHIBIT G 
 FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE 
 NORDSON CORPORATION 

For Fiscal Quarter ended
                                 

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT: 
 (1) I am the duly elected [CEO/CFO/Treasurer] of NORDSON CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation (“Nordson”); 
 (2) I am familiar with the terms of that certain Master Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2012, among Nordson and the Purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto (as the same may from time to
time be amended, restated or otherwise modified, the “Agreement”, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the
transactions and condition of Nordson and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements; 
 (3) The review described in paragraph (2) above did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event that constitutes or constituted a Default or Event of Default, as
at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate; 
 (4)
Set forth on Attachment I hereto are calculations of the financial covenants set forth in Section 6A of the Credit Agreement, which calculations show compliance with the terms thereof and a calculation of Consolidated Total Assets. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this certificate the             day
of             , 20[    ]. 
  

			
	NORDSON CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  
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 SCHEDULE 8H 
 AGREEMENTS RESTRICTING DEBT 
  

	1.	Primary Credit Facility 

  

	2.	2008 Note Purchase Agreement 

  

	3.	2011 Note Purchase Agreement 

  

	4.	Bond Purchase Agreement by and among Emanuel County Development Authority as Issuer, the Company as Lessee, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Original Purchaser.

  

	5.	PNC Term Loan Agreement 

  
 8G-1EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 
 Execution Version 
 STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT 
 DATED AS OF MAY 18, 2012

 BY AND AMONG 

NORDSON CORPORATION 
 (“BUYER”) 
 AND 
 BERTRAM GROWTH
CAPITAL I, L.P., 
 A DELAWARE LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, 
 BERTRAM GROWTH CAPITAL II, L.P.,

 A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, 

AND 
 BERTRAM GROWTH CAPITAL II-A, L.P., 
 A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 
 (COLLECTIVELY, “SELLERS”) 
 AND 
 EDI HOLDINGS, INC.,
A DELAWARE CORPORATION 
 (THE
“COMPANY”) 

 TABLE OF
CONTENTS 
  

							
	 	 	 	  	Page	 
	 ARTICLE 1     BASIC TRANSACTION
	  	 	1	  
	 1.1
	 	Agreement to Purchase and Sell the Shares	  	 	1	  
	 1.2
	 	Cancellation of Company Options	  	 	2	  
		
	 ARTICLE 2     CONSIDERATION AND MANNER OF PAYMENT
	  	 	2	  
	 2.1
	 	Purchase Price	  	 	2	  
	 2.2
	 	Payment of Purchase Price and Other Closing Payments	  	 	3	  
	 2.3
	 	Working Capital Purchase Price Adjustment	  	 	4	  
		
	 ARTICLE 3     SELLERS’ AND COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	  	 	8	  
	 3.1
	 	Capitalization	  	 	8	  
	 3.2
	 	Authority	  	 	8	  
	 3.3
	 	Incorporation and Qualification	  	 	9	  
	 3.4
	 	Subsidiaries	  	 	9	  
	 3.5
	 	Organizational Documents	  	 	9	  
	 3.6
	 	No Conflict	  	 	10	  
	 3.7
	 	Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities	  	 	10	  
	 3.8
	 	Inventory, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable	  	 	11	  
	 3.9
	 	Equipment and Real Property	  	 	11	  
	 3.10
	 	Taxes	  	 	12	  
	 3.11
	 	Contracts	  	 	14	  
	 3.12
	 	Litigation	  	 	14	  
	 3.13
	 	Intellectual Property	  	 	15	  
	 3.14
	 	Absence of Certain Developments	  	 	17	  
	 3.15
	 	Insurance Policies	  	 	18	  
	 3.16
	 	Licenses and Permits; Compliance with Rules	  	 	19	  
	 3.17
	 	Employee Benefit Plans	  	 	19	  
	 3.18
	 	Environmental Matters	  	 	22	  
	 3.19
	 	Salaries	  	 	23	  
	 3.20
	 	Personnel Agreements, Plans and Arrangements	  	 	23	  
	 3.21
	 	Warranties	  	 	24	  
	 3.22
	 	Brokers	  	 	24	  
	 3.23
	 	Customers and Suppliers	  	 	24	  
	 3.24
	 	Related Party Transactions	  	 	24	  
	 3.25
	 	No Other Representations or Warranties; Schedules	  	 	25	  
		
	 ARTICLE 4     BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	  	 	25	  
	 4.1
	 	Organization	  	 	25	  
	 4.2
	 	Authority	  	 	25	  
	 4.3
	 	No Conflict	  	 	26	  
	 4.4
	 	Litigation	  	 	26	  
	 4.5
	 	Investment Intent	  	 	26	  
	 4.6
	 	Financial Capacity	  	 	26	  

							
	 4.7
	 	Brokers	  	 	27	  
	 4.8
	 	Representations	  	 	27	  
		
	 ARTICLE 5     PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
	  	 	27	  
	 5.1
	 	No Transfer or Inconsistent Action	  	 	27	  
	 5.2
	 	Conduct of Business in Ordinary Course	  	 	27	  
	 5.3
	 	Buyer’s Investigation	  	 	29	  
	 5.4
	 	Advice of Changes	  	 	29	  
	 5.5
	 	Reasonable Efforts	  	 	29	  
	 5.6
	 	Termination	  	 	29	  
	 5.7
	 	Public Announcement	  	 	30	  
	 5.8
	 	Consents; HSR Approval	  	 	30	  
	 5.9
	 	Supplements to Disclosure Schedules	  	 	31	  
	 5.10
	 	280G Covenant	  	 	31	  
	 5.11
	 	Director and Officer Liability and Indemnification	  	 	32	  
		
	 ARTICLE 6     CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
	  	 	32	  
	 6.1
	 	Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations	  	 	32	  
	 6.2
	 	Conditions to Obligations of Buyer	  	 	32	  
	 6.3
	 	Conditions to Obligations of Sellers	  	 	33	  
		
	 ARTICLE 7     CLOSING
	  	 	34	  
	 7.1
	 	Time and Place	  	 	34	  
	 7.2
	 	Deliveries of Sellers	  	 	34	  
	 7.3
	 	Deliveries of Buyer	  	 	35	  
		
	 ARTICLE 8     COVENANTS AFTER CLOSING
	  	 	36	  
	 8.1
	 	Further Conveyances	  	 	36	  
	 8.2
	 	Indemnification and Remedies	  	 	36	  
	 8.3
	 	Tax Matters	  	 	40	  
	 8.4
	 	Employee Benefits	  	 	43	  
	 8.5
	 	Release by Sellers	  	 	43	  
	 8.6
	 	Non-Solicitation	  	 	45	  
		
	 ARTICLE 9     MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	45	  
	 9.1
	 	Confidentiality	  	 	45	  
	 9.2
	 	Notices, Consents, etc.	  	 	46	  
	 9.3
	 	Amendment and Waiver	  	 	47	  
	 9.4
	 	Documents	  	 	47	  
	 9.5
	 	Counterparts	  	 	47	  
	 9.6
	 	Expenses	  	 	47	  
	 9.7
	 	Choice of Law	  	 	47	  
	 9.8
	 	Assignment	  	 	48	  
	 9.9
	 	Certain Rules of Construction	  	 	48	  
	 9.10
	 	Entire Agreement	  	 	61	  

							
	 9.11
	 	Third Parties	  	 	61	  
	 9.12
	 	Specific Performance	  	 	61	  
	 9.13
	 	Severability	  	 	61	  

 LIST OF EXHIBITS 

 

			
	 A
	  	Option Termination Agreement
		
	 B
	  	Escrow Agreement

 LIST OF SCHEDULES 

 

			
	 1.2
	  	Option Cancellation Payments
		
	 2.1(a)
	  	Closing Indebtedness Amount
		
	 2.1(b)
	  	Change-in-Control Payments
		
	 2.1(c)
	  	Allocation of Purchase Price Among Sellers
		
	 2.2(a)
	  	Post-Closing Indebtedness
		
	 2.2(d)
	  	Seller Transaction Expenses Payees
		
	 2.3(b)
	  	Example Working Capital Calculation
		
	 3.1
	  	Capitalization
		
	 3.1(a)
	  	List of Disqualified Persons
		
	 3.3
	  	Subsidiaries and Foreign Qualifications
		
	 3.6
	  	Transactions Not a Breach
		
	 3.7
	  	Financial Statements
		
	 3.8(a)
	  	Inventory
		
	 3.8(b)
	  	Accounts Receivable
		
	 3.9(a)
	  	Personal Property Leases
		
	 3.9(b)
	  	Leased Real Property
		
	 3.9(e)
	  	Real Estate Options
		
	 3.10(a)
	  	Taxes
		
	 3.10(b)
	  	Tax Audits
		
	 3.10(c)
	  	Jurisdiction of Filed Tax Returns
		
	 3.11
	  	Material Contracts
		
	 3.12
	  	Litigation
		
	 3.13(c)
	  	Intellectual Property Licenses
		
	 3.13(e)
	  	List of Patents, Marks and Copyrights
		
	 3.13(f)
	  	Intellectual Property Contracts
		
	 3.13(h)
	  	Intellectual Property Claims Against Company

			
	 3.13(i)
	  	Intellectual Property Claims By Company
		
	 3.13(m)
	  	Software
		
	 3.14
	  	Absence of Certain Developments
		
	 3.15
	  	Insurance Policies
		
	 3.16
	  	Licenses and Permits
		
	 3.17(a)
	  	List of Employee Benefit Plans
		
	 3.17(b)
	  	Unwritten Employee Benefit Plans
		
	 3.17(c)
	  	Compliance of Employee Benefit Plans
		
	 3.17(f)
	  	Multiemployer Plans, Pension Plan or Retiree Welfare Plan
		
	 3.17(j)
	  	Termination/Amendment of Employee Benefit Plans
		
	 3.17(k)
	  	Employment Agreements
		
	 3.17(m)
	  	Foreign Benefit Plans
		
	 3.18
	  	Environmental Matters
		
	 3.19
	  	Salaries
		
	 3.20
	  	Personnel Agreements, Plans and Arrangements
		
	 3.21
	  	Warranties
		
	 3.22
	  	Brokers Fees
		
	 3.23
	  	Customers and Suppliers
		
	 3.24
	  	Related Party Transactions
		
	 5.2(b)
	  	Conduct of Business in Ordinary Course
		
	 6.2(e)
	  	Sellers’ Consents
		
	 6.3(d)
	  	Buyer’s Consents
		
	 8.2(a)
	  	Covered Matters

 STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) dated effective as of May 18, 2012 (the “Effective Date”) by and among Nordson Corporation, an Ohio corporation (“Buyer”), and BERTRAM
GROWTH CAPITAL I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“BGC I”), BERTRAM GROWTH CAPITAL II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“BGC II”), and BERTRAM GROWTH CAPITAL II-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“BGC II-A,” and each of BGC I, BGC II and BGC II-A are referred to
herein as a “Seller,” and collectively, “Sellers”), and EDI HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), recites and provides as
follows: 
 RECITALS 
 A. Sellers in the aggregate own of record all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of EDI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and all of the voting power
of the outstanding capital stock of the Company. The Company’s outstanding capital stock consists solely of Series A preferred shares (the “Shares”). 

B. The Company is the record owner of all the issued and outstanding equity of Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“EDI LLC”), which in turn is the record owner of all the issued and outstanding equity of Premier Dies Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“Premier,” and together with EDI LLC, the
“Domestic Subsidiaries”), EDI Precision Dies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., a Chinese company limited (“EDI China”), EDI Asia Pacific KK, a Japanese business corporation (“EDI Japan”),
and EDI GmbH, a German company with limited liability (“EDI Germany”). EDI Germany is the record owner of all the issued and outstanding equity of Extrusion Dies Management GmbH, a German company with limited liability
(“Management GmbH”), and EDI Germany is the sole limited partner and Management GmbH is the sole general partner of EDI GmbH & Co KG, a German limited partnership (“KG,” and together with EDI
China, EDI Japan, EDI Germany, and Management GmbH, the “Foreign Subsidiaries,” and collectively with the Domestic Subsidiaries, the “Subsidiaries”). 

C. Buyer desires to acquire from Sellers, and Sellers desire to sell to Buyer, the Shares, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein. 
 D. Defined terms used herein are defined in the list of definitions contained in Section 9.9(e)
and sometimes directly in the text in which they are used. 
 NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants of the parties as hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

ARTICLE 1 
 BASIC TRANSACTION 
 1.1
Agreement to Purchase and Sell the Shares. At Closing, Buyer shall purchase from Sellers, and Sellers shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Buyer, on the terms and subject to the

 
conditions contained in this Agreement, the Shares, free and clear of all Liens of any kind or nature. At Closing, Sellers shall deliver to Buyer certificates evidencing the Shares, duly endorsed
or with duly endorsed stock powers in favor of Buyer. 
 1.2 Cancellation of Company Options. Effective as of the
Closing, each stock option that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing (each, a “Company Option,” and collectively, the “Company Options”) granted under any Company Stock Plan, without regard
to the extent then vested and exercisable, shall be terminated and, in consideration of such termination, Buyer shall, or shall cause the Company to, at Closing, pay to each holder of Company Options, an amount in respect thereof equal to the amount
specified next to each holder’s name on Schedule 1.2, which Schedule may be updated from time to time by Sellers no later than two (2) Business Days prior to Closing, such specified amounts to be gross of all Taxes that are
owed by the Company or the holder (the “Option Cancellation Payments”), and the payments actually made by the Company to each holder shall be net of the Company’s portion of all employment, FICA and related Taxes as well
as any required withholdings that the Company is required to make with respect to the holder. No Option Cancellation Payment shall be made to any holder pursuant to this Section 1.2 unless the holder executes, delivers and
continues to comply with an Option Termination Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A (an “Option Termination Agreement”). As of the Closing, all Company Options shall no longer be outstanding
and shall automatically terminate and cease to exist, and each holder of a Company Option shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto other than the right to receive the cash payment, if any, contemplated by this
Section 1.2. 
 ARTICLE 2 

CONSIDERATION AND MANNER OF PAYMENT 

2.1 Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the Shares (the “Purchase Price”) is an amount
equal to (i) $200,000,000, (ii) minus the amount set forth on Schedule 2.1(a), which may be updated from time to time by Sellers prior to Closing (the “Closing Indebtedness Amount”),
(iii) minus the amount of the Option Cancellation Payments, (iv) minus the amount set forth on Schedule 2.1(b), which may be updated from time to time by Sellers prior to Closing (the
“Change-in-Control Payments”), (v) minus the aggregate amount of the Seller Transaction Expenses (the “Seller Transaction Expenses Amount”), (vi) plus an amount equal to the
positive Estimated Adjustment or minus an amount equal to the negative Estimated Adjustment, as the case may be, (vii) plus an amount equal to the value of the outstanding German letters of credit as of Closing identified as
Item 2 on Schedule 2.2(a), which schedule may be updated from time to time by Sellers prior to Closing, and (viii) plus an amount of Cash to remain with the Company at the Closing, which amount shall be mutually agreed
between Buyer and Sellers taking into account the Company’s historical cash needs for normal operations. The Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment post-Closing as set forth in Section 2.3. The Purchase Price shall be
allocated between Sellers as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) (the relative allocation among the Sellers being their respective “Allocable Percentage”), which may be updated from time to time by Sellers prior to
Closing. For purposes of the foregoing clause (vii), such amount shall be equal to the United States dollar equivalent (using the Exchange Rate) of the Euro balances 

  
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contained in the Subsidiaries’ bank accounts supporting such letters of credit (assuming for this purpose that such accounts continue to maintain balances in accordance with the requirements
of such letters of credit). 
 2.2 Payment of Purchase Price and Other Closing Payments. 

(a) Taking into account the Closing payments to be made by Buyer pursuant to Section 2.2(b), the
Company shall be transferred free of Indebtedness and Cash at Closing except as otherwise specified herein, and all Indebtedness shall be repaid at or prior to Closing with the exception of Indebtedness listed on Schedule 2.2(a), which
shall remain outstanding and continue as an obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries. With respect to the letters of credit set forth in Item 1 on Schedule 2.2(a), Buyer shall, at the Closing, either (i) provide cash
collateral to the issuer of such letters of credit in support of such letters of credit or (ii) arrange for a new letter(s) of credit to support such letters, in either case, in order to permit the Company’s credit facility with Bank of
Montreal to be terminated as of the Closing. 
 (b) Buyer shall deposit with KeyBank, N.A., as escrow agent (the
“Escrow Agent”), pursuant to an Escrow Agreement by and among Buyer, Sellers, the Escrow Agent and the Persons receiving Option Cancellation Payments substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the
“Escrow Agreement”), (i) an amount equal to $5,000,000 (the “General Escrow Amount”) as a source for the payment and discharge of any indemnification obligations owed to any Buyer Indemnified
Party as set forth herein, and (ii) an amount equal to $500,000 (the “Working Capital Escrow Amount”) as a source for the payment and discharge of any adjustments to the Purchase Price payable to Buyer pursuant to
Section 2.3(f), to be disbursed as and to the extent provided in the Escrow Agreement. The General Escrow Amount and the Working Capital Escrow Amount shall include the amounts withheld from the Option Cancellation Payments
pursuant to the Option Termination Agreements (the “Option Holder Escrow Funds”). 
 (c)
Buyer shall pay to Sellers at Closing an amount equal to the Purchase Price less an amount equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the General Escrow Amount plus the Working Capital Escrow Amount, and (ii) the Option Holder Escrow
Funds, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by each Seller. 
 (d) At
Closing, Buyer shall cause the Company to pay to (i) each Person identified on Schedule 1.2 who has signed, delivered to the Company and is in compliance with an Option Termination Agreement the amount specified next to such
Person’s name therein by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds, less all Taxes required to be deducted and withheld by the Company with respect to amounts payable under the Option Termination Agreements and less
the applicable Option Holder Escrow Funds; (ii) the Closing Indebtedness Amount to the Persons designated on Schedule 2.1(a); (iii) the Change-in-Control Payments to the Persons designated on Schedule 2.1(b),
less all Taxes required to be deducted and withheld by the Company with respect to amounts payable thereunder; and (iv) the Seller Transaction Expenses Amount to the Persons designated on Schedule 2.2(d), which Persons may
be updated from time to time by Sellers prior to Closing. None of the foregoing payments shall be deemed to be consideration to Sellers for the Shares. 

  
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 2.3 Working Capital Purchase Price Adjustment. The Purchase Price shall be
subject to adjustment as follows: 
 (a) Working Capital Collar Amounts. If the Operating Working
Capital as of the Closing Date (as determined in the final Closing Statement, as defined below) (the “Closing Operating Working Capital”) is greater than $3,616,000 (the “Upper Collar Amount”), the
Purchase Price will be increased by an amount equal to (i) the amount of the Closing Operating Working Capital, less (ii) the Upper Collar Amount (the “Purchase Price Increase Amount”). If the Closing
Operating Working Capital is less than $3,272,000 (the “Lower Collar Amount”), the Purchase Price will be decreased by an amount equal to (i) the Lower Collar Amount, less (ii) the Closing Operating Working
Capital (the “Purchase Price Decrease Amount”). If the Closing Operating Working Capital is between the Upper Collar Amount and the Lower Collar Amount (the “Working Capital Collar”), then there shall
be no Purchase Price adjustment. 
 (b) Calculation of Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital.
At least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Sellers will deliver to Buyer an estimate of the Closing Operating Working Capital (the “Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital”). The Estimated Closing
Operating Working Capital shall be accompanied by reasonable supporting documentation, and shall be prepared in a manner consistent with the example working capital calculation attached hereto as Schedule 2.3(b) (the
“Example Working Capital Calculation”) and the line items, adjustments, accounting principles and practices referred to therein. Buyer shall have the right to review the Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital and such
supporting documentation or data of the Company and its Subsidiaries as Buyer may reasonably request. If Buyer does not agree with the Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital, Sellers and Buyer shall negotiate in good faith to mutually agree on
an acceptable Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital, and Sellers shall consider in good faith any proposed comments or changes that Buyer may reasonably suggest; provided, however, that the failure to include in the Estimated Closing
Operating Working Capital any changes proposed by Buyer, or the acceptance by Buyer of the Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital, or the consummation of the Closing, shall not limit or otherwise affect Buyer’s remedies under this
Agreement, including Buyer’s right to include such changes or other changes in the Closing Statement (as hereinafter defined), or constitute an acknowledgment by Buyer of the accuracy of the Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital;
provided, further, that the failure of Buyer and Sellers to reach such mutual agreement shall not give any party the right to terminate this Agreement or otherwise fail to close the transactions contemplated hereunder. The Estimated Closing
Operating Working Capital as agreed to by Sellers and Buyer or, if Sellers and Buyer fail to reach agreement, as delivered by Sellers, shall be the figure used for purposes of determining the Estimated Adjustment (as defined below). 

(c) Estimated Adjustment at Closing. At Closing, but subject to final adjustment post-Closing pursuant to
Section 2.3(f), the Purchase Price shall be increased by the amount, if any, that the Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital exceeds the Upper Collar Amount, or decreased by the amount, if any, that the Lower Collar Amount
exceeds the Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital (any such difference, the “Estimated Adjustment”). If the Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital is within the Working Capital Collar, no Estimated Adjustment to
the Purchase Price shall be made. 

  
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 (d) Preparation of Closing Statement. As promptly as possible,
but in any event within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Buyer will deliver to Sellers its calculation of the Closing Operating Working Capital (the “Closing Statement”). The Closing Statement shall be accompanied
by reasonable supporting documentation and shall be prepared in a manner consistent with the Example Working Capital Calculation and the line items, adjustments, accounting principles and practices referred to therein. 

(e) Review of Closing Statement. Buyer will, and will cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to,
(i) provide Sellers and their respective representatives with reasonable access during normal business hours to the books, records (including work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents), supporting data, facilities and employees of
the Company and its Subsidiaries responsible for the preparation of the Closing Statement for purposes of their review of the Closing Statement, and (ii) cooperate in all reasonable respects with Sellers and their respective representatives in
connection with such review, including providing on a timely basis all other information necessary in connection with the review of the Closing Statement as is reasonably requested by Sellers or their respective representatives. If Sellers have any
objections to the Closing Statement, Sellers will deliver to Buyer a statement setting forth their objections thereto (an “Objections Statement”), which statement will identify in reasonable detail those items and amounts to
which Sellers object (the “Disputed Items”). If an Objections Statement is not delivered to Buyer within sixty (60) days after delivery of the Closing Statement, the Closing Statement as prepared by Buyer will be final,
binding and non-appealable by the parties; provided that, in the event Buyer, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not provide any papers or documents reasonably requested by the Sellers or any of their authorized representatives
within five (5) days of request therefor (or such shorter period as may remain in such 60-day period), such 60-day period will be extended by one (1) day for each additional day required for Buyer, the Company or one of its Subsidiaries to
fully respond to such request. Sellers and Buyer will negotiate in good faith to resolve the Disputed Items, but if they do not reach a final resolution within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Objections Statement to Buyer, Sellers or
Buyer may submit, within ten (10) days after the expiration of the 30-day period and with a copy of such submission to the other party, any unresolved Disputed Items to KPMG LLP (the “Accounting Firm”). In the event the
parties submit any unresolved Disputed Items to the Accounting Firm, each party will submit a Closing Statement (which in the case of each party may be a Closing Statement that, with respect to the unresolved Disputed Items (but not, for the
avoidance of doubt, with respect to any other items), is different than the Closing Statement initially submitted to Sellers, or the Objections Statement delivered to Buyer, as applicable) together with such supporting documentation as it deems
appropriate, to the Accounting Firm, with a copy to the other party, within thirty (30) days after the date on which such unresolved Disputed Items were submitted to the Accounting Firm for resolution. Sellers and Buyer will each be entitled to
meet with the Accounting Firm and will use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Accounting Firm to resolve such dispute as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days after the date on which the
Accounting Firm receives the Closing Statements prepared by Sellers and Buyer. The Accounting Firm shall review only the unresolved Disputed Items and will resolve such items by issuing a written ruling, which shall include a revised balance sheet
consistent with the principles stated in Section 2.3(d) and setting forth the Accounting Firm’s calculation of Closing Operating 

  
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Working Capital (provided that the Accounting Firm’s resolution of each unresolved Disputed Item shall consist of the determination of an appropriate value for each such item, which value
shall be equal to one of, or between, the values proposed in the Closing Statement submitted by Buyer to the Accounting Firm and in the Closing Statement submitted by Sellers to the Accounting Firm). Sellers and Buyer will use their respective
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Accounting Firm to notify them in writing of its resolution of such dispute as soon as practicable. The Closing Statement rendered by the Accounting Firm will be final, binding and non-appealable by the
parties. Each party will bear its own costs and expenses in connection with the resolution of such dispute by the Accounting Firm. Buyer shall bear a portion of the costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm determined by multiplying the total such
costs and expenses by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate dollar amount of the unresolved Disputed Items submitted to the Accounting Firm that are resolved by the Accounting Firm in Sellers’ favor, and the denominator
of which is the aggregate dollar amount of such unresolved Disputed Items. Sellers shall bear the balance of such costs and expenses. 
 (f) Final Purchase Price Adjustments Based on Closing Statement. Within ten (10) Business Days of the date that the Closing Statement is declared final pursuant to
Section 2.3(e) (the “Closing Statement Date”), the following adjustments (if any) to the Purchase Price shall be made: 

(i) In the event that the Closing Operating Working Capital determined in the Closing Statement results in a Purchase
Price increase pursuant to Section 2.3(a), then: 
 (A) if there was a positive Estimated
Adjustment at Closing by way of an increase in the Purchase Price, and the Purchase Price Increase Amount exceeds such positive Estimated Adjustment, then the Buyer shall pay to the Sellers an amount equal to the difference between the Purchase
Price Increase Amount and such positive Estimated Adjustment; or 
 (B) if there was a positive Estimated
Adjustment at Closing by way of an increase in the Purchase Price, but such positive Estimated Adjustment exceeds the Purchase Price Increase Amount, the Sellers shall pay the Buyer an amount equal to the difference between such positive Estimated
Adjustment and the Purchase Price Increase Amount; or 
 (C) if there was no Estimated Adjustment at Closing,
the Buyer shall pay to the Sellers an amount equal to the Purchase Price Increase Amount; or 
 (D) if there was
a negative Estimated Adjustment at Closing by way of a decrease in the Purchase Price, the Buyer shall pay to the Sellers an amount equal to the Purchase Price Increase Amount, plus the absolute value of such negative Estimated Adjustment.

 (ii) In the event that the Closing Operating Working Capital determined in the Closing Statement results in a
Purchase Price decrease pursuant to Section 2.3(a), then: 
 (A) if there was a negative
Estimated Adjustment at Closing by way of a decrease in the Purchase Price, and the absolute value of the Purchase Price Decrease Amount exceeds the absolute value of such negative Estimated Adjustment, the Sellers shall pay the

  
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Buyer an amount equal to the difference between the absolute value of the Purchase Price Decrease Amount and the absolute value of such negative Estimated Adjustment; or 

(B) if there was a negative Estimated Adjustment at Closing by way of a decrease in the Purchase Price, but the absolute
value of such negative Estimated Adjustment exceeds the absolute value of the Purchase Price Decrease Amount, the Buyer shall pay the Sellers an amount equal to the difference between the absolute value of such negative Estimated Adjustment and the
absolute value of the Purchase Price Decrease Amount; or 
 (C) if there was no Estimated Adjustment at Closing,
the Sellers shall pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the absolute value of the Purchase Price Decrease Amount; or 
 (D) if there was a positive Estimated Adjustment at Closing by way of an increase in the Purchase Price, the Sellers shall pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the absolute value of the Purchase Price
Decrease Amount, plus the amount of such positive Estimated Adjustment. 
 (iii) In the event that the Closing
Operating Working Capital determined in the Closing Statement results in no adjustment to the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.3(a), then: 

(A) if there was a positive Estimated Adjustment at Closing by way of an increase in the Purchase Price, the Sellers
shall pay to the Buyer an amount equal to such positive Estimated Adjustment; or 
 (B) if there was a negative
Estimated Adjustment at Closing by way of a decrease in the Purchase Price, the Buyer shall pay the Sellers an amount equal to the absolute value of such negative Estimated Adjustment. 

(g) Final Payments. Any final payments required pursuant to Section 2.3(f), shall be made
within ten (10) Business Days of the Closing Statement Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds; provided, however, that any payment due to Buyer shall first be paid out of the Working Capital Escrow Amount. In the event the
Working Capital Escrow Amount is not sufficient to satisfy any amount due to Buyer under Section 2.3(f), Sellers shall pay the unpaid balance to Buyer by wire transfer of immediately available funds within ten (10) Business
Days of the Closing Statement Date. Any such final payments under Section 2.3(f) shall be made either from Buyer to Sellers, or from Sellers to Buyer, as the case may be, in the same proportion as the Purchase Price was made to
Sellers. Any amount to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.3 will be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for all purposes. Following final payment, if any, to Buyer of any amount due to Buyer pursuant to
Section 2.3(f) from the Working Capital Escrow Amount, Sellers and Buyer shall deliver a joint written instruction to the Escrow Agent instructing it to release the remaining balance of the Working Capital Escrow Amount in
accordance with the Escrow Agreement. 

  
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 ARTICLE 3 

SELLERS’ AND COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES 
 Sellers and the Company represent and warrant to Buyer as
follows: 
 3.1 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 80,000,000 shares of
common stock, of which none are outstanding, and 60,000,000 shares of Series A preferred stock, of which 49,000,000 are outstanding and comprise the Shares. Sellers own all of the Shares in the amounts set forth on Schedule 3.1. The
issued and outstanding equity interests of each Subsidiary (the “Subsidiary Shares”) are set forth on Schedule 3.1. The Shares and the Subsidiary Shares have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully
paid and non-assessable and were not issued in violation of any purchase or call option, right of first refusal, subscription right, preemptive right or any similar rights. The Shares and the Subsidiary Shares are owned as set forth on
Schedule 3.1 in each case free and clear of all Liens. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1, there are no outstanding (a) securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or
purchase shares of the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary; (b) options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements, to which any Seller, the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, to purchase or subscribe for the capital stock of
the Company or any Subsidiary; or (c) contracts, commitments, agreements, understandings or arrangements of any kind, to which any Seller, the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or
any Subsidiary or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such options, warrants, calls or rights. None of any Seller, the Company or any Subsidiary is a party to any voting trust or other voting agreement with respect to any of the
capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary or to any agreement relating to the issuance, sale, redemption, transfer or other disposition of the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary. With respect to each Company Option listed thereon,
Schedule 3.1 lists the name of the holder, the grant date, the termination date, the exercise price, and the vesting dates and/or terms. Each such Company Option was granted with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the
underlying common stock as of the date of grant. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, neither Buyer, the Company nor any Subsidiary will have any obligations in respect of the Company Options, including any
obligation to make any cash or non-cash payment in respect of such Company Option, except with respect to payment of the Option Cancellation Amounts as contemplated by this Agreement. 

3.2 Authority. 
 (a) Each Seller has the absolute and unrestricted right, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and
to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. This Agreement has been, and the Transaction Documents to which each Seller is a party will be at or prior to the Closing, duly and validly executed and delivered by such Seller, and (assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto) this Agreement constitutes, and the Transaction Documents to which each Seller is a party will constitute at or prior to the Closing, the legal, valid, and binding
obligation of such Seller, enforceable against such Seller in accordance with its and their terms. 

  
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 (b) The Company represents and warrants that it has the absolute and
unrestricted right, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. This Agreement has been, and
the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party will be at or prior to the Closing, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company, and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and
thereto) this Agreement constitutes, and the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party will constitute at or prior to the Closing, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its and their terms. 
 3.3 Incorporation and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of the Subsidiaries is duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization as set forth on
Schedule 3.3. The Company and each Subsidiary has full power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to own or hold under lease the properties and assets it now owns or holds under lease. The Company and
each Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in the jurisdictions in which the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s failure to qualify as a foreign corporation has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any Subsidiary. Each Seller is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and carry on its business as now conducted. 
 3.4 Subsidiaries. Other
than the Subsidiaries, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any subsidiaries or owns, directly or indirectly, any stock, partnership interest, joint venture interest or other equity interest in any other Person. No insolvency proceedings
concerning the Foreign Subsidiaries are pending or have been applied for and there are no facts or circumstances requiring the application for any such proceedings. 
 3.5 Organizational Documents. Complete and correct copies of the Company’s charter and all amendments thereof to date, certified by the applicable state regulatory authority, and the
bylaws of the Company, as amended to date, certified by an officer of the Company, have been delivered to Buyer. Complete and correct copies of each Subsidiary’s organizational documents, as amended to date, certified by an appropriate employee
or officer of such Subsidiary or the applicable regulatory authority, have been delivered to Buyer. The minute books of the Company and each Subsidiary previously made available to Buyer contain accurate records of all meetings for which written
records were maintained. The Company and each Subsidiary has maintained its corporate records consistent with all applicable Rules. The stock certificate books and stock transfer ledgers of the Company and each Subsidiary previously made available
to Buyer are complete and correct. Complete and correct copies of (a) the current articles of association of each of EDI Germany and Management GmbH, (b) the current partnership agreement of KG and (c) current commercial register
excerpts for each of EDI Germany, Management GmbH and KG have been delivered to Buyer. There are no circumstances requiring registration in the commercial register of EDI Germany, Management GmbH or KG that are not so registered. 

  
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 3.6 No Conflict. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6:

 (a) None of the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by any Seller or the Company, the
performance by any Seller or the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, nor compliance by any Seller or the Company with any of the provisions thereof, will conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, conflict with or default
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to a loss of a material benefit under, or give rise to any obligation of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries to make any payment under, or to the increased, additional, accelerated or guaranteed rights or entitlements of any Person under, or result in the creation of any Liens upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries under, any provision of (i) the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or comparable organizational documents of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; (ii) any Material Contract, or Permit to which the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries are bound; (iii) any Order applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or any of the properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary; or (iv) any applicable Rule. 
 (b) No consent, waiver, approval, Order, Permit or authorization
of, or declaration or filing with, or notification to, any Person or Governmental Body is required on the part of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with (i) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the
compliance by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with any of the provisions thereof, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or (ii) the continuing validity and effectiveness immediately following the Closing of any
Permit or Material Contract of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, except for (A) compliance with the applicable requirements of the HSR Act and (B) any other applicable Antitrust Laws. 

3.7 Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities. 

(a) The Company has delivered to Buyer copies of (i) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company (other
than Premier) as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011 and the related audited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and statements of stockholders’ equity of the Company for the years then ended (the “Audited
Financial Statements”), (ii) the compiled balance sheet of Premier as of December 31, 2010, and the related statements of income, statements of stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, together
with the notes thereto and the report thereon, and the compiled balance sheet of Premier as of December 31, 2011, and the related statements of income and cash flows of Premier for the twelve-month period then ended (the “Premier
Financial Statements”), and (iii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of April 30, 2012, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company for the four month period then
ended (the “Unaudited Financial Statements”) (such Audited Financial Statements, Premier Financial Statements, and Unaudited Financial Statements, including the related notes and schedules thereto, are referred to herein as
the “Financial Statements”). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.7, each of the Financial Statements is complete and correct in all material respects, has been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
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material respects the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company, or Premier, as applicable, as of the dates and for the periods indicated therein,
subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of complete notes in the case of the Unaudited Financial Statements. For the purposes hereof, the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2011 is referred to as
the “Balance Sheet” and December 31, 2011 is referred to as the “Balance Sheet Date.” 
 (b) To the knowledge of Sellers, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any Indebtedness or Liabilities of the nature required to be disclosed in a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP other
than those (i) specifically reflected on and fully reserved against in the Balance Sheet, (ii) incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the Balance Sheet Date or (iii) that are immaterial to the Company and the Subsidiaries.

 3.8 Inventory, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. 

(a) Inventory. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8(a), the Inventory has been acquired
and maintained in the Ordinary Course of Business, is new and unused, of good and merchantable quality, consists substantially of the quality and condition usable, leasable or saleable in the Ordinary Course of Business, and is not subject to any
write-down or write-off for obsolescence or otherwise under accounting policies and procedures maintained and applied by the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, except for adequate provision for same consistent with, but in no event larger
than is required by GAAP. Since the Balance Sheet Date, no Inventory has been sold or disposed of except through sales or other disposals in the Ordinary Course of Business. 

(b) Accounts Receivable. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8(b), all Accounts Receivable
have arisen in bona fide, arm’s-length transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business and represent valid obligations for goods or products sold and delivered or services rendered by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. To Sellers’
knowledge, none of such Accounts Receivable or other debts are or will at the Closing Date be subject to any counter-claim or set off. Since the Balance Sheet Date, all Accounts Receivable have arisen in the Ordinary Course of Business for goods
sold and delivered or for services rendered. 
 (c) Accounts Payable. All of the Accounts Payable
have arisen in bona fide, arm’s-length transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business, and the Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, have been paying their respective accounts payable in the Ordinary Course of Business. 

3.9 Equipment and Real Property. 
 (a) Schedule 3.9(a) sets forth all leases of personal property (“Personal Property Leases”) involving annual payments in excess of $100,000 relating to personal
property used in the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary are bound. The Company and its Subsidiaries have delivered or
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supplements thereto. All of the Equipment has been maintained in accordance with normal industry practice and is in good operating condition and repair (reasonable wear and tear excepted). Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.9(a), the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, have good, valid, and marketable title to all of the Equipment, and all Equipment is owned free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, or
such Liens that will be released or caused to be released on or before the Closing Date. 
 (b) Neither the
Company nor any of the Subsidiaries own any real estate. Schedule 3.9(b) sets forth a true and complete list of all leases (“Leases”) for any real property leased by the Company or any Subsidiary
(“Leased Real Property”). The Company has delivered to Buyer a true and complete copy of each such Lease. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9(b), with respect to each of the Leases: (i) such Lease is legal,
valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect subject only to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratoriums or similar laws at the time in effect affecting the enforceability or right of creditors generally and by general equitable
principles which may limit the right to obtain equitable remedies; (ii) the Company, the Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of Sellers such other party to the Lease, are not in breach or default under such Lease; and (iii) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries currently subleases, licenses or otherwise grants any Person the right to use or occupy such Leased Real Property or any portion thereof. 

(c) There does not exist any actual or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings
that affect the Leased Real Property or any part thereof, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice of the intention of any Governmental Body or other Person to take or use all or any part thereof. 

(d) None of the Sellers, the Company or any Subsidiary has received any written notice from any insurance company that has
issued a policy with respect to the Leased Real Property requiring performance of any structural or other repairs or alterations to the Leased Real Property. 
 (e) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9(e), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary owns or holds, and is obligated under or a party to, any option, right of first refusal or other
contractual right to purchase, acquire, sell, assign or dispose of any real estate or any portion thereof or interest therein. 

3.10 Taxes. 
 (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10(a), (i) all material Taxes due and payable (whether or not shown as due and payable on any Tax Return) by the Company and each of the
Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date have been timely paid in full; (ii) all material Tax Returns required to be timely filed by the Company and each of the Subsidiaries with respect to the operation of their respective businesses with due
dates (including extensions) prior to the Closing Date have been or will be filed on or before the Closing Date in accordance with all applicable laws; (iii) all such Tax Returns are correct and complete; (iv) the assets of the
Company and the Subsidiaries are not and will not be encumbered by any Liens arising out of unpaid Taxes which are due and payable during any taxable period ending before or on and including the Closing Date; and (v) all Taxes that the Company
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been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been properly and timely paid to the appropriate Governmental Body. 

(b) The Company and the Subsidiaries have delivered or made available to Buyer (i) complete and correct copies of all
material Tax Returns of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries relating to Taxes for all taxable periods for which the applicable statute of limitations has not yet expired and (ii) complete and correct copies of all revenue agent reports,
information document requests, notices of proposed deficiencies, deficiency notices, protests, petitions, closing agreements, settlement agreements, and any similar documents submitted by, received by, or agreed to by or on behalf of the Company or
any Subsidiary relating to Taxes for all taxable periods for which the statute of limitations has not yet expired. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10(b), no examination or audit of any Tax Return of the Company or any Subsidiary by
any Governmental Body is currently in progress or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened or contemplated and no such examination or audit has occurred during the past five years. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has been informed in writing
by any jurisdiction that the jurisdiction believes or claims that the Company or any Subsidiary was required to file any Tax Return that was not filed. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10(b), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
(x) waived, nor had waived on its behalf, any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to extend the period for assessment or collection of any Taxes, which extension is still in force; (y) requested any extension of time
within which to file any Tax Return, which Tax Return has not yet been filed; or (z) executed or filed any power of attorney with respect to Taxes with any Governmental Authority which is still in force. 

(c) Schedule 3.10(c) sets forth each jurisdiction (other than United States federal) in which the
Company and each Subsidiary files, to Sellers’ knowledge is required to file, or to Sellers’ knowledge has been required to file a Tax Return or is or has been liable for any Taxes on a “nexus” basis since January 1, 2011.

 (d) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10(d), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will be
required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or any portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date (i) under Section 481 of the Code (or any similar adjustments
under any provision of the Code or the corresponding foreign, state or local Tax laws) by reason of a change in method of accounting in any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date, (ii) pursuant to the provisions of any closing
agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date, (iii) as a result of any intercompany transactions or any excess
loss account described in Section 1.1502-19 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar adjustments under any provision of the Code or the corresponding foreign, state or local Tax laws), (iv) as a result of the installment method of
accounting, the completed contract method of accounting or the cash method of accounting with respect to a transaction that occurred prior to the Closing Date, (v) as a result of any prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date or
(vi) as a result of any election under Section 108(i) of the Code (or any similar adjustments under any provision of the Code or the corresponding foreign, state or local Tax laws) with respect to the discharge of any indebtedness on or
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 (e) During the past five years, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
distributed the stock of another Person, or has had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by Sections 355 or 361 of the Code. 

(f) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has engaged or participated in any “reportable transaction” as
defined in Section 6707A of the Code or Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011 4(b) or any analogous or predecessor provision of foreign, state or local law. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity,
Tax sharing or Tax allocation agreement, arrangement or similar contract. 
 (g) Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has been a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group or participated in any other arrangement whereby any income, revenues, receipts, gain or loss was determined or taken into account for Tax purposes with reference
to or in conjunction with any income, revenues, receipts, gain, loss, asset or liability of any other Person other than a group of which the Company was the parent. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10(g), neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or such Subsidiary) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar adjustments under any provision of the Code or the corresponding foreign, state or
local Tax laws), as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise. 
 (h) The Company has not been a
United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. 

3.11 Contracts. Schedule 3.11 sets forth a list of all Material Contracts and Sellers have provided
Buyer with true, correct and complete copies of all such Material Contracts together with all amendments, modifications or supplements thereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11, (i) each of the Material Contracts is in
full force and effect and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, and, to the knowledge of Sellers, the other party or parties thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject only to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratoriums or similar laws at the time in effect affecting the enforceability or right of creditors generally and by general equitable principles which may limit the right to obtain equitable remedies;
(ii) to the knowledge of Sellers, no other parties thereto have terminated, canceled or substantially modified any Material Contract or given notice of such party’s intention to do so; and (iii) neither the Company, any Subsidiary,
nor, to the knowledge of Sellers, any other party thereto is in default under any Material Contract. 
 3.12
Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.12, there is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary (or pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers,
threatened against any of the officers, directors or key employees of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the operation of their respective businesses), or to which the Company or any Subsidiary is otherwise a party (including product
liability claims), nor, to the knowledge of Sellers, is there any reasonable basis for any such Legal Proceeding. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to any Order. There is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers,

  
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threatened against any Seller or to which such Seller is otherwise a party relating to the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby. 

3.13 Intellectual Property. 
 (a) The Company and the Subsidiaries, as applicable, are the sole and exclusive owners of all right, title and interest in and to all of the Patents, Marks, and Copyrights set forth on Schedule
3.13(e) (the “Registered IP”). To the knowledge of Sellers, the Company and the Subsidiaries, as applicable, are the sole and exclusive owners of, or have the right to use, the material Intellectual Property, in
addition to the Registered IP, used in connection with the Products offered for sale or sold by the Company or the Subsidiaries in their respective businesses as presently conducted, and such material Intellectual Property is free and clear of all
Liens. 
 (b) To the knowledge of Sellers, the material Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any
Subsidiary, and that is used, practiced or otherwise commercially exploited in connection with the manufacturing, licensing, marketing, importation, offer for sale, sale or use of the Products or Technology in connection with the Company’s and
Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as presently conducted does not infringe upon, misappropriate, or otherwise violate in any respect any patent, copyright, trade secret or other similar right, of any Person in the United States. The
Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the Company and any Subsidiary includes all of the intellectual property necessary to enable the Company and its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses substantially in the manner in which
such businesses are currently being conducted. 
 (c) Except with respect to licenses of commercial off-the-shelf
Software, and except pursuant to the Intellectual Property Licenses listed in Schedule 3.13(c), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required, obligated, or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments by way of
royalties, fees or otherwise to any owner, licensor of, or other claimant to any Intellectual Property, or other third party, with respect to the use thereof or in connection with the conduct of the respective businesses of the Company and
Subsidiaries as currently conducted. 
 (d) To the knowledge of Sellers, neither the execution nor delivery of
the Transaction Documents, nor the carrying on of the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ respective businesses, will materially conflict with or result in a material breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a material
default under, any material Contract relating to the Intellectual Property under which the Company, any Subsidiary, or any of their respective employees, officers or directors are now obligated. 

(e) Schedule 3.13(e) sets forth (i) an accurate and complete list of all Patents, and
registrations or pending applications for Marks and Copyrights owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, and (ii) a list of the jurisdictions in which each such item of Intellectual Property has been issued or registered or in which any such
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 (f) Schedule 3.13(f) sets forth a complete and accurate
list of all Contracts to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party (i) granting any Intellectual Property Licenses or (ii) containing a covenant not to compete or otherwise limiting their ability to (A) exploit fully any of the
Intellectual Property or (B) conduct their respective businesses in any market or geographical area or with any Person. 
 (g) The Company and the Subsidiaries have taken adequate security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all the Trade Secrets of the Company and the Subsidiaries and any other
confidential information, including invention disclosures, not covered by any Patents owned or Patent applications filed by the Company or any Subsidiary, which measures are reasonable in the industry in which the Company and the Subsidiaries
operate. 
 (h) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(h), as of the date hereof neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary is the subject of any pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened Legal Proceedings which involve a claim of infringement, unauthorized use, or violation by any Person against the Company or any Subsidiary, or challenging
the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of, any material Intellectual Property. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received written notice of any such threatened claim. To the knowledge of Sellers, all of the Company’s and each
Subsidiary’s rights in and to material Intellectual Property are valid and enforceable. 
 (i) Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.13(i), to the knowledge of Sellers, no Person is infringing, violating, misusing or misappropriating any material Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, and no such claims are presently
pending against any Person by the Company or any Subsidiary. 
 (j) There are no Orders to which the Company or
any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound which restrict, in any material respect, the rights to use any of the Intellectual Property. 

(k) The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the loss or impairment of Buyer’s
right to own or use any of the Intellectual Property. 
 (l) To the knowledge of Sellers, no present or former
employee of the Company or any Subsidiary has any right, title, or interest, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in any material Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of Sellers, no employee, consultant or independent contractor of the
Company or any Subsidiary is, as a result of or in the course of such employee’s, consultant’s or independent contractor’s engagement by the Company or such Subsidiary, in default or breach of any material term purporting to protect
the Intellectual Property in any employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, assignment of invention agreement or similar agreement. To the extent that any Intellectual Property is based on inventions made by present or former employees of EDI
Germany, Management GmbH, KG or any of their legal predecessors, such inventions have been claimed, treated and remunerated in accordance with the German Employee Invention Act. 

  
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 (m) Schedule 3.13(m) sets forth a complete and accurate
list of (i) all Software that is owned exclusively by the Company or any Subsidiary and is material to the operation of the Company’s or Subsidiary’s respective business and (ii) all Software that is used by the Company or any
Subsidiary in the operation of its respective business that is not exclusively owned by the Company or Subsidiary, as applicable, excluding Software available on reasonable terms through commercial distributors or in consumer retail stores for a
license fee of no more than $25,000 per year. 
 3.14 Absence of Certain Developments. Except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.14, since the Balance Sheet Date (i) the Company and each Subsidiary has conducted its respective business only in the Ordinary Course of Business and
(ii) there has not been any event, change, occurrence or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any Subsidiary. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as
set forth on Schedule 3.14, since the Balance Sheet Date: 
 (a) there has not been any damage,
destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, with respect to the property and assets of the Company or any Subsidiary having a replacement cost of more than $100,000 for any single loss or $300,000 for all such losses; 

(b) except as described on Schedule 3.20, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has awarded or paid any
bonuses to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, except to the extent accrued on the Balance Sheet, or entered into any employment, deferred compensation, severance or similar
agreement (nor amended any such agreement) or agreed to increase the compensation payable or to become payable by it to any of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives or agreed to
increase the coverage or benefits available under any severance pay, termination pay, vacation pay, company awards, salary continuation for disability, sick leave, deferred compensation, bonus or other incentive compensation, insurance, pension or
other employee benefit plan, payment or arrangement made to, for or with such directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives. Sellers reserve the right to award and pay Change-in-Control Payments at or prior to Closing in accordance with
this Agreement, provided that any such payments to any individual shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate; 

(c) there has not been any change by the Company or any Subsidiary in accounting or Tax reporting principles, methods or
policies; 
 (d) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made, changed or rescinded any election relating to
Taxes, settled or compromised any Tax liability, or except as may be required by applicable law, made any change to any of its methods of reporting income or deductions for federal income tax purposes from those employed in the preparation of its
most recently filed federal income tax return, surrendered any right in respect of Taxes, consented to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes or amended any Tax Return; 

  
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 (e) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has failed to timely pay and
discharge current liabilities except where disputed in good faith by appropriate proceedings; 
 (f) neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has made any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person or paid any fees or expenses to any Seller or any Affiliate of any Seller; 

(g) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any Lien any of its assets, or acquired
any assets or sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, except for assets acquired or sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of in the Ordinary
Course of Business; 
 (h) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has canceled or compromised any debt or claim
or amended, canceled, terminated, relinquished, waived or released any Contract or right except in the Ordinary Course of Business and which, in the aggregate, would not be material to the Company or any Subsidiary taken as a whole; 

(i) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made or committed to make any capital expenditures or capital additions or
betterments in excess of $200,000 individually or $500,000 in the aggregate, which amounts are not otherwise a part of the current annual operating plan furnished to Buyer; 

(j) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has issued, created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed any indebtedness in an
amount in excess of $500,000 except for Accounts Payable incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business; 
 (k)
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has granted any license or sublicense of any rights under or with respect to any material Intellectual Property; 
 (l) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has instituted or settled any material Legal Proceeding; and 
 (m) none of the Sellers, the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed, committed, arranged or entered into any understanding to do anything set forth in this Section 3.14. 

3.15 Insurance Policies. Schedule 3.15 sets forth a correct and complete list and description,
including policy numbers, amounts of coverage and annual premium of all insurance policies owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, correct and complete copies of which policies previously have been delivered to Buyer. Such policies are in full force
and effect for such amounts. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice of cancellation or intent to cancel or intent to increase premiums with respect to such insurance policies nor, to the knowledge of Sellers, is there
any basis for any such action. Excluding insurance policies that have expired and been replaced in the Ordinary Course of Business, no insurance policy has been cancelled within the last two (2) years and, to the

  
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knowledge of Sellers, no threat has been made in writing to cancel any insurance policy of the Company or any Subsidiary during such period. To the knowledge of Sellers, no event has occurred,
including the failure by the Company or any Subsidiary to give any notice or information or the giving by the Company or any Subsidiary of any inaccurate or erroneous notice or information, which limits or impairs the rights of the Company or any
Subsidiary, as applicable, under any such insurance policies. 
 3.16 Licenses and Permits; Compliance with
Rules. Schedule 3.16 contains a list of all Permits which are necessary for the current conduct, ownership, use, occupancy or operation of the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ respective businesses, other than
those the failure of which to possess is immaterial. The Company and each Subsidiary is in material compliance with such Permits, as applicable, and neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any registered agent of the Company or any Subsidiary has
received any notices to the contrary. To the knowledge of Sellers, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is under investigation with respect to the violation of any Permits. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default or violation in any
material respect of any term, condition or provision of any Permit to which it is a party, to which its respective business is subject or by which its respective properties or assets are bound. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all
material respects with all Rules applicable to its respective business, operations and assets, and to the knowledge of Sellers neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is under investigation by any Governmental Body with respect to the violation of
any Rule. 
 3.17 Employee Benefit Plans. 

(a) Except as described in Schedule 3.17(a), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary maintains,
sponsors, contributes to or has an obligation to make contributions to or has any Liability with respect to any written or oral “Employee Pension Benefit Plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), “Employee Welfare Benefit
Plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), “Multiemployer Plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), in each case whether or not subject to ERISA, plan of deferred compensation (whether qualified or non-qualified),
medical plan, life insurance plan, short or long-term disability plan, dental, vision or prescription drug plan, employee or former employee personnel policy (including vacation time, holiday pay, bonus programs, moving expense reimbursement
programs, severance and sick leave), retirement plan or arrangement, excess supplemental benefit plan, bonus or incentive plan (including stock options, restricted stock, stock bonus, equity or equity-based award and deferred bonus plans), salary
reduction agreement, change-of-control agreement, severance or separation agreement, employment agreement, consulting agreement, employee loan agreement or any other benefit program, policy, arrangement, agreement, contract or related funding
mechanism (all of the above to which the Company or any Subsidiary maintains, sponsors, contributes to or has an obligation to make contributions to or has any Liability with respect to are collectively referred to as “Employee Benefit
Plans”), whether or not terminated or maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or otherwise. 
 (b) The Company and the Subsidiaries have delivered to Buyer with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan a complete and accurate copy of each such Employee Benefit Plan and any amendments thereto, the Form
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actuarial valuation reports, in each case if applicable, for the three (3) most recent years, each material letter, ruling or notice issued by a governmental entity or agency with respect to
each such plan, each trust or other funding vehicle, if any, and the current summary plan description and summary of material modification and/or descriptive summary with respect to each such plan, if applicable. Schedule 3.17(b)
contains a description of the material terms of each unwritten Employee Benefit Plan. 
 (c) Except as set forth
in Schedule 3.17(c), each Employee Benefit Plan has been and currently complies in form and in operation in all material respects with all applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code, all other Rules and its terms. The Company has
not received notice that any reportable event (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) has occurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan. No non-exempt prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code) has occurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan. 
 (d) With respect to each Employee Benefit
Plan, there are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened with respect thereto (other than routine claims for benefits). 
 (e) All contributions, payments, premiums, expenses, reimbursements or accruals for all periods ending prior to or as of the Closing for each Employee Benefit Plan shall have been made to the extent such
amounts are required to have been made at the time of Closing by such Employee Benefit Plan or accrued on the Financial Statements to the extent required by GAAP, and no such plan otherwise has any unfunded Liability (including for periods from the
first day of the current plan year to the Closing) which is not reflected on the Financial Statements. 
 (f)
Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has at any time participated in, made contributions to or had any other Liability with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan that is or was a “multiemployer plan” as defined in
Section 4001 of ERISA, a “multiemployer” plan as described in Section 3(37) of ERISA, a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code or a “multiple employer welfare
arrangement” within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA, or otherwise is or was an “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code. 
 (g) All filings and reports as to each Employee Benefit Plan required to have been submitted to
the Internal Revenue Service or to the U.S. Department of Labor have been timely submitted. With respect to the Employee Benefit Plans, there are no benefit obligations for which contributions have not been made or properly accrued and there are no
benefit obligations that have not been accounted for by reserves, or otherwise properly footnoted in accordance with GAAP, on the Audited Financial Statements of the Company. The assets of each Employee Benefit Plan that is funded are reported at
their fair market value on the books and records of such Employee Benefit Plan. 
 (h) Each Employee Benefit Plan
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meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and each related trust is exempt from taxation, and there are no facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the
loss of such qualification or exemption. 
 (i) No Employee Benefit Plan is funded by, associated with or related
to a “voluntary employee’s beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. No Employee Benefit Plan holds securities issued by the Company, any Subsidiary or any of its Plan Affiliates. 

(j) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.17(j), each Employee Benefit Plan is amendable and terminable
unilaterally by the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, at any time without liability to the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for benefits accrued through the date of termination or amendment and reasonable administrative expenses related
thereto), and no Employee Benefit Plan, plan documentation or agreement, summary plan description or other written communication distributed generally to employees by its terms prohibits the Company or any Subsidiary from amending or terminating any
such Employee Benefit Plan. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.17(j), the investment vehicles used to fund the Employee Benefit Plans may be changed at any time without incurring a sales charge, surrender fee or other similar expense.

 (k) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.17(k), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party
to any oral or written (i) agreement with any current or former stockholder, director, executive officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (A) the benefits of which are contingent, or
the terms of which are altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company or any Subsidiary of the nature of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) providing any term of employment or compensation guarantee
or (C) providing severance benefits or other benefits after the termination of employment of such current or former director, executive officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor; (ii) agreement, plan or arrangement under
which any Person may receive payments from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that may be subject to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or deemed to be a “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code, or
(iii) agreement or plan binding the Company or any Subsidiary, including any stock option plan, stock appreciation right plan, restricted stock plan, stock purchase plan, other equity or equity-based award plan or severance benefit plan, any of
the benefits of which shall be increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which shall be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the value of any of the benefits of which shall be calculated on
the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 
 (l) With respect to each Employee Benefit
Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and is subject to Section 409A of the Code, (i) the written terms of such Employee Benefit Plan have at all times
since January 1, 2009 been in compliance with, and (ii) such Employee Benefit Plan has, at all times while subject to Section 409A of the Code, been operated in compliance with, Section 409A of the Code and all applicable
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 (m) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.17(m), no Employee
Benefit Plan is maintained outside the jurisdiction of the United States, or covers any current or former director, executive officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries working outside the
United States (each, a “Foreign Benefit Plan”). Each Foreign Benefit Plan required to be funded is fully funded. No material Liability of the Company or any Subsidiary exists with respect to any Foreign Benefit Plan that has
not been disclosed on Schedule 3.17(m). For the avoidance of doubt, the Foreign Benefit Plans are, in addition to this Section 3.17(m), subject to all applicable provisions contained in Section 3.17. 

3.18 Environmental Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.18 hereto: 

(a) the operation by the Company and each Subsidiary of their respective businesses is and has been for the past five
(5) years in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; 
 (b)
the Company and each Subsidiary has obtained all Environmental Permits necessary to operate their respective businesses and to occupy and use the Leased Real Property, and no action or proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers,
threatened to revoke, modify or terminate any Environmental Permit; 
 (c) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
is the subject of any outstanding Order or Contract with any Governmental Body respecting (i) Environmental Laws, (ii) Remedial Action or (iii) any Release or threatened Release of a Hazardous Waste; 

(d) no claim has been made in writing or is pending, or to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened against the Company or any
Subsidiary alleging either or both that the Company or any Subsidiary may be in violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit or may have any liability under any Environmental Law; 

(e) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written communication alleging that the Company or any
Subsidiary may be in violation of any Environmental Law or any Environmental Permit or may have any liability under any Environmental Law; 
 (f) to the knowledge of Sellers, no facts, circumstances or conditions exist with respect to the Company, any Subsidiary or any property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by the Company or
any Subsidiary, or any property to which the Company or any Subsidiary arranged for the disposal, recycling or treatment of Hazardous Waste, that could reasonably be expected to result in the Company or any Subsidiary incurring Environmental Costs
and Liabilities that are not accounted for in the Financial Statements; 
 (g) to the knowledge of Sellers, there
are no investigations of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary, or currently or formerly owned, operated or leased property of the Company or any Subsidiary pending or threatened which would reasonably be expected to result in the imposition
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 (h) to Sellers’ knowledge, there is not located at the Leased Real
Property any (i) underground storage tanks, (ii) asbestos-containing material or (iii) equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls; and 
 (i) Sellers have provided to Buyer all environmentally related audits, studies, reports, analyses, and results of investigations which are in Sellers’ possession or known by Sellers to exist, and
that have been performed with respect to the operations of the Company or any Subsidiary or any currently or formerly owned, operated or leased property of the Company or any Subsidiary; 

(j) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary sells or, to the knowledge of Sellers, has sold any product containing asbestos
or that utilizes or incorporates asbestos-containing materials in any way; 
 (k) neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has assumed or agreed to indemnify any liability of any other Person relating to or arising from any Environmental Law; and 
 (l) there has been no Release of any Hazardous Waste by the Company or any Subsidiary, or to the knowledge of Sellers by any other Person, at or adjacent to any property currently or formerly owned,
operated or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary that requires Remedial Action by the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to any Environmental Law or contractual obligation (including any Lease obligations). 

3.19 Salaries. Schedule 3.19 sets forth a true, complete and correct list setting forth the names,
current base compensation rate, annual target incentive bonus, other material compensation and classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act of all individuals presently employed by the Company and each Subsidiary. 

3.20 Personnel Agreements, Plans and Arrangements. Except as listed in Schedule 3.20, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or obligated in connection with their respective businesses, to any outstanding Contract with current or former employees, agents, consultants, advisers, salesmen, sales representatives, distributors, sales
agents, independent contractors, or dealers which will survive Closing. Sellers have previously furnished to Buyer correct and complete copies of any written agreements related to obligations listed in Schedule 3.20. Neither the
Company’s nor any Subsidiary’s employees are unionized, and no labor organization or group of employees of the Company or any Subsidiary has made a pending demand for recognition, and there are no representation proceedings or petitions
seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened to be brought or filed, with the National Labor Relations Board or other labor relations tribunal. There is no organizing activity involving the
Company or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened by any labor organization or group of employees of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company and each Subsidiary has complied in all material respects with all applicable
Rules relating to the employment of labor, including provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, immigration, collective bargaining and the payment of social security and other taxes. Except as listed on
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knowledge of Sellers, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other Governmental Body concerning alleged employment
discrimination or any other matters relating to the employment of labor. There are no unfair labor practice charges, grievances or complaints pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened by or on behalf of any employee or group of employees
of the Company or any Subsidiary. 
 3.21 Warranties. Schedule 3.21 sets forth a description of
standard form product warranties and guarantees given by the Company or any Subsidiary to customers in connection with the sale or distribution of Products. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21, to the knowledge of Sellers each Product
manufactured, sold or delivered by the Company and by each Subsidiary, which is still within the applicable warranty period, has been in conformity with all applicable product warranties, guarantees and applicable Rules. The Company has made
adequate allowance (but in no event larger than called for by GAAP) of reserves for warranty claims. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21, there are no claims pending, or to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened against the Company or
any Subsidiary with respect to the quality of or absence of defects in its Products. 
 3.22 Brokers. Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.22 and except for Lazard Middle Market LLC, no Person has acted, directly or indirectly, as a broker, finder or financial advisor for Sellers, the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and no Person is or will be entitled to any fee or commission or like payment in respect of the transactions contemplated hereunder. 
 3.23 Customers and Suppliers. Schedule 3.23 sets forth a list of the ten (10) largest customers (each, a “Significant Customer”) and the ten
(10) largest suppliers (each, a “Significant Supplier”) of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Premier), as measured by the dollar amount of purchases therefrom or thereby on an aggregate basis among the Company
and its Subsidiaries (other than Premier), during each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011, showing the approximate total sales by the Company and the Subsidiaries (other than Premier), on an aggregate basis,
to each such customer and the approximate total purchases by the Company and the Subsidiaries (other than Premier), on an aggregate basis, from each such supplier, during such period. Schedule 3.23 also separately sets forth a list of
the Significant Customers and Significant Suppliers of Premier, as measured by the dollar amount of purchasers therefrom or thereby on an aggregate basis during each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011,
showing the approximate total sales on an aggregate basis to each such customer and the approximate total purchases on an aggregate basis from each supplier during such period. No Significant Customer or Significant Supplier has terminated its
relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, and, no Significant Customer or Significant Supplier has notified the Company or any Subsidiary in writing that it intends to no longer conduct business with the Company or any
Subsidiary. 
 3.24 Related Party Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.24, no
Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary has borrowed any monies from, or has outstanding any Indebtedness or other similar obligations to, the Company or any Subsidiary. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.24, neither any
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Company or any Subsidiary, nor to Sellers’ knowledge, any director, officer or shareholder of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof (i) owns any direct or indirect
interest of any kind in, or controls or is a director, officer, employee or partner of, or consultant to, or lender to or borrower from or has the right to participate in the profits of, any Person which is (A) a competitor, supplier, customer,
landlord, tenant, creditor or debtor of the Company or any Subsidiary, (B) engaged in a business related to the business of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (C) a participant in any transaction to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
party or (ii) is a party to any Contract with the Company or any Subsidiary. 
 3.25 No Other Representations or
Warranties; Schedules. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article 3 (as modified by the Schedules hereto), none of the Sellers nor any other Person has made any other express or
implied representation or warranty with respect to Sellers, the Company, the Subsidiaries or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and Sellers disclaim any other representations or warranties, whether made by the Company, any Subsidiary
or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives or representatives of Sellers. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article 3 (as modified by the Schedules hereto),
Sellers hereby disclaim all liability and responsibility for any representation, warranty, projection, forecast, statement, or information made, communicated, or furnished (orally or in writing) to Buyer or its Affiliates or representatives
(including any opinion, information, projection, or advice that may have been or may be provided to Buyer by any director, officer, employee, agent, consultant, or representative of the Company, any Subsidiary or Sellers). The disclosure of any
matter or item on any Schedule hereto shall not be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement that any such matter is required to be disclosed. If any fact or item disclosed in any Schedule shall be relevant to any other
Schedule or Section of this Agreement, then such fact or item shall be deemed to be disclosed with respect to such other Schedule or Section of this Agreement, as applicable, but only to the
extent it reasonably informs or notifies the reader of its applicability to the Section in which it was required to be disclosed. 
 ARTICLE 4 

BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES 
 Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Sellers as follows:

 4.1 Organization. Buyer is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Ohio. 
 4.2 Authority. Buyer has the absolute and unrestricted right, power,
authority and capacity to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. This Agreement has been, and the Transaction Documents to
which Buyer is a party will be at or prior to the Closing, duly and validly executed and delivered by Buyer, and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto) this Agreement constitutes, and the
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constitute at or prior to the Closing, the legal, valid, and binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its and their terms. 

4.3 No Conflict. 
 (a) None of the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by Buyer, the performance by Buyer of the transactions contemplated thereby, nor compliance by Buyer with any of the provisions thereof,
will conflict with, or result in any violation of or default (with our without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination or cancellation under, any provision of (i) the certificate of incorporation and
by-laws or comparable organizational documents of Buyer; (ii) any material Contract, or Permit to which Buyer is a party or by which any of the properties or assets of Buyer are bound; (iii) any Order applicable to Buyer or any of the
properties or assets of Buyer; or (iv) any applicable Rule. 
 (b) No consent, waiver, approval, Order,
Permit or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or notification to, any Person or Governmental Body is required on the part of the Buyer in connection with (i) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the compliance
by Buyer with any of the provisions thereof, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or (ii) the continuing validity and effectiveness immediately following the Closing of any Permit or Contract of Buyer, except for
(A) compliance with the applicable requirements of the HSR Act and (B) any other applicable Antitrust Laws. 
 4.4
Litigation. There is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer, threatened against, relating to or involving Buyer which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect Buyer’s ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or which otherwise relate to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 

4.5 Investment Intent. Buyer is acquiring the Shares for its own account with the present intention of holding such
securities for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of such securities in violation of any federal or state securities laws. Buyer is an “accredited investor” as defined in
Regulation D of the Securities Act. Buyer acknowledges that the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state or foreign securities laws and that the Shares may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, assigned,
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless such transfer, sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition is pursuant to the terms of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the Shares are registered
under any applicable state or foreign securities laws or sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state or foreign securities laws. 

4.6 Financial Capacity. Buyer has, on the Effective Date, the financial capability to pay the Purchase Price at the
Closing on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and any funds that will come from a loan facility are pursuant to a committed facility as of the Effective Date. 

  
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 4.7 Brokers. No Person has acted, directly or indirectly, as a broker,
finder or financial advisor for Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no Person is or will be entitled to any fee or commission or like payment in respect thereof. 

4.8 Representations. In respect of this Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby, Buyer has not and is not
relying on any document or written or oral information, statement, representation or warranty furnished to or discovered by it or any of its Affiliates other than the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement. 

ARTICLE 5 
 PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS 
 During the period from the Effective Date and continuing until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement, Buyer, the Company and Sellers agree that, except as expressly
contemplated or permitted by the Transaction Documents or to the extent that Sellers or Buyer, as the case may be, shall otherwise consent in writing: 
 5.1 No Transfer or Inconsistent Action. Except as explicitly permitted pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of or
in any way encumber any of their assets except in the Ordinary Course of Business or take any action inconsistent with the approval and consummation of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby. 

5.2 Conduct of Business in Ordinary Course.

(a) The Company and each Subsidiary shall carry on their respective businesses in the usual, regular and ordinary course
in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and use all reasonable efforts to preserve intact their respective present business organization and operations, keep available the services of their respective present officers and employees
and preserve their respective relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with them to the end that their respective goodwill and ongoing business shall not be impaired in any material respect at the Closing Date.

 (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except in the Ordinary Course of Business, except as set
forth on Schedule 5.2(b), and except with the prior written consent of Buyer, Sellers will cause the Company and the Subsidiaries to not (i) increase in any manner the compensation of, or enter into any new compensatory
agreement or arrangement with, any of the directors, officers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) pay or agree to pay any additional pension, retirement allowance or other employee benefit
to any such individual, whether past or present; (iii) enter into any new employment, severance, consulting, or other compensation agreement with any such individual; (iv) otherwise amend an existing or enter into a new Employee Benefit
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consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary or terminate any director, officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary, other
than terminations for cause (as determined by Sellers in the Ordinary Course of Business) and new hires to replace individuals who voluntarily terminate or are terminated for cause; (vi) sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of
their assets; (vii) incur or assume any funded indebtedness or create or permit to exist any new Lien on any of their assets except for Permitted Liens and Liens which will be released at Closing; (viii) accelerate or delay the
manufacture, shipment or sale of any Inventory; (ix) make any new commitments for capital expenditures in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate in any two month period, which are not otherwise a part of the current annual operating plan furnished
to Buyer; (x) issue any notes, bonds or other debt securities, or any equity securities, or any securities (debt or equity) convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for any equity securities; (xi) fail to pay any Tax or file any
Tax Return in each case when due, except where the non-payment of any such Tax or non-filing of any such Tax Return is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which there has been an adequate accrual according to
GAAP; (xii) make, change or rescind any Tax election, agree to any adjustment of any Tax attribute, adopt or change any Tax accounting method, file any amended Tax Return, settle or compromise any liability for Taxes, surrender any right to
claim a refund of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment; (xiii) transfer, issue, sell or dispose of any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any
Subsidiary or grant options, warrants, calls or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of the capital stock or other securities of the Company or any Subsidiary; (xiv) effect any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split or
like change in the capitalization of the Company or any Subsidiary; (xv) cancel or compromise any debt or claim or waive or release any material right of the Company or any Subsidiary; (xvi) enter into, modify or terminate any labor or
collective bargaining agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary or, through negotiation or otherwise, make any commitment or incur any liability to any labor organization with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary; (xvii) permit the Company
or any Subsidiary to enter into or agree to enter into any merger or consolidation with, any corporation or other entity, or invest in, make a loan, advance or capital contribution to, or otherwise acquire the securities of any other Person;
(xviii) enter into any contract or agreement or commitment which materially restrains, restricts, limits or impedes the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to compete with or conduct any of its respective businesses in any geographic area;
(xix) permit the Company or any Subsidiary to make any investments in or loans to, or enter into or modify any Contract with any Seller or any Affiliate of any Seller; or (xx) agree to do anything prohibited by this
Section 5.2(b). 
 (c) Except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company or any Subsidiary, Sellers will cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to (i) maintain their respective business premises in reasonable repair, order and condition (without making any material alterations thereto);
(ii) maintain and keep in full force existing insurance; (iii) maintain their Business Documents in the regular and ordinary manner on a basis consistent with past practices; (iv) perform and comply with their obligations under all
Material Contracts; and (v) comply with all applicable Rules. 
 (d) To the extent that events occur which
would present Sellers with the opportunity to present a colorable indemnification claim pursuant to Section 6.2(a)(iv) under the EDI Acquisition Agreement, Sellers shall cause such claim to be made in a timely manner. 

  
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 5.3 Buyer’s Investigation. Upon reasonable notice, Sellers shall
afford to the officers, attorneys, accountants or other authorized representatives of Buyer reasonable access during normal business hours and under reasonable circumstances to the offices, facilities, properties, files, books and records relating
to the Company’s and each Subsidiaries’ businesses so as to afford Buyer the opportunity to make such review, examination and investigation of such businesses. Buyer will be permitted to make extracts from or to make copies of such books
and records as may be reasonably necessary. Sellers shall cause the Company, each Subsidiary and their respective officers, employees, consultants, agents, accountants, attorneys and other representatives to cooperate in all reasonable respects with
such review and examination. 
 5.4 Advice of Changes. Sellers shall advise Buyer of any change or event
having, or reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any Subsidiary. 
 5.5 Reasonable
Efforts. Each party will use reasonable efforts, including full cooperation with the other parties hereto, to secure fulfillment of all of the conditions precedent to its respective obligations hereunder. 

5.6 Termination. 
 (a) Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the consummation of the Closing under the following circumstances: 

(i) upon the mutual written consent of Buyer and Sellers; 

(ii) by Buyer or Sellers on or after October 31, 2012, (such date, the “Outside Closing
Date”) if the Closing shall not have occurred by the close of business on such date, provided that the terminating party is not in material default of any of its obligations hereunder; 

(iii) by Buyer if any Seller shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements set forth in this Agreement (unless such breach or failure to perform results primarily from Buyer breaching any representation, warranty or covenant in this Agreement), or if any representation or warranty of Sellers shall have become
untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(a) or 6.2(b) would not be satisfied and such breach is incapable of being cured or, if capable of being cured, shall not have been cured
within five (5) days following receipt by Sellers of notice of such breach from Buyer; or 
 (iv) by Sellers
if Buyer shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement (unless such breach or failure to perform results primarily from Sellers breaching any representation,
warranty or covenant in this Agreement), or if any representation or warranty of Buyer shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.3(a) or 6.3(b) would not be satisfied
and such breach is incapable of being cured or, if capable of being cured, shall not have been cured within five (5) days following receipt by Buyer of notice of such breach from Sellers. 

  
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 (b) Effect of Termination. If any party terminates this
Agreement pursuant to Section 5.6, all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any liability of any party to any other party, except that the provisions contained in Sections 5.7,
9.1 and 9.6 shall survive termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party for any material breach by such party, prior to the termination of this
Agreement, of any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement or impair the right of any party to obtain such remedies as may be available to it in law or equity with respect to such a material breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement by the other party. 
 5.7 Public
Announcement. Buyer and Sellers hereby agree that, prior to Closing, neither Buyer nor Sellers shall issue any press release or otherwise make any public statement or announcement with respect to the existence or termination of this
Agreement or the transactions described herein without the prior written consent of the other party, except as required by any applicable Rule or by the rules and regulations of NASDAQ. Following Closing, Buyer and Sellers may make public statements
or announcements concerning the transactions described herein with the prior written approval of the other party, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and which approval shall not be required for public statements or announcements made
pursuant to any requirement of any applicable Rule or by the rules and regulations of NASDAQ. 
 5.8 Consents; HSR and
Other Antitrust Approval. Sellers and Buyer shall cooperate to obtain at the earliest practicable date all consents and approvals required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Sellers, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other hand, shall (i) within five (5) Business Days after the Effective Date make the filings required of them or any of their Affiliates under the HSR Act in respect of the
transactions contemplated hereby and seek early termination in connection therewith; (ii) as promptly as practicable, but in any event no later than five (5) Business Days after the Effective Date, make the filings required of them or any
of their Affiliates under other applicable Antitrust Laws; and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to comply at the earliest practicable date with any request for additional information from the Federal Trade Commission or Department of
Justice pursuant to the HSR Act or any other Governmental Body pursuant to other Antitrust Laws. Buyer and Sellers shall cooperate with each other, and Sellers shall cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to cooperate with Buyer, in connection with
any other filings required of them (including, to the extent permitted by applicable Rules, providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing parties prior to filing and considering all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in
connection therewith) and in connection with resolving any investigation or other inquiry of any Government Body under any Antitrust Laws with respect to any such filing or any such transaction. Each party shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to furnish to each other all information required for any application or other filing to be made pursuant to any applicable Rules in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each party shall promptly inform the other
parties hereto of any oral communication with, and provide copies of written communications with, any Government Body regarding any such filings or any such transaction. No party hereto shall independently participate in any formal meeting with any
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and, to the extent permitted by such Government Body, the opportunity to attend or participate. Subject to applicable Rules, the parties hereto will consult and cooperate with one another in
connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any party hereto relating to proceedings under the HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws. Any party may, as
it deems advisable and necessary, reasonably designate any competitively sensitive material provided to the other parties under this section as “outside counsel only.” Such materials and the information contained therein shall be given
only to the outside legal counsel of the recipient and, to the extent not inconsistent with such counsel’s ethical obligations under applicable rules of professional conduct, will not be disclosed by such outside counsel to the recipient or to
employees, officers, or directors of the recipient, unless express written permission is obtained in advance from the source of the materials. Any confidential information disclosed between the parties pursuant to this Section 5.8 shall be held
in strict confidence, except to the extent disclosure is required by applicable Rules. 
 5.9 Supplements to Disclosure
Schedules. From time to time prior to the Closing, Sellers will have the right (but not the obligation) to supplement or amend the Schedules hereto with respect to any matter arising after the date hereof that, if existing on the date of
this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth in the Schedules (a “Schedule Supplement”). In the event that Sellers provide a Schedule Supplement pursuant to this Section 5.9 and concurrently
with the delivery of such Schedule Supplement, Sellers acknowledge in writing that Buyer has the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 (a) as a result of the disclosure set forth in such Schedule
Supplement, then unless Buyer terminates this Agreement within five (5) days of receipt of such Schedule Supplement, Buyer shall be deemed to have irrevocably waived any right to terminate this Agreement with respect to such matter under any of
the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) and further, such Schedule Supplement shall be deemed to be incorporated into and to supplement and amend the Schedules as of the Closing Date, the Schedule Supplement shall not
constitute a breach of this Agreement by Sellers and all representations and warranties made herein shall be deemed to have been made with respect to the Schedules as so modified and supplemented, and Buyer shall have irrevocably waived its right to
indemnification under Section 8.2(a) with respect to such matter set forth in such Schedule Supplement. For the avoidance of doubt, no Schedule Supplement shall contain any matter that existed as of the date of this Agreement,
whether or not known to the Company or the Sellers. 
 5.10 280G Covenant. Prior to the Closing Date, Sellers
shall cause the Company to submit to a stockholder vote, in a manner that satisfies the stockholder approval requirements under Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder (a “Stockholder
Vote”), the right of any “disqualified individual” (as defined in Section 280G(c) of the Code) to receive any and all payments (or other benefits) contingent on the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Code) to the extent necessary so that no payment received by such “disqualified individual” shall be a “parachute payment” under Section 280G(b) of the
Code. Sellers shall cause the Company to obtain any required waivers, consents or agreements from the disqualified individual prior to the Stockholder Vote to comply with Section 280G of the Code. At least three (3) Business Days prior to
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with any material necessary to comply with the Stockholder Vote, Buyer and its counsel shall be given the right to review and comment on all disclosure documents related to the Stockholder Vote.
The Company shall incorporate into such documents any reasonable comments that are timely provided by Buyer. Buyer and its counsel shall be provided copies of all documents executed by the stockholders and disqualified individuals in connection with
the vote. 
 5.11 Director and Officer Liability and Indemnification. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall
purchase from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier with respect to directors’ or officers’ liability insurance a prepaid insurance policy (i.e., “tail
coverage”) which provides liability insurance coverage for the individuals who were officers, directors and similar functionaries of the Company and its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Closing Date on no less favorable terms (including in
amount and scope) as the policy or policies presently maintained by the Company and the Subsidiaries for the benefit of such individuals for an aggregate period of not less than six (6) years with respect to claims arising from acts, events or
omissions that occurred at or prior to Closing, including with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 5.11 are intended for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by (as express
third party beneficiaries), each current and former officer, director or similar functionary of the Company and the Subsidiaries and his or her representatives, heirs, successors and assigns and are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any
other rights of indemnification or contribution that any such person may have had by contract or otherwise. 

ARTICLE 6 
 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING 

6.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations. The respective obligations of each party hereto to effect the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction as of the Closing of the following conditions: (i) HSR Approval shall have been obtained, (ii) all other filings with or permits, authorizations, consents and approvals
of or expirations of waiting periods imposed pursuant to any other applicable Antitrust Laws required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained or filed or shall have occurred, and (iii) no injunction,
restraining order or Order of any nature shall have been issued by or be pending before any Governmental Body challenging the validity or legality of the transactions contemplated hereby or restraining or prohibiting the consummation of such
transactions or compelling Buyer to dispose of or discontinue or materially restrict the operations of a significant portion of the Company’s or the Subsidiaries’ respective businesses. 

6.2 Conditions to Obligations of Buyer. The obligations of Buyer to effect the transactions contemplated hereby are
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, unless waived in writing by Buyer. 
 (a)
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Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (in each case, except to the extent such representations are by their express provisions made as of a specified date, in which case they
shall be true and correct as of the specified date), except to the extent that the amount of any Losses resulting from any inaccuracies of representations or warranties, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to exceed the General Escrow
Amount. Buyer shall have received a certificate signed by Sellers (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer), dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect. 

(b) Performance of Obligations of Sellers. Sellers shall have performed in all material respects all
obligations required to be performed or complied with by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing, and Buyer shall have received a certificate signed by or on behalf of Sellers (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer),
dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and copies of such corporate resolutions and other documents evidencing the performance thereof as Buyer may reasonably request. 

(c) Delivery of Other Closing Documents. Buyer shall have received all documents and other items to be
delivered under Section 7.2 below. 
 (d) No Material Adverse Effect. There
shall not have been or occurred any event, change, occurrence or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any Subsidiary since the Effective Date. 

(e) Consents. Sellers shall have obtained all consents, waivers and approvals set forth on
Schedule 6.2(e) in a form reasonably satisfactory to Buyer. 
 6.3 Conditions to Obligations of
Sellers. The obligations of Sellers to effect the transaction contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, unless waived in writing by the Sellers: 

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in this Agreement
shall be true and correct as of the Effective Date, and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (in each case, except to the extent such representations are by their express provisions made as of a specified date, in
which case they shall be true and correct as of the specified date), except for inaccuracies of representations or warranties the circumstances giving rise to which, individually or in the aggregate, do not constitute and could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer. Sellers shall have received a certificate signed by Buyer (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Sellers), dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect. 

(b) Performance of Obligations of Buyer. Buyer shall have performed in all material respects all obligations
required to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing, and Sellers shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Buyer (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Sellers), dated as of the
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 (c) Delivery of Other Closing Documents. Sellers shall have
received all documents and other items to be delivered under Section 7.3 below. 
 (d)
Consents. Buyer shall have obtained all consents, waivers and approvals set forth on Schedule 6.3(d) required by this Agreement to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a form reasonably
satisfactory to Sellers. 
 ARTICLE 7 

CLOSING 

7.1 Time and Place. The closing of the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement (the
“Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Hirschler Fleischer, a Professional Corporation, located at The Edgeworth Building, 2100 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223 commencing at 9:00 a.m. local time on a date to be
specified by Buyer and Sellers which shall be no later than the third (3rd) Business Day after satisfaction or written waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Article 6, or on such other date and at such other time as the parties shall agree; provided,
however, that if the satisfaction or written waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Article 6 occurs after the fifteenth (15th) day of a calendar month, then the parties agree that the Closing shall take place on the last Business Day of
such calendar month unless such date would be later than the Outside Closing Date. The Closing hereunder shall in no event be later than the Outside Closing Date. The date of the Closing is referred to as the “Closing
Date.” 
 7.2 Deliveries of Sellers. At the Closing, Sellers will execute and deliver or
cause to be executed and delivered to Buyer simultaneously with delivery of the items referred to in Section 7.3: 
 (a) Share Certificates. Certificates representing the Shares, duly endorsed (or accompanied by duly executed stock powers), for transfer to Buyer. 

(b) Bring Down Certificate. The certificates referred to in Sections 6.2(a) and
6.2(b) hereof. 
 (c) Good Standing Certificates. Certificates of good standing as of
a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to Closing with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary issued by the applicable Governmental Body and certificates of authority for each state in which the Company and each Subsidiary is
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation issued by the applicable Governmental Body. 
 (d)
Consents. Copies of all consents and waivers referred to in Section 6.2(e) hereof. 
 (e) Certificate of General Partner. Certificate of the General Partner of each Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the incumbency of the authorized representatives and
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 (f) Resignations. Upon Buyer’s request, written
resignations duly executed and delivered by each of the directors and officers of the Company and each Subsidiary. 
 (g) Option Termination Agreements. An Option Termination Agreement duly executed and delivered by each holder of Company Options. 

(h) Books and Records. The minute books, stock ledgers and registers and corporate seals, if any, of the
Company and each Subsidiary. 
 (i) Termination of Advisory Services Agreement. A termination
agreement providing for the termination of the Advisory Services Agreement by and between the Company and Bertram Capital Management, LLC, dated December 21, 2010, as amended, which termination will be effective immediately following the
effectiveness of the Closing. 
 (j) Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement duly executed by each
Seller and the Representative (as defined in the Escrow Agreement). 
 (k) FIRPTA Certificate. A
non-foreign person affidavit that complies with the requirements of Section 1445 of the Code, executed by each Seller and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer. 

(l) Mutual Release Agreement. A duly signed mutual release agreement with lessor’s company chop affixed
for EDI China to early terminate the lease agreement signed on May 15th, 2010 with the lessor, Shanghai Qingli Plastic Company Limited (上海清力塑料制品有限公司).

 (m) Other Documents. Such other documents and instruments as Buyer or its counsel reasonably
shall deem necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 7.3 Deliveries of Buyer. At the
Closing, Buyer will execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to Sellers simultaneously with delivery of the items referred to in Section 7.2: 

(a) Payment of the Purchase Price and Other Closing Payments. Bank wire transfers to Sellers and the
Company as provided in Section 2.2. 
 (b) Bring Down Certificate. The
certificates referred to in Sections 6.3(a) and 6.3(b) hereof. 
 (c) Good
Standing Certificates. A certificate of good standing as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to Closing with respect to Buyer issued by the applicable Governmental Body. 

(d) Consents. Copies of all consents and waivers referred to in Section 6.3(d) hereof.

  
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 (e) Certificate of Secretary. Certificate of the
Secretary of Buyer, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the incumbency of corporate officers and their signatures, corporate good standing, charter and bylaws and the corporate director resolutions authorizing the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. 
 (f) Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement duly executed by Buyer.

 (g) Other Documents. Such other documents and instruments as Sellers or their counsel reasonably
shall deem necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 ARTICLE 8 

COVENANTS AFTER CLOSING 

8.1 Further Conveyances. After the Closing, Sellers will execute and deliver to Buyer (or cause to be executed and
delivered to Buyer), such additional instruments as are reasonably and customarily required for the transactions contemplated herein, and Sellers will take such other and further actions as Buyer may reasonably request to sell, transfer and assign
to Buyer and vest in Buyer good, valid and marketable title to the Shares. 
 8.2 Indemnification and Remedies.

 (a) Indemnification by Sellers. Except as limited by Section 8.2(e), from and
after the Closing, Sellers shall indemnify, defend and save Buyer and its respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (each, a “Buyer Indemnified Party”) harmless from and against any and all Losses sustained or
incurred by any Buyer Indemnified Party relating to, resulting from, arising out of or otherwise by virtue of: (i) any misrepresentation or breach of a representation or warranty made by Sellers under Article 3 hereof;
(ii) any non-compliance with or breach by Sellers of any of the covenants or agreements contained in the Transaction Documents to be performed by Sellers; (iii) all Taxes (or the nonpayment thereof) of the Company and any Subsidiary for
any Pre-Closing Tax Period and any Pre-Closing Straddle Period (other than the Tax matters addressed as Covered Matters, which shall be handled in the manner described in Schedule 8.2(a)); (iv) all Taxes of any member of an
affiliated, combined or unitary group of which the Company or any Subsidiary is or was a member on or prior to the Closing Date, including pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any analogous or similar state, local or foreign law;
(v) any and all Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) imposed on the Company or any Subsidiary as a transferee or successor, by contract or pursuant to any Law, which Taxes relate to an event or transaction occurring on
or before the Closing Date; (vi) any Seller Transaction Expenses and Indebtedness not paid on or prior to Closing but only to the extent required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.2(a); and (vii) the Covered Matters.

 (b) Indemnification by Buyer. From and after the Closing, Buyer agrees to indemnify, defend
and save Sellers and, as applicable, their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (each, a “Seller Indemnified Party”) harmless from and against any and all Losses sustained or incurred by any Seller
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of or otherwise by virtue of any misrepresentation or breach of a representation or warranty made herein by Buyer under Article 4 hereof or non-compliance with or breach by Buyer of
any of the covenants or agreements contained in the Transaction Documents to be performed by Buyer. 
 (c)
Indemnification Procedure. 
 (i) Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt by a party
entitled to indemnification hereunder (the “Indemnified Party”) of written notice of the assertion or the commencement of any proceeding by a third party with respect to any matter referred to in
Sections 8.2(a) or 8.2(b), the Indemnified Party shall give written notice thereof to the party obligated to indemnify Indemnified Party (the “Indemnifying Party”), which notice shall include
a description of the proceeding, the amount thereof (if known and quantifiable) and the basis for the proceeding, and thereafter shall keep the Indemnifying Party reasonably informed with respect thereto. A claim for indemnification for any matter
not involving a third party proceeding may be asserted by notice to Indemnifying Party within ten (10) Business Days after the Indemnified Party becomes aware of the claim and shall be paid promptly (subject to the terms of the Escrow
Agreement) after (i) the Indemnifying Party’s receipt of such notice, or (ii) if the claim is disputed by the Indemnifying Party, within five (5) days after resolution of the dispute. An Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to
participate in the defense of any third party action, lawsuit, proceeding, investigation or other claim giving rise to an Indemnified Party’s claim for indemnification at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, and at its option (subject to the
limitations set forth below and as set forth in Schedule 8.2(a)) shall, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of notice of the claim from the Indemnified Party, be entitled to assume the defense thereof by appointing a
reputable counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party to be the lead counsel in connection with such defense; provided that the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of such claim and to employ counsel
of its choice for such purpose; provided further that the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the Indemnified Party (other than any fees and expenses of such separate counsel that are incurred between the date
Indemnified Party provides to the Indemnifying Party notice of the claim and the date the Indemnifying Party effectively assumes control of such defense which, notwithstanding the foregoing, shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party). In the event
Sellers are the Indemnifying Party and the claim for indemnification involves a claim against the Company or a Subsidiary, then the fees and expenses of counsel appointed by the Indemnifying Party under this Section shall be paid directly by the
Company or the applicable Subsidiary, and the Company and the Subsidiaries shall be entitled to periodic reimbursement of such paid fees and expenses from the General Escrow Amount. Sellers agree to deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow
Agent for such purpose. 
 (ii) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.2(a), the Indemnifying Party
shall not be entitled to assume control of such defense and shall pay the fees and expenses of counsel retained by the Indemnified Party if (1) the claim for indemnification relates to or arises in connection with any criminal or quasi-criminal
proceeding, action, indictment, allegation or investigation; (2) the claim seeks an injunction or equitable relief against the Indemnified Party; (3) upon petition by the Indemnified Party, the appropriate court rules that the Indemnifying
Party failed or is failing to vigorously prosecute or defend such claim; or (4) in a case where Sellers are the Indemnifying Party, the amount of the claim is reasonably likely to result in the payment of Losses in excess of the then-remaining
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controls the defense of any such claim, the Indemnifying Party shall obtain the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party before entering into any settlement of a claim or ceasing to defend
such claim if, pursuant to or as a result of such settlement or cessation, injunctive or other equitable relief will be imposed against the Indemnified Party or if such settlement does not expressly and unconditionally release the Indemnified Party
from all liabilities and obligations with respect to such claim, without prejudice. 
 (d) Survival of
Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements. All representations and warranties of Buyer and Sellers shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing hereunder for a period of eighteen (18) months
following the Closing Date (the “Survival Period”); provided, however that any claim for indemnification based upon a breach of any such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement and asserted prior to the
expiration of the Survival Period in accordance with the terms hereof shall survive until final resolution of such claim; provided, further that the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.1, 3.2,
3.3, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 (the “Excluded Representations”) and the covenants shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing
hereunder for a period of sixty (60) months following the Closing Date. 
 (e) Limitations on
Indemnities. 
 (i) Threshold. Sellers shall not have any liability or obligation to the
Buyer Indemnified Parties under Section 8.2(a)(i) unless and until the amount of Losses, in the aggregate, accrued pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(i) is equal to or greater than $2,000,000 (the “Indemnity
Threshold”); provided, however that with respect to any individual item under Section 8.2(a)(i) without aggregation with any other related or similar item where the Loss relating to such item or
series of related items (excluding attorneys’ fees) is less than $10,000, such amounts shall not be taken into account for the purposes of determining the Indemnity Threshold. For purposes of determining the failure of any representations or
warranties to be true and correct, the breach of any covenants, and calculating Losses under this Article 8, any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications in the representations and warranties shall be disregarded.
Once the aggregate amount of all Losses accrued pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(i) equal or exceed the Indemnity Threshold, Sellers shall be liable for only those Losses in excess of the Indemnity Threshold, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and up to the limitations of Section 8.2(e)(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnity Threshold shall not apply to any Losses arising out of a breach of an Excluded Representation. Sellers
shall not have any liability or obligation to the Buyer Indemnified Parties for the Tax matters addressed as Covered Matters in Schedule 8.2(a) unless and until the amount of Losses, in the aggregate, pertaining to such Covered Matters
is equal to or greater than $100,000. Once the aggregate amount of all Losses pertaining to such Tax matters equals or exceeds $100,000, Sellers shall be liable for only those Losses in excess of $100,000, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and up to the limitations of Section 8.2(e)(ii). 
 (ii) Cap.
Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the maximum liability of Sellers to any Buyer Indemnified Party, in the aggregate, (A) under Section 8.2(a) for breaches of representations and warranties other than with
respect to the Excluded Representations shall be an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price, and (B) under Section 8.2(a) with respect to any other matter relating to, resulting from, arising out of or

  
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otherwise by virtue of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated herein shall be an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the Purchase Price (the “General Indemnity
Cap”). Once the aggregate amount of all Losses recovered by any Buyer Indemnified Party, in the aggregate, equals the General Indemnity Cap, then Buyer, on behalf of itself and the Buyer Indemnified Parties, shall release Sellers from
all Liabilities relating to, resulting from, arising out of or otherwise by virtue of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated herein, other than claims based on fraud or claims for equitable relief. 

(iii) Cooperation. Upon reasonable request by the Indemnifying Party, each Indemnified Party seeking
indemnification hereunder hereby agrees (and agrees to cause its Affiliates, including the Company and the Subsidiaries if any of them is an Affiliate) to take all actions reasonably requested by the Indemnifying Party in order to attempt to reduce
the amount of Losses incurred by the Indemnified Party, including, without limitation, pursuing any indemnification claim and remedy available to the Indemnified Party under either Acquisition Agreement. In the event a claim for indemnification by
an Indemnified Party against an Indemnifying Party hereunder relates to an occurrence or facts that would constitute a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant under either of the Acquisition Agreements, then the Indemnified Party shall
first pursue any claims and remedies against the indemnifying party(ies) under the applicable Acquisition Agreement to the extent provided thereunder, and the Indemnified Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to recover its Losses first
from such indemnifying parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the submission of any claim for Losses under either Acquisition Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to submit a claim notice under this Article
8 in order to preserve such Indemnified Party’s right to indemnification hereunder. 
 (iv)
Insurance; Tax Benefits; Other Benefits. The amount of any Losses payable by an Indemnifying Party under this Article 8 shall be net of: (A) amounts received by the Indemnified Party under its applicable insurance
policies with respect to such Loss (determined after giving effect to any increase in premiums resulting therefrom and net of Taxes or other liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of such claim and
out-of-pocket costs of collecting such insurance proceeds); (B) any Tax benefit that is actually realized by the Indemnified Party resulting from or arising from the incurrence or payment of any such Loss in the taxable year in which such Loss
occurs and the next taxable year; and (C) amounts received by the Indemnified Party from other sources as a result of actions taken pursuant to Section 8.2(e)(iii). An Indemnified Party will use commercially reasonable
efforts to pursue any available coverage under any available insurance policies maintained by such Indemnified Party and any available Tax benefit for any Losses otherwise subject to indemnity hereunder. If an Indemnified Party receives any amounts
under applicable insurance policies subsequent to its receipt of an indemnification payment by the Indemnifying Parties, then such Indemnified Party shall, without duplication, promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Parties for any payment made by such
Indemnifying Parties up to the amount received by the Indemnified Party, provided that the aggregate amount of reimbursement payments to the Indemnifying Parties in respect of any such Loss shall not in any event exceed the aggregate
indemnification payment received by the Indemnified Party from the Indemnifying Parties with respect to such Loss. For purposes of this Agreement, an Indemnified Party will be deemed to have realized a Tax benefit to the extent that the amount by
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been payable by the Indemnified Party ignoring any items of deduction, credit or loss generated by the event giving rise to the Loss exceeds the amount of Taxes paid by the Indemnified Party
taking into account any items of deduction, credit or loss generated by the event giving rise to the Loss, assuming that any such item of deduction, credit or loss is the last such item of deduction, credit or loss on any Tax Return. 

(v) Exclusive Remedy. The indemnification provided in this Article 8, subject to the
limitations set forth herein, shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedies of the Buyer Indemnified Parties and the Seller Indemnified Parties with respect to breach of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement,
or based directly or indirectly on any rights or obligations established by this Agreement, whether any claims or causes of action asserted with respect to such matters are brought in contract, tort or any other legal theory whatsoever. In
furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Rule, any and all rights, claims and cause of action for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation set forth herein or
otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement it may have against the other parties hereto and their Affiliates and each of their respective Representatives arising under or based upon any Rule, except pursuant to the indemnification
provisions set forth in this Article 8. Nothing in this Section 8.2(e)(v) shall limit any Person’s right to seek and obtain any equitable relief to which any Person shall be entitled pursuant to
Section 9.12. The foregoing shall not be construed to impose any liability under this Agreement on Sellers in excess of the amounts set forth in Section 8.2(e)(ii). 

(vi) No Consequential Damages. In no event shall any Indemnifying Party be liable to any Indemnified Party
for diminution in value, multiples of earnings (but not lost profits) or any consequential damages which, for the purposes of this Agreement, are defined as those damages that arise solely from the special circumstances of the Indemnified Party that
have not been communicated to the Indemnifying Party. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of punitive, consequential or any other damages (regardless of how classified) that are actually paid or payable to a third party, and for which an
Indemnified Party is entitled to recovery hereunder, such damages so paid or payable shall be deemed to be direct damages for purposes of this Agreement. 
 (f) Manner and Treatment of Indemnity Payments. Any indemnification of any Buyer Indemnified Party or any Seller Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article 8 shall be effected
by wire transfer of immediately available funds from Buyer or Sellers, as the case may be, to an account designated in writing by the applicable indemnified party within ten (10) days after the final determination thereof; provided, however,
that any indemnification of any Buyer Indemnified Party shall be satisfied first by a payment from the Escrow Funds (but only up to the amount of the General Escrow Amount) and then by payment from Sellers. Any payments made to an Indemnified Party
pursuant to this Section 8.2 shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for Tax purposes. 

8.3 Tax Matters. 
 (a) Access to Former Business Tax Documents. Buyer agrees to retain all Tax Returns, related schedules and workpapers, and all records and other documents relating thereto

  
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(collectively, the “Tax Documents”) for taxable periods ending prior to or including the Closing until the later of (i) the expiration of the statute of limitations
(including extensions) of the taxable years to which such Tax Documents relate, or (ii) December 31, 2017. During such period, Buyer will afford duly authorized representatives of Sellers and appropriate tax auditors, reasonable access to all
such Tax Documents and will permit such representatives, at the expense of Sellers, to make copies of any such Tax Documents or to obtain temporary possession of any thereof as may be reasonably required by Sellers. 

(b) Tax Deductions. Buyer represents that the Company will be included as a member of an affiliated group of
which Buyer is a member for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and accordingly the taxable year of the Company shall close at 11:59 pm on the Closing Date for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For Tax purposes, to the extent allowed by law, Buyer and
Sellers agree to treat the payments giving rise to Tax Deductions as allocable to the portion of the Closing Date prior to Buyer’s acquisition of the Shares. Any Tax refunds that are received by Buyer, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or
any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and any Tax credits that Buyer, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, are utilized with respect to taxable periods or portions thereof ending on or before the Closing
Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any refunds or credits resulting from estimated Tax payments made by the Company or any Subsidiary prior to the Closing Date with respect to the period ending on the Closing Date) and are attributable to
Tax Deductions shall be for the account of Sellers, and Buyer shall pay over to Sellers any such refund or the amount of any such credit, net of any costs of receiving such refund or utilizing such credit and net of any Taxes resulting from the
receipt of such refund or the utilization of such credit, within ten (10) days after receipt or utilization thereof. In addition, if Buyer, the Company or any Subsidiary, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, realizes any actual reduction
in its liability for Taxes with respect to any taxable period or portion thereof ending after the Closing Date resulting, directly or indirectly, from a Tax Deduction, Buyer shall pay the amount of such reduction to Sellers within ten (10) days
after realizing such reduction. For purposes of this Agreement the amount of any actual reduction in its liability for Taxes shall be the amount, if any, by which the Taxes that would have been payable by Buyer, the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, ignoring any items related to the Tax Deductions exceeds the amount of Taxes paid by Buyer, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, taking into account
any items related to the Tax Deductions, assuming that any such item is the last such item on any Tax Return. Buyer shall be deemed to realize a reduction in its Taxes as of the date the Tax Return that reflects such reduction is filed. Buyer shall
prepare or cause to be prepared, at Sellers’ cost, in a manner consistent with the past practices of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless otherwise required by any Rule and in accordance with applicable Rules, all federal, state, local and
foreign (i) Tax Returns for the Company and each of the Subsidiaries with respect to period ending on the Closing Date, and (ii) amended Tax Returns for the Company and its Subsidiaries for periods ending prior to the Closing Date to the
extent the Tax Deductions create a refund due to a net operating loss carryback. Buyer shall deliver all such Tax Returns to Sellers for their review and comment at least thirty (30) days prior to the due date for any such Tax Return or the
filing of any amended Tax Return, as the case may be, in order to provide Seller with a reasonable period of time to review and comment on such Tax Return. Within ten (10) days of receiving any such Tax Return, Sellers shall provide to Buyer in
writing any comments to such Tax Return. The parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute with respect to such Tax Return. To the extent that the parties are unable to resolve any such dispute at least ten (10) days prior to the
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Return, the parties shall refer the dispute to the Accounting Firm for resolution in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 2.3. If the Accounting Firm is unable to resolve any
such dispute prior to the due date for such Tax Return, Buyer shall timely file such Tax Return as prepared by Buyer subject to amendment, if required, to reflect the resolution of the Accounting Firm. Buyer shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to prepare, or cause the Company and the Subsidiaries to prepare, all such Tax Returns in a manner that maximizes the benefit of the Tax Deductions to Sellers as provided in this Section, subject to compliance with Rules governing the
deductibility of such amounts. 
 (c) Straddle Period. For purposes of this Agreement, the portion
of Tax with respect to the income, property or operations of the Company or any Subsidiary that is attributable to any Tax period that begins on or before the Closing Date and ends after the Closing Date (a “Straddle Period”)
will be apportioned between the period of the Straddle Period that extends before the Closing Date through the Closing Date (the “Pre-Closing Straddle Period”) and the period of the Straddle Period that extends from the day
after the Closing Date to the end of the Straddle Period (the “Post-Closing Straddle Period”) in accordance with this Section 8.3(c). The portion of such Tax attributable to the Pre-Closing Straddle Period
will (i) in the case of any Taxes other than sales or use taxes, value-added taxes, employment taxes, withholding taxes, and any Tax based on or measured by income, receipts or profits earned during a Straddle Period, be deemed to be the amount
of such Tax for the entire taxable period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the Pre-Closing Straddle Period and denominator of which is the number of days in the Straddle Period, and (ii) in the case of
any sales or use taxes, value-added taxes, employment taxes, withholding taxes, and any Tax based on or measured by income, receipts or profits earned during a Straddle Period, be deemed equal to the amount that would be payable if the Straddle
Period ended on and included the Closing Date. The portion of Tax attributable to a Post-Closing Straddle Period shall be calculated in a corresponding manner. To the extent that any Tax for a Straddle Period is based on the greater of a Tax on net
income, on the one hand, and a Tax measured by net worth or some other basis not otherwise measured by income, on the other hand, the portion of such Tax related to the Pre-Closing Straddle Period and the Post-Closing Straddle Period will be
determined based on the foregoing and based on the manner in which the actual Tax liability for the entire Straddle Period is determined. In the case of a Tax that is (i) paid for the privilege of doing business during a period (a
“Privilege Period”) and (ii) computed based on business activity occurring during an accounting period ending prior to such Privilege Period, any reference to a “Tax period,” a “tax period,” or a
“taxable period” shall mean such accounting period and not such Privilege Period. 
 (d) Transfer
Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value added and other such Taxes and fees (including any penalties and interest) imposed on Buyer or the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (“Transfer Taxes”) will be borne and paid one-half by Buyer and one-half by Sellers when due, and Buyer, at the parties’ shared expense, will cause to be filed all necessary Tax Returns
and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer Taxes. 
 (e) Cooperation; Audits. In
connection with the preparation of Tax Returns, audit examinations, and any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to the Tax liabilities imposed on the Company or any Subsidiary, Buyer and the Company, on the one hand, and Sellers, on the
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or making available during normal business hours of records, personnel (as reasonably required), books of account, or other materials necessary or helpful for the preparation of such Tax Returns,
the conduct of audit examinations or the defense of claims by Governmental Body as to the imposition of Taxes. 

(f) Certain Controversies. This Section 8.3(f) and not Section 8.2(c)
shall control any inquiry, assessment, proceeding or other similar event relating to Taxes of the Company or any Subsidiary. Sellers have the right to represent the interests of the Company or any Subsidiary before the relevant Governmental Body
with respect to any inquiry, assessment, proceeding or other similar event relating solely to any Pre-Closing Tax Period (a “Tax Matter”) and have the right to control the defense, compromise or other resolution of any such
Tax Matter, including responding to inquiries, preparing Tax Returns and contesting, defending against and resolving any assessment for additional Taxes or notice of Tax deficiency or other adjustment of Taxes of, or relating to, such Tax Matter;
provided, however, (i) Buyer has the right (but not the duty) to participate in the defense of such Tax Matter and to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from counsel employed by Sellers, and (ii) Sellers shall not enter into any
settlement of or otherwise compromise any such Tax Matter without the prior written consent of Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed. Buyer has the right to represent the interests of the Company or any
Subsidiary before the relevant Governmental Body with respect to any Tax Matter that does not relate solely to any Pre-Closing Tax Period and has the right to control the defense, compromise or other resolution of any such Tax Matter, including
responding to inquiries, filing Tax Returns and contesting, defending against and resolving any assessment for additional Taxes or notice of Tax deficiency or other adjustment of Taxes of, or relating to, such Tax Matter; provided, however,
(i) Sellers have the right (but not the duty) to participate in the defense of such Tax Matter and to employ counsel, at their own expense, separate from counsel employed by Buyer, and (ii) Buyer shall not enter into any settlement of or
otherwise compromise any such Tax Matter that affects the liability of Sellers pursuant to Section 8.2 without the prior written consent of Sellers, which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed.

 8.4 Employee Benefits. For the period beginning at the Closing and ending December 31, 2012, Buyer shall
cause the Company to provide benefits to employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries with terms and conditions that are substantially equivalent to those provided to such employees as of the Effective Date, including one or more defined
contribution plans that include a qualified cash or deferred arrangement within the meaning of Section 401(k) of the Code, an annual bonus program, commission arrangements, vacation leave, sick leave and holidays. Nothing contained herein,
express or implied: (i) shall be construed to establish, amend, or modify any benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, (ii) shall alter or limit Buyer’s or the Company’s ability to amend, modify or terminate any benefit
plan, program, agreement or arrangement, (iii) constitute or create an employment agreement, or (iv) create any third-party beneficiary rights in any employee or former employee (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof) of the
Company, any Subsidiary or any other Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. 
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 (a) Effective as of Closing, each of the Sellers, on behalf of themselves
and their respective Affiliates, heirs, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Seller Related Persons”), hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases and discharges, fully, finally and forever, the Company,
the Subsidiaries, Buyer, and Buyer’s respective Affiliates, agents, representatives, directors, officers and employees (together, the “Buyer Released Parties”) from any and all claims, demands, rights, causes of action,
proceedings, orders, remedies, obligations, damages and liabilities of whatsoever kind or character arising as a result of any event or condition, or action or inaction of the Buyer Released Parties, from the beginning of time until Closing, whether
known or unknown, absolute or contingent, both at law and in equity, which such Seller Related Person ever had, now has, or ever may have, against any Buyer Released Party, including in any Seller Related Person’s capacity as a direct or
indirect equityholder of the Company or the Subsidiaries prior to Closing and pursuant to any Contract between any Seller Related Person and a Buyer Released Party (as to each Seller Related Person, such Seller Related Person’s
“Seller Related Person Claims”); provided, however, that Seller Related Person Claims shall not include any claims pursuant to this Agreement or any Transaction Documents. 

(b) No Seller has instituted, and will not institute, any Legal Proceeding against any Buyer Released Party with any
Governmental Authority or otherwise, based on events occurring on or prior to the Closing Date in relation to any matter released or purported to be released hereunder. No Seller has assigned, and will not assign, any Seller Related Person Claim and
has not authorized, and will not authorize, any other Person to assert any Seller Related Person Claim on its or their behalf. 
 (c) Each of the Sellers expressly acknowledges that the release provided under this Section 8.5 is intended to include in its effect all claims within the scope of this release that the
Sellers do not know or suspect to exist in their favor at the time of execution hereof, and that this release contemplates the extinguishment of any such claim or claims. 

(d) Each of the Sellers is aware that statutes exist that render null and void or otherwise affect or may affect releases
and discharges of any claims, rights, demands, Liabilities, Legal Proceedings and causes of action that are unknown to the releasing or discharging party at the time of execution of the release and discharge. Each of the Sellers, for itself and the
other Seller Related Persons, hereby expressly waives, surrenders and agrees to forego any and all protections, rights or benefits to which the Sellers otherwise would be entitled by virtue of the existence of any such statute or the common law of
any state, province or jurisdiction with the same or similar effect. Further, it is understood and agreed that the facts in respect of which the release provided under this Section 8.5 is given may turn out to be other than or
different from the facts in that respect now known or believed by the Sellers to be true; and with such understanding and agreement, each of the Sellers expressly accepts and assumes the risk of facts being other than or different from the
assumptions and perceptions as of any date prior to and including the Closing Date, and agrees that this release shall be in all respects effective and shall not be subject to termination or rescission by reason of any such difference in facts.

  
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 (e) The release provided under this Section 8.5 shall
extend to and be binding upon each of the Sellers, and each such Person’s legal successors and assigns, and all other Seller Related Persons, and shall inure to the benefit of all of the Buyer Released Parties. 

Section 8.6. Non-Solicitation. 

(a) For a period of two (2) years from and after the Closing Date, no Seller shall, and each Seller shall cause its
Controlled Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers and employees and representatives acting on their behalf not to, directly or indirectly 
 (i) solicit, induce or encourage any of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary to leave their respective positions of employment with Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including the Company and the
Subsidiaries); or 
 (ii) hire, employ or otherwise engage any of such individuals, provided that the foregoing
restrictions with respect to the solicitation or hiring of Gary Edwards and David Hawkins shall expire on the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date. The covenants and undertakings contained in this Section 8.6 relate to
matters which are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and a violation of any of the terms of this Section 8.6 will cause irreparable injury to the Buyer, the amount of which will be impossible to estimate or determine
and which cannot be adequately compensated. Accordingly, the remedy at law for any breach of this Section 8.6 will be inadequate. Therefore, the Buyer will be entitled to a temporary and permanent injunction, restraining order or
other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in the event of any breach of this Section 8.6 without the necessity of proving actual damage or posting any bond whatsoever. The rights and remedies provided by this
Section 8.6 are cumulative and in addition to any other rights and remedies which the Buyer may have hereunder or at law or in equity. 
 (b) The parties hereto agree that, if any court of competent jurisdiction determines that a specified time period or any other relevant feature of Section 8.6(a) hereof is unreasonable, arbitrary or
against public policy, then a lesser period of time or other relevant feature which is determined by such court to be reasonable, not arbitrary and not against public policy may be enforced against the applicable party. 

(c) As used in this Agreement, “Controlled Affiliates” means any Person controlled by any Seller,
where “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise. 

ARTICLE 9 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 9.1 Confidentiality.
The parties hereby ratify and affirm the Confidentiality Agreement and incorporate its provisions herein such that all confidential information received by Buyer in connection with the transaction hereunder shall be governed by the terms of the
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the Confidentiality Agreement shall be terminated and have no further force and effect. From and after the Closing Date, Sellers shall not and shall cause their directors, officers, employees and
Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, disclose, reveal, divulge or communicate to any Person other than authorized officers, directors and employees of Buyer or use or otherwise exploit for their own benefit or for the benefit of anyone other
than Buyer, any Confidential Information (as defined below). Sellers shall not have any obligation to keep confidential (or cause their officers, directors or Affiliates to keep confidential) any Confidential Information if and to the extent
disclosure thereof is specifically required by applicable Rules; provided, however, that in the event disclosure is required by applicable Rules, Sellers shall, to the extent reasonably possible, provide Buyer with prompt notice of
such requirement prior to making any disclosure so that Buyer may seek an appropriate protective order. For purposes of this Section 9.1, “Confidential Information” means any information with respect to the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, including methods of operation, customer lists, products, prices, fees, costs, technology, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, software, marketing methods, plans, personnel, suppliers, competitors, markets or
other specialized information or proprietary matters. “Confidential Information” does not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that (i) is generally available to the public on
the date of this Agreement or (ii) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure not otherwise permissible hereunder. 
 9.2 Notices, Consents, etc. Any notices, consents or other communication required to be sent or given hereunder by any of the parties shall in every case be in writing and shall be deemed
properly served if (a) delivered personally; (b) sent by registered or certified mail, in all such cases with first class postage prepaid, return receipt requested; (c) delivered by a recognized overnight courier service; or
(d) sent by facsimile transmission to the parties at the addresses as set forth below or at such other addresses as may be furnished in writing. Date of service of such notice shall be deemed to be (w) the date such notice is personally
delivered; (x) three (3) days after the date of mailing if sent by certified or registered mail; (y) one (1) day after date of delivery to the overnight courier if sent by overnight courier; or (z) the next succeeding
Business Day after transmission by facsimile. 
 If to Sellers: 

c/o Bertram Capital Management, LLC 
 800 Concar Drive, Suite 100 
 San Mateo, CA 94402 

Attn.: Jeffrey M. Drazan 
 Fax: (650) 358-5001 
 with a copy to: 

Hirschler Fleischer, PC 
 The Edgeworth Building 
 2100 East Cary Street 

P.O. Box 500 

Richmond, Virginia 23223 (mail 23218-0500) 
 Attn.: Andrew M. Lohmann, Esquire 
 Fax: (804) 644-0957 

  
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 If to Buyer: 
 Nordson Corporation 
 28601 Clemens Road 

Westlake, Ohio 44145 
 Attn: Robert Veillette 
 Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 Fax: (440) 892-9253 
 with a copy to: 
 Jones Day 

North Point 
 901
Lakeside Avenue 
 Cleveland, Ohio 44114 
 Attn.: James P. Dougherty 
 Fax: (216) 579-0212 

9.3 Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may be amended, or any provision of this Agreement may be waived, provided
that any such amendment or waiver will be binding on Buyer only if such amendment or waiver is set forth in a writing executed by Buyer, and provided that any such amendment or waiver will be binding upon Sellers only if such Amendment or waiver is
set forth in a writing executed by Sellers. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other breach. 

9.4 Documents. Each party will execute all documents and take such other actions as any other party may reasonably request
in order to consummate the transactions provided for herein and to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement. 
 9.5
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (including by means of telecopied, facsimile or pdf signature pages), any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other. 

9.6 Expenses. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, each of the parties shall pay all costs and expenses
incurred or to be incurred by it in negotiating and preparing this Agreement and in closing and carrying out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, Buyer shall be required to pay for all filing fees under the HSR
Act and other Antitrust Laws, if a filing is required. 
 9.7 Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed and
enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by, the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to provisions thereof regarding
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 9.8 Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No assignment of this Agreement or of any rights or obligations hereunder may be made by either the Sellers or Buyer (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written
consent of the other parties hereto and any attempted assignment without the required consents shall be void. 
 9.9
Certain Rules of Construction. 
 (a) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires,
references in this Agreement to the plural include the singular and references to the singular include the plural. Additionally, whenever the context so requires, the masculine shall refer to the feminine and the neuter shall refer to the masculine
or the feminine. 
 (b) Wherever any representation, warranty or other statement made in this Agreement is
qualified by the phrases “to the knowledge of Sellers,” or “to Sellers’ knowledge” or “known to Seller” as well as similar words or phrases, such qualification shall mean the actual knowledge of the members of the
Company’s and each Subsidiary’s Board of Directors or Board of Managers, as applicable, and Gary Edwards, David Hawkins, Dan Kelm, Robert Deitrick and Andrei Stapinoiu, in each case after reasonable inquiry. 

(c) The normal rules of construction that require the terms of an agreement to be construed most strictly against the
drafter of such agreement are hereby waived since each party has been represented by counsel in the drafting and negotiation of this Agreement. 
 (d) The headings in this Agreement have been inserted solely for ease of reference and shall not be considered in the interpretation or construction of this Agreement. 

(e) In addition to the words and terms elsewhere defined in this Agreement, certain capitalized words and terms used
throughout this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them by the definitions and descriptions in this Section 9.9(e) unless the context or use indicates another or different meaning or intent. 

“Accounting Firm” is defined in Section 2.3(e). 

“Accounts Payable” means all sums owed by the Company or any Subsidiary to trade creditors as
determined in accordance with GAAP as of the Closing Date. 
 “Accounts Receivable” means
all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ accounts receivable as determined in accordance with GAAP as of the Closing Date; provided, that with respect to Premier, “Accounts Receivable” means all of Premier’s
accounts receivable as determined in accordance with past practice, consistently applied. 

“Acquisition Agreements” means (i) that certain Unit Purchase Agreement by and among Timothy
Callahan, Christopher Curtin, Ronald Kuhnen and John Ulcej and the Company dated December 5, 2010 (the “EDI Acquisition Agreement”), and (ii) that certain Stock Purchase

  
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Agreement by and among EDI LLC and the shareholders of Premier named therein dated March 8, 2012 (the “Premier Acquisition Agreement”). 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, and the term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 

“Agreement” is defined in the Preamble. 

“Allocable Percentage” is defined in Section 2.1. 

“Antitrust Laws” means the HSR Act and all other federal, state and foreign statutes, rules,
regulations, orders, decrees, administrative and judicial doctrines and other Rules that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade. 

“Audited Financial Statements” is defined in Section 3.7. 

“Balance Sheet” is defined in Section 3.7. 

“Balance Sheet Date” is defined in Section 3.7. 

“BGC I” is defined in the Preamble. 

“BGC II” is defined in the Preamble. 

“BGC II-A” is defined in the Preamble. 

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required
or permitted to be closed in the State of Delaware. 
 “Business Documents” means all
documentary information concerning the Company’s and each Subsidiaries’ respective businesses including all correspondence, customer records and information, sales and promotional materials, catalogs and advertising literature, blueprints,
drawings and other technical papers and specifications, product research and test data, quality control records, service manuals, service bulletins, training materials, product bulletins, product information booklets, business plans, appraisals,
maintenance, repair and asset history and appreciation records, and all OSHA and EPA files. 

“Buyer” is defined in the Preamble. 

“Buyer Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 8.2(a). 

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 “Cash” means all of the Company’s and
Subsidiaries’ cash, cash equivalents, all restricted cash and marketable securities, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) for purposes of determining whether the Company is delivered free of Cash
pursuant to Section 2.2(a), Cash will be calculated net of issued but uncleared checks and drafts and will include checks, other wire transfers and drafts deposited for the account of the Company on such date and (ii) any amount
retained by the Company under the General Holdback Amount (as defined in the EDI Acquisition Agreement) with respect to a claim pursuant to Section 6.2(a)(iv) under the EDI Acquisition Agreement shall be retained by the Company through the
Closing and shall not be deemed to be “Cash” for any purpose under this Agreement . For purposes of this Agreement “free of Cash” means Cash equal to zero dollars. 

“Change-in-Control Payments” is defined in Section 2.1. 

“Closing” or “Closing Date” means the date on which the closing of the
transactions hereunder occurs as specified in Section 7.1. 
 “Closing Indebtedness
Amount” is defined in Section 2.1. 
 “Closing Operating
Working Capital” is defined in Section 2.3(a). 
 “Closing
Statement” is defined in Section 2.3(d). 
 “Closing Statement
Date” is defined in Section 2.3(f). 
 “Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
 “Common Shares” is defined in Recital
A. 
 “Company” is defined in Recital A. 

“Company Option” or “Company Options” is defined in
Section 1.2. 
 “Company Stock Plan” means any stock option plan or
other stock or equity-related plan of the Company. 
 “Confidential Information” is
defined in Section 9.1. 
 “Confidentiality Agreement” means that
certain Confidentiality Agreement entered into between the Company and Buyer dated effective as of March 19, 2012. 
 “Continuing Employee” is defined in Section 8.4. 
 “Contracts” means all contracts, agreements, instruments and commitments, whether written or oral, of whatsoever kind or nature related to the operation of the Company’s or a
Subsidiary’s business and to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or a Subsidiary is bound, including all leases, loan agreements, indentures, promissory notes, conditional letters of credit, guarantees,
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obligations on behalf of the Company or a Subsidiary and all agreements with suppliers or customers, including all sales, service and warranty agreements with customers. 

“Controlled Affiliates” is defined in Section 8.6(c). 

“Copyrights” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property in
Section 9.9(e). 
 “Covered Matters” means those matters set forth on
Schedule 8.2(a). 
 “Disputed Items” is defined in
Section 2.3(e). 
 “Domestic Subsidiaries” is defined in Recital
B. 
 “DMT Settlement Agreement” means that certain Settlement Agreement and
Mutual Release by and among EDI LLC, Andritz Biax SAS and certain other parties thereto, dated July 8, 2011. 
 “EDI China” is defined in Recital B. 
 “EDI Germany” is defined in Recital B. 
 “EDI Japan” is defined in Recital B. 
 “EDI LLC” is defined in Recital B. 
 “Effective Date” is defined in the Preamble. 
 “Employee Benefit Plans” is defined in Section 3.17(a). 
 “Environmental Costs and Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person, all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, Remedial Actions, losses, damages, punitive damages,
consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest
incurred as a result of any claim or demand by any other Person or in response to any violation or requirement of Environmental Law, whether known or unknown, accrued or contingent, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty,
strict liability, criminal or civil statute, to the extent based upon, related to, or arising under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, Environmental Permit, Order or agreement with any Governmental Body or other Person, which relates to any
environmental, health or safety condition, violation or requirement of Environmental Law or a release or threatened release of Hazardous Waste. 
 “Environmental Law” means any foreign, federal, state or local statute, regulation, ordinance, rule of common law or other legal requirement in effect relating to human health,
land use, chemical substances in the environment and/or the protection of the environment or natural resources, or to pollutants, contaminants, wastes or chemicals or any toxic, radioactive, ignitable, corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous
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(42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. App. § 1801 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
§ 6901 et seq.), the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.), and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), as each has been amended and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. 

“Environmental Permits” means all Permits required by Environmental Laws. 

“Equipment” means all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ fixtures, equipment,
machinery, parts, service and spare parts and supplies, tooling, jigs, patterns, molds, dies, computer hardware, set-up devices, robotics equipment, automobiles, trucks, forklifts, cranes, material handling systems, telephone systems, security
systems, facsimiles, photocopiers and all other items of tangible personal property. 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 

“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity that is a member of (A) a controlled group of corporations
(as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code, (B) a group of trades or businesses under common control (as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code or an affiliated service group as defined in Section 414(m) of the Code or the
regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code. 
 “Escrow Agent” is defined in
Section 2.2(b). 
 “Escrow Agreement” is defined in
Section 2.2(b). 
 “Escrow Funds” means the General Escrow Amount plus
the Working Capital Escrow Amount as the same may be increased by investment earnings or decreased by investment losses or payments made in satisfaction of the Purchase Price adjustments owed to the Buyer and the indemnification obligations owed to
Buyer Indemnified Parties from time to time. 
 “Estimated Adjustment” is defined in
Section 2.3(c). 
 “Estimated Closing Operating Working Capital” is
defined in Section 2.3(b). 
 “Example Working Capital Calculation” is
defined in Section 2.3(b). 
 “Exchange Rate” means the applicable
exchange rate set forth in The Wall Street Journal (Northeast edition), or, if not reported therein, as reported by another authoritative journal of Buyer and Sellers joint election, in either case on the date that is two (2) Business
Days before the Closing Date. 
 “Excluded Representations” is defined in
Section 8.2(d). 
 “Financial Statements” is defined in
Section 3.7. 
 “Foreign Benefit Plan” is defined in
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 “Foreign Subsidiaries” is defined in Recital
B. 
 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or any successor authority) that are applicable
as the date of determination as consistently applied by the Company. 
 “General Escrow
Amount” is defined in Section 2.2(b). 
 “General Indemnity
Cap” is defined in Section 8.2(e)(ii). 
 “Governmental
Body” means any government or governmental or regulatory body thereof, or political subdivision thereof, whether federal, state, local or foreign, or any agency, instrumentality or authority thereof, or any court or arbitrator (public
or private). 
 “Hazardous Waste” means (A) hazardous materials, hazardous
substances, extremely hazardous substances or hazardous wastes, as those terms are defined by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., and any other environmental and safety requirements under applicable Environmental Law; (B) petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is liquid at standard conditions
of temperature and pressure (60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute); (C) any radioactive material, including any source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et
seq.; (D) asbestos in any form or condition; (E) chlorofluorocarbons in any form or condition; and (F) any other material, substance or waste to which liability or standards of conduct may be imposed under any environmental and
safety requirements under applicable Environmental Law. 
 “HSR Act” means the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 or any successor law, and regulations and rules issued pursuant thereto. 
 “HSR Approval” means either (1) the expiration of the waiting period required under the HSR Act, prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, or
(2) the early termination of the waiting period required under the HSR Act. 

“Indebtedness” means at a particular time, without duplication, with respect to the Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (i) any obligations under any indebtedness for borrowed money (including, without limitation, all principal, interest, premiums, penalties, fees, expenses, indemnities and brokerage costs),
(ii) any indebtedness evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other debt security, (iii) any commitment which assures a creditor against loss (including contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit),
(iv) any deferred purchase price for property or services (other than trade payables), including any “earnout,” “holdback” or similar payment, (v) any obligations under capitalized leases determined in accordance with
GAAP or with respect to which such entity is liable, contingently or otherwise, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, or with respect to which obligations such entity assures a creditor against loss, (vi) any indebtedness secured by a Lien on
such entity’s assets, (vii) any obligations payable to any Person triggered by the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder, 

  
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(viii) any obligations under interest rate swap, hedging or similar agreements, and (ix) any liability of others described in the preceding clauses (i) through (viii) that the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries has guaranteed. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness will not include (A) any intercompany obligations between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (B) any trade payables incurred in
the Ordinary Course of Business that are reflected in the final Closing Statement. 
 “Indemnified
Party” is defined in Section 8.2(c)(i). 
 “Indemnifying
Party” is defined in Section 8.2(c)(i). 
 “Indemnity
Cap” is defined in Section 8.2(e)(ii). 
 “Indemnity
Threshold” is defined in Section 8.2(e)(i). 
 “Intellectual
Property” means all intellectual property rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary arising from or in respect of the following, whether protected, created or arising under the laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction, and
all rights to enforce and to collect damages for past, present and future violations of such rights: (i) all patents and applications therefor, including continuations, divisionals, continuation-in-part, or reissues of patent applications and
patents issuing thereon (collectively, “Patents”), (ii) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, brand names, trade dress rights, logos, Internet domain names, corporate names and general intangibles of
a like nature, together with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and all applications, registrations and renewals thereof (collectively, “Marks”), (iii) all copyrights and registrations and applications
therefor, works of authorship and mask work rights (collectively, “Copyrights”), (iv) all discoveries, concepts, ideas, research and development, know-how, formulae, inventions, compositions, manufacturing and
production processes and techniques, technical data, procedures, designs, drawings, specifications, databases, and other proprietary and confidential information, including customer lists, supplier lists, pricing and cost information, and business
and marketing plans and proposals of the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case excluding any rights in respect of any of the foregoing that comprise or are protected by Copyrights or Patents (collectively, “Trade Secrets”),
and (v) all Software and Technology of the Company. 
 “Intellectual Property
Licenses” means (i) any grant to a third Person of any right to use any of the Intellectual Property, and (ii) any grant to the Company or any Subsidiary of a right to use a third Person’s intellectual property rights
which is necessary for the use of any Intellectual Property. 
 “Inventory” means all raw
materials, work in process and finished goods inventory of the Company and any Subsidiary. 

“KG” is defined in Recital B. 

“Leased Real Property” is defined in Section 3.9(b). 

“Leases” is defined in Section 3.9(b). 

  
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 “Legal Proceeding” means any judicial,
administrative or arbitral actions, suits, proceedings (public or private) or claims or proceedings by or before a Governmental Body. 
 “Liability” means any liability or obligation of any kind or nature whatsoever of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, whether known
or unknown, asserted or unasserted, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due, and whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise. 
 “Liens” means any claims, liens, charges, restrictions, options, preemptive rights, mortgages, hypothecations, assessments, pledges, servitudes, easements, encumbrances or security
interests of any kind or nature whatsoever. 
 “Losses” means all Liabilities,
deficiencies, demands, claims, suits, actions, or causes of action, assessments, losses, costs, expenses, interest, fines, penalties, actual or punitive damages or reasonable costs or reasonable expenses of any and all investigations, proceedings,
judgments, remediations, settlements and compromises (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants and other experts). 
 “Lower Collar Amount” is defined in Section 2.3(a). 
 “Management GmbH” is defined in Recital B. 
 “Marks” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property in Section 9.9(e). 

“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to a Person, a material adverse effect on or change
in the (i) business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), employees, or results of operations of the applicable Person, or (ii) ability of such Person to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any agreement
entered into in connection herewith or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby in all material respects, but shall not include any effect arising from (x) changes in general industry conditions for the industry in which
such Person conducts business or changes in the U.S. economy generally, including as a result of acts of war or terrorism, changes in GAAP, and changes in law or regulations, in each case which do not affect such Person in a manner materially
different from other Persons in such industry or (y) changes resulting from the fact that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been publicly disclosed or are otherwise known to a Person. 

“Material Contracts” means any Contract: 

(i) between, on the one hand, the Company or any Subsidiary, and, on the other hand, a Significant Customer, requiring
payments to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary in excess of $50,000; 
 (ii) between, on the one hand, the
Company or any Subsidiary, and, on the other hand, a Significant Supplier, requiring payments to such Significant Supplier in excess of $50,000; 
 (iii) that may give rise to Liabilities, revenues or benefits exceeding $50,000 (or the equivalent value in the applicable currency) annually to the Company or any

  
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Subsidiary but excluding customer Contracts and supplier Contracts. In the event the value of the annual Liabilities, revenues or benefits to the Company or any Subsidiary are not readily
determinable, whether a Contract gives rise to Liabilities, revenues or benefits exceeding $50,000 annually to the Company or any Subsidiary shall be determined based on the Liabilities, revenues or benefits to the Company or applicable Subsidiary
during the 2011 calendar year.; 
 (iv) evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary; 

(v) for the cleanup, abatement or other actions in connection with any Hazardous Waste, the remediation of any existing
environmental Liabilities, the violation of any Environmental Laws or relating to the performance of any environmental audit or study, excluding, however, provisions in customer Contracts in the Ordinary Course of Business; 

(vi) under which the consequences of a default or termination could have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any
Subsidiary; 
 (vii) with customers that are Governmental Bodies with gross purchases from the Company or any
Subsidiary in excess of $250,000; or 
 (viii) with any Governmental Body or with any Person in connection with
such Person’s contract with any Governmental Body (other than customer Contracts). 

“NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Stock Market operated by NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. 

“Objections Statement” is defined in Section 2.3(e). 

“Operating Working Capital” means (i) all current assets (excluding Cash, deferred income
taxes, and any current assets relating to the manufacture of the Settlement Dies (as defined in the DMT Settlement Agreement) pursuant to the DMT Settlement Agreement) of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the close of business on the Closing
Date (but before taking into account the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), minus (ii) all current liabilities of the Company (excluding the Change-in-Control Payments, the Closing Indebtedness Amount, the Option
Cancellation Payments, any accounts payable relating to the manufacture of the Settlement Dies (as defined in the DMT Settlement Agreement) pursuant to the DMT Settlement Agreement, and any other interest bearing liabilities) and its Subsidiaries as
of the close of business on the Closing Date (but before taking into account the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), in each case calculated in accordance with and using the same line items and adjustments as set forth on the
Example Working Capital Calculation. For the avoidance of doubt, the determination of the Purchase Price and the preparation of the Closing Statement will take into account only those components (i.e., line items) and adjustments reflected on the
Example Working Capital Calculation and used in calculating the Upper Collar Amount and Lower Collar Amount. Further to the preceding sentence, the calculation of the Purchase Price will be determined, and any such calculations on the Closing
Statement will be determined, in accordance with the Example Working Capital Calculation (and without any change in or introduction of any new reserves; provided the warranty reserves and any other reserves that are customarily adjusted by the
Company or any Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course of Business shall be updated as of the Closing Date consistent with the same methodology used in determining such reserves), and without duplication

  
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to any items counted in the computation of Seller Transaction Expenses. The parties agree that the purpose of preparing and calculating the Operating Working Capital hereunder is to measure
changes in Operating Working Capital without the introduction of new or different accounting methods, policies, practices, procedures, classifications, judgments or estimation methodologies from the Example Working Capital Calculation. The
determination of Operating Working Capital and the preparation of the Closing Statement will entirely disregard (A) any and all effects on the assets or liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby or of any financing or refinancing arrangements entered into at any time by Buyer or any other transaction entered into by Buyer in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (B) any of the
plans, transactions, or changes which Buyer intends to initiate or make or cause to be initiated or made after the Closing with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries or their businesses or assets, or any facts or circumstances that are unique
or particular to Buyer or any of its assets or liabilities. 
 “Option Cancellation
Payments” is defined in Section 1.2. 
 “Option Holder Escrow
Funds” is defined in Section 2.2(b). 
 “Option Termination
Agreement” is defined in Section 1.2. 
 “Order” means
any order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, writ, assessment or arbitration award of a Governmental Body. 

“Ordinary Course of Business” means, as applicable, the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
ordinary course of business consistent with its respective past custom and practice. 
 “Outside
Closing Date” is defined in Section 5.6(a)(ii). 

“Patents” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property in
Section 9.9(e). 
 “Permits” means all permits, licenses, franchises
and approvals of Governmental Bodies. 
 “Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens listed on
Schedule 3.9(a), (ii) liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or for Taxes being diligently contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves according to GAAP have been established,
(iii) purchase money liens and liens securing rental payments under capital lease arrangements, (iv) mechanics’, materialmen’s, and similar liens arising or incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (v) liens on
balances contained in the Subsidiaries’ deposit accounts supporting letters of credit issued in the Ordinary Course of Business. 
 “Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, entity or government
(whether federal, state, county, city or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency or department thereof). 
 “Personal Property Leases” is defined in Section 3.9(a). 

  
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 “Plan Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person,
any other Person that is a member of a group described in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA that includes the first Person or that is a member of the same “controlled group” as
the first Person pursuant to Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA. 
 “Post-Closing Straddle
Period” is defined in Section 8.3(c). 
 “Pre-Closing Straddle
Period” is defined in Section 8.3(c). 
 “Pre-Closing Tax
Period” means any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date and, with respect to any taxable period beginning before and ending after the Closing Date, the portion of such taxable period ending on and including the Closing
Date. 
 “Premier” is defined in Recital B. 

“Premier Financial Statements” is defined in Section 3.7. 

“Privilege Period” is defined in Section 8.3(c). 

“Products” means any and all products developed, manufactured, marketed or sold by the Company or
any Subsidiary, whether work in progress or in final form. 
 “Purchase Price” is defined
in Section 2.1. 
 “Purchase Price Decrease Amount” is defined in
Section 2.3(a). 
 “Purchase Price Increase Amount” is defined in
Section 2.3(a). 
 “Registered IP” is defined in
Section 3.13(a). 
 “Release” has the meaning set forth in the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), provided, however, that the exclusions in such statutory definition shall not apply. 

“Remedial Action” means all actions to (i) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way
address any Hazardous Waste; (ii) prevent the Release of any Hazardous Waste so it does not endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; (iii) perform pre-remedial studies and
investigations or post-remedial monitoring and care; and (iv) to correct a condition of noncompliance with Environmental Laws. 
 “Representatives” is defined in Section 5.9(a). 
 “Rule” or “Rules” means any laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgment, injunction, decree or other decision of any Governmental Body. 

“Schedule Supplement” is defined in Section 5.9. 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor law and
regulations and rules pursuant thereto. 

  
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 “Sellers” is defined in the Preamble.

 “Seller Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 8.2(b).

 “Seller Related Persons” is defined in Section 8.5. 

“Seller Related Person Claims” is defined in Section 8.5. 

“Seller Transaction Expenses” means the third party fees and expenses (including legal,
accounting, investment banking, advisory and other fees and expenses) payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Sellers arising from, incurred in connection with or incident to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including bonuses, severance, termination, change-in-control, retention or other payments to directors, officers or employees made or triggered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby other than the Change-in-Control Payments and the
Option Cancellation Payments. 
 “Seller Transaction Expenses Amount” is defined in
Section 2.1. 
 “Shares” is defined in Recital A.

 “Significant Customer” is defined in Section 3.23. 

“Significant Supplier” is defined in Section 3.23. 

“Software” means any and all (i) computer programs, including any and all software
implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code; (ii) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise; (iii) descriptions,
flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons-and icons; and (iv) all documentation including
user manuals and other training documentation related to any of the foregoing. 
 “Stockholder
Vote” is defined in Section 5.10. 
 “Straddle Period” is
defined in Section 8.3(c). 
 “Subsidiaries” is defined in
Recital B. 
 “Subsidiary Shares” is defined in
Section 3.1. 
 “Survival Period” is defined in
Section 8.2(d). 
 “Tax” or “Taxes” means
(i) any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, franchise, estimated, alternative minimum, add-on minimum, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, excise, natural resources, ad valorem, escheat, unclaimed or abandoned
property, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, profits, windfall profit, environmental, customs, duties, real property, personal property, capital stock, social security, employment, unemployment, disability, payroll, license, employee or other
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assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any law or Governmental Body, whether disputed or not,
(ii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of any of the foregoing types as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group, or being a party to any agreement or arrangement whereby liability for
payment of such amounts was determined or taken into account with reference to the liability of any other Person, (iii) any liability for the payment of any amounts as a result of being a party to any tax sharing or allocation agreements or
arrangements (whether or not written) or with respect to the payment of any amounts of any of the foregoing types as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other Person, and (iv) any liability for the payment of any of
the foregoing types as a successor, transferee or otherwise. 
 “Tax Deductions” means
any item of loss or deduction resulting from or attributable to (i) transaction bonuses, changes-in-control payments, severance payments, retention payments or similar payments made to employees or other service providers of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, including but not limited to the Change-in-Control Payments; (ii) the fees, expenses and interest incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the payment of any Indebtedness, including the Closing Indebtedness
Amount; (iii) the amount of investment banking, legal and accounting fees and expenses paid or payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iv) the amount of any deduction for federal income Tax purposes as a result of the
exercise or payment for cancellation of employee or other compensatory options arising in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and as determined by Sellers in good faith, including but not limited to as a result of the
Option Cancellation Payments. 
 “Tax Documents” is defined in
Section 8.3(a). 
 “Tax Matter” is defined in
Section 8.3(f). 
 “Tax Returns” means returns, declarations,
elections, forms (including estimated Tax), reports, claims for refund, information returns or other documents (including any related or supporting schedules, supplements, attachments, statements or information) filed or issued, or required to be
filed or issued, in connection with the determination, assessment or collection of any Taxes of any party or in connection with the administration of any laws, regulations or administrative requirements relating to any Taxes including any amendment
thereof. 
 “Technology” means, collectively, all designs, formulae, algorithms,
procedures, methods, techniques, ideas, know-how, research and development, technical data, programs, subroutines, tools, materials, specifications, processes, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice),
apparatus, creations, improvements, works of authorship and other similar materials, and all recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, and other writings, and other tangible embodiments of the foregoing, in any form whether or not
specifically listed herein, and all related technology, that are used in, incorporated in, embodied in, displayed by or relate to, or are used or useful in the design/development, reproduction, maintenance or modification of, any of the Products.

 “Trade Secrets” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property in
Section 9.9(e). 

  
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 “Transaction Documents” means all agreements,
documents, instruments, and certificates contemplated by this Agreement or being executed or delivered pursuant to or in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including this Agreement. 

“Transfer Taxes” is defined in Section 8.3(d). 

“Unaudited Financial Statements” is defined in Section 3.7. 

“Upper Collar Amount” is defined in Section 2.3(a). 

“Working Capital Collar” is defined in Section 2.3(a). 

“Working Capital Escrow Amount” is defined in Section 2.2(b). 

9.10 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, the Preamble, the Recitals and all the
Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement (all of which shall be deemed incorporated in the Agreement and made a part hereof) and the Confidentiality Agreement set forth the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall not be modified or affected by any offer, proposal, statement or representation, oral or written, made by or for any party in connection with the negotiation of the terms hereof. 

9.11 Third Parties. Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be
construed to confer upon or give to any Person or entity, other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective permitted successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement. 

9.12 Specific Performance. The parties acknowledge and agree that the breach of this Agreement by Sellers, on the one
hand, and Buyer, on the other hand, would cause irreparable damage to other party for which there would be no adequate remedy at law. Therefore, the obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be enforceable by injunctive relief to
restrain a breach or threatened breach, or by a decree of specific performance issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, and appropriate injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in connection therewith. Such remedies shall, however, be
cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies which any party may have under this Agreement or otherwise. 
 9.13 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms or provisions of
this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term
or other provision is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in
order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
executed this Stock Purchase Agreement as of the Effective Date. 
  

													
	SELLERS:	 		 	BERTRAM GROWTH CAPITAL I, L.P.,
		 		 	a Delaware limited partnership
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 Bertram Growth Capital I (GP), L.P.,
 a Delaware limited partnership

		 		 		 	Its:	 	General Partner
						
		 		 		 		 	By:	 	 Bertram Growth Capital I (GPLLC), L.L.C.,
 a Delaware limited liability company

		 		 		 		 	Its:	 	General Partner
							
		 		 		 		 		 	By:	 	 
		 		 		 		 		 	Name:	 	 
		 		 		 		 		 	Title:	 	 
			
		 		 	BERTRAM GROWTH CAPITAL II, L.P.,
		 		 	a Delaware limited partnership
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 Bertram Growth Capital II (GP), L.P.,
 a Delaware limited partnership

		 		 		 	Its:	 	General Partner
						
		 		 		 		 	By:	 	 Bertram Growth Capital II (GPLLC), L.L.C.,
 a Delaware limited liability company

		 		 		 		 	Its:	 	General Partner
							
		 		 		 		 		 	By:	 	 
		 		 		 		 		 	Name:	 	 
		 		 		 		 		 	Title:	 	 
			
		 		 	BERTRAM GROWTH CAPITAL II-A, L.P.,
		 		 	a Delaware limited partnership
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 Bertram Growth Capital II (GP), L.P.,
 a Delaware limited partnership

		 		 		 	Its:	 	General Partner
						
		 		 		 		 	By:	 	 Bertram Growth Capital II (GPLLC), L.L.C.,
 a Delaware limited liability company

		 		 		 		 	Its:	 	General Partner
							
		 		 		 		 		 	By:	 	 
		 		 		 		 		 	Name:	 	 
		 		 		 		 		 	Title:	 	 

  
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	COMPANY:	 		 	EDI HOLDINGS, INC.,
		 		 	a Delaware corporation
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 
		 		 		 	Name:	 	 
		 		 		 	Title:	 	 
			
	BUYER:	 		 	Nordson Corporation 
		 		 	an Ohio corporation
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 
		 		 		 	Name:	 	 
		 		 		 	Title:	 	 

  
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Page – Stock Purchase Agreement]

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