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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                      CHANGE OF CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of April 1, 1995, is between NATIONAL DENTEX
CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation (the "Company"), and RICHARD F. BECKER,
JR. (the "Executive").

         The Executive is a key executive of the Company and an integral part of
its management.

         The Company recognizes that the possibility of a change of control of
the Company may result in the departure or distraction of management to the
detriment of the Company and its shareholders.

         The Company wishes to assure the Executive of fair severance should his
employment terminate in specified circumstances following a change of control,
and to assure the Executive of certain other benefits upon a change of control.

         In consideration of the Executive's continued employment with the
Company and other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:

         1.       Definitions. The following terms as used in this Agreement
shall have the following meanings:

         "Base Salary" shall mean the Executive's annual base salary, exclusive
of any bonus or other benefits he may receive.

         "Bonus" shall mean the amount payable to the Executive pursuant to one
or more of the Company's incentive compensation plans as in effect prior to the
occurrence of a Standstill Period.

         "Cause" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.

         "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any one of the
following events:

                  (a)      there occurs a change of control of the Company of a
         nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item l(a)
         of the Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of
         the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or in any
         other filing under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that no
         transaction shall be deemed to be a Change of Control if the Executive
         or an Executive Related Party is the Person or a member of a group
         constituting the Person acquiring control; or

                  (b)      any Person other than an employee benefit plan of the
         Company or of any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company becomes the
         owner of 33% or more of the Company's Common Stock and thereafter
         individuals who were not directors of the

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         Company prior to the date such Person became a 33% owner are elected as
         directors pursuant to an arrangement or understanding with, or upon the
         request of or nomination by, such Person and constitute at least 1/3 of
         the Company's Board of Directors; provided, however, such acquisition
         of ownership shall not constitute a Change of Control if the Executive
         or an Executive Related Party is the Person or a member of a group
         constituting the Person acquiring such ownership; or

                  (c)      there occurs any solicitation or series of
         solicitations of proxies by or on behalf of any Person other than the
         Company's Board of Directors and thereafter individuals who were not
         directors of the Company prior to the commencement of such solicitation
         or series of solicitations are elected as directors pursuant to an
         arrangement or understanding with, or upon the request of or nomination
         by, such Person and constitute at lest 1/3 of the Company's Board of
         Directors; or

                  (d)      the Company executes an agreement of acquisition,
         merger or consolidation which contemplates that (i) after the effective
         date provided for in such agreement, all or substantially all of the
         business and/or assets of the Company shall be owned, leased or
         otherwise controlled by another Person and (ii) individuals who are
         directors of the Company when such agreement is executed shall not
         constitute at least two-thirds of the board of directors of the
         survivor or successor entity immediately after the effective date
         provided for in such agreement; provided, however, that for purposes of
         this paragraph (d), if such agreement requires as a condition precedent
         approval by the Company's shareholders of the agreement or transaction,
         a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have taken place unless and
         until such approval is secured (but upon any such approval, a Change of
         Control shall be deemed to have occurred on the effective date of such
         agreement).

         "Common Stock" shall mean the then outstanding Common Stock of the
Company plus, for purposes of determining the stock ownership of any Person, the
number of unissued shares of Common Stock which such Person has the right to
acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time) upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or
options or otherwise.

         "Current Title" shall mean the Executive's title on the date one
hundred eighty (180) days prior to the commencement of a Standstill Period.

         "Date of Qualified Termination" shall mean the date on which the
Executive's employment is terminated pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this
Agreement.

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         "Executive Related Party" shall mean any Affiliate or Associate of the
Executive other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. The terms
"Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Rule
12b-2 under the Exchange Act (the term "registrant" in the definition of
"Associate" meaning, in this case, the Company).

         "Good Reason" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

         A Person shall be deemed to be the "owner" of any Common Stock:

         (a)      of which such Person would be the "beneficial owner", as such
                  term is defined in Rule 13d-3, as in effect on the date
                  hereof, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
                  (the "Commission") under the Exchange Act; or

         (b)      of which such Person would be the "beneficial owner", as such
                  term is used in Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules
                  of the Commission promulgated thereunder, as in effect on the
                  date hereof; or

         (c)      which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates (as
                  such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2, as in effect on the date
                  hereof, promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act),
                  has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable
                  immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any
                  agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise
                  of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options or
                  otherwise.

         "Person" shall have the meaning used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act, as in effect on the date hereof.

         "Qualified Termination" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01(a) of this Agreement.

         "Standstill Period" shall be the period commencing on the date of a
Change of Control and continuing until the close of business on the last
business day of the 24th calendar month following such Change of Control.

         2.       Benefits Upon Change of Control.

         2.01     Benefits Following Termination of Employment.

                  (a)      Upon the termination of the Executive's employment by
         the Company without Cause (except termination pursuant to a mandatory
         retirement policy applied by the Company to all its senior executives),
         or by the Executive for Good Reason,

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         during any Standstill Period following a Change of Control (a
         "Qualified Termination"), the Company shall, within thirty (30) days
         following the Date of Qualified Termination, pay to the Executive in a
         lump sum an amount equal to (i) two (2) times the Executive's Base
         Salary in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination plus (ii)
         two (2) times the average amount of the Bonus payable to the Executive
         for the two (2) fiscal years ending on or immediately prior to the Date
         of Termination.

                  (b) Until the second anniversary of the Date of Qualified
         Termination, the Company shall maintain in full force and effect for
         the continued benefit of Executive and his family all life insurance,
         medical insurance and disability plans and programs in which Executive
         was entitled to participate immediately prior to the Change of Control,
         provided that Executive's continued participation is possible under the
         general terms and provisions of such plans and programs. In the event
         that Executive is ineligible to participate in such plans or programs,
         the Company shall arrange upon comparable terms to provide Executive
         with benefits substantially similar to those which he is entitled to
         receive under such plans and programs. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
         the Company's obligations hereunder with respect to life insurance,
         medical or disability coverage or benefits shall be deemed satisfied to
         the extent (but only to the extent) of any such coverage or benefits
         provided by another employer.

         2.02 Coordination with Tax Rules. Payments under Section 2.01 shall be
made without regard to whether the deductibility of such payments (or any other
"parachute payments," as that term is defined in Internal Revenue Code Section
280G, to or for the benefit of the Executive) would be limited or precluded by
Internal Revenue Code Section 280G and without regard to whether such payments
(or any other "parachute payments" as so defined) would subject the Executive to
the federal excise tax levied on certain "excess parachute payments" under
Internal Revenue Code Section 4999; provided, that if the total of all
"parachute payments" to or for the benefit of the Executive, after reduction for
all federal taxes (including the tax described in Internal Revenue Code Section
4999, if applicable) provided, that if the total of all payments to or for the
benefit of Executive, after reduction for all federal taxes (including the tax
described in Internal Revenue Code Section 4999, if applicable, with respect to
such payments (the "Executive's total after tax payments"), would be increased
by the limitation or elimination of any payment under this Section 2.01, such
amounts payable hereunder shall be reduced to the extent, and only to the
extent, necessary to maximize the Executive's total after-tax payments. The
determination as to whether and to what extent payments under this Section 2.01
are required to be reduced in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be
made at the

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Company's expense by the Company's regularly retained independent public
accounting firm (the "Accountants"). In the event of any underpayment or
overpayment under this Section 2.01 as determined by the Accountants, the amount
of such underpayment or overpayment shall forthwith be paid to the Executive or
refunded to the Company, as the case may be, with interest at the applicable
Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.

         2.03     Cause. Termination for "Cause" shall mean termination of the
Executive's employment by the Company because of conviction of a felony,
commission of an act of dishonesty or moral turpitude in connection with his
employment by the Company or gross neglect of duties (other than as a result of
disability, as determined under the Company's long-term disability plan, or
death) which shall continue for thirty (30) days after the Company gives written
notice to the Executive thereof.

         2.04     Good Reason. Termination for "Good Reason" shall mean the
voluntary termination by the Executive of his employment within ninety (90) days
after the occurrence of any of the following events without the Executive's
express written consent:

                  (a)      the assignment to him of any duties inconsistent with
         his positions, duties, responsibilities, reporting requirements, and
         status with the Company immediately prior to a Change of Control, or a
         substantive change in the Executive's titles or offices as in effect
         immediately prior to a Change of Control, or any removal of the
         Executive from or any failure to reelect him to such positions, except
         in connection with the termination of the Executive's employment by the
         Company for Cause or by the Executive other than for Good Reason; or
         any other action by the Company which results in a diminishment in such
         position, authority, duties or responsibilities, other than an
         insubstantial and inadvertent action which is remedied by the Company
         promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; or

                  (b)      if the Executive's Base Salary for any fiscal year is
         less than 100 percent of the Base Salary paid to the Executive in the
         completed fiscal year immediately preceding the Change of Control, or
         if the Executive's bonus opportunity for any fiscal year is less than
         the average of the bonuses actually paid to the Executive for the two
         completed fiscal years immediately preceding the Change of Control,
         unless any such reduction represents an overall reduction in the Base
         Salary paid or bonus opportunities made available, as the case may be,
         to the five (5) highest paid executives of the Company (the "Comparable
         Executives") (it being the Company's burden to establish this fact); or

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                  (c)      the failure of the Company to continue in effect any
         benefits or perquisites, or any pension, life insurance, medical
         insurance or disability plan in which the Executive was participating
         immediately prior to a Change of Control unless the Company provides
         the Executive with a plan or plans that provide substantially similar
         benefits, or the taking of any action by the Company that would
         adversely affect the Executive's participation in or materially reduce
         the Executive's benefits under any of such plans or deprive the
         Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive
         immediately prior to a Change of Control, unless the elimination or
         reduction of any such benefit, perquisite or plan affects all
         Comparable Executives (it being the Company's burden to establish this
         fact); or

                  (d)      any relocation of the Executive's principal place of
         business to more than fifty (50) miles from the place where the
         Executive was employed at the time of the Change of Control; or

                  (e)      any other breach by the Company of any provision of
         this Agreement, provided that the same shall have the continued
         unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the Executive gives
         notice to the Company requesting that the Company remedy the same.

         3.       No Mitigation of Damages; Other Severance Payments;
Withholding.

         3.01       No Duty to Mitigate Damages. The Executive's benefits under
Section 2.01(a) shall be considered severance pay in consideration of his past
service and his continued service from the date of this Agreement, and his
entitlement thereto shall neither be governed by any duty to mitigate his
damages by seeking further employment nor offset by any compensation which he
may receive from future employment.

         3.02       Other Severance Payments. The benefits payable to the
Executive hereunder following a Change of Control, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2 above, are in lieu of any severance payments due the
Executive pursuant to the provisions of any Employment Agreement between the
Company and the Executive, except, however, that in all events the Company shall
continue to pay to the Executive in accordance with the provisions of any such
Employment Agreement all Base Salary and Bonus accrued to the effective date of
termination of the Executive's employment, in addition to any amounts payable to
the Executive pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement.

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         3.03       Withholding. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, all
payments required to be made by the Company hereunder to the Executive shall be
subject to the withholding of such amounts, if any, relating to tax and other
payroll deductions as the Company may reasonably determine it should withhold
pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

         4.       Arbitration. Any controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be settled exclusively
by arbitration in Boston, Massachusetts in accordance with the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect, and
judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any
court having jurisdiction thereof.

         5.       Notices. Any notices or other communications required or
permitted hereunder shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered by
hand or sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, or by recognized
overnight express courier, postage prepaid, and if to the Executive, addressed
to him at the address set forth below, and if to the Company, addressed to it at
111 Speen Street, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701, Attention: President, with a
copy to Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, 100 Charles River Plaza, Boston,
Massachusetts 02114, Attention: Donald H. Siegel, P.C. or such other address as
shall have been specified in writing by either party to the other, and any such
notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given as of the date so
mailed.

         6.       Severability. In the event that any provision of this
Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision
shall be enforceable in any other jurisdiction in which valid and enforceable
and in any event the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect
to the fullest extent permitted by law.

         7.       General Provisions.

         7.01       Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties and be enforceable by the Executive's
personal or legal representatives or successors. If the Executive dies while any
amounts would still be payable to him hereunder, benefits would still be
provided to his family hereunder or rights would still be exercisable by him
hereunder as if he had continued to live, such amounts shall be paid to the
Executive's estate, such benefits shall be provided to the Executive's family
and such rights shall remain exercisable by the Executive's estate in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not otherwise be
assignable by the Executive.

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         7.02     Successors. This Agreement shall inure to and be binding upon
the Company's successors. The Company will require any successor to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company by sale, merger
(where the Company is not the surviving corporation), lease or otherwise, by
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to assume
expressly this Agreement. If the Company shall not obtain such agreement prior
to the effective date of any such succession, the Executive shall have all
rights resulting from termination by the Executive for Good Reason under this
Agreement. This Agreement shall not otherwise be assignable by the Company.

         7.03     Amendment or Modification; Waiver. This Agreement may not be
amended unless agreed to in writing by the Executive and the Company. No waiver
by either party of any breach of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of a
subsequent breach.

         7.04     Titles. No provision of this Agreement is to be construed by
reference to the title of any section.

         7.05     Continued Employment. This Agreement shall not give the
Executive any right of continued employment or any right to compensation or
benefits from the Company or any subsidiary except the right specifically state
herein to certain severance and other benefits, and shall not limit the
Company's right to change the terms of or to terminate the Executive's
employment, with or without Cause, at any time other than during a Standstill
Period, except as may be otherwise provided in a written employment agreement,
if any, between the Company and the Executive.

         7.06     Termination of Agreement Outside of Standstill Period. This
Agreement shall be automatically terminated upon the first to occur of (i) the
termination of the Executive's employment for any reason, whether voluntary or
involuntary, at any time other than during a Standstill Period or (ii) the 180th
day after a change in the Executive's title to a level below that of the
Executive's Current Title unless a Standstill Period was in effect on the date
of such change or within one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter.

         7.07     Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, performance and
enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts.

         7.09     Legal Fees and Expenses. The Company shall pay all legal fees
and expenses, including but not limited to counsel fees, reasonably incurred by
Executive in contesting or disputing that the termination of his employment
during a Standstill Period is for Cause or other than for Good Reason or in
obtaining any right or benefit to which Executive is entitled under this
Agreement. Any amount payable under this Agreement that is not paid when due
shall accrue interest at the base rate as from time to time in effect at State
Street Bank and Trust Company, until paid in full.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

                                        NATIONAL DENTEX CORPORATION

                                        By: William Mullahy

                                        EXECUTIVE:

                                        /s/ Richard F. Becker, Jr.
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                                        Richard F.  Becker, Jr.

                                        Address: 15 FALES RD.
                                        DEDHAM, MA 02026

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.10

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of April 1, 1995, is between NATIONAL DENTEX
CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation (the "Company"), and DAVID L. BROWN
(the "Executive").

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to retain the services of the
Executive, and the Executive desires to continue to be employed by the Company
upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

         1.       SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT.

                  (a)      Nature of Services. Executive shall diligently
         perform the duties and assume the responsibilities of the position of
         Vice President, - Finance, Chief Financial officer and Treasurer of the
         Company and such additional executive duties and responsibilities as
         shall from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

                  (b)      Extent of Services. Executive shall devote
         substantially all his working time and attention and his best efforts
         to the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this
         Agreement. However, Executive may (a) make any passive investments
         where he is not obligated or required to, and shall not in fact, devote
         any managerial efforts, (b) participate in charitable or community
         activities or in trade or professional organizations or (c) subject to
         Board of Directors approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably
         withheld or withdrawn), hold directorships in public companies, except
         only that the Board of Directors shall have the right to limit such
         services as director or such participation whenever the Board of
         Directors shall believe that the time spent on such activities
         infringes in any material respect upon the time required by Executive
         for the performance of his duties under this Agreement or is otherwise
         incompatible with those duties.

         2.       COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.

                  (a)      Base Salary. The Company shall pay the Executive a
         base salary (the "Base Salary") at the rate of Seventy-Three Thousand
         Dollars ($73,000) per year in accordance with Company's then current
         payroll practices. During the Employment Period, as defined in Section
         3 below, such salary shall be reduced by the amount of payments, if
         any, Executive receives under any short term or long term disability
         insurance policies paid for by Company and related to Executive's
         employment hereunder. The Executive's salary may be increased from time
         to time by the Board of Directors.

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                  (b)      Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to participate
         in the Company's Corporate Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (the
         "Incentive Compensation Plan") and to receive a bonus thereunder for
         each calendar year during the Employment Period in an amount determined
         annually in accordance with the provisions of the Incentive
         Compensation Plan (the "Bonus").

                  (c)      Benefits. Executive shall be eligible for and
         participate, to the same extent (and subject to the same co-payments
         or other conditions of participation) in such fringe benefits as are
         generally made available to executives of the Company, including
         without limitation health, disability and life insurance (collectively,
         the "Insurance Benefits") and the Company's stock option and stock
         purchase plans.

                  (d)      Expense Reimbursement. The Company will reimburse
         Executive for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by him in
         carrying out his duties under this Agreement. Executive shall promptly
         present to the Company itemized accounts of such expenses in such form
         as may be required by the Company.

         3.       EMPLOYMENT PERIOD.

         The "Employment Period" shall mean the three (3) year period commencing
on the date hereof and, thereafter, shall continue until terminated by either
party, subject to earlier termination upon occurrence of any of the events set
forth below:

                  (a)      the death of the Executive;

                  (b)      the "Disability" of the Executive as defined in the
         Company's long-term disability plan, as in effect from time to time
         which termination shall be effective on the date on which the Executive
         is entitled to receive long-term disability compensation pursuant to
         such plan;

                  (c)      for "Cause," meaning, for purposes hereof,
         termination of the Executive's employment by the Company because of
         conviction of a felony, commission of an act of dishonesty, breach or
         trust or moral turpitude in connection with his employment by the
         Company or gross neglect of duties (other than as a result of
         Disability or death) which shall continue for thirty (30) days after
         the Company gives written notice to the Executive thereof;

                  (d)      by the Executive for "Good Reason," meaning, for
         purposes hereof, the voluntary termination by the Executive of his
         employment within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of any of the
         following events without the Executive's express written consent:

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                           (i) the assignment to him of any duties materially
                  inconsistent with his positions, duties, responsibilities,
                  reporting requirements, and status with the Company
                  immediately prior to such assignment, or a substantive change
                  in the Executive's titles or offices as in effect immediately
                  prior to a such change or any removal of the Executive from or
                  any failure to reelect him to such positions, except in
                  connection with the termination of the Executive's employment
                  by the Company for Cause or Disability.

                           (ii) the relocation of the Executive's principal
                  place of business to more than fifty (50) miles from the place
                  where the Executive was employed at the time of such
                  relocation; or

                           (iii) any other material breach by the Company of any
                  provision of this Agreement, provided that the same shall have
                  the continued unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days
                  after the Executive gives notice to the Company requesting
                  that the Company remedy the same;

                  (e) by the Company other than by reason of Death, Disability
         or Cause; or

                  (f) by the Executive, other than by reason of Death,
         Disability or Good Reason.

         4.       BENEFITS ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

         (a) In the event of termination of the Executive's employment
         pursuant to Sections 3(d) [Executive-Good Reason] or 3(e)
         [Company-Without Cause] above, the Company shall no longer be obligated
         to make any payments of any kind to the Executive under this Agreement
         except as follows: (i) the Company will continue to pay the Executive's
         then current Base Salary and Bonus for a period of two (2) years from
         the date of termination, reduced in the second year to the extent of
         compensation received by the Executive from other employment or
         self-employment and (ii) the Company will, for a period equal to the
         shorter of (x) two (2) years or (y) until the Executive shall commence
         other employment or self-employment, continue to provide to the
         Executive Insurance Benefits comparable to the insurance provided for
         executives of the Company generally during such period, and upon
         substantially similar terms and conditions as shall be provided for
         executives generally. If under any of the terms of any group policy
         maintained by the Company such coverage is not properly obtainable, the
         Executive may elect to receive the amount of premiums that the Company
         would have paid on his account, or to assume the risk of a denial of
         coverage by any such carrier.

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         (b)      In the event of termination of the Executive's employment
pursuant to Section 3 (a) [Death] above, the Company shall continue to pay to
the Executive's widow, or if she is not then living, to his legal
representatives, his then current Base Salary and Bonus for a period of two (2)
years from the date of termination, and shall continue to maintain health
insurance benefits comparable to the health insurance benefits provided to the
Executive prior to his death, and provided for executives of the Company
generally during such period, and upon substantially similar terms and
conditions as were provided to Executive generally. If under any of the terms of
any group policy maintained by the Company such coverage is not properly
obtainable, the Executive's widow or legal representatives, as applicable, may
elect to receive the amount of premiums that the Company would have paid on his
account, or to assume the risk of a denial of coverage by any such carrier.

         (c)      In the event of termination of the Executive's employment
pursuant to Sections 3(c) [Company-Cause] or (f) [Executive-Without Cause]
above, the Company shall no longer be obligated to make any payments of any kind
to the Executive under this Agreement, except for any unpaid salary or benefits
accrued and unpaid as of the date of termination.

         (d)      In the event of termination of the Executive's employment
pursuant to Section 3(b) [Disability] above, the Company will continue to pay
the Executive for a period of two (2) years from the effective date of
termination that amount which is equal to the difference between the amount of
disability compensation payable to the Executive pursuant to the Company's
long-term disability plan and the Executive's then current Base Salary and
Bonus, payable at the same time or times as the Company previously paid Base
Salary and Bonus the Executive.

         (e)      For purposes of determining the amount of the Bonus payable to
the Executive pursuant to Sections 4(a), (b) and (d) above, the amount of the
Bonus shall be equal to the average of the prior two (2) annual Bonuses payable
to the Executive for and in respect to the fiscal years of the Company ending
prior to or coinciding with the effective date of termination.

         (f)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, in the event the Executive is party to a Change of Control Severance
Agreement, the determination and payment of any benefits following a Qualified
Termination, as defined therein, shall be set forth in and governed exclusively
by the provisions of such Agreement.

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         5.       NON-COMPETITION. During the Employment Period and for a period
of two (2) years thereafter, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, for
his own account or for the account of others, whether as principal or agent or
through the agency of any corporation, partnership, association or other
business entity, compete with the Company by engaging in the dental laboratory
business anywhere in the United States. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit
the Executive from purchasing and holding as a passive investment not more than
5% of any class of the issued and outstanding and publicly traded (on a
recognized national or regional securities exchange or in the over-the-counter
market) capital stock of any corporation.

         6.       CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Executive will not at any time,
whether during or after the Employment Term, reveal to any person, association
or company any of the Proprietary Information of the Company so far as it has
come or may come to Executive's knowledge, except as may be required in the
ordinary course of performing Executive's duties as an employee of the Company
or except as may be in the public domain through no fault of Executive's, and
Executive shall keep secret all matters entrusted to Executive and shall not use
or attempt to use any such information in any manner which may injure or cause
loss or may be calculated to injure or cause loss whether directly or indirectly
to the Company. For purposes hereof, Proprietary Information includes
information that has been created, discovered or developed, or has otherwise
become known to the Company (including without limitation information created,
discovered or developed, or made known by or to me, during the period of or
arising out of Executive's employment by the Company), and/or in which property
rights have been assigned or otherwise conveyed to the Company, which
information is not generally known by others and has commercial value in the
business in which the Company is engaged, and includes, by way of illustration,
but not limitation, trade secrets, processes, formulae, data and know-how,
improvements, inventions, techniques, marketing plans, strategies, forecasts,
and customer lists.

         7.       INVENTIONS. If at any time or times during Executive's
employment, Executive shall (either alone or with others) make, conceive,
discover or reduce to practice any invention, modification, discovery, design,
development, improvement, process, formula, data, technique, know-how, secret or
intellectual property right whatsoever or any interest therein (whether or not
patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes or subject to
analogous protection) ("Inventions") that relates to any of the products or
services being developed, manufactured or sold by the Company or which may
conveniently be used in relation therewith, or results from tasks assigned
Executive by the Company or results from the use of premises owned, leased or
contracted for by the Company (collectively, "Relate to the Company's Products")
such Inventions and the benefits thereof shall immediately become the

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sole and absolute property of the Company and its assigns, and Executive shall
promptly disclose to the Company each such Invention, and Executive hereby
assigns any rights Executive may have or acquire in the Inventions and benefits
and/or rights resulting therefrom to the Company and its assigns without
compensation and shall communicate, without cost or delay, and without
publishing the same, all available information relating thereto (with all
necessary plans and models) to the Company.

         8.       REMEDIES. This Agreement is a personal employment contract and
the rights and interests of the Executive hereunder may not be sold,
transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated. The Executive acknowledges that
a remedy at law for any breach by him of the provisions of Sections 5, 6 or 7
hereof will be inadequate, and the Executive hereby agrees that the Company
shall be entitled to injunctive relief in case of any such breach, in addition
to recovery of its damages by reason of such breach.

         9.       MISCELLANEOUS.

                  (a)      This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
         binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and upon the
         Executive and his legal representatives.

                  (b)      This Agreement may not be changed orally but only by
         a written instrument signed by the parties hereto.

                  (c)      This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
         accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

                  (d)      The waiver of any breach of any term or condition of
         this Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute the waiver of any
         other breach of the same or any other provision or condition.

                  (e)      If any provision of this Agreement is found to be
         unenforceable or invalid, such provision shall be severable from this
         Agreement and shall not affect the enforceability or validity of any
         other provision contained in this Agreement.

                  (f)      Any notices or other communications required or
         permitted hereunder shall be sufficiently given if in writing and
         delivered by hand or sent by registered mail, return receipt requested,
         or by recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, and if to
         the Executive, addressed to him at the address set forth below, and if
         to the Company, addressed to it at 111 Speen Street, Framingham,
         Massachusetts 01701, Attention: President, with a copy to Posternak,
         Blankstein & Lund, 100 Charles River Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts
         02114, Attention: Donald H. Siegel, P.C. or such other address as shall
         have been specified in writing by either party to the

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         other, and any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have
         been given as of the date so mailed.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the date first above written.

                                        NATIONAL DENTEX CORPORATION

                                        By: William Mullahy

                                        EXECUTIVE:

                                        /s/ David L. Brown.
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        David L. Brown.

                                        Address: 70 Everett St,
                                                 Natick, MA 01760

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