Document:

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

 Exhibit 10.41 
  

  
 PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT 
  
 between 

 
 BNS Co. 
  
 BNS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 
  
 and 
  
 Bath Road Holdings Limited 
  
 Dated as of 5 February 2004 
  

 PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of this      day of February 2004 between BNS Co., a Delaware
corporation (the “U.S. Vendor”), BNS INTERNATIONAL, LTD., a Cayman Islands corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the U.S. Vendor (“INTERNATIONAL”) and Bath Road Holdings Limited a company incorporated in England and
Wales with registered number 5028827 and whose registered office is at Hush Willows, Wentworth Drive, Virginia Water, Surrey GU25 4NY (the “Purchaser”). 
  
 WHEREAS, the U.S. Vendor has agreed to sell to the Purchaser (by causing its wholly-owned subsidiary INTERNATIONAL, to
transfer its legal and beneficial interest in the entire issued share capital of the Company (as defined) to the Purchaser), and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase, in accordance with this Agreement, all the issued share capital of BNS Company
(Property Holdings) Ltd., an English company (the “Company”), namely one ordinary share of £1 (the “Share”), and purchase all inter-group indebtedness represented by a Promissory Note dated April
25th 2001 as amended January 27th 2003 and 23 December 2003 (the “Promissory Note”) and other amounts which are owed by the Company to the U.S. Vendor and remain outstanding on the
Company’s balance sheet as of the Closing (as defined herein), together with all accrued interest on such amounts (together the “Intergroup Indebtedness”), all for a sum of £5,500,000 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds
Sterling), and subject to adjustment under Section 1.4 as adjusted (the “Final Purchase Price”), which shall be paid as set forth below in Sections 1.2 and 1.4. 
  
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of, and subject to, the mutual promises, agreements, terms and conditions made herein, and
intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows: 
  
 SECTION 1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARE AND THE INTERGROUP INDEBTEDNESS. 
  
 1.1. Purchase and Sale of the Share and the Intergroup Indebtedness. At the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and on the basis of the representations and warranties set forth
herein, the U.S. Vendor shall sell to the Purchaser (by causing its wholly-owned subsidiary INTERNATIONAL to transfer its entire legal and beneficial interest in the Share to the Purchaser) and INTERNATIONAL shall sell to the Purchaser its entire
legal and beneficial interest in the Share, free and clear of all Liens and to the intent that as from the Closing Date all rights and advantages accruing to the Share, including any dividends or distributions on the Share after that date, shall
belong to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall so purchase from INTERNATIONAL the Share and the U.S. Vendor shall on the same basis sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall so purchase from the U.S. Vendor, the Intergroup Indebtedness free
and clear of all Liens. 
  
 1.2. Payments at Closing.

  
 1.2.1. Payment of Closing Purchase
Price. At the Closing, in consideration for the sale of the Share, the Purchaser shall pay to INTERNATIONAL, in immediately available funds, by wire transfer to the account or accounts in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere designated by
INTERNATIONAL, the full purchase price of £5,500,000 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) less:- 
  
 (i) the amount payable to the U.S. Vendor in relation to the purchase of the Intergroup Indebtedness pursuant to Section 1.2.2;

  
 (ii) the amount of the Deposit (as defined in
Section 1.5 below) which will be released to INTERNATIONAL at Closing in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.5; and 
  
 (iii) to the extent that a bank guarantee or letter of credit to the Purchaser’s reasonable satisfaction has not been delivered in
accordance with Section 1.2.3 below, the sum of £615,820 (the “Escrow Sum”); the Escrow Sum shall be treated as set out in Section 1.2.3 below 
  

(together “the Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL”). The Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section
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U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL to the Purchaser in respect of a breach of any of the warranties and representations set out in this Agreement or under the Tax
Deed shall be deemed to give rise to a corresponding reduction in the purchase price. 
  
 1.2.2. Purchase of Inter Group Indebtedness. At the Closing, the Purchaser shall purchase from the U.S. Vendor the Intergroup
Indebtedness by paying to the US Vendor an amount equal to the Intergroup Indebtedness, by wire transfer to an account in the U.S. designated by the U.S. Vendor. For the avoidance of any doubt, the Intergroup Indebtedness (including the accrued
interest element) is neither being acquired at a premium nor a discount. 
  
 1.2.3. Bank guarantee/Escrow Sum. At Closing, the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL shall deliver to the Purchaser a bank guarantee or an irrevocable letter of credit in a form to the Purchaser’s reasonable
satisfaction from a recognized United Kingdom bank promising to pay to the Purchaser up to £615,820 in the event that either the Purchaser and/or the Company incurs a Section 776 Liability and/or a Thin Capitalisation Liability (as each such
term is defined in Schedule 4) prior to the Release Date (again as such term is defined in Schedule 4). In the event that the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL fail to deliver such a bank guarantee or an irrevocable letter of credit in a form to the
Purchaser’s reasonable satisfaction at Closing, the Purchaser shall pay the Escrow Sum into an account to be set up in the joint names of Macfarlanes, the Purchaser’s English solicitors, (the “Purchaser’s English
Solicitors”) and Robinsons, the U.S. Vendor’s English Solicitors, (the “Vendor’s English Solicitors”) (the “Escrow Account”) to be held and released according to the terms set out in Schedule 4 to this Agreement.

  
 1.3. The Closing. The closing (the
“Closing”) of the purchase and sale of the Share and the Intergroup Indebtedness contemplated hereby shall take place at the Derby, United Kingdom offices of the Vendor’s English Solicitors at 11.00 a.m., United Kingdom time,
on such date as is five business days after the requisite approval of the transaction by the U.S. Vendor’s stockholders has been obtained (the “Condition”) or at such other date, time and/or location as may be agreed upon by the
parties hereto. The date upon which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date”. If the Closing Date is not fixed in accordance with this Section for a date which is within nine months of the date of
this Agreement (the “Long-Stop Date”), this Agreement (save for the provisions of this Section 1.3 and of Sections 6, 9 and 10) shall be null and void and of no further effect and each of the parties hereto shall be released and discharged
from their respective obligations under this Agreement. At the Closing, INTERNATIONAL will deliver to the Purchaser the Share, free and clear of all Liens and do or procure the acts, matters and things set out in Schedule One hereto. At the Closing,
the Purchaser will deliver to INTERNATIONAL the Net Closing Remittance as set forth in Section 1.2.1 and the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL shall deliver a bank guarantee or irrevocable letter of credit to the Purchaser’s reasonable satisfaction
as set out in Section 1.2.3 (or in the absence thereof, the Purchaser shall pay the Escrow Sum into the Escrow Account as set out in Section 1.2.3). At the Closing, the U.S. Vendor will deliver to the Purchaser the Intergroup Indebtedness, free and
clear of all Liens, with a blank power duly executed by the U.S. Vendor and the original instrument of all promissory notes (together with any amendments thereto), and the Purchaser will deliver to the U.S. Vendor the amount of the Intergroup
Indebtedness as set forth in Section 1.2.2. In connection with the Closing, each party hereto shall deliver to the other party such certificates, and other documents as are contemplated hereby. The U.S. Vendor shall use its best endeavors to achieve
the satisfaction of the Condition as soon as possible after the date of this Agreement (and in any event in advance of the Long-Stop Date). The U.S. Vendor shall provide to the Purchaser copies of all documents connected with the satisfaction of the
Condition (including, without limitation, copies of all proxy material sent to stockholders of the U.S. Vendor). 
  
 1.4. Adjustment to the Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL. 
  
 1.4.1. Within the time period provided for in this section 1.4.1 (or at such other time as provided for in
Section 1.4.2 below), the Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL shall be adjusted as follows: if the aggregate of current assets less current and long-term liabilities (which shall not include either (i) the Intergroup Indebtedness being purchased
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page 11 of the audited report and financial statements of the Company to 31 December 2003) of the Company on the Closing Date is positive or negative then
the Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL shall be increased by the amount of such positive amount or decreased by the amount of such negative amount, provided always that any additional payment by the Purchaser shall not, in any circumstance,
exceed £100,000. The U.S. Vendor shall deliver to the Purchaser a Balance Sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Closing Balance Sheet”) showing the current assets less current and long-term liabilities as at that date
prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention and the bases and policies of accounting adopted in preparing the Last Accounts and subject thereto in accordance with UK GAAP by a date not later than 10 business days after the Closing.
The Purchaser shall review in good faith the Company’s Closing Balance Sheet, and within 20 business days after receipt thereof shall deliver to the U.S. Vendor a statement in writing indicating its acceptance of the said calculations based on
the Closing Balance Sheet or indicating any objections to said calculations. In the event that the Purchaser accepts said calculations based on the Closing Balance Sheet, then the adjustment to the Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL required by
said Closing Balance Sheet calculations under this Section shall be made, and the Purchaser or INTERNATIONAL, as the case may be, shall promptly within 5 business days make the payment required to carry out the required adjustment to the Net Closing
Remittance to INTERNATIONAL, provided always that any additional payment by the Purchaser shall not, in any circumstance, exceed £100,000. In the event that the Purchaser delivers no written objection to the U.S. Vendor within said twenty
business day period, then the adjustment required to the Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL required by said Closing Balance Sheet calculations under this Section shall be made, and the Purchaser or INTERNATIONAL, as the case may be, shall
promptly within 5 business days make the payment required to carry out the adjustment to the Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL, provided always that any additional payment by the Purchaser shall not, in any circumstance, exceed £100,000.

  
 1.4.2. If the Purchaser timely objects to the
said Closing Balance Sheet calculations, then the Purchaser and the U.S. Vendor shall, within the period of 20 business days after the date of such objection, seek to agree on the Closing Balance Sheet. If any matters remains unresolved at the
expiry of this period, then the issues in dispute will be submitted within 20 business days after the delivery to the U.S. Vendor of the Purchaser’s Objection to a United Kingdom nationally recognized accounting firm (which firm shall be
independent from both the Purchaser and the U.S. Vendor and their respective affiliates) to be agreed upon in good faith by the U.S. Vendor and the Purchaser (the “Accountants”) for resolution. If such issues in dispute, relating
solely to said calculations under the Closing Balance Sheet, are submitted to the Accountants for resolution, (i) each party will furnish to the Accountants such work papers and other documents and information relating to the disputed issues as the
Accountants may request and are available to that party (or its independent public accountants), and will be afforded the opportunity to present to the Accountants any material relating to the determination and to discuss the determination of said
issues with the Accountants; (ii) the determination by the Accountants, as set forth in a written notice delivered to both the Purchaser and the U.S. Vendor by the Accountants (which shall be delivered no later than 10 business days or such longer
period to be agreed upon by the parties after the submission of the dispute of said issues to the Accountants), will be binding and conclusive on the Purchaser and the U.S. Vendor; and the Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL shall be adjusted in
accordance with such determination, and the Purchaser or INTERNATIONAL, as the case may be, shall promptly within 5 business days make the payment required to carry out the adjustment to the Net Closing Remittance to INTERNATIONAL called for by said
determination, provided always that any additional payment by the Purchaser shall not, in any circumstance, exceed £100,000 and (iii) the Purchaser and the U.S. Vendor shall bear the Accountants’ fees in such proportion as the Accountants
shall determine (and in the absence of a determination, shall bear the Accountant’s fees in the proportion 50:50). 
  
 1.5. Deposit. Immediately upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Vendor’s English Solicitors
the sum of £700,000 as earnest money hereunder (the “Deposit”). Any Deposit amount required hereunder shall be in the form of wire transfer. The Vendor’s English Solicitors shall place the 

  

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Deposit in an interest-bearing client account of the Vendor’s English Solicitors with National Westminster Bank plc to be held to the order of the
Purchaser with all interest being paid to the Purchaser at the Closing. At the Closing, the Deposit will be applied toward the Purchase Price. If the acquisition of the Share and the Intergroup Indebtedness does not complete (other than in the
circumstances set out in Section 7.1) by the Long-Stop Date, then the whole amount of the Deposit (together with all interest accrued thereon) shall be returned immediately by the Vendor’s English Solicitors to the Purchaser. If the acquisition
of the Share and the Intergroup Indebtedness does not complete in the circumstances set out in Section 7.1, the provisions of that Section shall apply to the Deposit. 
  
 1.6. Authorization of Agreement. The Purchaser represents that the Purchaser has the full legal right, power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby. No further authorization, whether corporate or otherwise, or approval of any person is necessary on the part of the Purchaser or the Parent to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 1.7.
Status of Purchaser. The Purchaser represents that:- 
  
 (i) it has engaged in no business and agrees that it will engage in no business other than the execution of this Agreement prior to the Closing, and that it has no liabilities and will have no liabilities prior to the
Closing, other than (i) its liabilities under this Agreement and incidental organizational liabilities and (ii) liabilities in relation to the funding of the Purchase Price; and 
  
 (ii) the Deposit is the Purchaser’s own funds. 
  
 1.8. Valid and Binding Agreement. The Purchaser represents that this
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except to the extent limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity. 
  
 1.9. Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The Purchaser agrees that all representations and warranties of the Purchaser are true and accurate in all respects and not misleading as at the date of this Agreement and will be
fulfilled down to and will remain true and accurate in all respects and not misleading at the Closing Date as if they had been made or given afresh as at the Closing Date by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing 
  
 SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF U.S. VENDOR AND INTERNATIONAL 

 
 In connection with the sale of the Share and the Intergroup Indebtedness
to the Purchaser, and in order to induce the Purchaser to enter into this Agreement, each of the U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as follows, except that INTERNATIONAL makes no representations relating
to the U.S. Vendor: 
  
 2.1. Organization and Good
Standing. The Company is a corporation (Registration #04129078) duly organized in 2001, with a registered office at Metrology House, Halesfield 13, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 4PL, ENGLAND, U.K., validly existing and in good standing (or the United
Kingdom equivalent) under the laws of the United Kingdom, with full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as conducted on the date hereof. The Company has complied in all respects with relevant Companies Act (U.K.) requirements and
Companies House (U.K.) filing requirements. The U.S. Vendor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, the state in which it is incorporated, with full corporate power and
authority to conduct its business as conducted on the date hereof and has, subject to obtaining the requisite approval of its stockholders under Delaware law for a sale of substantially all assets, full corporate power and authority to enter into
and perform this Agreement, including causing its subsidiary INTERNATIONAL to transfer the Share. INTERNATIONAL is a corporation duly incorporated and in good standing in the Cayman Islands and is the legal and beneficial owner of the Share.

  

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 2.2. Share Capital of the Company. The Company’s authorized share capital consists of 1,000
ordinary shares of £1, of which one ordinary share of £1 constitutes its entire issued share capital. All such issued share capital is fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive or similar rights, is held with all rights now or
hereafter attaching to it, has been properly and validly allotted and has been issued in full compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and ordinances. There exist no outstanding options, warrants or rights (or any agreements or
arrangements for the same) to purchase or subscribe for any share or other ownership interests of the Company. No person is entitled to any preemptive or similar right with respect to the issuance of any shares or other equity securities of the
Company. 
  
 2.3. Valid and Binding Agreement of the U.S.
Vendor. Upon obtaining the requisite approval of its shareholders under Delaware law, for a sale of substantially all assets, as provided for in Section 6.1, this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the U.S. Vendor,
enforceable against the U.S. Vendor in accordance with its terms (including Section 8), except to the extent limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of
equity. The U.S. Vendor has the full legal right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby, assuming that it has obtained the requisite approval of shareholders. Other than the
approval of its shareholders, no further authorization, whether corporate, or otherwise, or approval of any person is necessary on the part of the U.S. Vendor to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 2.4. Valid and Binding Agreement of INTERNATIONAL. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of INTERNATIONAL, enforceable against INTERNATIONAL in accordance with its terms, except to the extent limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and general principles of equity. INTERNATIONAL has the full legal right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby. No further authorization, whether corporate
or otherwise, or approval of any person is necessary on the part of INTERNATIONAL to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 2.5. No Breach by the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL of Statute or Contract. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the U.S. Vendor
or INTERNATIONAL, nor (assuming the approval of the U.S. Vendor’s shareholders under Delaware law as provided for in Section 6.1) compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement by the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL, will: (a) to its
best knowledge violate any statute or regulation of any governmental authority, domestic or foreign, affecting respectively the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL; (b) require the issuance of any authorization, license, consent or approval of any U.S.
federal or state governmental agency or any United Kingdom governmental agency or any other person; or (c) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any judgment, order, injunction, decree, agreement or
instrument to which the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL, respectively, or the Company is a party, or by which the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL, respectively, or the Company is bound, or constitute a default thereunder, except where failure to obtain
such authorization, license, consent, or approval, individually or in the aggregate, would not impair, in any material respect, the ability of the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL to perform its obligations under this Agreement, or prevent or materially
delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 
  
 2.6. Title to the Share. 
  
 (a) The Share is legally and beneficially owned and held by INTERNATIONAL (registered stockholder), a wholly owned subsidiary of the U.S. Vendor, free and clear of any lien, claim, restriction upon transfer, option,
charge, security interest or other encumbrance. The U.S. Vendor, and since October 10, 2003, INTERNATIONAL, has always been the sole stockholder of the Company. 
  
 (b) Upon delivery by INTERNATIONAL of the certificate representing the Share pursuant to this Agreement, and
assuming the Purchaser acquires such Share without knowledge of any adverse claim thereto, the Purchaser will acquire good and valid title to the Share, free and clear of any Lien. 
  

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 2.6.1. Title to the Intergroup Indebtedness. 
  
 (a) The Intergroup Indebtedness is legally and beneficially
owned and held by the U.S. Vendor, free and clear of any lien, claim, restriction upon transfer, option, charge, security interest or other encumbrance. The U.S. Vendor has always been the sole holder of the Intergroup Indebtedness. 
  
 (b) Upon delivery by the U.S Vendor of the note representing
part of the Intergroup Indebtedness pursuant to this Agreement, and assuming the Purchaser acquires such Intergroup Indebtedness without knowledge of any adverse claim thereto, Purchaser will acquire good and valid title to the Intergroup
Indebtedness, free and clear of any Lien. 
  
 2.7. Ownership of
the Land. 
  
 2.7.1. Subject to Section 2.7.2

  
 (a) The Company has good and marketable title
to approximately 86.5 acres of land situated at Bath Road, Heathrow and Harmondsworth Lane, Sipson, United Kingdom as registered at HM Land Registry with title absolute under title numbers MX150037 and AGL3384 (the “Land”). 
  
 (b) The Land comprises the only freehold or leasehold or
other immovable property in any part of the world in which the Company has ever held any interest or which are otherwise occupied or used by the Company, and the Company has no liability or obligation in respect of any property (other than the Land)
in any part of the world. 
  
 (c) The Company is
solely entitled at law and in equity to the Land. 
  
 (d) The Land is not subject to or affected by any mortgage or charge (whether legal or equitable, fixed or floating), debenture, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance including without limitation any which secure the payment
of money or relate to any obligation or liability of any third party. 
  
 (e) The Land is not subject to any restrictive or other covenants, stipulations, restrictions or other encumbrances (whether public or private) which are onerous or of an unusual nature or which adversely affect their
current use or which affect their value that has not been disclosed in the documents listed in Schedule 3. 
  
 (f) The Land is not affected by any dispute, claim, complaint or demand of any kind. 
  
 (g) The Company has not received notice of, nor is the U.S.
Vendor or INTERNATIONAL aware of, any breach of any statutes, orders or regulations affecting the Land, its use and development. There are no outstanding notices of requirements or recommendations of any competent authority. 
  
 (h) The Company has not granted any rights for the grazing
of horses on the Land or access of horses to the Land. 
  
 2.7.2. The warranties in Section 2.7.1 are subject to:- 
  
 (a) various agreements, documents and reports listed in Schedule 3, copies of which have been provided to the Purchaser 
  
 (b) all matters discoverable by inspection, whether or not carried out by the Purchaser (but without carrying out any tests samples or
other investigations) of the Land before the date of this Agreement. 
  
 (c) all unregistered overriding interests. 
  
 (d) all matters disclosed or which would be disclosed by searches of (inter alia) public registers, or as a result of enquiries (formal or informal) and whether made in person by writing or orally made by or for the
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 (e) all notices, services and orders, demands, proposals or requirements made by any
local, public or other competent authority whether before or after the date of this Agreement Provided that each of the US Vendor and INTERNATIONAL warrants that it has disclosed to the Purchaser all such matters of which it has had notice or of
which it is aware. 
  
 (f) all actual or proposed
charges, notices, orders, restrictions, agreements, conditions, contraventions or other matters arising under the enactments relating to Town and Country Planning and Environmental Law Provided that each of the US Vendor and INTERNATIONAL warrants
that it has disclosed to the Purchaser all such matters of which it has had notice or of which it is aware. 
  
 (g) all easements, quasi-easements, rights, exceptions or other similar matters, whether or not apparent on inspection or disclosed in any
of the documents referred to in this Agreement Provided that each of the US Vendor and INTERNATIONAL warrants that it has disclosed to the Purchaser all such matters of which it has had notice or of which it is aware. 
  
 2.7.3. A Third Party carries on gravel extraction and
landfill business on the Land as it currently exists. 
  
 2.7.4. Encumbrances contained in the documents listed in Schedule 3 or arising out of Section 2.7.2. 
  
 2.8. The Company 
  
 2.8.1. The Company has no employees and also has no consultants other than Peter Stuart Freer, who have a claim for payments or benefits
against the Company. 
  
 2.8.2. There are no
agreements binding the Company that have not been disclosed in writing to the Purchaser. 
  
 2.8.3. The Company has engaged in no other business except relating to the Land. 
  
 2.9. December 31, 2003 Balance Sheet of the Company. The U.S. Vendor
has delivered to the Purchaser the Company’s audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2003, as attached hereto (the “December 31 Balance Sheet”) and a letter from SITA UK Limited to the Company dated 30 January 2003, also as
attached hereto (the “SITA Letter”). The December 31 Balance Sheet has been prepared from the books and records of the Company in accordance with U.K. GAAP subject to normal adjustments in the ordinary course and together with the SITA
Letter presents fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Company as of such date. All accounts, books, ledgers and official and other records material to the Company’s business have been properly and accurately kept in all
material respects; and fairly and accurately reflect the financial position of the Company. To the best knowledge of the U.S. Vendor, INTERNATIONAL and the Company, there is, as of the date of execution of this Agreement, no litigation pending or
threatened against the Company and no material liabilities or commitments of the Company other than those reflected in the December 31 2003 Balance Sheet (and notes) and the SITA Letter or those which have been disclosed to the Purchaser in writing.

  
 2.10. Environmental. No environmental warranties or
representations or indemnifications are made. 
  
 2.11.
Exclusion of other warranties and representations and indemnifications. Except as expressly set out in this Agreement all other expressed or implied warranties and representations and indemnifications are excluded. 
  
 2.12 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. All representations
and warranties of the U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL are true and accurate in all material respects and not misleading as at the date of this Agreement and will be fulfilled down to and will remain true and accurate in all material respects and not
misleading in any material respect at the Closing Date as if they had been made or given afresh as at the Closing Date by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing. 
  
 2.13 Gross-up. If the Purchaser incurs a liability to Taxation (as such term is defined in the Tax Deed) which
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shall be increased by such amount as will ensure that, after payment of such Taxation, the Purchaser is left with a net sum equal to the sum it would have
received had no such liability to Taxation arisen. If the Purchaser would, but for the availability of a relief or repayment in relation to Taxation (as such term is defined in the Tax Deed), incur a liability to Taxation falling within this
Section, it shall be deemed for the purposes of this Section to have incurred and paid that liability. 
  
 SECTION 3. CLOSING CONDITIONS OF THE PURCHASER. 
  
 The Purchaser’s obligation to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions: 
  
 3.1. Conduct of the Company between the date of this Agreement and Closing. 
  
 3.1.1. The U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL each undertakes to
and covenants with the Purchaser that it will procure that between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date:- 
  
 (i) no increase shall be made in the authorised, allotted or issued share capital of the Company; 
  
 (ii) no option, warrant or other convertible security shall
be offered or granted by the Company over the whole or any part of its share capital, whether issued or unissued; and 
  
 (iii) no dividends or other distributions shall be declared, made or paid by the Company exclusive of any repayment of Inter-group
Indebtedness. 
  
 3.1.2. The U.S. Vendor and
INTERNATIONAL further undertake to and covenant with the Purchaser that they will procure that between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date (save with the prior written consent of the Purchaser):- 
  
 (i) the business of the Company shall be carried on in the
ordinary and usual course and so as to maintain the same as a going concern and with a view to profit; 
  
 (ii) the Company shall not:- 
  
 (a) alter or agree to alter or terminate or agree to terminate any agreement to which it is a party or enter or agree to enter into any
unusual or abnormal contract or commitment; 
  
 (b) incur any expenditure or any commitment otherwise than in the ordinary course of business of the Company (as such business is carried on at the date of this Agreement) or dispose of or realize any asset or any interest in any such
asset; 
  
 (c) create or agree to create any
mortgage, charge, lien or encumbrance over all or any of its assets (other than liens arising in the ordinary course of business) or redeem or agree to redeem any existing security or give or agree to give any guarantee or indemnity; 
  
 (d) give or agree to give any guarantee, indemnity or other
agreement to secure, or incur financial or other obligations with respect to, another person’s obligations; 
  
 (e) alter or agree to alter the terms of any existing borrowing facilities or arrange any additional borrowing facilities, provided that
nothing herein shall prevent the extension of the term of the Promissory Note for a further 12 months, provided further that no other change shall be made as to the rate of interest or to any other monies on inter-company loan account without the
Purchaser’s written consent; 
  
 (f) engage
or employ or agree to engage or employ any person as an employee or consultant; 
  
 (g) take any other commercial action or pass any resolution whatsoever not required by this Agreement (including, but not limited to, any
resolution to amend the memorandum and/or articles of association of the Company); 
  

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 (iii) in respect of the policies of insurance of the Company or the policies of insurance
in which it has an interest as at the date of this Agreement:- 
  
 (a) such policies shall be maintained in full force and effect; 
  
 (b) the Company shall not do or omit to do anything the doing or omission of which would make any of such policies void or voidable; and

  
 (c) the Company shall notify the Purchaser
of any claim arising under any of such policies on or after the date of this Agreement. 
  
 3.1.3. The Purchaser shall be entitled by written notice to the U.S. Vendor to terminate this Agreement if there is any breach of any of
the provisions of this Section 3.1, which is not reasonably cured (to the extent it is capable of being cured) within the lesser of 14 days of the relevant breach, or 7 days prior to Closing (or such shorter period remaining until the Closing Date)
after written notice thereof in reasonable detail to the U.S. Vendor. The exercise of this right shall not extinguish any right to damages to which the Purchaser may be entitled in respect of any such breach. Failure to exercise this right shall not
constitute a waiver of any other rights of the Purchaser arising out of any such breach. 
  
 3.2. Performance by U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL. The U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all obligations and covenants required by this Agreement to be
performed or complied with by them prior to or at the Closing, including obtaining the requisite approval of the U.S. Vendor’s shareholders under Delaware law with respect to the sale of substantially all assets of the U.S. Vendor, as described
under Section 6.1. 
  
 3.3. Legal Opinions. The Purchaser
shall have received immediately prior to Closing the opinions of (i) Ropes & Gray, U.S. counsel to the U.S. Vendor, to the effect that the U.S. Vendor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has obtained all necessary authorizations (corporate and otherwise) to carry out its obligations hereunder on the Closing Date and that the entry into of this Agreement is a valid and
binding obligation of the U.S. Vendor and enforceable against the U.S. Vendor in accordance with its terms (except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity)) and (ii) Walkers, Cayman Islands counsel to the U.S. Vendor, to the effect that INTERNATIONAL is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has obtained all necessary authorizations (corporate and otherwise) to carry out its obligations
hereunder on the Closing Date and that the entry into of this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of INTERNATIONAL and enforceable against INTERNATIONAL in accordance with its terms (except to the extent that such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity)). 

 
 3.4. Stockholder Approval. It is a condition to the obligation of
all parties that the U.S. Vendor shall have obtained the requisite approval by its stockholders of the sale of the Share and the Inter-group Indebtedness at the Closing. 
  
 SECTION 4. CLOSING CONDITIONS OF U.S. VENDOR AND INTERNATIONAL 
  
 4.1. Performance by the Purchaser. The Purchaser shall have performed or complied with all obligations and covenants
required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing. 
  
 4.2. Representations and Warranties of Purchaser. The Purchaser shall have complied with Section 1.8, which shall be a closing condition. 
  

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 4.3. Stockholder Approval. It is a condition to the obligation of all parties that the U.S. Vendor
shall have obtained the requisite approval by its stockholders of the sale of the Share and the Inter-group Indebtedness at the Closing. 
  
 SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; TAX INDEMNIFICATION 
  
 5.1. Time Limits for Representations and Warranties. No party shall bring a claim in relation to the representations and warranties given in this
Agreement unless the party making the claim has notified each of the other parties in writing of such a claim on or before the date which is one year from the Closing Date. 
  
 5.2. Tax Indemnification. At the Closing the U.S. Vendor shall deliver to the Purchaser a duly engrossed Tax Deed as
set out in Schedule Two hereto, provided that no claim may be made thereunder unless the Purchaser has notified the U.S. Vendor in writing of such claim on or before the date which is one year from the Closing Date. 
  
 5.3 Total Aggregate Liability of the U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL.
The total aggregate liability of the U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL in relation to the representations and warranties given in this Agreement and in the Tax Deed shall not exceed £5,500,000. The Purchaser shall not be entitled to recover any
amount in respect of a breach of the representations and warranties given in this Agreement or under the Tax Deed unless the amount recoverable, when aggregated with all other amounts recoverable for breach of the representations and warranties
given in this Agreement and under the Tax Deed, exceeds £10,000 in which event this limitation shall cease to apply and the whole of such amounts shall be recoverable and not merely the excess over £10,000. 
  
 SECTION 6. OTHER MATTERS 
  
 6.1. Approval of Stockholders of the U.S. Vendor. In the event the
stockholders of the U.S. Vendor do not provide such requisite approval as is required under U.S. law on or before nine months of signing and delivery of the Agreement, then either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by written
notice to the other, in which event (i) the Deposit shall be returned to the Purchaser (together with all interest accrued thereon), (ii) the U.S. Vendor will promptly pay to the Purchaser £75,000 and (iii) neither party shall have any further
right or obligation to the other. 
  
 The U.S. Vendor shall cause
to be filed with the SEC, within 28 business days, following the execution of this Agreement by all parties, the Proxy Statement relating to the matter to be submitted to the Shareholders at a Special Shareholders Meeting. The U.S. Vendor shall use
its good faith best efforts to have the Proxy Statement “cleared” by the SEC as soon as reasonably possible. The U.S. Vendor shall mail proxy material for a Special Stockholders Meeting for the purpose of voting upon the approval and
adoption of this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable after the date on which the Proxy Statement shall have been “cleared” by the SEC and, in any event, within seven (7) business days after the date of such “clearance”.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8, the U.S. Vendor shall solicit from its Shareholders proxies in favor of approval and adoption of this Agreement (including the use of a recognized proxy solicitation firm), and, subject to the provisions of
Section 8, the Board of Directors of the U.S. Vendor shall recommend that the Shareholders vote in favor of and approve and adopt this Agreement at the Shareholders Meeting. 
  
 6.2. Continued Access. The Purchaser has previously been given access to all of the books and papers of the Company
in order to carry out due diligence on the Company and the Land and any other assets of the Company. The U.S. Vendor will cause INTERNATIONAL to cause the Company to continue at the request of the Purchaser to give the Purchaser such access, all at
the Purchaser’s expense, and the Purchaser may make such inspections, interviews and audits of the Company and the Land as the Purchaser in its sole discretion deems appropriate, all at the Purchaser’s expense. 
  
 6.3. Further Assurances. Subject to the provisions of Section 8, each
party undertakes to take such actions as may be reasonably required to give effect to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement. 
  

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 SECTION 7. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 
  
 7.1. Purchaser’s Default. If the Purchaser fails to close for any reason by the Long-Stop Date following
satisfaction of the condition set out in Section 4.3 above, except (a) the U.S. Vendor’s or INTERNATIONAL’s default (which has not been cured) or (b) the permitted termination of this Agreement by the Purchaser as herein expressly
provided, at a time when the U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL are ready and able to close and to comply with all of their obligations in Section 1.3 of this Agreement and Schedule One, the U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL shall be entitled to terminate
this Agreement and to instruct the U.S. Vendor’s English Solicitors to deliver the Deposit and interest thereon to INTERNATIONAL as liquidated damages, which right shall be the U.S. Vendor’s and INTERNATIONAL’s sole remedy hereunder
if the Agreement is terminated for said reasons. 
  
 7.2. The
U.S. Vendor’s or INTERNATIONAL’S Default. If the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL fails to close for any reason, except (a) the Purchaser’s default (which has not been cured) or (b) the permitted termination of this Agreement by the
U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL as herein expressly provided (including the payment of £75,000 if such termination is due to the non-obtainment of the requisite stockholder approval pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof), the Purchaser shall be entitled
to terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the U.S. Vendor’s English Solicitors, the U.S. Vendor and INTERNATIONAL and to instruct the U.S. Vendor’s English Solicitors to return the Deposit and interest thereon to the Purchaser. In
lieu of such termination of this Agreement, the Purchaser shall be entitled to bring an action for specific performance of this Agreement, provided the Purchaser provides written notice of such election within 10 business days after the scheduled
Closing Date. 
  
 7.3. Legal Fees. In the event of any
litigation, subsequent to the date hereof, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement or the entering into or termination or expiration of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable
legal fees from the other party. 
  
 7.4. Discovery of
Default. If either the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL or the Purchaser discovers, prior to or at the Closing, that any material representation or warranty of the other party is false, misleading or inaccurate in any material respect and which is
not reasonably cured (to the extent it is capable of being cured) within the lesser of 14 days of the relevant breach, or 7 days prior to Closing (or such shorter period remaining until the Closing Date) after the giving of written notice thereof to
the other party, the discovering party may (but shall not be obligated to), at such party’s option, terminate this Agreement by written notice and the parties hereto shall be relieved of all liabilities and obligations hereunder and (a) if the
Purchaser is the discovering party, the Purchaser shall be entitled to the immediate return of the Deposit with interest and to pursue the Purchaser’s remedies under Section 7.2 of this Agreement (including the right to an Expense Reimbursement
set out in Section 8.1(c) below) and (b) if the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL is the discovering party, the U.S. Vendor shall be entitled to pursue the U.S. Vendor’s remedies under Section 7.1 of this Agreement. 
  
 SECTION 8. “FIDUCIARY OUT” OF THE U.S. VENDOR 
  
 8.1(a) U.S. Vendor’s Fiduciary Obligations to its Stockholders.
The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the U.S. Vendor is a “public company” and in connection with the sale of the Land which constitutes “substantially all assets” of the U.S. Vendor (under Delaware law), the U.S. Vendor is
required to reserve the right to have a so-called “fiduciary out” to allow the U.S. Vendor to terminate this Agreement and to cause INTERNATIONAL to sell the stock of the Company or the Land, either directly or indirectly by a transaction
relating to the U.S. Vendor in a Competing Transaction (as defined below), on terms more favorable to the U.S. Vendor in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Vendor, than the terms set forth in this Agreement.
Therefore, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the Board of Directors of the U.S. Vendor from considering, negotiating, discussing, approving and recommending to the Shareholders or prevent the U.S. Vendor from entering into and
closing a bona fide Competing Transaction provided such Competing Transaction shall not have been, after the date of this Agreement, initiated or solicited by the U.S. Vendor or any affiliate, and, after the date of this Agreement, such
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employee of the U.S. Vendor or of any affiliate or by the U.S. Vendor’s authorized representative or agent (provided that the above limitations shall
not prohibit the response to an offer arising after the date of this Agreement) and provided further (A) the Board of Directors and/or Officers of the U.S. Vendor, after consultation with and upon advice of outside legal counsel, determines in good
faith that failure to take such action is reasonably likely to violate the directors’ fiduciary duties to the Shareholders under applicable law, (B) not later than the one business day after the day of entering into discussions or negotiations
with such Person, the U.S. Vendor provides written notice to the Purchaser that it is entering into such discussion or negotiations with such Person, and (C) the U.S. Vendor keeps the Purchaser informed on a current basis of the status of any such
discussions or negotiations. Prior to entering into any Competing Transaction, the U.S. Vendor will engage in good faith negotiations with the Purchaser, unless such Competing Transaction relates to the U.S. Vendor, and not merely to sale of the
Share (and the Intercompany Indebtedness) or the Land. In addition, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the U.S. Vendor from continuing in any manner discussions or negotiations existing with two third parties on the date of this
Agreement or from completing a transaction which is a Competing Transaction which results from the continuation of such discussions or negotiations. Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the Board of Directors of the U.S. Vendor from
complying with Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with regard to any tender or exchange offer. 
  
 (b) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary herein, either the U.S. Vendor or the Purchaser may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice
to the other party prior to the Closing if: (i) the Board of Directors of the U.S. Vendor shall have recommended to the Shareholders a Competing Transaction or resolves to do so; or (ii) a tender offer or exchange offer for more than 40% of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the U.S. Vendor is commenced (other than by the Purchaser or an affiliate of the Purchaser) and the Board of Directors of the U.S. Vendor recommends that the stockholders of the U.S. Vendor tender their shares
in such tender or exchange offer; provided that the U.S. Vendor shall not be entitled to exercise any termination rights under this Section unless (A) the Board of Directors of the U.S. Vendor determines in good faith, after consultation with
and upon the advice of outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action is reasonably likely to violate the directors’ fiduciary duty to the Shareholders under applicable law, and (B) the U.S. Vendor has complied with its obligations in
the provisos in Section 8.1 above. 
  
 (c) If this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 6.1, Section 7.2 or Section 8.1(b) prior to Closing, the U.S. Vendor shall reimburse the Purchaser for its actual and reasonable out-of-pocket professional and other fees, costs and expenses of
the transaction within two (2) business days of submission of paid invoices or other appropriate documentation as may be reasonably required by the U.S. Vendor (but not exceeding payment in the aggregate of £110,000) (the “Expense
Reimbursement”), provided that if the U.S. Vendor fails to obtain stockholder approval but there is no Competing Transaction or other default by the U.S. Vendor or INTERNATIONAL, then the Expense Reimbursement shall not exceed £75,000.

  
 (d) The following definition shall apply to this Section 8

  
 “Competing Transaction” means any
of (i) a transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which any Person (or group of Persons) other than the Purchaser or its Affiliates (a “Third Party”) acquires or would acquire more than 40% of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the U.S. Vendor, whether from the U.S. Vendor or pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer or otherwise; (ii) any acquisition or proposed acquisition of the U.S. Vendor by a merger, sale of all assets or other business combination
(including any so-called “merger of equals” and whether or not the U.S. Vendor or a Third Party is the entity surviving any such merger or business combination), (iii) any acquisition of the stock (and the Intergroup Indebtedness) of the
Company or of the Land by a Third Party or (iv) any other transaction pursuant to which any Third Party acquires or would acquire control of assets of the U.S. Vendor or its subsidiaries having a fair market value equal to more than 75% of the fair
market value of all the assets of the U.S. Vendor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, immediately prior to such transaction. 
  

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 SECTION 9. DEFINITIONS. 
  

9.1. Certain Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meaning herein specified: 
  
 “Affiliate” means a person controlling another person or
controlled by another person. 
  
 “Agreement”
means this Agreement. 
  
 “Business Day” means
any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the United Kingdom or is a day on which banking institutions located in Providence, Rhode Island are authorized or required by law or other governmental action
to close. 
  
 “Competing Transaction” has the
meaning set forth herein at Section 8. 
  
 “Closing” has the meaning set forth herein at Section 1.3. 
  
 “Closing Date” has the meaning set forth herein at Section 1.3. 
  
 “Lien” means (as applied to the Share and the Intergroup Indebtedness and not as applied to the Land) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof,
any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction). 
  
 “Land” has the meaning set forth herein in Section 2.7.

  
 “Person” means and includes any individual,
partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint-stock company, unincorporated entity, organization or other legal entity. 
  
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
  
 “SEC” means Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Tax Deed” means the agreed form annexed to this Agreement
as Schedule 2. 
  
 SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 10.1. Amendments and Waivers. The parties hereto may amend, modify,
terminate, waive or consent to any provision of this Agreement if such amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent is set forth in writing signed by all the parties hereto. 
  
 10.2. Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered personally, mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, sent via a nationally recognized overnight courier, or via facsimile (with receipt
confirmed by separate facsimile from the receiving party). Such notices, demands and other communications will be addressed and directed to the parties listed below as follows: 
  
 If to the U.S. Vendor or to INTERNATIONAL, to: 
  
 BNS Co., 
 25 Enterprise Center, Suite 103, 
 Middletown, Rhode Island 02842, 
 U.S.A. 
 fax: (401) 848-6444, 
 Att: President. 
  

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 With a copy to: 
  

Ropes & Gray, 
 One INTERNATIONAL Place, Boston, MA 02110, 
 U.S.A. 
 fax: (617) 951-7050, 
 Att: Howard K. Fuguet, Esq.. 
  
 If to the Purchaser, to: 
  
 Bath Road
Holdings Limited 
 Hush Willows 
 Wentworth Drive 
 Virginia Water 
 Surrey 
 GU25 4NY 
 ENGLAND 
 Attn: Mr. S. Arora 
  
 With a copy to: 
  
 Macfarlanes 
 10 Norwich Street 
 London 
 EC4A 1BD 
 ENGLAND 
 Attn: Patrick Holmes, Esq. 
  
 or to such successor entity, other address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party shall have specified by prior
written notice to the sending party; provided that the failure to deliver copies of notices as indicated above shall not affect the validity of any notice. Any such communication shall be deemed to have been received (i) when delivered, if
personally delivered, (ii) one business day after being sent by nationally recognized overnight courier, (iii) in the case of transmission by facsimile, when confirmation of receipt is obtained, or (iv) on the fifth business day following the date
on which the piece of mail containing such communication is posted if sent by air mail, certified or registered mail. 
  
 10.3. Severability. If and to the extent that any provision in this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of the Agreement or obligations of the parties hereto under such provisions, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, or of such provision to the extent not
invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
  
 10.4. Heading. Section and subsection headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given any
substantive effect. 
  
 10.5. Applicable Law. This
Agreement shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the principles of its internal conflicts of laws. 
  
 10.6. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and such successors and permitted assigns. No party may assign this Agreement without the written consent of each of the other
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which may be denied in their sole discretion, except that this Agreement may be assigned without consent by the U.S. Vendor in a merger, sale of
substantially all assets or other business combination to which the U.S. Vendor is a party. 
  
 10.7. Consent to Jurisdiction. All judicial proceedings arising under or with respect to this Agreement, during its term or thereafter, must be brought in a State or Federal District Court of competent
jurisdiction in the City of New York, State of New York, and by execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto accept for themselves and in connection with their properties, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts, and irrevocably agree to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement, subject, however, to rights of appeal. 
  
 10.8. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LITIGATION IN ANY COURT WITH RESPECT TO, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THE VALIDITY, PROTECTION, INTERPRETATION, COLLECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING. 
  
 10.9. Counterparts; Effectiveness. This
Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all
such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto. 
  
 10.10. Entirety. This Agreement and the Schedules thereto together
embody the entire agreement among the parties and supersede all prior agreements, representations, warranties, indemnifications and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof, including without limitation the
Memorandum of Sale. 
  
 10.11. Public Announcements. The
parties may make such public announcement and other disclosures with respect to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement as they deem advisable, so long as they advise the other party of such announcements or disclosures. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by the
respective duly authorized officers of the undersigned as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	 BNS Co.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/    MICHAEL WARREN

	 Name:
	 	 Michael Warren

	 Title:
	 	 President and CEO

	
	 BNS INTERNATIONAL LTD.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/    MICHAEL WARREN

	 Name:
	 	 Michael Warren

	 Title:
	 	 Director and President

	
	 Bath Road Holdings Limited

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/    S. ARORA

	 Name:
	 	 S. Arora

	 Title:
	 	 Chairman

  

 17Extension of Waiver and Ninth Amendment

 Exhibit 10.1 
 Extension of Waiver and Ninth Amendment 
  
 This Extension of Waiver and Ninth Amendment, dated as of March 1, 2004 (this “Agreement”), is made in respect of the Credit and Guarantee
Agreement, dated as of June 26, 1997 (as amended and in effect, the “Credit Agreement”), among Bush Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) (together with the Company, the “Borrowers”), the several banks and other lenders from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent for the Lenders
(in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). The Credit Agreement was previously amended by the First through Eighth Amendments thereto among the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. 
  
 Statement of the Premises 
  
 Pursuant to the Waiver and Eighth Amendment dated as of November 7, 2003
among the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent, the Lenders waived compliance with certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement as at the fiscal quarter end dates of September 27, 2003 and January 3, 2004 until March 1, 2004 (the “Waiver
Expiration Date”). The Company has requested that the Lenders and Administrative Agent now extend the Waiver Expiration Date to April 1, 2004. In addition, the Lenders and Administrative Agent desire to amend certain provisions of the Credit
Agreement. 
  
 Statement of Consideration 
  
 Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and under the authority of
Section 5-1103 of the New York General Obligations Law, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree as follows. 
  
 Agreement 
  
 I. Defined Terms. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. 

 
 II. Waiver and Limitation of Waiver. 
  
 (a) Waiver. Upon the satisfaction of all conditions set forth in Part
V hereof, but subject to the conditions subsequent set forth in Part VI hereof and subject to Section (b) of this Part II below, the Lenders and Administrative Agent waive any and all noncompliance by the Company with subsections 10.1 and 10.2 of
the Credit Agreement computed as at the fiscal quarter end dates of September 27, 2003 and January 3, 2004 (and only in respect of compliance required or computed as at such fiscal quarter end dates) and any or all noncompliance by the Company with
subsection 10.3 of the Credit Agreement at any time to (but not including) April 1, 2004 (the “Extended Waiver Expiration Date”), together with the right to deem any such noncompliance within the description of the foregoing waiver as an
“Event of Default” pursuant to Section 12 of the Credit Agreement or a failure of a condition precedent or a breach of warranty under subsection 8.3 of the Credit Agreement (collectively, the “Waiver”). 
  
 (b) Limitation of Waiver. Upon the Extended Waiver Expiration Date,
unless this Agreement shall have been amended to the contrary by a further written agreement formally executed by the parties and complying with the requirements of subsection 14.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Waiver shall automatically and
immediately terminate (without cure period or 

 notice) and shall be of no further force and effect, and any noncompliance described and waived pursuant to and under the
Waiver shall constitute an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement with the same force and effect as though the Waiver had never been in effect prior to the Extended Waiver Expiration Date. The Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders have not made any agreement whatsoever to extend the Extended Waiver Expiration Date or to otherwise forbear from the acceleration and collection of all of the Obligations on or after the Extended Waiver
Expiration Date. The Waiver is without limitation of the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in respect of any Default or Event of Default arising under any provision in the Credit Agreement which is not expressly and specifically
subject to the Waiver. 
  
 III. Amendments to Credit
Agreement. 
  
 (a) Amendments to Subsection 1.1; Additional
Definitions. Subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto the following definition. 
  
 “Ninth Amendment Effective Date”: March 1, 2004. 
  
 (b) Amendment to Subsection 1.1: Definition of “Alternate Base Rate”. The definition of “Alternate
Base Rate” contained in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: 
  
 “Alternate Base Rate” means: (1) for any day prior to the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, a rate per year (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base CD Rate in effect on such day plus 1% and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%; and
(2) for each day on and after the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, a rate per year equal to the Prime Rate in effect on such day plus two percent (2%). If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms thereof,
the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (c) of the first sentence of this definition until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the
Prime Rate, the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively. 
  
 (c) Amendment to Subsection 1.1: Definition of “Security
Documents”. The definition of “Security Documents” contained in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: 
  
 “Security Documents”: the collective reference to the Pledge Agreement, the Domestic
Subsidiary Guarantee, the Foreign Subsidiary Guarantees and the Collateral Agreement and any additional pledge, mortgage, guaranty, assignment, subordination, security agreement or any similar agreement that may be delivered to the Administrative
Agent as collateral security or credit support for any or all of the Obligations, in each case as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 
  

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 (d) Amendment to Section 3: Amount and Terms of Swing Line Commitments. Section 3 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding Section 3.6 thereto as follows: 
  
 3.6 Termination of Swing Line. On or before the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, either (i) the Company shall have paid each Swing Line Loan in full, including all accrued interest, or (ii) to the extent that
the Company has not paid any Swing Line Loan in full, each such Swing Line Loan shall be or shall have been refunded by the Lenders as a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4 and effective on the day
of such payment or refunding, all Swing Line Commitments shall be deemed to have terminated and no Swing Line Borrowings shall thereafter be made. 
  
 (e) Amendment to Subsection 4.1: Multicurrency Commitments. Subsection 4.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following clause
(d) at the end of the first sentence: 
  
 ; and (d) provided that
on and after the Ninth Amendment Effective Date: (i) no Multicurrency Loan shall be made other than Loans denominated in Euros (meaning the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union that adopt the single currency in accordance with
the EC Treaty); (ii) and no Multicurrency Loan shall be made if after giving effect thereto the aggregate principal amount of all Multicurrency Loans would exceed 40,000,000 Euros; and (iii) no Multicurrency Loan shall be made if after giving effect
thereto the Aggregate Total Outstandings exceed an amount equal to the remainder after subtracting $2,000,000 from the aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding. 
  
 (f) Amendment to Subsection 6.1: Interest rates and Payment Dates.
Subsection 6.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (c) of such subsection in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following: 
  
 (c) Prior to the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, each ABR Loan shall bear interest for each day that it is
outstanding at a rate per year equal to the Alternate Base Rate for such day plus the Applicable Margin (which shall be one and one-quarter percent (1.25%) from and after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date to the Ninth Amendment Effective Date). On
an after the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, each ABR Loan shall bear interest for each day that it is outstanding at a rate per year equal to the Alternate Base Rate for such day (which shall be the Prime Rate plus two percent (2%)). 
  
 (g) Amendment to Subsection 9.2: Certificates; Other Information.
Subsection 9.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by changing paragraph (g) of such Subsection to read in its entirety as follows: 
  
 (g) By Friday of each week: (i) a cash flow forecast for a fourteen week period, accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer to
the effect that such forecast has been prepared on the basis of sound financial planning practice and that such Responsible Officer has no reason to believe such forecasts are misleading in any material respect, (ii) a report of the prior
week’s cash flow and a comparison thereof to the budget, (iii) a report of the prior week’s 
  

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 inventories and accounts receivable on a consolidated and consolidating basis, and (iv) a report of the
Company’s implementation of cost reduction measures. 
  
 (h)
Schedule 1. Schedule 1 to the Credit Agreement (added by the Waiver and Amendment Eight to the Credit Agreement) shall be in the form of Schedule 1 annexed hereto. 
  
 IV. Resignation of Co-Agent. On and as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, Citizens Bank Of Pennsylvania, as
successor to Mellon Bank, N.A., resigns as the Co-Agent under the Credit Agreement, its resignation is accepted by the Agent and the Lenders, and, except for each provision in the Credit Agreement which limits the liability of the Co-Agent, all
other provisions in the Credit Agreement relating to the Co-Agent and all other references in the Credit Agreement to the Co-Agent shall be deemed to be deleted. 
  
 V. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on the date on which (a) the Company, the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers and the Required Lenders shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent this Agreement; (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received, for the account of each Lender, a fee in the amount set forth in
Annex A hereto as the Ninth Amendment Fee for such Lender; (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certified copy of resolutions of the Board of Directors of each of the Borrowers authorizing this Agreement; (d) the Administrative Agent
shall have received a satisfactory written legal opinion of counsel to the Company covering such matters with respect to this Agreement as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request; and (e) the Administrative Agent shall have received a
General Release in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto from each of the Borrowers and each Subsidiary of the Company which is a signatory to a Loan Document. 
  
 VI. Conditions Subsequent. The Borrowers shall cause to be delivered to the Agent, no later than March 12, 2004, each
of the agreements, schedules, documents and items of information set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto (the “Subsequent Items”). The failure of the Borrowers to provide any of the Subsequent Items listed as items 1, 2 and 3 in a true and
complete form by March 12, 2004, or the failure of the Borrowers to cause the pledge of additional stock listed as item 4 on Schedule A to be in full force and effect by March 12,2004, shall, upon the election and declaration of the Required
Lenders, constitute an immediate termination of the Waiver and an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents. 
  
 VII. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Borrowers in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to the effectiveness of this Agreement, as if made on and as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
expressly relate to a specific earlier date in which case the Company hereby confirms, reaffirms and restates such representations and warranties as of such earlier date. 
  
 VIII. Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent. Nothing in this Section VIII shall be 
 deemed to limit any right of the Lenders to reimbursement by the
Company of the costs and expenses of the Lenders pursuant to and under Subsection 14.5 of the Credit Agreement. 
  

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 IX. No Other Amendments; Confirmation. Except as expressly amended, modified and supplemented
hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Notes are and shall remain in full force and effect. 
  
 X. Governing Law; Counterparts. (a) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and
interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York (without regard to conflict-of-laws rules which would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction). 
  
 (b) This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts,
and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all of the parties shall be lodged with the Company and the Administrative Agent. This Agreement
may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the relevant signature pages hereof. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

									
	Bush Industries, Inc.	 	 	 	 Rohr-Bush GMBH & Co.,
 as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower

					
	By:	 	  /s/  	 	 	 	By:	 	  /s/  
	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
			
	 Bush Viotechnik GMBH,
 as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
	 	 	 	 JPMorgan Chase Bank,
 as Administrative Agent and a Lender

					
	By:	 	  /s/  	 	 	 	By:	 	  /s/  
	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
			
	Wachovia Bank, National Association	 	 	 	National City Bank Of Pennsylvania
					
	By:	 	  /s/  	 	 	 	By:	 	  /s/  
	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
			
	HSBC Bank USA	 	 	 	Citizens Bank Of Pennsylvania
					
	By:	 	  /s/  	 	 	 	By:	 	  /s/  
	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 

  

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	Fleet National Bank	 	 	 	 B IV Capital Partners, L.P.
 By: GP Capital IV, LLC, its General Partner
 By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC,
Manager

					
	By:	 	  /s/  	 	 	 	By:	 	  /s/  
	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 Member

  

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 ANNEX A 
  
 Ninth Amendment Fee 
  

				
	 Lender

	  	Ninth Amendment Fee

	 JPMorgan Chase Bank
	  	$	28,901.74
	 Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
	  	$	26,011.56
	 HSBC Bank USA
	  	$	15,895.95
	 Fleet National Bank
	  	$	15,895.95
	 Wachovia Bank, National Association
	  	$	14,450.87
	 National City Bank of Pennsylvania
	  	$	13,005.78
	 B IV Capital Partners, L.P.
	  	$	10,838.15

  

 Schedule 1 
  
 Schedule Of Periodic Limits For Fees And Expenses Which Are Excluded From 
 Consolidated EBITDA (As Accrued During Each Period) 
  

	1.	During the period from September 28, 2003 to January 3, 2004: 

  

	 	a.	Severance expenses and expenses for maintenance of the Saint Paul facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000; and 

  

	 	b.	Fees and expenses related to the restructure (such as bank fees, legal fees, appraisal fees, consultant fees, investment banker fees) in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$3,200,000. 

  

	2.	During the period from January 4, 2004 to March 1, 2004: 

  

	 	a.	Severance expenses and expenses for maintenance of the Saint Paul facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed $400,000; and 

  

	 	b.	Fees and expenses related to the restructure (such as bank fees, legal fees, appraisal fees, consultant fees, investment banker fees) in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$1,750,000. 

 Schedule A to Extension of Waiver and Ninth Amendment 
  
 Schedules, Documents and Other Items of Information to be Delivered to
Agent by March 12, 2004 
  
 1. All Schedules to the Credit
Agreement and the Collateral Agreement to be updated with current information. 
  
 2. A complete real estate title file on all locations owned by the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries (including locations in Germany) and a schedule identifying the location, landlord and lease terms for any other
facility used or occupied by the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries (including locations in Germany). 
  
 3. A detailed description of all inventory and equipment located in Germany sufficient under German law for identification of such goods as collateral for
security for payment of debt, including, to the extent not provided in response to 2, above, a description of the location of such inventory and equipment. 
  
 4. A pledge of all shares of and ownership interests in Bush Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (as the sole limited partner of Röhr-Bush GmbH & Co KG
and majority shareholder of Röhr-Bush Management GmbH) as security for payment of the Obligations. 

 Exhibit A 
 Form of General Release 
  
 General
Release 
  
 TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME OR MAY CONCERN, know that
each of the undersigned, as “Releasors”, hereby release and discharge JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wachovia Bank, National Association, B IV Capital Partners, L.P., National Association, National City Bank Of Pennsylvania, HSBC Bank USA,
Fleet National Bank, Citizens Bank Of Pennsylvania (collectively, the “Lenders”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and the officers,
employees, successors and assigns of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (collectively referred to hereinafter as ‘Releasees”), from all actions, causes of action, suits, debts, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds,
bills, specialties, controversies, trespasses, damages, judgments, extents, executions, claims and demands whatsoever in law or equity, which against the Releasees in any capacity, the Releasors and their successors and assigns can, shall or may
have, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever arising pursuant to, under or in connection with the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Credit and Guarantee Agreement dated as of June 26, 1997 among the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders (or their predecessors in interest), and under all ancillary documents and instruments thereto, and any breach of any agreements, covenants, contracts, promises or variances thereunder, and all transactions and matters
occurring thereunder or with respect thereto, from the beginning of time through this date, March 1, 2004. 
  
 This General Release is made in consideration of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent entering into the Waiver and Ninth Amendment to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 1, 2004 among the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the “Borrowers” (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and for other and good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Releasors has executed this Release or caused this Release to be executed by its duly authorized officer.

  
 Dated: As of March 1, 2004 
  

			
	Bush Industries, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

  
  

			
	 Rohr-Bush GMBH & Co.,
 as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

			
	 Bush Viotechnik GMBH,
 as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

  
  

			
	Bush Industries of Pennsylvania, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

  
  

			
	Bush Industries of Ohio, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

  
  

			
	Bush Management, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

  
  

			
	Bush Service Group, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

  
  

			
	Fournier Furniture, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

  
  

			
	The Color Works, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

  
  

			
	Bush Technologies, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	 

  

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