Document:

exv10w43

 

Exhibit 10.43

Execution Version

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

by and among

PEROT SYSTEMS CORPORATION

EAGLE DELAWARE CORP.

J.J. WILD HOLDINGS, INC.

J.J. WILD, INC.

and

CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS OF J.J. WILD HOLDINGS, INC.

August 10, 2007

 

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE I Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	ARTICLE II Purchase of Closing Shares
	 	 	12	 
	2.1.  The Merger
	 	 	12	 
	2.2.  Closing Date
	 	 	12	 
	2.3.  Effect of the Merger
	 	 	12	 
	2.4.  Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws
	 	 	12	 
	2.5.  Directors and Officers
	 	 	13	 
	2.6.  Merger Consideration and Payment of Merger Consideration
	 	 	13	 
	2.7.  Surrender of Closing Shares
	 	 	15	 
	2.8.  Dissenting Shares
	 	 	15	 
	2.9.  Withholding
	 	 	16	 
	2.10.  Closing Deliveries
	 	 	16	 
	2.11.  Post Closing Adjustment to Merger Consideration
	 	 	17	 
	ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties of the Companies
	 	 	17	 
	3.1.  Organization
	 	 	17	 
	3.2.  Authority and Binding Effect
	 	 	17	 
	3.3.  Organic Documents
	 	 	17	 
	3.4.  Capitalization; Ownership of Shares and Stock Options
	 	 	17	 
	3.5.  Title to Assets
	 	 	18	 
	3.6.  Sufficiency of Assets
	 	 	19	 
	3.7.  No Violation
	 	 	19	 
	3.8.  Governmental Consents
	 	 	19	 
	3.9.  Financial Statements
	 	 	20	 
	3.10.  Limitation on Liabilities; Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
	 	 	20	 
	3.11.  Subsidiaries and Investments
	 	 	20	 
	3.12.  Absence of Material Adverse Change
	 	 	21	 
	3.13.  Taxes
	 	 	22	 
	3.14.  Litigation
	 	 	24	 
	3.15.  Compliance with Laws
	 	 	25	 

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	3.16.  Permits
	 	 	25	 
	3.17.  Environmental Matters
	 	 	25	 
	3.18.  Employee Matters.
	 	 	26	 
	3.19.  Employee Benefit Plans.
	 	 	27	 
	3.20.  Stock Options
	 	 	29	 
	3.21.  Material Agreements.
	 	 	29	 
	3.22.  Customers
	 	 	30	 
	3.23.  Intellectual Property Rights.
	 	 	31	 
	3.24.  Competing Interests
	 	 	32	 
	3.25.  Accounts Receivable
	 	 	32	 
	3.26.  Regulated Payments; Government Contracting
	 	 	32	 
	3.27.  Interested Party Transactions
	 	 	33	 
	3.28.  Anti-Takeover Statutes
	 	 	33	 
	ARTICLE IV Representations and Warranties of Stockholders
	 	 	33	 
	4.1.  Capitalization; Ownership of Shares and Stock Options;
Subsidiaries and Investments
	 	 	33	 
	4.2.  Authority and Binding Effect
	 	 	34	 
	4.3.  Validity of the Transactions; Consents
	 	 	34	 
	4.4.  Restrictions
	 	 	34	 
	4.5.  Broker’s or Finder’s Fee
	 	 	34	 
	4.6.  Competing Interests
	 	 	34	 
	4.7.  Regulated Payments
	 	 	34	 
	ARTICLE V Representations and Warranties of Buyer
	 	 	35	 
	5.1.  Organization
	 	 	35	 
	5.2.  Authority
	 	 	35	 
	5.3.  No Violation
	 	 	35	 
	5.4.  Governmental Consents
	 	 	35	 
	5.5.  Litigation
	 	 	35	 
	5.6.  Available Funds
	 	 	35	 
	ARTICLE VI Covenants and Agreements
	 	 	36	 
	6.1.  Conduct of Business
	 	 	36	 
	6.2.  Access and Information
	 	 	36	 
	6.3.  Supplemental Disclosure
	 	 	37	 

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	6.4.  Notification of Certain Matters
	 	 	37	 
	6.5.  Fulfillment of Conditions by Sellers
	 	 	37	 
	6.6.  Fulfillment of Conditions by Buyer
	 	 	38	 
	6.7.  Publicity
	 	 	38	 
	6.8.  Transaction Costs
	 	 	38	 
	6.9.  No-Shop Provisions
	 	 	38	 
	6.10.  Filing and Authorizations
	 	 	39	 
	6.11.  Release by Stockholders
	 	 	39	 
	6.12.  JJW 401(k) Plan
	 	 	39	 
	6.13.  Stock Options.
	 	 	40	 
	6.14.  Confidentiality
	 	 	40	 
	6.15.  Stockholder Non-Solicitation; Non-Competition.
	 	 	41	 
	6.16.  Further Assurances; Cooperation
	 	 	41	 
	6.17.  Form 8-K
	 	 	42	 
	6.18.  Certain Consents by Sellers
	 	 	42	 
	6.19.  Anti-Takeover Statutes
	 	 	43	 
	6.20.  Proprietary Rights
	 	 	43	 
	6.21.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Company
	 	 	44	 
	6.22.  Meeting of Stockholders of Holding
	 	 	44	 
	6.23.  Bonus Plan
	 	 	44	 
	ARTICLE VII Tax Matters
	 	 	45	 
	7.1.  Tax Periods Ending On or Before the Closing Date
	 	 	45	 
	7.2.  Tax Periods Beginning Before and Ending After the Closing Date
	 	 	45	 
	7.3.  Tax Allocation
	 	 	45	 
	7.4.  Certain Contest Rights
	 	 	46	 
	7.5.  Cooperation on Tax Matters
	 	 	46	 
	7.6.  Transfer Taxes
	 	 	47	 
	7.7.  Withholding
	 	 	47	 
	ARTICLE VIII Closing Conditions
	 	 	47	 
	8.1.  Conditions to Obligations of Buyer
	 	 	47	 
	8.2.  Conditions to Obligations of Sellers
	 	 	50	 
	ARTICLE IX Indemnification
	 	 	50	 
	9.1.  Indemnification of Buyer
	 	 	50	 

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	9.2.  Indemnification of Buyer for Stockholder Breach
	 	 	51	 
	9.3.  Indemnification of Stockholders
	 	 	51	 
	9.4.  Limitations on Indemnification; Survival
	 	 	52	 
	9.5.  Notice
	 	 	52	 
	9.6.  Defense of Claims
	 	 	52	 
	9.7.  Holdback Amount; Right of Setoff
	 	 	53	 
	ARTICLE X Miscellaneous
	 	 	53	 
	10.1.  Termination
	 	 	53	 
	10.2.  Notices
	 	 	54	 
	10.3.  Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
	 	 	55	 
	10.4.  Further Assurances
	 	 	55	 
	10.5.  Brokers
	 	 	55	 
	10.6.  Counterparts; Facsimiles
	 	 	56	 
	10.7.  Interpretation
	 	 	56	 
	10.8.  Successors and Assigns; Assignment
	 	 	56	 
	10.9.  Entire Agreement
	 	 	56	 
	10.10.  Specific Performance
	 	 	56	 
	10.11.  Governing Law
	 	 	57	 
	10.12.  Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue
	 	 	57	 
	10.13.  Drafting
	 	 	57	 
	10.14.  Usage
	 	 	57	 
	10.15.  Partial Invalidity
	 	 	57	 
	10.16.  Stockholder Representative
	 	 	57	 
	10.17.  Joinder of Stockholders
	 	 	60	 

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A            Merger Consideration Adjustment

EXHIBIT B            Form of Escrow Agreement

EXHIBIT C-1         Form of Associate Employment Agreements

EXHIBIT C-2         Form of Executive Employment Agreements

EXHIBIT D-1         Form of Noncompetition Agreements (Stockholders)

EXHIBIT D-2         Form of Noncompetition Agreements (Key Employees)

EXHIBIT E            Form of Joinder Agreement

EXHIBIT F            Limitations on Indemnification

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INDEX OF DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

	 	 	 	 	 
	Schedule #	 	-	 	Name of Schedule
	Schedule 1

	 	-
	 	Capital Leases
	Schedule 3.1

	 	-
	 	Organization
	Schedule 3.4(a)

	 	-
	 	Capitalization
	Schedule 3.4(c)

	 	-
	 	Subscriptions, Warrants, Etc.
	Schedule 3.5(a)

	 	-
	 	Leases
	Schedule 3.5(b)

	 	-
	 	Liens
	Schedule 3.6(b)

	 	-
	 	Insurance
	Schedule 3.7

	 	-
	 	No Violation
	Schedule 3.8

	 	-
	 	Government Consents
	Schedule 3.9

	 	-
	 	Financial Statements
	Schedule 3.10

	 	-
	 	Limitation on Liabilities; Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities
	Schedule 3.11(a)

	 	-
	 	Subsidiaries and Investment
	Schedule 3.12

	 	-
	 	Absence of Material Adverse Change
	Schedule 3.13(a)

	 	-
	 	Taxes
	Schedule 3.13(b)

	 	-
	 	Taxes
	Schedule 3.13(c)

	 	-
	 	Taxes
	Schedule 3.13(d)

	 	-
	 	Taxes
	Schedule 3.14

	 	-
	 	Litigation
	Schedule 3.16

	 	-
	 	Permits
	Schedule 3.18(a)

	 	-
	 	Employee Matters
	Schedule 3.18(b)

	 	-
	 	Employee Matters Litigation
	Schedule 3.19(a)(i)

	 	-
	 	Employee Benefit Plans
	Schedule 3.19(a)(ii)

	 	-
	 	Employee Benefit Plans
	Schedule 3.19(b)

	 	-
	 	Employee Benefit Plans; Controlled Group Plans
	Schedule 3.21(a)

	 	-
	 	Material Agreement
	Schedule 3.21(b)

	 	-
	 	Material Agreement Consents
	Schedule 3.21(c)

	 	-
	 	Material Agreement Defaults, Terminations
	Schedule 3.21(d)

	 	 
	 	Material Agreement Delivery or Performance Issues
	Schedule 3.22

	 	-
	 	Customers

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	Schedule #	 	-	 	Name of Schedule
	Schedule 3.23(a)

	 	-
	 	Intellectual Property Rights Filed with

Government Body
	Schedule 3.23(b)

	 	-
	 	Intellectual Property Rights Third Party Licenses
	Schedule 3.23(c)

	 	-
	 	Intellectual Property Rights Proprietary to
Companies
	Schedule 3.23(g)

	 	-
	 	Intellectual Property Rights Royalties and Fees
	Schedule 3.23(i)

	 	-
	 	Intellectual Property Rights Government Rights
	Schedule 3.25

	 	-
	 	Accounts Receivable
	Schedule 8.1(e)

	 	-
	 	Liens to Remain After Closing
	Schedule 8.1(f)

	 	-
	 	Employment Agreements to be Terminated
	Schedule 8.1(g)

	 	-
	 	Employees to Sign Execute Associate Employment
Agreements
	Schedule 8.1(h)

	 	-
	 	Executives to Sign Executive Employment
Agreements
	Schedule 8.1(i)

	 	-
	 	Stockholders to Sign Noncompetition Agreements
	Schedule 8.1(j)

	 	-
	 	Employees to Sign Noncompetition Agreements

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

     This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
August 10, 2007, by and among Perot Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“PSC”),
Eagle Delaware Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), J.J. Wild, Inc., a
Massachusetts corporation (“JJW”), J.J. Wild Holdings, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation
(“Holding”), the stockholders of Holding listed on the signature page hereto and all of the
other stockholders of Holding who become bound to this Agreement by Joinder Agreements
(individually, a “Stockholder” and collectively, the “Stockholders”), and JJW
Distribution Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in the capacity as the
representative of all of the stockholders of Holding (the “Stockholder Representative”).
PSC and Merger Sub are referred to collectively as “Buyer.” Holding and JJW are referred
to collectively as the “Companies” and the Companies and the Stockholders are referred to
collectively as “Sellers.”

Background

     A. The Companies provide hardware and network integration services, software and other
information technology to support the information systems of health care organizations in the
United States and elsewhere.

     B. PSC desires to acquire Holding and Holding desires to be so acquired pursuant to a merger
of Merger Sub with and into Holding, as a result of which the surviving corporation will be a
direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PSC.

     C. PSC, Merger Sub and Holding desire to enter into a merger transaction upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware (“Delaware Law”) and the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act
(“Massachusetts Law”).

     D. The Board of Directors of Holding deems it in the best interest of Holding and its
stockholders to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement on
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated
hereby, and such Board of Directors has approved this Agreement and declared its advisability.

     E. The Stockholders will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and PSC and Merger Sub have requested that the
Stockholders enter into this Agreement for the limited purposes set forth in Section 10.17
as a condition and inducement to PSC’s and Merger Sub’s performance of their obligations under this
Agreement.

     F. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as a condition and
inducement to PSC and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, certain of the Stockholders are each
entering into respective voting agreements, including irrevocable proxies and powers of attorney,
with PSC, pursuant to which, among other things, such Stockholders are each agreeing to vote to
adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger.

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     In consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this
Agreement, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

     As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings (terms defined in
the singular shall have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa):

     “Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in
control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person or that owns more than
50% of the voting stock of such Person. The term “control” (including, with correlative meanings,
the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other ownership
interest, by contract or otherwise. In addition, with respect to any natural person, the term
“Affiliate” shall include such person’s immediate family (meaning any child, stepchild, grandchild,
parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law,
daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships) and Persons
(other than natural persons) controlled by them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Stockholder
shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of another Stockholder merely because of their respective
interests in the Companies.

     “Aggregate Stockholder Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(f)(iii).

     “Agreement” means this Agreement and Plan of Merger, including all schedules and exhibits
hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

     “Articles of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

     “Asserted Tax Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).

     “Bid” means any written quotation, bid or proposal made by the Companies that if accepted or
awarded would lead to a Customer Contract.

     “Business Day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banks located in
the State of Delaware are authorized or obligated to close.

     “Buyer” has the meaning set forth in the Introduction.

     “Buyer Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

     “Buy-Sell Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.18.

     “Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).

     “Certificate of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

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     “Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5.

     “Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

     “Closing Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

     “Closing Common Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

     “Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

     “Closing Preferred Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

     “Closing Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

     “COBRA” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

     “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     “Common Holdback Percentage” means a percentage equal to 100% minus the Preferred Holdback
Percentage.

     “Common Holdback Share” means the Holdback Amount multiplied by the Common Holdback
Percentage.

     “Common Merger Consideration” means (i) the Merger Consideration multiplied by the Common Pro
Rata Portion, minus (ii) the Option Merger Consideration, minus (iii) the Discretionary Bonus
Amount, minus (iv) $1,000,000.

     “Common Pro Rata Portion” means a percentage equal to 100% minus the Preferred Pro Rata
Portion.

     “Common Stockholder” means a Stockholder who is not a Preferred Stockholder.

     “Companies” has the meaning set forth in the Introduction.

     “Companies Software” means all Software owned, licensed or used by the Companies.

     “Companies’ Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of Salvatore Lanuto, Richard Fitzpatrick,
James Fitzgerald, Paul Peck, Ethan Allen and Tom Tibbetts, after reasonable internal inquiry and
review concerning the particular subject matter.

     “Company Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.

     “Competing Transaction” means any of the following (other than the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement) involving the Companies: (i) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business
combination, or similar transaction; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or
other disposition of five percent or more of the assets used in the business of the Companies; or
(iii) any offer to purchase any shares of capital stock of the Companies. For

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the avoidance of doubt, the refinancing of Debt shall not be regarded as a Competing
Transaction.

     “Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.9.

     “Contract” means any written or oral contract, agreement, lease, plan, instrument or other
document, commitment, arrangement, or undertaking, including all amendments thereto.

     “Controlled Group Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19(b).

     “Copyrights” mean all copyrights in both published and unpublished form and all registrations
and applications for registration for copyrights in any jurisdiction, and any renewals,
modifications and extensions thereof.

     “Court Order” means any judgment, injunction, order or ruling of any court or other judicial
authority that is binding on any Person or its property under applicable Law.

     “Current Customer” means any Person that the Companies provide or have provided products
and/or services to under contract (including end-users) during the Look-Back Period.

     “Customer Contracts” means all Contracts that provide for the performance of services by the
Companies for, or the sale of products by the Companies to, their customers or any prime contractor
or higher-tier subcontractor.

     “Debt” means an amount, as of the Closing, equal to all of the Companies’ debt for borrowed
money, notes payable and all capital lease obligations (excluding the capital lease obligations
listed on Schedule 1, each of which involves a Liability of less than $10,000 and which
together involve a Liability of less than $20,000), including the current and long term portions
thereof, all determined in accordance with GAAP plus any additional amounts required in connection
with the payment of outstanding amounts and the termination of any associated credit facility. For
purposes of clarification, with respect to any capital lease obligations included as Debt, the
Closing Balance Sheet shall include both the Liability and corresponding asset associated with such
capital lease obligation.

     “Default” means (i) the occurrence of an event that with or without the passage of time or the
giving of notice, or both, would constitute a breach, default or violation or (ii) with respect to
any Contract, the occurrence of an event that with or without the passage of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would give rise to an expressly stated right of termination, renegotiation or
acceleration in accordance with the terms of such Contract.

     “Delaware Law” has the meaning set forth in the Background.

     “Delayed Receivable” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

     “Discretionary Bonus Amount” means $1,465,000.

     “Discretionary Bonuses” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

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     “Dissenting Shares” shall mean Closing Shares held as of the Effective Time by a Stockholder
who has not voted such Closing Shares in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and with respect
to which appraisal shall have been duly demanded and perfected in accordance with Section 13.23 of
the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act and not effectively withdrawn or forfeited prior to the
time at which a determination is made as to whether such Closing Shares constitute Dissenting
Shares hereunder.

     “Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

     “Employee Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19(a).

     “Environmental Law” means any Laws or agreement with any Governmental Body relating to (i) the
protection, preservation or restoration of the environment, (ii) the use, storage, generation,
transportation, processing, production, release, or disposal of Hazardous Substances, in each case
as amended and in effect on the date of the Closing.

     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, together with
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     “ERISA Affiliate” means the Companies and each Person or other trade or business, whether or
not incorporated, which is or has been treated as a single employer or controlled group member with
the Companies pursuant to Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

     “Escrow” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(f)(i).

     “Escrow Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(f)(i).

     “Escrow Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(f)(i).

     “Estimated Closing Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

     “Existing Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

     “Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

     “First Release Amount” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

     “First Release Date” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

     “First Year Option Cash-Out Price” means the quotient of the Option Merger Consideration
divided by the number of First Year Options.

     “First Year Option Holder” means the holder of a First Year Option.

     “First Year Options” means the portion of each Stock Option that would have become vested in
accordance with its terms in 2007 or the first quarter of 2008 on the first anniversary of its
grant date.

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     “Flow of Funds Memorandum” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles, as recognized by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied
for the period or periods indicated.

     “Governmental Body” means any competent nation or government, any state or provincial or other
political subdivision thereof, any province, city or municipality, any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government,
including, without limitation, any governmental authority, agency, department, board, commission,
court or instrumentality of the United States, any State of the United States, or any political
subdivision thereof, and any competent tribunal, arbitrator(s) or jurisdiction.

     “Hazardous Substance” means any substance presently or hereafter listed, defined, designated,
or classified as hazardous, toxic, radioactive, or dangerous under any Environmental Law and any
substance to which exposure is regulated by any Governmental Body or any Environmental Law,
including without limitation any toxic waste, pollutant, contaminant, hazardous substance, toxic
substance, hazardous waste, special waste, industrial substance, or petroleum or any derivative or
by-product thereof, radon, radioactive material, asbestos, or asbestos containing material, urea
formaldehyde, foam insulation, lead, or polychlorinated biphenyls.

     “Holdback Amount” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

     “Holdback Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(f)(i).

     “Holdback Share” means (i) as to any holder of Closing Common Shares, the Common Holdback
Share multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Closing Common Shares held
by such holder, and the denominator of which is the total number of Closing Common Shares, and
(ii) as to any holder of Closing Preferred Shares, the Preferred Holdback Share multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Closing Preferred Shares held by such holder, and
the denominator of which is the total number of Closing Preferred Shares.

     “Holding” has the meaning set forth in the Introduction.

     “HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder.

     “Indebtedness” means (a) any obligation for borrowed money (including principal, interest,
fees and penalties), (b) any obligation owed for all or any part of the purchase price of Closing
Shares, Stock Options, property or other assets or for services or for the cost of property or
other assets constructed or of improvements to such property or other assets, other than current
trade accounts payable included in current liabilities and incurred in respect of property or
services purchased in the ordinary course of business, (c) any capital lease obligation, (d) any
obligation (whether fixed or contingent) to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of
amounts paid or payable under a standby letter of credit or bank guarantee, and (e) any guarantee

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with respect to Indebtedness of another Person. For the avoidance of doubt, the term
“Indebtedness” does not include operating leases.

     “Indemnification Cap” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit F.

     “Indemnification Deductible” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit F.

     “Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5.

     “Indemnifying Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5.

     “Intellectual Property” means (i) any idea, design, concept, method, process, technique,
apparatus, Software, invention, discovery, or improvement, including any patents, patent
applications, trade secrets, and know-how; (ii) any work of authorship, including any copyrights,
industrial designs, mask works or moral rights; (iii) any trademarks, trade names, service marks,
trade designations, trade dress and associated goodwill; and (iv) any other proprietary technology
or materials in which similar rights exist, in each case that are material to and used in the
operations of the Companies.

     “Intellectual Property Rights” means Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Software and other
intellectual property rights, including Trade Secrets and rights in Internet web sites.

     “Interim Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

     “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.

     “JJW” has the meaning set forth in the Introduction.

     “JJW 401(k) Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19(b)(iv).

     “Joinder Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)2.10(a).

     “Key Employees” means the persons named in the definition of “Companies’ Knowledge.”

     “Latest Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

     “Latest Balance Sheet Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

     “Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15.

     “Leases” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).

     “Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.

     “Licenses” means any permits, licenses, franchises, registrations, certificates, variances,
exemptions, consents, approvals and other authorizations granted by any Governmental Body.

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     “Liens” means any lien, mortgage, security interest, charge, pledge, or other encumbrance of
any nature whatsoever.

     “Litigation” means any lawsuit, claim, action, governmental enforcement action, arbitration,
administrative or other proceeding, criminal prosecution or governmental investigation or inquiry.

     “Look-Back Period” means the two-year period immediately preceding any attempted solicitation
or diversion.

     “Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

     “Massachusetts Law” has the meaning set forth in the Background.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means any event, development, circumstance, change or effect that is
materially adverse to the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Companies
taken together as a whole, except for any such events, developments, circumstances, changes or
effects arising out of or relating to (i) changes in general economic or political conditions or
the financial, credit or securities markets, as long as such changes do not substantially and
disproportionately negatively affect the Companies, (ii) changes affecting generally the industries
in which the Companies conduct business, as long as such changes do not substantially and
disproportionately negatively affect the Companies, or (iii) changes or effects caused by any
action taken, or failure to take action, by the Companies to which Buyer has consented in writing
(for avoidance of doubt, this clause (iii) does not include changes or effects caused by the
announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement).

     “Material Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.21(a).

     “Material Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).

     “Material Customer” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.22.

     “Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

     “Merger Consideration” means $90,500,000, as such number may be adjusted pursuant to
Exhibit A.

     “Merger Consideration Adjustment” means any adjustment to the Merger Consideration pursuant to
Exhibit A.

     “Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the Introduction.

     “Option Merger Consideration” means $829,687.50.

     “Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of business of the Companies,
consistent with past practice, of an amount and type that were ordinarily incurred in past periods,
and does not include the incurrence of any Liability that results from any breach or default (or

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event that with notice or lapse of time would constitute a breach or default) by the Companies
under any agreement binding on them.

     “Patents” mean all patents, together with any extensions, reexaminations, reissues, patents or
additions, patent applications, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, improvements and
any subsequent filings in any country of jurisdiction claiming priority therefrom.

     “Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.16.

     “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
Governmental Body or other entity.

     “Portfolio Company” means an entity in which a Preferred Stockholder has an investment.

     “Pre-Closing Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

     “Pre-Closing Return” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

     “Preferred Holdback Percentage” means 42.55%.

     “Preferred Holdback Share” means the Holdback Amount multiplied by the Preferred Holdback
Percentage.

     “Preferred Merger Consideration” means the Merger Consideration multiplied by the Preferred
Pro Rata Portion.

     “Preferred Pro Rata Portion” means 41.4%.

     “Preferred Stockholder” means a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock of Holding.

     “Prevailing Party” means, in connection with any arbitration, suit or other proceedings
initiated pursuant to this Agreement (i) the party that initiated such proceeding and substantially
obtained the relief it sought, either through a judgment or arbitration award, (ii) the
non-withdrawing party if the other party withdraws its action without substantially obtaining the
relief it sought, or (iii) the party that did not initiate the proceeding if judgment is entered
into for any party, but without substantially granting the relief sought by the initiating party or
granting more substantial relief to the non-initiating party with respect to any counterclaim
asserted by the non-initiating party in connection with such proceeding.

     “Pro Rata Portion” means, with respect to each Stockholder, a percentage equal to 100
multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the portion of the Stockholder Merger
Consideration to which such Stockholder is entitled pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and
(ii) the denominator of which is the total Stockholder Merger Consideration paid to all
Stockholders hereunder.

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     “Prospective Customer” means any Person that has been solicited by the Companies for the
provision of products and/or services under contract during the Look-Back Period.

     “PSC” has the meaning set forth in the Introduction.

     “Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(c).

     “Restrictive Period” shall mean, with respect to each Stockholder, the period of time
beginning on the Closing Date and ending upon the second-year anniversary thereof.

     “Revocation” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(g).

     “Schedules” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of Article III.

     “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Second Release Date” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

     “Seller Transaction Costs” means an amount equal to all unpaid Liabilities as of the Closing
relating to transaction costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Sellers prior to the
Closing arising from the negotiation, execution and performance of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, including, without limitation any legal, accounting, broker and other professional
fees.

     “Sellers” has the meaning set forth in the Introduction.

     “Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.

     “Software” means any computer software, of any nature whatsoever, including all systems
software, all applications software, whether for general business usage (e.g., accounting, finance,
word processing, graphics, spreadsheet analysis, etc.) or specific, unique-to-the-business usage
(e.g., purchase or service order processing, etc.), all computer operating, security and
programming software, and all middleware and firmware, and any and all documentation and object and
source code related thereto, but excluding software licensed under in-bound “shrink wrap” end user
licenses and other similar generally available commercial software licensed under binary code end
user licenses.

     “Stock Option Plan” means the J.J. Wild Holdings, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.

     “Stock Options” means options to purchase the common stock of Holding, no par value per share,
issued pursuant to the Stock Option Plan.

     “Stockholder Approval” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(n).

     “Stockholder Delivery” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).

     “Stockholder Merger Consideration” means the Preferred Merger Consideration plus the Common
Merger Consideration.

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     “Stockholder Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.

     “Stockholder Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(f)(iii).

     “Stockholder Representative” has the meaning set forth in the Introduction.

     “Stockholder” and “Stockholders” have the meaning set forth in the Introduction.

     “Straddle Period Return” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.

     “Straddle Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.

     “Surviving Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

     “Tax Claim Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).

     “Tax Returns” means all reports, returns, notices, statements (including estimated reports,
returns or statements) and other similar filings required to be filed by a party with respect to
any Taxes, including any amendment thereof and any schedule or attachment thereto.

     “Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all taxes, charges, fees, levies, assessments, duties, or other
amounts imposed by any taxing authority or Governmental Body, including without limitation, (i)
income, gains, gross receipts, value-added, goods and services, excise, withholding, personal
property, real property, sales, use, ad valorem, license, occupation, lease, service, severance,
stamp, windfall profits, transfer, gift, utility, payroll, employment, workers compensation,
unemployment compensation, disability, severance, customs, duties, imposts, charges, levies,
minimum, alternative, alternative minimum, add-on minimum, estimated, profits, capital stock,
franchise taxes and social security contributions imposed by any social security administration,
including any charges and costs from the payroll agent; (ii) any liability in respect of any items
described in clause (i) payable by reason of Contract, assumption, transferee liability, operation
of Law, Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6(a) (or any predecessor or successor thereof or any
analogous or similar provision under Law) or otherwise; and (iii) interest, penalties, and
additions to Tax imposed with respect thereto.

     “Trade Secrets” means any information of a party that derives economic value, actual or
potential, from not being generally known to the public or to other Persons who can obtain economic
value from its disclosure or use, and that is in fact treated by such party as confidential and is
not generally known to the public.

     “Trademarks” mean trademarks, services marks, trademark and service mark applications, brand
names, certification marks, trade dress, Internet domain names and Internet domain name
applications, goodwill associated with the foregoing and all registrations in any jurisdictions of,
and all applications in any jurisdiction to register, the foregoing, including any extension,
modification, renewal of any such registration or application thereof.

     “Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the certificates
described in Sections 8.1(a) and (b) and 8.2(a) and (b).

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     “Transactions” means the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the
Transaction Documents.

     “WARN” means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended.

     “Works” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.20(a).

ARTICLE II

Purchase of Closing Shares

     2.1. The Merger. At the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the applicable provisions of Delaware Law and Massachusetts Law, Merger Sub will
be merged with and into Holding (the “Merger”), the separate corporate existence of Merger
Sub will cease and Holding will continue as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving
Company”).

     2.2. Closing Date. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in
accordance with Delaware Law and Massachusetts Law, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be
consummated by filing, as soon as practicable on the Closing Date, (i) a certificate of merger, in
such appropriate form as determined by the parties and consistent with Delaware Law, with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Certificate of Merger”) and (ii) articles
of merger, in such appropriate form as determined by the parties and consistent with Massachusetts
Law, with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Articles of
Merger”). The effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”) shall be specified
in the Certificate of Merger and the Articles of Merger as 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the Closing
Date. The closing (the “Closing”) of the Merger will take place at the Dallas, Texas
office of Thompson & Knight LLP, counsel to Buyer, at 10:00 a.m. local time on August 31, 2007, or
at such other date, time and place as is mutually agreed among the parties or, if all of the
conditions to the obligations of the parties set forth in Article VIII have not been satisfied or
waived by August 31, 2007 and there is no agreement as to an alternative date among the parties, on
the day which is two Business Days following the date on which all such conditions have been
satisfied or waived (such date and time of closing being herein called the “Closing Date”).

     2.3.
Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as
provided in this Agreement, Section 252 of Delaware Law and Section 11.04 of Massachusetts Law.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of Holding and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Company,
and all liabilities and duties of Holding and Merger Sub shall become the liabilities and duties of
the Surviving Company.

     2.4.
Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws.

     (a) At the Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation of Holding, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall become the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Surviving Company until thereafter amended.

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     (b) At the Effective Time, the Bylaws of Holding, as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time, shall become the Bylaws of the Surviving Company until thereafter amended.

     2.5. Directors and Officers. The initial officers of the Surviving Company shall be those
individuals who were the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, until
their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified. The initial directors of
the Surviving Company shall be those individuals who were the directors of Merger Sub immediately
prior to the Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly appointed.

     2.6. Merger Consideration and Payment of Merger Consideration. Upon the terms and subject
to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any
further action on the part of PSC, Merger Sub, Holding, or the Stockholders, the following will
occur:

     (a) Conversion of Merger Sub. The outstanding shares of capital stock of Merger Sub
shall be converted into 1,000 of the shares of common stock of the Surviving Company.

     (b) Cancellation of Holding Treasury Stock. Each share of the Closing Shares that is
owned by Holding or by any Subsidiary of Holding, if any, shall automatically be canceled
and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered or deliverable
in exchange therefor.

     (c) Conversion of Holding’s Closing Common Shares. Each share of the Closing Common
Shares (other than Dissenting Shares) shall, at the Effective Time and without any further
action on the part of the Stockholders, be cancelled and extinguished and automatically
converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the quotient of (i) the
Common Merger Consideration divided by (ii) the number of Common Closing Shares.

     (d) Conversion of Holding’s Closing Preferred Shares. Each share of the Closing
Preferred Shares (other than Dissenting Shares) shall, at the Effective Time and without any
further action on the part of the Stockholders, be cancelled and extinguished and
automatically converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the quotient of
(i) the Preferred Merger Consideration divided by (ii) the number of Preferred Closing
Shares.

     (e) Conversion of Stock Options. Each First Year Option shall, at the Effective Time
and without any further action on the part of the Stockholders, be cancelled and
extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal
to the First Year Option Cash-Out Price. The portion of each Stock Option that is not a
First Year Option shall, at the Effective Time and without any further action on the part of
the Stockholders, be cancelled and extinguished, without payment of any consideration
therefor.

     (f) Payment of Merger Consideration. The Common Merger Consideration and the Preferred
Merger Consideration will be payable in the manner set forth in this

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Section 2.6(f),
ratably to the Stockholders in accordance with their Pro Rata Portion. On the Closing Date,
Buyer shall:

     (i) Deposit an amount equal to the Holdback Amount into an interest bearing
escrow (the “Escrow”) and held pursuant to an escrow agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit B (the “Escrow Agreement”). The Escrow will
be held, maintained and disbursed by the escrow agent provided for in the Escrow
Agreement (the “Escrow Agent”) and will serve as security for the potential
Merger Consideration Adjustment described in Exhibit A and for any potential
claims of Buyer for indemnification under Article IX. The portion of the
Holdback Amount contributed on behalf of each Stockholder shall be equal to such
Stockholder’s Holdback Share of the aggregate Holdback Amount. The Holdback Amount
will be released from the Escrow to the Stockholders in accordance with the terms of
the Escrow Agreement as follows: (i) on the First Release Date, the First Release
Amount less the amount of any Claims (“Holdback Claims”) against the
Holdback Amount made by Buyer on or prior to the First Release Date and (ii) on the
Second Release Date, any remaining portion of the Holdback Amount not subject to
Holdback Claims made on or prior to the Second Release Date. All amounts subject to
Holdback Claims will be released upon resolution of such Holdback Claims in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

     (ii) Pay any unpaid Seller Transaction Costs to the Person(s) to whom such
unpaid amounts are owed as identified on the Flow of Funds Memorandum delivered to
Buyer pursuant to Exhibit A. The Companies agree to use reasonable efforts
to pay Seller Transaction Costs before the Closing to the extent reasonably
practicable in order to limit the amount of any Seller Transaction Costs to be paid
at or after the Closing. Within thirty days of notification from Buyer (which
notification shall include copies of invoices or such other reasonable detail of the
applicable Seller Transaction Costs), Buyer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from
the Holdback Amount for any and all Seller Transaction Costs paid by Buyer after the
Closing.

     (iii) Set aside funds in an amount sufficient to pay each of the Stockholders
an amount equal to the portion of the Merger Consideration to which they are
entitled under Section 2.6(c) or 2.6(d), as applicable, minus their
Holdback Share of the Holdback Amount (as to a given Stockholder, such
Stockholder’s “Stockholder Payment”, and the sum of such amounts, the
“Aggregate Stockholder Payment”). The Stockholder Payments will be made by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account(s) of the Stockholders
specified in the Flow of Funds Memorandum delivered to Buyer pursuant to
Exhibit A, at the time and subject to the procedures described in
Section 2.7.

     (iv) Pay each of the First Year Option Holders an amount equal to the portion
of the Option Merger Consideration to which they are entitled under Section 2.6(e).

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     (v) Pay the Debt in full (or provide the Companies with sufficient funds to pay
the Debt in full), or in the case of Debt that does not by its terms become due upon
or in connection with the Closing, make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the
Companies for the payment of such Debt following the Closing as it becomes due.

     (vi) To the extent not paid prior to Closing, cause the Companies to pay the
Discretionary Bonuses no later than the fifth Business Day after the Closing.

2.7. Surrender of Closing Shares.

     (a) At or after the Closing, (i) each Stockholder shall surrender to Buyer certificates
representing all of the Closing Shares owned by such Stockholder (“Certificates”) and
(ii) each stockholder who is not a signatory to this Agreement and has not delivered a
Joinder Agreement to Buyer prior to the Closing shall deliver to Buyer a duly executed
joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit E (“Joinder Agreement”) (such
surrender of Certificates and, if applicable, delivery of a Joinder Agreement are referred
to collectively as the “Stockholder Delivery.” Upon such Stockholder Delivery, such
Stockholder shall receive in exchange therefor such Stockholder’s Stockholder Payment.
Until properly surrendered, each Certificate shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence
only the right to receive, after making the Stockholder Delivery, the Stockholder Payment to
which such stockholder is entitled in respect of the Closing Shares represented by such
Certificate.

     (b) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost,
stolen or destroyed, the Buyer shall pay in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate such Stockholder’s Stockholder Payment. The Buyer may, in its discretion and as
a condition precedent to such payment, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate to give the Buyer an indemnity against any claim that may be made against the
Buyer with respect to the Certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

2.8. Dissenting Shares

     (a) Dissenting Shares shall not be converted into or represent the right to receive
Merger Consideration, unless the applicable stockholder shall have forfeited such
stockholder’s right to appraisal under the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act or
properly withdrawn such stockholder’s demand for appraisal. If such stockholder has so
forfeited or withdrawn such stockholder’s right to appraisal of Dissenting Shares, then
(i) as of the occurrence of such event, such stockholder’s Closing Shares shall cease to be
Dissenting Shares and shall be converted into and represent the right to receive, after
making the Stockholder Delivery, the portion of the Merger Consideration to which such
stockholder is entitled under Section 2.6(c) or 2.6(d), as applicable, and
(ii) promptly following the occurrence of the events described above, the Buyer shall
deliver to such Stockholder such Stockholder’s Stockholder Payment.

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     (b) The Companies shall give the Buyer prompt notice of any written demands for
appraisal of any Closing Shares, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments that
relate to such demands received by the Companies.

     2.9. Withholding. The Buyer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold or to cause to be
deducted and withheld from any payment under Section 2.6(f) to any Stockholder or First
Year Option Holder such amounts as is required to deducted and withheld with respect to the making
of such payment under the Code, and all amounts so deducted or withheld shall be paid by the Buyer
to the appropriate taxing authority. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Buyer such
withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the
Stockholder or First Year Option Holder, as the case may be, in respect of which such deduction and
withholding was made by the Buyer.

     2.10. Closing Deliveries. At the Closing:

     (a) Buyer will deliver to each Stockholder who has made a Stockholder Delivery such
Stockholder’s Stockholder Payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

     (b) Buyer will deliver to the Escrow Agent the Holdback Amount by wire transfer of
immediately available funds and Buyer, Holding, Sellers’ Representative and the Escrow Agent
will execute and deliver the Escrow Agreement.

     (c) Each director and officer of the Companies will deliver to Buyer his or her written
resignation from such office, unless otherwise requested by Buyer.

     (d) Each of the Companies will have delivered to Buyer a closing certificate executed
by an executive officer of such Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Buyer, attached to which are its original articles of incorporation and bylaws, resolutions
adopted by its stockholders and boards of directors authorizing the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the “good standing” certificates
evidencing the matters included in Section 2.6.

     (e) At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Buyer: (a) a statement (in such form
as may be reasonably requested by counsel to Buyer) conforming to the requirements of
Treasury Regulation Sections 1.1445-2(c)(3) and 1.897-2(h), and (b) a letter authorizing
Buyer to provide on behalf of the Company the notice to the IRS required under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.897-2(h)(2).

     (f) The Company shall deliver a reasonably detailed list of Delayed Receivables to
Buyer, including for each Delayed Receivable the customer name, receivable amount, and
description of the corresponding contract or statement of work, as applicable, provided that
the list may not contain more than six Delayed Receivables and the aggregate receivable
amount may not exceed $1,500,000.

     (g) Sellers will deliver to Buyer the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer.

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     (h) Buyer will deliver to Sellers the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Sellers.

     2.11. Post Closing Adjustment to Merger Consideration. Following the Closing, the Merger
Consideration shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Exhibit A.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties of the Companies

     Subject to such exceptions as are disclosed in the disclosure schedules dated the date hereof
and delivered by the Companies to Buyer (the “Schedules”), the Companies, jointly and
severally, represent and warrant to Buyer as follows:

     3.1. Organization. The Companies are corporations duly organized, validly existing, and in
good standing under the laws of their respective States of organization. The Companies have full
power to own their properties and to conduct their business as presently conducted. The Companies
are duly authorized or qualified to do business as foreign corporations and are in good standing
the jurisdictions set forth on Schedule 3.1, which constitute all of the jurisdictions in
which their business or operations as presently conducted make such authorization or qualification
necessary. Set forth on Schedule 3.1 is a list of all assumed names under which the
Companies operate and all jurisdictions in which any of the assumed names are registered.

     3.2. Authority and Binding Effect. The Companies have all requisite power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be executed by
them and have taken all
corporate actions necessary to secure all approvals required in connection therewith, subject
to obtaining Stockholder Approval. On or prior to the date hereof, (i) the Board of Directors of
Holding has determined to recommend approval of the Merger and adoption of this Agreement to the
Stockholders of Holding, and such determination has not been withdrawn, and (ii) the administrator
of the Stock Option Plan has taken all action necessary to authorize and require the cashout of the
Stock Options as described in Section 2.6(e). The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the consummation of the Transactions will not contravene or violate the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the Companies. This Agreement constitutes, and the other Transaction
Documents will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Companies, enforceable
against them in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be
subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

     3.3. Organic Documents. The Companies have provided Buyer a true, correct, and complete
copy of the Companies’ articles of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, stock ledger and other
ownership records. Such corporate records include minutes or consents reflecting all actions taken
by the directors (including any committees) and stockholders of the Companies.

     3.4. Capitalization; Ownership of Shares and Stock Options.

          
(a) The authorized capital stock of Holding consists solely of (i) 25,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, no par value per share and 

     (ii) 925,000 shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, no par value per share (collectively, the “Shares”). As of

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the
date hereof there are, and as of the Closing Date there will be, 11,840,500 shares of common
stock (the “Closing Common Shares”) and 904,166.66 shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (the “Closing Preferred Shares”) issued and outstanding
(collectively, the “Closing Shares”). Schedule 3.4(a) contains a list of
each Stockholder, the number of Closing Shares such Stockholder owns and the stock
certificate numbers of such Closing Shares. To the Companies’ Knowledge, the Closing Shares
are owned, and at the Closing the Closing Shares will be owned, by the Stockholders free and
clear of any Liens. The Closing Shares have been duly authorized, validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable. None of the Closing Shares have been issued in violation of
(i) the terms of any Contract binding upon the Companies, (ii) the articles of incorporation
or bylaws of the Companies, or (iii) applicable Laws. There are no, and at the Closing
there will not be any, preemptive rights with respect to the issuance of the Shares.

     (b) Schedule 3.4(a) also sets forth the name of each holder of Stock Options,
the number of Shares such options entitle the holder to purchase, the grant date, exercise
price, and exercise date (if the stock option is not still outstanding) of each Stock
Option. Effective upon the Closing, all Stock Options shall be canceled.

     (c) Other than the Stock Options and shares of common stock and preferred stock, no par
value per share, and except as disclosed on Schedule 3.4(c), there are: (i) no
existing Contracts, subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any
character to purchase or otherwise acquire from any Seller or the Companies, at any time, or
upon the happening of any stated event, any securities of the Companies, whether or not
presently issued or outstanding; (ii) no outstanding securities of the Companies that are
convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or other securities of the Companies; and
(iii) no Contracts, subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights to
purchase or otherwise acquire from the Companies any such convertible or exchangeable
securities.

     3.5. Title to Assets.

     (a) Set forth in Schedule 3.5(a) is a complete list (including the street
address, where applicable) of all real property leased by the Companies (the
“Leases”). The Companies have provided Buyer with a list of items of tangible
personal property owned by or used in the business of the Companies having a book or market
value in excess of $5,000 and acquired since January 1, 2002 (together with the leasehold
interest in the real property on Schedule 3.5(a) and any other assets owned by or
used in the business of the Companies having a book or market value in excess of $5,000, the
“Material Assets”).

     (b) The Companies have good and marketable title to all of the Material Assets they own
and hold a valid leasehold interest in all leased assets that are included within the
Material Assets. All of the Companies’ assets (including its rights under the Material
Agreements are free and clear of any Liens, other than the Liens described in
Schedule 3.5(b).

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     (c) The Companies do not own, nor have they owned at any time in the past, any real
property or, except for the Leases, any interest in real property. To the Companies’
Knowledge, the real property leased by the Companies and used in or associated with the
business of the Companies (all of such real property being, the “Real Property”) is
zoned for a classification that permits the continued use of the Real Property in the manner
currently used by the Companies. To the Companies’ Knowledge, improvements to the real
property included in the Material Assets were constructed in material compliance with, and
remain in material compliance with, all applicable laws, statutes, regulations, codes,
covenants, conditions, and restrictions affecting the Real Property. To the Companies’
Knowledge, there are no actions pending or threatened that would alter the current zoning
classification of the Real Property or alter any applicable laws, codes, covenants,
conditions, or restrictions, except as could not reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the current value or current usability of the Real Property. Sellers have
not received written notice from any insurance company or Governmental Body of any material
defects or inadequacies in the Real Property or the improvements thereon that would
materially and adversely affect the insurability or usability of the Real Property or
prevent the issuance of new insurance policies thereon at rates not materially higher than
present rates. To the Companies’ Knowledge, no fact or condition exists that would result
in the discontinuation of necessary utilities or services to the Real Property or the
termination of current access to and from the Real Property.

     3.6. Sufficiency of Assets

     (a) The Material Assets constitute all tangible assets reasonably necessary for the
conduct of the business of the Companies as now conducted. The Companies’ tangible assets
are in good condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and have been properly
and regularly maintained in all material respects

     (b) The Companies maintain policies of insurance insuring the Companies and the
Material Assets against such losses and risks, and in such amounts, as are described in
Schedule 3.6(b), which sets forth a true and complete list of all policies of, and
binders evidencing, life, fire, workmen’s compensation, product liability, errors and
omissions, general liability and other forms of insurance, including title insurance, owned
or maintained by the Companies. No notice of cancellation or termination or nonrenewal has
been received with respect to any such policy.

     3.7. No Violation. Except as described in Schedule 3.7, neither the execution or
delivery of the Transaction Documents to be executed by the Companies nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will conflict with or result in the breach
of any term or provision of, or violate or constitute a Default under any charter provision, bylaw,
Material Agreement or Law to which the Companies are a party or by which the Companies or any
Material Asset is in any way bound or obligated.

     3.8. Governmental Consents. Except for consents and approvals of, or filings or registrations
with, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the United States
Department of Justice pursuant to the HSR Act and except as set forth in Schedule 3.8,
no consent, approval, novation, order, or authorization of, or registration, qualification,
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declaration, or filing with, any Governmental Body is required on the part of Sellers
in connection with the sale of the Closing Shares to Buyer or any of the other transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

     3.9. Financial Statements. Attached as Schedule 3.9 are true and complete copies of
(a) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Companies (the “Latest Balance Sheet”)
as of June 30, 2007 (the “Latest Balance Sheet Date”) and the related unaudited
consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Companies for the six months then ended,
and (b) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Companies as of December 31, 2004, December
31, 2005, and December 31, 2006 and the related audited consolidated statements of income and cash
flows of the Companies for seven-month period ended December 31, 2004 and the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2005, and December 31, 2006 (clauses (a) and (b) collectively, the “Financial
Statements”). The Financial Statements present fairly the financial condition of the Companies
at the dates specified and the results of its operations for the periods specified and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, subject in the case of the unaudited
statements to the absence of footnote disclosure, accompanying notes and other presentation items
and to changes resulting from normal period-end adjustments for recurring accruals, which are not
material individually or in the aggregate. The Financial Statements do not contain any items of a
nonrecurring nature, except as expressly stated in the Financial Statements. The Financial
Statements have been prepared from the books and records of the Companies, which accurately and
fairly reflect the transactions of, acquisitions, and dispositions of assets by, and incurrence of
liabilities by the Companies.

     3.10. Limitation on Liabilities; Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. The Companies do not
have any direct or indirect debts, obligations or liabilities of any nature, whether absolute,
accrued, contingent, liquidated or otherwise, and whether due or to become due, asserted or
unasserted, known or unknown and whether or not of a nature that would be required, if known, to be
disclosed, reflected or reserved against on a consolidated balance sheet of the Companies prepared
in accordance with GAAP or the notes thereto (collectively, “Liabilities”), except for (a)
Liabilities set forth on the Latest Balance Sheet or any notes thereto, (b) Liabilities incurred
in, or as a result of, the Ordinary Course of Business since the Latest Balance Sheet Date through
the Closing, (c) Liabilities incurred in, or as a result of, the Ordinary Course of Business that
relate to future obligations under contracts and that are of a nature that they are not required to
be disclosed, reflected or reserved against on a consolidated balance sheet of the Companies
prepared in accordance with GAAP or the notes thereto, or (d) Liabilities (including the Seller
Transaction Costs) set forth on Schedule 3.10.

     3.11. Subsidiaries and Investments

     (a) Holding owns 100% of the equity interest in JJW. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.11(a), Holding owns such equity interests of record and beneficially free
and clear of any Liens. The Companies do not own or hold any other direct or indirect
equity or debt interest or any form of ownership interest in any other Person or any option
to
acquire any such interest. The equity interest in JJW has been duly authorized,
validly issued and fully paid and is nonassessable. The equity interest in JJW has not been
issued in violation of (i) the terms of any Contract binding upon the Companies, (ii) the
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no, and at the Closing there will not be any, preemptive rights with respect to the issuance
of the equity interest in JJW.

     (b) There are: (i) no existing Contracts, subscriptions, options, warrants, calls,
commitments or rights of any character to purchase or otherwise acquire from any Seller or
the Companies, at any time, or upon the happening of any stated event, any securities of
JJW, whether or not presently issued or outstanding; (ii) no outstanding securities of JJW
that are convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or other securities of JJW; and
(iii) no Contracts, subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights to
purchase or otherwise acquire from the Companies any such convertible or exchangeable
securities.

     3.12. Absence of Material Adverse Change.

     (a) Since December 31, 2006, except as set forth on Schedule 3.12, there has
not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect or any change, event or other condition that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) any declaration, setting
aside, or payment of any dividends or distributions in respect of any securities of the
Companies or any redemption, purchase, or other acquisition by the Companies of any of their
securities; (iii) any payment or transfer of assets (including without limitation any
distribution or any repayment of indebtedness) to or for the benefit of any security holder
of the Companies; (iv) any revaluation by the Companies of any of their assets, including,
without limitation, the writing down or off of notes or accounts receivable, other than in
the Ordinary Course of Business; (v) any breach or default (or event that with notice or
lapse of time could constitute a breach or default), or any termination or threat to
terminate prior to a scheduled termination date, under any Material Agreement by the
Companies, or, to the Companies’ Knowledge, by any third party; (vi) any change by the
Companies in their accounting methods, principles, or practices; (vii) any increase in the
benefits under, or the establishment or amendment of, any bonus, insurance, severance,
deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit sharing, or other employee benefit plan,
or any increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to directors, officers,
employees, or consultants of the Companies, other than compensation increases and bonus
payments made in the Ordinary Course of Business; (viii) any material theft, condemnation,
or eminent domain proceeding or any material damage, destruction, or casualty loss affecting
any Material Asset used in the business of the Companies not adequately covered by
insurance; (ix) any sale, assignment, or transfer of any Material Asset, except sales of
goods or services in the Ordinary Course of Business; (x) any waiver by the Companies or any
Stockholder of any material rights related to the Companies’ business, operations, or
assets, other than waivers made in the Ordinary Course of Business of rights under contracts
with customers; or (xi) any agreement or understanding to do or resulting in any of the
foregoing.

     (b) Since the Latest Balance Sheet Date until the date of this Agreement,
except as set forth on Schedule 3.12, there has not been (i) any entry by the
Companies into any commitment or transaction material to the Companies including, without
limitation, incurring or agreeing to incur capital expenditures in excess of $250,000,
individually or in the aggregate, other than contracts with customers entered into in the

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Ordinary Course of Business; (ii) any increase in indebtedness for borrowed money; (iii) the
termination of employment (whether voluntary or involuntary) of any officer or Key Employee
of the Companies or the termination of employment (whether voluntary or involuntary) of
employees of the Companies materially in excess of historical attrition in personnel; or
(iv) any agreement or understanding to do or resulting in any of the foregoing.

     3.13. Taxes.

     (a) All Tax Returns required to be filed by the Companies are true, complete and
correct and were prepared in compliance with applicable Laws and duly and timely filed, and
all Taxes required to be paid, or required to be collected, by the Companies and remitted to
a taxing authority, with respect to the periods covered by any such Tax Returns have been
timely paid and have been paid in full. None of the foregoing Tax Returns contains any
position which is or would be subject to penalties under Section 6662 of the Code (or any
corresponding provision of state, local, or foreign Law). Furthermore, the Companies have
not entered into any arrangement that is considered a “reportable transaction” as determined
by Treasury Regulation § 1.6011-4 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law).
No Tax deficiency has been proposed or assessed against the Companies, and the Companies
have not executed any waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection
of any Tax. No Tax audit, action, suit, proceeding, investigation, or claim is now pending
or, to the Companies’ Knowledge, threatened against the Companies, and no issue has been
raised to the Companies by a taxing authority. The Companies have complied with all
applicable Laws related to the withholding of Taxes, including without limitation the timely
collection and timely remittance of withholdings, and have complied with all information
reporting and backup withholding requirements, including maintenance of required records
with respect thereto.

     (b) To the extent required by GAAP, the most recent audited Financial Statements for
both the Companies reflect an adequate reserve, established in accordance with GAAP, for all
Tax Liabilities of the Companies for all taxable periods and portions thereof through the
date of such Financial Statements, and, since December 31, 2006, there has not been any
material change in the tax accounting methods of the Companies, no new tax elections have
been made by the Companies, and in the case of Taxes, including Straddle Period Taxes, owed
as of the date hereof, to the extent required by GAAP an adequate reserve is reflected in
the accruals for Taxes payable on the most recent balance sheets of the Companies.

     (c) Schedule 3.13(c) lists each state, local, county, municipal or foreign
jurisdiction in which the Companies file or are or have been determined by any Governmental
Body to be required to file a Tax Return or are or have been determined by
a Governmental Body to be liable for any Tax on a “nexus” or “permanent establishment”
basis at any time for a taxable period for which the statute of limitations has not expired.

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     (d) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(d),

     (i) no claim has ever been made by an authority in a jurisdiction where the
Companies do not file Tax Returns that the Companies are or may be subject to
taxation by that jurisdiction;

     (ii) there are (and as of immediately following the Closing there will be) no
Liens on any assets of the Companies that arose in connection with any failure to
pay any Tax required to have been paid;

     (iii) there are no Contracts covering any current or former employee,
independent contractor, or director of the Companies that, individually or
collectively, could give rise to any payment that would not be deductible under the
Code.

     (iv) the Companies are not a party to any Tax allocation, Tax indemnity or Tax
sharing agreement relating to Taxes imposed on a consolidated, combined, unitary or
similar basis on members of a group of entities that includes the Companies, none of
the Companies have assumed the Tax Liability of any other Person under any Contract,
none of the Companies are party to any joint venture, partnership, Contract or other
arrangement which is treated (or could be treated) as a partnership for Tax purposes
and none of the Companies own, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment
(whether debt or equity) in any Person;

     (v) the Companies (x) have not been a member of an affiliated group filing a
consolidated federal income Tax Return other than a group the common parent of which
was Holding and (y) are not liable for the Taxes of any Person under Treasury
Regulation § 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as
a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise;

     (vi) the Companies will not be required to include any item of income in (or
with respect to clause (ii) below, exclude any item of deduction from) taxable
income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as
a result of any: (A) change in method of accounting agreed to by the Companies on or
before the Closing Date or required to be made for a taxable period ending on or
prior to the Closing Date under Section 481(c) of the Code (or any corresponding or
similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law), (B) “closing
agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar
provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law) executed on or prior to the
Closing Date, (C) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior
to the Closing Date, (D) receipt before the Closing Date of any prepaid amounts, or
(E) intercompany transaction, excess loss account, or any other similar provisions
of federal, state, local or foreign Tax law,
or (F) position on a Tax Return that could give rise to a penalty under the
Code or otherwise;

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     (vii) no power of attorney with respect to any matter of Taxes of the Companies
will be in effect after the Closing Date;

     (viii) the Companies have not requested or received any Tax rulings or similar
agreements from any Governmental Body;

     (ix) none of the Companies have distributed the stock of another Person, or
have had their stock distributed by another person, in a transaction that was
purported or intended to be governed in whole or part by Section 355 or Section 361
of the Code. Holding’s basis and excess loss account, if any, in each subsidiary is
set forth on the disclosure schedule;

     (x) no taxes have been or will be imposed on any of the Companies pursuant to
Sections 1374 or 1375 of the Code.

     (e) The Companies have delivered or made available to Buyer (i) complete and correct
copies of all Tax Returns of the Companies, and of all examination reports and statements of
deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Companies for all taxable periods for
which the applicable statute of limitations has not yet expired, and (ii) complete and
correct copies of all private letter rulings, revenue agent reports, notices of proposed
deficiencies, deficiency notices, protests, petitions, closing agreements, settlement
agreements, or pending ruling requests submitted by, received by, agreed to by or on behalf
of the Companies with respect to any audit, investigation, examination or other
administrative procedure related to Taxes that is currently pending.

     (f) From (and including) January 1, 2005 through (and including) December 31, 2005, JJW
had in effect continuously a valid election to be taxed as an S corporation for purposes of
the Code and any analogous provision of state Tax law.

     (g) JJW terminated its status as an S corporation effective as of January 1, 2006 by
filing a revocation thereof (the “Revocation”) with the Internal Revenue Service on
January 24, 2006.

     (h) Buyer has been provided all opinions, memos, workpapers, and other documentation
related to Taxes of the Companies, including, but not limited to, the qualification of JJW
as an S Corporation;

     (i) The Companies are not, and have not been during the five year period preceding the
Closing Date, a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Code
Section 897(c)(2).

     3.14. Litigation. Except as described in Schedule 3.14, there are no pending or, to
the Companies’ Knowledge, threatened, lawsuits, administrative proceedings or arbitrations, or to
the Companies’ Knowledge any formal or informal complaints or investigations, by any Person against
or relating to the Companies or any of their respective directors, officers, employees,
agents, or Affiliates (in their capacities as such), or relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the consummation thereof, or, to the Companies’ Knowledge, to
which any of

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the Closing Shares are subject. The Companies are not subject to or bound by any
currently existing judgment, order, writ, injunction, or decree.

     3.15. Compliance with Laws. The Companies are currently complying in all material respects
with, and have at all times since January 1, 2003 complied in all material respects with, each
statute, law, ordinance, code, decree, order, permit, judgment, requirement, rule, or regulation of
any Governmental Body, including without limitation, all federal, state, and local laws, and the
applicable laws of any foreign jurisdiction, relating to zoning and land use, occupational health
and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, applicable to the
Companies (collectively, “Laws”).

     3.16. Permits. The Companies own or possess all right, title and interest in all material
permits, licenses, authorizations, approvals, quality certifications, franchises, or rights issued
by any Governmental Body necessary to conduct the business of the Companies as currently conducted
(collectively, “Permits”). Each of such Permits is listed and described in Schedule
3.16. No loss or expiration of any Permit on Schedule 3.16 will result from the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no loss or expiration of any Permit listed on
Schedule 3.16 is otherwise pending or, to the Companies’ Knowledge, threatened, other than
expiration of such Permits in accordance with their terms that may be renewed in the Ordinary
Course of Business without lapsing.

     3.17. Environmental Matters. (i) The Companies have conducted their business in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) no Hazardous Substances are present on any Real
Property; (iii) the Companies have not received any written notices, demand letters, or requests
for information from any Governmental Body or other Person indicating that the Companies or any of
their Material Assets or former material assets are or may be in violation of, or liable under, any
Environmental Law; (iv) no reports have been filed, or are required to be filed, by (or relating
to) the Companies concerning the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance or the
threatened or actual violation of any Environmental Law; (v) no Hazardous Substance has been
disposed of, released or transported in violation of any applicable Environmental Law to or from
any Real Property as a result of any activity of the Companies; (vi) there have been no
environmental investigations, studies, audits, tests, reviews, or other analyses in writing
regarding compliance or noncompliance with any Environmental Law conducted by or for or which are
in the possession of the Companies relating to the activities of the Companies or any of the Real
Property that have not been delivered or disclosed to Buyer; (vii) to the Companies’ Knowledge,
there are no underground storage tanks on, in, or under any of the Real Property, and no
underground storage tanks have been closed or removed from any of the Real Property; (viii) to the
Companies’ Knowledge, there is no asbestos present in any of the Real Property, and no asbestos has
been removed from any of the Real Property; (ix) neither the Companies, nor any Material Assets are
subject to any Liabilities or expenditures relating to any suit, settlement, court order,
administrative order, regulatory requirement, judgment, or claim asserted or arising under any
Environmental Law; and (x) none of the Companies has used any of the Material Assets or any other
assets or premises of the Companies for the handling, treatment, storage or disposal of any
Hazardous Substances.

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     3.18. Employee Matters.

     (a) Set forth on Schedule 3.18(a) is a complete list of all current employees
of the Companies, including category (e.g., regular, full-time, temporary, part-time, etc.),
date of employment, current title, compensation, the date and amount of last increase in
compensation, accrued vacation and any accrued bonuses or benefits payable to such employee.
The Companies do not have any collective bargaining, union, or labor agreements, contracts,
or other arrangements with any group of employees, labor union, or employee representative
and there is no organization effort currently being made or, to the Companies’ Knowledge,
threatened by or on behalf of any labor union with respect to employees of the Companies.
The Companies have not experienced, and, to the Companies’ Knowledge, there has not been
threatened any strike, material labor trouble, work stoppage, slow down, or other similar
labor unrest. To the Companies’ Knowledge, no employee of the Companies is subject to any
agreement or obligation that restricts or limits his or her ability to compete or to devote
his or her full talents and efforts to the Companies after the Closing.

     (b) Except as listed in Schedule 3.18(b), the Companies are not subject to any
currently pending or to the Companies’ Knowledge, threatened, material claims, charges,
demands or suits arising under or based upon wages, commissions or benefits owed; covenants
of fair dealing and good faith in employment; material claims for torts in the employment
context, including but not limited to defamation, intentional infliction of emotional
distress, negligence and any other wrongful conduct; material claims for wrongful discharge
or retaliation, material claims under the Americans With Disabilities Act, Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Civil Rights Acts of
1866 and 1873, the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act, ERISA, WARN, COBRA. The Companies are not the subject of any currently ongoing, or to
the Companies’ Knowledge, threatened investigations or audits by any Governmental Body for
employment-related violations, including any investigations or audits by or on behalf of the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor or any analogous Governmental Body.

     (c) The Companies are currently complying in all material respects with and have at all
times since January 1, 2003 complied in all material respects with all applicable
employment-related Laws. To the extent permitted by Law, the Companies have delivered or
made available to Buyer any and all documents required to be kept by the Companies pursuant
to any Laws governing employment, including EEO-1 statements, resumes, applications,
employee handbooks, personnel files, I-9 forms and employee medical records.

     (d) The Companies are not obligated to pay any retention or change of control bonuses
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

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     3.19. Employee Benefit Plans. 

     (a) Set forth in Schedule 3.19(a)(i) is a complete list of all “employee
benefit plans” (as defined in ERISA), all plans or policies providing for “fringe benefits”
(including but not limited to vacation, paid holidays, personal leave, employee discount,
educational benefit, or similar programs), and all other bonus, incentive, compensation,
profit-sharing, stock, severance, retirement, health, life, disability, group insurance,
employment, fringe benefit, or any other similar plan, agreement, policy, or understanding
(whether written or oral, qualified or nonqualified, currently effective or terminated), and
any trust, escrow, or other agreement related thereto, which (i) is maintained or
contributed to by the Companies, or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the
Companies or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability or (ii) provides benefits, or
describes policies or procedures applicable, to any director, former director, consultant,
former consultant, officer, employee, former officer, or former employee of the Companies,
or of any ERISA Affiliate, or the dependents of any of the foregoing, regardless of whether
funded (collectively, the “Employee Plans”). Except as set forth in the Latest
Balance Sheet, the Companies do not have any liability for accrued employee leave used for
vacation, sick leave, urgent business, or other reasons, except liabilities since the date
of the Latest Balance Sheet incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business. Except as
disclosed on Schedule 3.19(a)(ii), no written or oral representations have been made
to any employee or former employee of the Companies promising or guaranteeing any employer
payment or funding for the continuation of medical, dental, life, or disability coverage for
any period of time beyond the end of the current plan year or for retiree coverage under any
such plan (except to the extent of coverage required under COBRA or applicable state law).
Liabilities for Employee Plans have been accounted for in accordance with GAAP. Except with
respect to the First Year Options or as disclosed on Schedule 3.19(a)(ii), the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not accelerate the time
of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of, compensation (including bonuses), or
result in any payment or benefit that is contingent on consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and that would be characterized as a “parachute payment”
within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (without regard to clause (b)(2)(A)(ii)
thereof) with respect to, any director, officer, consultant or employee (in each case,
current or former) of the Companies. Furthermore, the Companies have not previously made any
payments in connection with any prior transactions the deduction of which would be
disallowed under Section 280G of the Code.

     (b) Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.19(b), with respect to each Employee Plan
and each other “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) maintained or contributed to,
currently or in the past by the Companies or any ERISA Affiliate, or with respect to which
the Companies or any ERISA Affiliate has liability (collectively, the “Controlled Group
Plans”):

     (i) there are no unfunded Liabilities existing under any Controlled Group Plan,
which are not reflected in the respective financial statements of the Companies, and
each Controlled Group Plan could be terminated as of the

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Closing Date, subject to compliance with applicable notice provisions, with no
Liability to any of Buyer, the Companies or any ERISA Affiliate;

     (ii) there is no Controlled Group Plan that is a defined benefit plan (as
defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) or a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section
3(37) of ERISA) or that is subject to Section 412 of the Code; and

     (iii) each Controlled Group Plan has been operated in material compliance with
its terms, ERISA, applicable tax qualification requirements (including without
limitation Section 401(a) of the Code), COBRA requirements (including Section 4980B
of the Code and Sections 601-609 of ERISA) and all other applicable Laws; and

     (iv) the only Controlled Group Plan which is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code is the J.J. Wild Inc. of New England 401(k) Plan (the
“JJW 401(k) Plan”) and it so qualifies, and nothing has occurred with
respect to such Plan which could cause the loss of such qualification or the
imposition of any liability, penalty or tax under ERISA or the Code; and

     (v) all required returns, forms, notices and other disclosure materials have
been filed with the appropriate Governmental Body or distributed to participants and
their beneficiaries, as applicable in a timely manner and as required by applicable
law.

     (c) With respect to each Employee Plan, the Companies have delivered or made available
to Buyer a true, correct, and complete copy of (i) the plan documents and summary plan
description; (ii) the most recent determination or opinion letter received from the IRS;
(iii) the annual reports required to be filed for the three most recent plan years of each
such Employee Plan; (iv) all related trust agreements, insurance contracts, or other funding
agreements that implement such Employee Plan; (v) all material reports and other documents
(including the most recent actuarial and/or other analysis, if any) relating to the claims
experience under any fully or partially self-funded Employee Plan that is an “employee
welfare benefit plan” as defined in ERISA Section 3(1), including without limitation claims
experience for the respective period and “incurred but not reported claims” at the end of
the period; (vi) all contracts and agreements relating to the provision of administrative
services, investment services and other services with respect to such Employee Plan; and
(vii) all other material documents, records, or other materials related thereto reasonably
requested by Buyer to the extent that disclosure is permitted by Law.

     (d) There has been no violation of Section 406(a) or (b) of ERISA or any “prohibited
transaction” (as defined in Code section 4975(c)(1)) that would subject the Companies or
Buyer to any Taxes, penalties, or other liabilities resulting from such violation.

     (e) Except for routine claims for benefits arising in the Ordinary Course of Business
and consistent with historical levels, there are no actions, suits, claims, audits,

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or investigations pending or to the Companies’ Knowledge, threatened against, or with
respect to, any of the Employee Plans or their assets; and all contributions required to be
made to the Employee Plans have been made timely in compliance with the terms of such plans
and applicable Law.

     (f) Any and all Employee Plans (and any other agreements or arrangements to which the
Companies are a party) that provide for the payment of deferred compensation under Section
409A of the Code have been operated in compliance with and otherwise satisfy the
requirements of Code Section 409A.

     3.20. Stock Options

     (a) All stock options granted by the Companies are nonqualified stock options, and not
incentive stock options as defined by Section 422(b) of the Code.

     3.21. Material Agreements.

     (a) Schedule 3.21(a) lists each agreement, arrangement and understanding
(whether written or oral and including all amendments thereto), relating to the business of
the Companies to which the Companies are a party or a beneficiary or by which the Companies
or any Material Asset is bound that is material to the Companies’ current or proposed
operations (collectively, the “Material Agreements”), including without limitation
the following: (i) agreements pursuant to which the Companies sell or distribute any
products or services that produced revenue to the Companies in excess of $250,000 per year
during any calendar year since 2005; (ii) real estate leases; (iii) agreements evidencing,
securing or otherwise relating to any indebtedness for borrowed money for which the
Companies are, directly or indirectly, liable; (iv) capital or operating leases or
conditional sales agreements relating to vehicles, equipment, or other Material Assets
having an aggregate value in excess of $250,000; (v) agreements pursuant to which the
Companies are entitled or obligated to acquire any capital assets from a third party with a
value in excess of $250,000; (vi) insurance policies, including account numbers for state
workers compensation insurance; (vii) employment, separation, collective bargaining, union,
or labor agreements or arrangements, including agreements under which the Companies have
retained consultants; (viii) agreements with or for the benefit of any Stockholder,
director, manager, officer, employee, or consultant (or any Person that, to the Companies’
Knowledge, claims or has any basis to claim any rights as such) of the Companies or any
affiliate or immediate family member of the foregoing; (ix) supply agreements or
arrangements pursuant to which the Companies are entitled or obligated to acquire any goods
or services from a third party having an aggregate value in excess of $250,000; (x) any
partnership, joint venture, consortium, or other similar arrangements or agreements to which
the Companies are a party; (xi) noncompetition agreements to which the Companies are a party
or a beneficiary; and (xii) any other agreement pursuant to which the Companies are required
to make or entitled to receive aggregate payments or other aggregate value in excess of
$250,000.

     (b) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.21(b), the entering into of the
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Transaction Documents, without notice to or consent or approval of any Governmental
Body or other Person, will not constitute a breach of, violation of, or default, or give any
other party the right to terminate or accelerate any obligation, under any provision of any
Material Agreement.

     (c) Sellers have delivered to Buyer a copy of each written Material Agreement and a
written summary of each oral Material Agreement. Except as described in Schedule
3.21(c), (i) each Material Agreement is valid, binding, and in full force and effect and
enforceable against the Companies, if applicable, and, to the Companies’ Knowledge, the
other parties thereto in accordance with its terms; (ii) there exists no material breach or
default (or event that with notice or lapse of time would constitute a breach or default) on
the part of the Companies or, to the Companies’ Knowledge, on the part of any other party
under any Material Agreement; (iii) there has been no written notice of default, show cause
or cure notice or, to the Companies’ Knowledge, any threatened termination under any
Material Agreement, and there will be no termination prior to a scheduled termination date
under any Material Agreement between the date hereof and the Closing Date (other than a
termination effected consistent with Section 6.1 in the event of default by the
other party); (iv) no party (including the Companies) has terminated, cancelled or waived in
writing any material term or condition of any Material Agreement; (v) to the Companies’
Knowledge, no party to a Material Agreement intends to alter its relationship with the
Companies under that Material Agreement or assert that the Companies are in default under,
or terminate any Material Agreement prior to a scheduled termination date, whether as a
result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or otherwise; and (vi)
to the Companies’ Knowledge, no party to a Material Agreement has been threatened with
bankruptcy or insolvency.

     (d) To Companies’ Knowledge, there are no material delivery or performance issues or
problems on the part of the Companies under any Material Agreement.

     (e) Except for claims in the Ordinary Course of Business, which are not material
individually or in the aggregate, no warranty claims in connection with goods and services
provided by the Companies have been made or threatened against the Companies in the past
five (5) years, and no warranty claims are pending or, to Companies’ Knowledge, threatened,
nor to Companies’ Knowledge, is there any reasonable basis for any such claim

     3.22. Customers. Set forth on Schedule 3.22 is a complete list of the Companies’
customers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and during the six months ended June 30,
2007 indicating the amount of revenues attributable to each customer during each period. No such
customer that accounted for more than $250,000 in revenues for either of such periods (each, a
“Material Customer”) has notified the Companies in writing of any intention, or to the
Companies’ Knowledge threatened, to terminate its relationship with the Companies, in whole or
part, prior to a scheduled termination date or materially alter its relationship with the
Companies, and there has been no material dispute with a Material Customer since January 1, 2004.
To the Companies’ Knowledge, there is no basis for any termination of an agreement with a Material
Customer prior to a scheduled termination date, or for any alteration of the material terms of any
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received any notice or other communication in writing regarding the Companies’ actual or
threatened disqualification, suspension, or debarment from contracting with a Governmental Body,
including, without limitation, any show cause notice or cure notice, notice of termination for
default or convenience, or notice for deductive change.

     3.23. Intellectual Property Rights.

     (a) Set forth on Schedule 3.23(a) is a list of all Intellectual Property that
are the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration or other document
issued, filed with or recorded by and Government Body.

     (b) Set forth on Schedule 3.23(b) is all Intellectual Property that is used by
the Companies pursuant to a written license from a third party (e.g., third party Software).
If any third-party Intellectual Property is used without a written license, a description
of such Intellectual Property and the reason that a written license does not exist is set
forth on Schedule 3.23(b). With respect to all software used by the Companies that
is generally licensed under in-bound “shrink wrap” end user licenses and other similar
generally available commercial software licensed under binary code end user licenses, (i)
all necessary licenses have been obtained and the Companies are in full compliance therewith
and (ii) no royalties or other payments are due now or in the future.

     (c) Set forth on Schedule 3.23(c) is all Intellectual Property that is
proprietary to the Companies and is licensed in writing by the Companies to a third party.
If a third party uses or has access to Intellectual Property without a written license, a
description of such Intellectual Property and the reason that a written license does not
exist is set forth on Schedule 3.23(c).

     (d) The Companies own, or hold valid licenses to, all Intellectual Property required to
conduct their business as currently conducted, including all Intellectual Property described
on Schedule 3.23(a) and Schedule 3.23(b).

     (e) The Companies have entered into written assignment agreements with all past and
present independent contractors who have been involved in the development of Intellectual
Property that is currently used in the Companies’ business, and all Software, systems,
designs, schematics, algorithms, architecture or other materials and related Intellectual
Property rights developed by such independent contractors on behalf of or for the Companies
that are currently used in the Companies’ business are owned by the Companies. Further, all
Software, systems, designs, schematics, algorithms, architecture or other materials and
related Intellectual Property rights developed by any employee and used by the Companies was
developed within such employee’s scope of work at the Companies.

     (f) The Companies possess and own (or have valid license rights to) the Intellectual
Property rights for any proprietary Software programs of the Companies, and the source code
associated therewith has not been released or made available to any third party other than
the customer for whom the Software was developed, if any. The Companies’ proprietary
Software programs do not contain any “open source code,”

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“shared source code,” “free software” or similar non-proprietary code that would impose
any obligation on the Companies to (i) assign or license any part or all of the Software to
others, (ii) acknowledge any third party as author, co-author, contributor or joint owner of
the Software, (iii) pay royalties or other fees in the future, or (iv) waive or release any
intellectual property rights in or to the Software, including but not limited to a waiver of
any right to enforce or a covenant not to sue on any Intellectual Property right of the
Companies.

     (g) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.23(g), the Companies have paid in full
all applicable royalties and other fees with respect to the Intellectual Property used by
the Company.

     (h) The existence or use of the Intellectual Property by the Companies in the manner in
which it is currently used by the Companies does not infringe on the rights of any Person,
and to Companies’ Knowledge, no Person is infringing on the Intellectual Property of the
Companies. The Companies have not received any written notice or demand or to the
Companies’ Knowledge been made the subject of a claim or action alleging that Intellectual
Property used by it in the conduct of its business infringes or misappropriates the
Intellectual Property rights of a third party, and to the Companies’ Knowledge no such claim
or action is now pending.

     (i) Except as described on Schedule 3.23(i), no Governmental Body has obtained
by contract or otherwise, rights in the Intellectual Property other than the right to use
the same in accordance with the term of the applicable contract.

     3.24. Competing Interests. Except for the ownership of less than one percent of the capital
stock or other securities of one or more public companies, no director or officer of the Companies,
nor, to the Companies’ Knowledge, any employee or affiliate or immediate family member of the
Companies or a director or officer of the Companies, (a) owns, directly or indirectly, an interest
in any Person that is a competitor, customer, or supplier of the Companies or that otherwise has
material business dealings with the Companies or (b) is a party to, or otherwise has any direct or
indirect interest opposed to the Companies under, any Material Agreement or other business
relationship or arrangement.

     3.25. Accounts Receivable. Except as described on Schedule 3.25, all accounts
receivable reflected on the Latest Balance Sheet and all accounts receivable arising since the
Latest Balance Sheet Date constitute bona fide, valid and binding claims (net of reserves) arising
in the Ordinary Course of Business out of arms length transactions with third parties unrelated to
Sellers which the Companies believe to be collectible (net of reserves). Except as described on
Schedule 3.25, to the Companies’ Knowledge, there is no currently existing circumstance or
condition (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) which within the
eighteen-month period after the Closing would reasonably be expected to result in any pattern with
regard to cancellations by customers or uncollectible accounts that is adverse to the Companies.

     3.26. Regulated Payments; Government Contracting. No Seller nor any director, officer, agent,
or employee of the Companies, nor, to the Companies’ Knowledge, any affiliate or

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immediate family member of any of the foregoing has (a) used any funds of the Companies for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment, or other unlawful expenses relating to political
activity, (b) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or
to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, (c) violated any applicable procurement laws or
regulations, or (d) made any other unlawful gift, contribution or payment. To Companies’ Knowledge,
except for audits and reviews in the ordinary course of business by governmental agencies, none of
the Companies, nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees has been under
administrative, civil or criminal investigation or indictment or audit by any Governmental Body
with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any
contract with a Governmental Body.

     3.27. Interested Party Transactions. Since the Latest Balance Sheet Date, there have not been
any business dealings or transactions between the Companies and any Stockholder or any affiliate or
family member of any Stockholder, other than transactions between the Companies, as employer, and
such Person, as employee, in the usual, regular and Ordinary Course of Business.

     3.28. Anti-Takeover Statutes. The directors and officers of the Company have taken all
necessary action so that no restrictive provision of any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “acquisition
of controlling interest,” business combination or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation
or restrictive provision of any applicable anti-takeover provision in Holding’s articles of
incorporation or bylaws, or any shareholder rights or similar plan, is, or at the Effective Time
will be, applicable to Holding, PSC, or Merger Sub in connection with the transactions hereunder,
or to the Merger Consideration, the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby or in the
Transaction Documents.

ARTICLE IV

Representations and Warranties of Stockholders

     Each Stockholder (severally as to itself) represents and warrants to Buyer as follows:

     4.1. Capitalization; Ownership of Shares and Stock Options; Subsidiaries and
Investments

     (a) Such Stockholder owns the Closing Shares, and at the Closing will own the Closing
Shares, listed next to its name on Schedule 3.4(a), free and clear of any Liens
other than pursuant to the agreements described in Section 6.18.

     (b) Except as listed in Schedule 3.4(b): (i) no existing Contracts,
subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any character exist to
purchase or otherwise acquire from such Stockholder, at any time, or upon the happening of
any stated event, any securities of the Companies, whether or not presently issued or
outstanding; and (ii) no Contracts, subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments or
rights exist to purchase or otherwise acquire from such Stockholder any securities
convertible or exchangeable into or for capital stock or other securities of the Companies.

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     4.2. Authority and Binding Effect. Such Stockholder has the full capacity, power and
authority (corporate, stockholder or otherwise) to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents to be executed by it and has taken all actions necessary to secure
all approvals (corporate, stockholder or otherwise) required in connection therewith. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions by such
Stockholder will not contravene or violate the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the
Companies. This Agreement constitutes, and the other Transaction Documents to which such
Stockholder is a party will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with their respective terms, except
as such enforceability may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.

     4.3. Validity of the Transactions; Consents. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by such Stockholder nor the consummation of the Transactions by such Stockholder (i) will
contravene or violate any Law or Court Order which is applicable to such Stockholder, (ii) will,
subject to the consents provided for in Schedule 3.7, result in a Default under, or require
the consent or approval of or prior notice to any party to, or require a payment to any party to,
any Contract (including any Customer Contract or lease) to which such Stockholder is a party or
otherwise bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the consents provided for in Schedule 3.7,
require such Stockholder to notify or obtain any License from any Governmental Body.

     4.4. Restrictions. Such Stockholder is not subject to any Court Order that affects or
restricts the ability of such Stockholder to consummate the Transactions. Such Stockholder is not a
party to any Contract that restricts the Companies’ or such Stockholder’s ability to consummate the
Transactions.

     4.5. Broker’s or Finder’s Fee. No agent, broker, Person or firm acting on behalf of such
Stockholder is, or will be, entitled to any commission or broker’s or finder’s fees the cost of
which would be borne in whole or in part by the Companies in connection with this Agreement or any
of the Transactions.

     4.6. Competing Interests. In the case of a Common Stockholder, and except for the ownership
of less than one percent of the capital stock or other securities of one or more public companies,
neither such Common Stockholder nor any Affiliate or immediate family member of such Common
Stockholder (a) owns, directly or indirectly, an interest in any Person that is a competitor,
customer, or supplier of the Companies or that otherwise has material business dealings with the
Companies or (b) is a party to, or otherwise has any direct or indirect interest opposed to the
Companies under, any Scheduled Contract or other business relationship or arrangement.

     4.7. Regulated Payments. Neither such Stockholder nor any Affiliate (other than Portfolio
Companies) or immediate family member of such Stockholder has (a) used any funds of the Companies
for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment, or other unlawful expenses relating to political
activity, (b) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or
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provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, (c) violated any
applicable procurement Laws or regulations, or (d) made any other unlawful gift, contribution or
payment.

ARTICLE V

Representations and Warranties of Buyer

     PSC and Merger Sub, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Sellers as follows:

     5.1. Organization. PSC is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of Delaware. Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing,
and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. PSC and Merger Sub have full power to own their
properties and to conduct their business as presently conducted.

     5.2. Authority. Each Buyer has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver, and
perform under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The
execution, delivery, and performance by Buyer of each Transaction Document to which it is a party
have been duly authorized by all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, on the part of each
Buyer. This Agreement has been, and at the Closing the other Transaction Documents to which it is
a party will be, duly executed and delivered by PSC and Merger Sub, to the extent each is party
thereto. This Agreement is, and upon execution and delivery, each of the other Transaction
Documents to be executed by it will be, a legal, valid, and binding agreement of PSC and Merger
Sub, as the case may be, enforceable against PSC and Merger Sub in accordance with their respective
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and except that the availability of the remedy of
specific performance or other equitable relief is subject to the discretion of the court before
which any proceeding therefore may be brought.

     5.3. No Violation. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction Documents by
PSC and Merger Sub will not conflict with or result in the breach of any term or provision of, or
violate, or constitute a default under any charter provision, bylaw or regulation or under any
material agreement, instrument, order, law, or regulation to which either of them is a party or by
which either of them is in any way bound or obligated.

     5.4. Governmental Consents. Other than HSR (see Section 3.8), no consent, approval, order, or
authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration, or filing with, any
Governmental Body is required on the part of either Buyer in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which Buyer is a party.

     5.5. Litigation. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer, threatened, lawsuits,
administrative proceedings, arbitrations, reviews, or formal or informal complaints or
investigations by any Person that in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or
materially delay any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     5.6. Available Funds. Buyer has, and on the Closing Date and on any other date on which a
portion of the Merger Consideration is payable will have, sufficient funds to enable it to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

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ARTICLE VI

Covenants and Agreements

     6.1. Conduct of Business. During the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and
ending on the earlier to occur of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance
with its terms (the “Interim Period”), unless Buyer otherwise consents in writing, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and except as otherwise specifically contemplated by
this Agreement, the Companies will (a) operate in the Ordinary Course of Business and use their
reasonable efforts to preserve the goodwill of the Companies and of their employees, customers,
suppliers, Governmental Bodies and others having business dealings with the Companies; (b) not
engage in any transaction, including without limitation by making any material expenditure,
investment, or commitment or arrangement of any kind, outside the Ordinary Course of Business
except as contemplated in connection with the transactions under this Agreement; (c) not enter into
any employment agreement or consulting agreement that may not be terminated at will without payment
of any termination fee or severance, except to the extent that any such severance would not exceed
amounts that would be paid in accordance with the Companies’ existing practices with respect to all
employees, (d) except in the Ordinary Course of Business or as expressly permitted under this
Agreement, not increase the compensation of any employee or officer or increase the benefits
provided under any Employee Plan or make any bonus payments or other distributions, except that the
Companies may accrue or pay one-time bonuses in connection with the Closing which together with the
associated employment Taxes do not exceed, in the aggregate, the Discretionary Bonus Amount (the
“Discretionary Bonuses”); (e) maintain all insurance policies and all Permits that are
required for the Companies to carry on their business; (f) file all required Tax Returns and except
as required by applicable law, all such Tax Returns shall be filed on a basis consistent with past
practice (g) not make or change any Tax election, change an annual accounting period, adopt or
change any accounting method for tax purposes (other than adopting new rules regarding the
recognition or deferral of advance payments for income tax purposes), file any amended Tax Return,
settle any Tax claim or assessment, surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes, consent to any
extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment, or take any
other similar action which would have the effect of increasing the Tax liability for any period
ending after the Closing Date or decreasing any tax liability or attribute existing on the Closing
Date; (h) maintain books of account and records in the usual, regular, and ordinary manner and
consistent with past practices; and (i) not take any action that would result in a breach of any of
the representations and warranties set forth in Article III.

     6.2. Access and Information. During the Interim Period, the Companies will permit Buyer and
its representatives to have reasonable access to the Companies’ directors, officers, employees,
agents, assets, and properties and all relevant books, records, and documents of or relating to the
business and assets of the Companies during normal business hours upon reasonable advance notice
and will furnish to Buyer such information, financial and tax records, and other documents relating
to the Companies and their operations and businesses as Buyer may reasonably request. The
Companies will permit Buyer and its representatives reasonable access to the Companies’
accountants, auditors, customers, and suppliers for consultation or verification of any information
obtained by Buyer and will use their best reasonable efforts to cause such Persons to cooperate
with Buyer and its representatives in such consultations and in verifying such information.

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     6.3. Supplemental Disclosure.

     (a) During the Interim Period, the Companies will promptly supplement in writing each
of the Schedules to this Agreement with respect to any matter that arose prior to the date
of this Agreement but as to which the Companies become aware after the date of this
Agreement and that, if known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be
set forth or listed in the Schedules to this Agreement; provided that for purposes of
determining whether a breach exists with respect to any of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Agreement, any such supplemental disclosure will be deemed not
to have been disclosed to Buyer unless Buyer otherwise expressly consents in writing.

     (b) During the Interim Period, the Companies will promptly supplement in writing each
of the Schedules to this Agreement with respect to any matter that arises after the date of
this Agreement as to which the Companies become aware that, if existing at the date of this
Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or listed in the Schedules to this
Agreement. With respect to any such supplemental disclosure relating to a matter occurring
subsequent to the date of this Agreement (other than a breach of Section 6.1), if
Buyer would have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1 as a
result of such supplemental disclosure and it does not exercise such right prior to the
Closing Date, then for purposes of determining whether a breach exists with respect to any
of the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, such supplemental
disclosure will be deemed to have been disclosed to Buyer as of the date of this Agreement
and shall constitute an amendment of the representation or warranty to which it relates (and
the corresponding Schedules) for purposes of this Agreement.

     6.4. Notification of Certain Matters. Each Seller will give prompt notice to Buyer of (a) the
occurrence, or failure to occur, of any event that such Seller believes could cause such Seller’s
representations or warranties contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate at any time
during the Interim Period, and (b) any failure of such Seller to comply with or satisfy any
covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder; provided that
the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall not limit or otherwise affect
any remedies otherwise available to Buyer under the remaining terms of this Agreement.

     6.5. Fulfillment of Conditions by Sellers. Sellers agree not to take any action that would
cause the conditions on the obligations of the parties to effect the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents not to be fulfilled, including without
limitation, by taking or causing to be taken any action that would cause the representations and
warranties made by Sellers in this Agreement not to be true and correct as of the Closing. Sellers
will, and will cause the Companies to, take all reasonable steps within their power to cause to be
fulfilled the conditions precedent to Buyer’s obligations to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement that are dependent on the actions of Sellers; provided, however,
that no Seller nor any of its Affiliates will be required to make any material monetary
expenditure, commence or be a plaintiff in any litigation or offer or grant any material
accommodation (financial or otherwise) to any third Person.

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     6.6. Fulfillment of Conditions by Buyer. Buyer agrees not to take any action that would cause
the conditions on the obligations of the parties to effect the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement not to be fulfilled, including without limitation by taking or causing to be taken any
action that would cause the representations and warranties made by Buyer in this Agreement not to
be true and correct as of the Closing. Buyer will take all reasonable steps within its power to
cause to be fulfilled the conditions precedent to the obligations of Sellers to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement that are dependent on the actions of Buyer; provided,
however, that neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates will be required to make any material
monetary expenditure, commence or be a plaintiff in any litigation or offer or grant any material
accommodation (financial or otherwise) to any third Person, including, without limitation, the
offer for sale of any business or assets to any Person.

     6.7. Publicity. Prior to the Closing, Buyer and the Sellers will maintain the confidentiality
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and neither Buyer nor Sellers will issue or
make, or allow to have issued or made, any press release or public announcement concerning the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as required by applicable Law or stock market
requirements. Buyer and the Stockholders will cooperate with each other in the development and
distribution of all news releases and other public disclosures relating to the announcement
promptly after the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither Buyer nor
the Stockholders will issue or make, or allow to have issued or made, any press release or public
announcement concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without giving the other
party a reasonable opportunity to comment on such release or announcement in advance.

     6.8. Transaction Costs. Buyer will pay all transaction costs and expenses (including legal,
accounting, and other professional fees) that it incurs in connection with the negotiation,
execution, and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The Buyer will be entitled to be reimbursed in accordance with Section 2.6(f)(ii) for
Seller Transaction Costs paid by Buyer after the Closing.

     6.9. No-Shop Provisions. Each of the Sellers hereby represents, covenants and agrees that at
all times during the Interim Period, it will not, and will not permit any of its Affiliates to,
initiate, solicit, or encourage (including by way of furnishing information or assistance), or take
any other action to facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal relating to, or that
may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Competing Transaction, or enter into discussions or
negotiate with any Person in furtherance of such inquiries or to obtain a Competing Transaction, or
endorse or agree to endorse any Competing Transaction, or authorize or permit any of the officers,
directors, managers or employees of Sellers or any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney,
accountant, or other representative retained by Sellers or any of their Affiliates to take any such
action. A Seller will notify Buyer immediately after receipt by such Seller (or any of its
officers, directors, advisors or other representatives) of any bona fide proposal for or written
bona fide inquiry respecting any Competing Transaction, or any request for nonpublic information in
connection with such proposal or inquiry or for access to the assets, properties, books or records
of the Companies by any Person that informs or has informed such Seller that it is considering
making or has made such a proposal or inquiry. Such notice to Buyer shall

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indicate in reasonable detail the identity of the Person making such proposal or inquiry and
the terms and conditions of such proposal or inquiry.

     6.10. Filing and Authorizations. As promptly as practicable, Buyer and the Companies will
make, or cause to be made, such filings and submissions under Laws applicable to it as may be
required to consummate the transactions contemplated herein, and will use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all authorizations, approvals, consents and waivers
from all Governmental Bodies necessary to be obtained by Buyer and the Companies, respectively. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, as promptly as practicable, and in any event
within 10 Business Days following the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Buyer and the
Companies, Buyer and the Companies shall prepare and file any required notification and report form
under the HSR Act in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Buyer and the Companies
shall request early termination of the waiting period thereunder. Buyer and the Companies shall
respond with reasonable diligence to any request for additional information made in response to
such filings. Any filing fee incurred with respect to such required notification and report form
pursuant to this Section 6.10 shall be shared equally by the Buyer and the Companies.

     6.11. Release by Stockholders. In consideration of the Merger Consideration, and other good
and valuable consideration, effective upon the Closing, each Stockholder, for itself and its heirs,
executors, administrators, owners, managers, officers, successors and assigns, hereby fully,
unconditionally and knowingly releases and forever discharges and holds harmless the Companies and
their respective employees, officers, directors, successors and assigns from any and all claims,
demands, losses, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), obligations,
liabilities and/or damages of every kind and nature whatsoever, whether now existing or known,
arising out of the operation or conduct of the Companies’ business or a transaction or circumstance
occurring or existing or related to the period of time prior to the Closing, relating in any way,
directly or indirectly, to the Companies, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby,
that such Stockholder may now have or may hereafter claim to have against the Companies or any of
such employees, officers, directors, successors or assigns; provided that the foregoing release
will not affect any obligations of Buyer to the Stockholders under this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document, and right a director or officer of the Company may have to indemnification
under the Companies’ charter or bylaws or any agreement between the Companies and such officer or
director, or, if a Stockholder remains employed by the Companies after the Closing, (i) any accrued
employee benefits included on the Closing Balance Sheet, (ii) obligations under any employment
agreement relating to such post-Closing employment, and (iii) obligations accruing after Closing
that solely arise or result from such post-Closing employment.

     6.12. JJW 401(k) Plan. The Companies will cause to be adopted prior to the Closing, Board of
Directors resolutions to terminate the JJW 401(k) Plan contingent upon the Closing. Following the
date of such termination, no contributions will be made to the JJW 401(k) Plan other than (i)
contributions that have been accrued on behalf of participants prior to the termination, and (ii)
contributions made on behalf of participants in the JJW 401(k) Plan that are based on compensation
earned before the termination. Such resolutions will provide (to the extent required under Section
411 of the Code) that all participants be fully vested in their account balances under the JJW
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of JJW 401(k) Plan balances to participants as soon as practicable following the Closing and
following the Companies’ receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of a favorable determination
letter regarding the tax-qualified status of the JJW 401(k) Plan following its termination. Plan
participants who are employed by Buyer or its Affiliates and are otherwise eligible to participate
in Buyer’s 401(k) plan when such distributions are made following the Companies’ receipt from the
Internal Revenue Service of a favorable determination letter regarding the tax-qualified status of
the JJW 401(k) Plan following its termination will have the opportunity to roll over their plan
balances into the Buyer’s 401(k) plan.

     6.13. Stock Options.

     (a) Prior to the Closing, Holding will adopt amendments to the Stock Options and the
Stock Option Plan in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and will notify the
holders of Stock Options of such amendments in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Buyer.

     (b) To the extent any Stock Option is not exercised prior to the Closing, such Stock
Option shall terminate and be canceled and be of no further force or effect without
consideration therefor effective as of the Closing, except to the extent that First Year
Option Holders are entitled to receive Option Merger Consideration as provided in
Section 2.6(f)(iv).

     6.14. Confidentiality. Each Stockholder recognizes and acknowledges that he has in the past,
currently has, and in the future may possibly have, access to certain confidential information of
the Companies and Buyer such as lists of customers, operational policies, and pricing and cost
policies, that are valuable, special and unique assets of the Companies’ and the Buyer’s respective
businesses. During the three-year period beginning on the Closing Date, no Stockholder will
disclose confidential information with respect to the Buyer at any time, nor with respect to the
Companies’ business after the Closing Date, to any Person for any purpose or reason whatsoever
(except to authorized representatives of such Stockholder and to counsel and other advisers,
provided that such advisors (other than counsel) agree to the confidentiality provisions of this
Section 6.14, unless (i) such information becomes known to the public generally through no
fault of any Stockholder, (ii) such information becomes available to such Stockholder on a
non-confidential basis from a source other than the Stockholder, provided that such source is not
known by such Stockholder to be subject to any other confidentiality obligation, or (iii) any
Stockholder reasonably believes that such disclosure is required or advisable under applicable Law
or in connection with the defense of a lawsuit against any Stockholder or for certification or
state licensure purposes; provided that prior to disclosing any information pursuant to clause
(iii) above, such Stockholder shall, if possible, give prior written notice thereof to Buyer and
provide Buyer with the opportunity to contest such disclosure. Notwithstanding the above, this
Section 6.14 shall not apply to any residual knowledge of a Stockholder with respect to the
Companies, meaning ideas, concepts and other knowledge of general application in non-tangible form
which may be retained in the memory of such Stockholder (or by representatives of such Stockholder
if such Stockholder is an entity).

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     6.15. Stockholder Non-Solicitation; Non-Competition.

     (a) Non-Solicitation of Customers. During the Restrictive Period and without
regard for whether a Stockholder is employed by the Companies or Buyer, each Common
Stockholder agrees not to directly or indirectly: (i) induce or attempt to induce any
Current Customer or Prospective Customer of the Companies to reduce or terminate its
business with the Companies; (ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the Companies’
business relationship with a Current Customer or Prospective Customer of the Companies;
(iii) solicit, divert or attempt to divert from the Companies, any business from a Current
Customer or Prospective Customer of the Companies.

     (b) Non-Solicitation of Employees. During the Restrictive Period and without
regard for whether the Stockholder is employed by the Companies or Buyer, each Stockholder
agrees not to directly or indirectly: (i) induce or attempt to induce any employee, officer
or consultant of the Companies or Buyer to terminate his or her employment or engagement
with the Companies or Buyer; (ii) interfere with or disrupt the Companies’ or Buyer’s
relationship with its respective employees, officers or consultants; or (iii) solicit,
entice, engage or hire away any such employee, officer or consultant who is at that time or
was within the previous six months employed or engaged by the Companies or Buyer without the
express, written consent of Buyer, which consent Buyer may in its absolute discretion
withhold. The restrictions in this Section 6.15 do not apply to Don Hunter, Daniel
Ginzburg, and William Seibel. For avoidance of doubt, the restrictions in this Section
6.15 do not apply to actions taken by a Portfolio Company provided that the actions of
the Portfolio Company were not initiated, recommended, or directed by a Stockholder.

     (c) Non-Competition. During the Restrictive Period and without regard for
whether a Stockholder is employed by the Companies or Buyer, each Common Stockholder agrees
not to engage, directly or indirectly, in any business activity, position or function with
any entity that directly or indirectly competes with the Companies that is the same or
similar to any business activity, position or function that he or she performed on behalf of
the Companies, or be interested, directly or indirectly (as a shareholder (other than as a
holder of less than one percent of the common stock of any publicly traded corporation),
partner, officer, director, employee or consultant) in any business organization that is
engaged or becomes engaged in any business activity that the Companies is conducting at the
Closing Date or has conducted at any time during the two-year period immediately preceding
the Stockholder’s attempted engagement in such activity or that the Companies has notified
the Stockholder that it proposes to conduct or that the Stockholder has knowledge that the
Companies intend to conduct. The foregoing shall not restrict any Stockholder from serving
on the board of directors or similar governing body of any entity that does not compete
directly or indirectly with the Companies or the Buyer.

     6.16. Further Assurances; Cooperation. Consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, each
of Buyer and the Companies will use its commercially reasonable efforts to execute and deliver such
other documents and take such other actions as reasonably requested by the other party to fulfill
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the Closing, or as the other party hereto may reasonably request in order to carry out this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition, each of Buyer and the Companies
will cooperate as and to the extent reasonably requested by any other party hereto in connection
with governmental inquiries, filings or litigation, including but not limited to audits and
administrative proceedings. Such cooperation will include the provision of records and information
which are reasonably relevant to any such matters and making employees available on a mutually
convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided
hereunder.

     6.17. Form 8-K. Upon the request of Buyer, the Companies and the Common Stockholders agree to
assist Buyer, its auditors and counsel in the preparation of a Form 8-K or Forms 8-K for filing
with the SEC disclosing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Additionally, the
Companies and the Common Stockholders will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Companies’ independent accountant, to (a) deliver to Buyer any opinion of such firm required in
accordance with Rule 2-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, and a written consent to the
filing of its opinion with the SEC in connection with the filing of the Form 8-K contemplated by
this Section 6.17; (b) provide such information and assistance as reasonably required by
Buyer in connection with the preparation by Buyer and its independent accountants of pro forma
financial statements required under applicable SEC regulations; (c) facilitate the review of any
Companies audit or review work papers, including the examination of selected interim financial
statements and data; and (d) deliver such representations as may be reasonably requested by Buyer’s
independent accountants. Buyer will be responsible for any reasonable third party expenses that
may be incurred in support of the Stockholder assistance contemplated herein.

     6.18. Certain Consents by Sellers. Each Seller hereby consents to the sale to Buyer of the
Closing Shares owned by each other Seller on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
for all purposes, including, but not limited to, pursuant to that certain Corporate Buy-Sell
Agreement dated September 13, 1995 among the JJW, John J. Wild, Jr. and Salvatore Lanuto, as
amended by the amendment dated as of December 28, 2005 (the “Buy-Sell Agreement”). The
Sellers hereby agree that the Buy-Sell Agreement shall be terminated for all purposes effective
immediately prior to the Closing. In addition, each Seller hereby agrees that each of the
following agreements to which it is a party shall be terminated for all purposes effective
immediately prior to the Closing without any further action required: (i) the Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement dated January 25, 2006 among Holding, JJW, Digital Media & Communications III
Limited Partnership, Digital Media & Communications III-A Limited Partnership, Digital Media &
Communications III-B Limited Partnership, Digital Media & Communications III-C Limited Partnership,
Digital Media Communications III-D C.V., Digital Media & Communications III-E C.V., Advent Partners
DMC III Limited Partnership, Advent Partners II-A Limited Partnership, and Advent Partners III
Limited Partnership (collectively, the “Series A Investors”), and Salvatore Lanuto, Richard
D. Fitzpatrick and John J. Wild, Jr. (collectively, the “Principal Stockholders”), as
amended by a First Amendment to Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of March 8, 2006 (as so
amended, the “Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”); (ii) the Amended and Restated
Stockholders’ Agreement, dated November 7, 2006 among Holding, the Series A Investors, the
Principal Stockholders and the other common stockholders parties thereto (the “Stockholders
Agreement”); (iii) the Registration Rights Agreement dated March 8, 2006 among Holding, the
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Stockholders (the “Registration Rights Agreement”); and (iv) the Management Rights
Letter dated March 8, 2006 between Holding and Digital Media & Communications III Limited
Partnership. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Seller who is a party to
the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, who together hold 85% of the outstanding Series A Preferred
Shares (as defined in the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement), and acting in accordance with
Section 9.12 of the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, hereby amend the Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement to provide that it shall terminate immediately prior to the Closing; (ii) each Seller who
is a party to the Stockholders Agreement, who together hold two-thirds of the outstanding shares of
Series A Preferred Stock and a majority of the outstanding Company Securities (as defined in the
Stockholders Agreement) held by all of the Principal Stockholders, and acting in accordance with
Section 8.6 of the Stockholders Agreement, hereby amend the Stockholders Agreement to provide that
it shall terminate immediately prior to the Closing; and (iii) each Seller who is a party to the
Registration Rights Agreement, who together hold a majority of the Registrable Securities held by
the Investors and a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Common Holders (as such
terms are defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), and acting in accordance with Section 7.2
of the Registration Rights Agreement, hereby amend the Registration Rights Agreement to provide
that it shall terminate immediately prior to the Closing. To the extent that the approval of the
Companies shall be required to terminate any of such agreements, the Companies hereby agree that
such agreements shall terminate immediately prior to the Closing.

     6.19. Anti-Takeover Statutes. If any anti-takeover statute is or may become applicable to the
Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and its management
shall grant such approvals and take such lawful actions, subject to PSC’s prior written consent, as
are necessary to ensure that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the
terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise act, subject to PSC’s prior written consent
(which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), to eliminate or minimize the effects of such
statute and any regulations promulgated thereunder on such transactions.

     6.20. Proprietary Rights

     (a) Each Common Stockholder hereby agrees and acknowledges that any work product
created by such Stockholder (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others)
either (i) in the course of such Stockholder’s employment by the Companies, (ii) using the
Companies’ time, material or facilities, or (iii) relating to the Companies’ business and
affairs, in which such Stockholder otherwise would have rights but for this Section
6.20, including, but not limited to the Companies’ Intellectual Property and any other
computer programs, charts, graphs, graphics, marketing material, advertising, lessons,
curricula, motion pictures, videos, audio recordings, instructional manuals, policy manuals,
guides, simulations, presentations, documents, inventions, processes and designs (the
“Works”) shall be the sole property of Companies and the Companies are the sole
owners of all Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and other Intellectual Property Rights and
registrations in connection therewith. To perfect Companies’ ownership of the Works, such
Seller hereby assigns to Companies any and all right, title and interest that
such Common Stockholder may have acquired in the Works, including the right to modify
or create derivative works based on the Works.

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     (b) Each Common Stockholder agrees to assist Companies in every proper way to obtain
and from time to time enforce the Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and other Intellectual
Property Rights in the Works in any and all countries, and such Common Stockholder will
execute all documents for use in applying for and obtaining such rights and enforcing them
as Companies may desire, together with any assignments of the Works to the Companies or
Persons designated by the Companies. If the Companies are unable despite reasonable efforts
to secure such Common Stockholder’s signature to any lawful and necessary documents required
to apply for or execute any application with respect to the Works (including renewals,
extensions, continuations, divisions or continuations in whole or in part thereof), such
Common Stockholder hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Companies and their duly
authorized officers and agents, as his/her agent and attorney-in-fact to act for and on
his/her behalf and to execute and file any such application and to do all other lawfully
permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance of Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks or
other Intellectual Property Rights therein, with the same legal force and effect as if
executed by such Common Stockholder.

     (c) Each Preferred Stockholder represents that it has not developed, conceived or
created, in whole or in part, any Intellectual Property used by the Companies.

     6.21. Indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Company. During the period ending six
years after the Closing Date, Buyer will ensure that the Companies fulfill and honor the
obligations of the Companies to the Companies’ directors and officers to the fullest extent that
the Companies would have been required or permitted under the Companies’ charter and bylaws as in
effect on the date hereof against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees),
judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim,
action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether criminal, civil, administrative or
investigative, arising out of any matters existing at or prior to the Closing Date which are
asserted after the Closing Date. In connection therewith, Buyer and the Companies shall also
advance expenses to such directors and officers as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under
the Companies’ charter and bylaws as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that the
person to whom such expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is
ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.

     6.22. Meeting of Stockholders of Holding. Holding shall promptly take all action reasonably
necessary in accordance with Massachusetts Law and the articles of incorporation and bylaws of
Holding to convene a meeting of its stockholders to consider and vote upon the adoption of this
Agreement and approval of the Merger (or to submit such action to its stockholders by written
consent in lieu of a meeting). Holding shall deliver to the Buyer for its review copies of any
materials to be submitted by Holding to the stockholders in connection with the solicitation of
their approval of the Merger and this Agreement

     6.23. Bonus Plan. No later than December 31, 2007, Buyer shall cause the Companies to establish a
bonus and retention plan under which the Companies will make payments (including
bonus payments and related employment taxes) of (a) $1,000,000 on October 1, 2008, and (b) up to
$1,000,000 on each of October 1, 2009 and October 1, 2010 if all of the eligible employees are
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Companies on the Closing
Date will be eligible to participate in this plan. An eligible employee must still be employed by
the Companies on a payment date in order to receive a payment on that date. Buyer will work with
management of the Companies to determine the appropriate allocation of bonus payments among the
eligible employees.

ARTICLE VII

Tax Matters

     7.1. Tax Periods Ending On or Before the Closing Date. For Tax Returns due after the Closing Date,
Buyer shall file or cause to be filed any Tax Returns of the Companies for tax periods that end on
or before the Closing Date (a “Pre-Closing Period” and each such Tax Return, a
“Pre-Closing Return”). The Stockholders shall be responsible for any Pre-Closing Period
Taxes of the Companies or any Taxes of Buyer that relate to the Companies’ Pre-Closing Period
Taxes, except to the extent such Taxes were specifically and fully reserved in the Closing Balance
Sheet and except to the extent provided in Section 2(j) of Exhibit F. For purposes
of computing the Stockholders’ payment pursuant to the foregoing sentence, the Stockholders’ share
of 2007 Taxes shall be computed without regard to (i) the compensation deductions attributable to
payments of Discretionary Bonuses or payments made in respect of First Year Options (such
deductions shall be solely for the benefit of the Buyer) and (ii) any benefit due to accounting
method changes; provided that for purposes of computing the Stockholders’ payment pursuant to the
foregoing sentence, any liability for 2007 Taxes shall be offset by any applicable net operating
loss carryforwards. Any amounts due to Buyer under this Section 7.1 shall be paid to Buyer
out of the Escrow.

     7.2. Tax Periods Beginning Before and Ending After the Closing Date. Buyer shall file or cause to
be filed any Tax Returns of the Companies for tax periods that begin before the Closing Date and
end after the Closing Date (a “Straddle Period” and each such Tax Return, a “Straddle
Period Return”). The Stockholders shall be responsible for any Taxes of the Companies or any
Taxes of Buyer that relate to the Companies’ Taxes for the portion of the Straddle Period ending on
the Closing Date (as determined by Section 7.3), except to the extent such Taxes were
specifically and fully reserved in the Closing Balance Sheet. For purposes of computing the
Stockholders’ payment pursuant to the foregoing sentence, the Stockholders’ share of 2007 Taxes
shall be computed without regard to (i) the compensation deductions attributable to payments of
Discretionary Bonuses or payments made in respect of First Year Options (such deductions shall be
solely for the benefit of the Buyer) and (ii) any benefit due to accounting method changes;
provided that for purposes of computing the Stockholders’ payment pursuant to the foregoing
sentence, any liability for the Stockholders’ share of 2007 Taxes shall be offset by any applicable
net operating loss carryforwards. Any amounts due to Buyer under this Section 7.2 shall be
paid to Buyer out of the Escrow.

     7.3. Tax Allocation. For purposes of this Agreement, in the case of any Taxes that are payable by
the Companies for any Straddle Period, the portion of such Tax payable by the Companies which
relates to the portion of the Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date shall (i) in the case of
any Taxes other than Taxes based upon or related to income or receipts, be
deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of days in the portion of the Straddle Period ending on the
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and
(ii) in the case of any Tax based upon or related to income or receipts be equal to the amount
which would be payable by the Companies or the Buyer if the Straddle Period ended on the Closing
Date; provided, however, that any franchise Tax shall be allocated to the taxable period (or
portion thereof) during which the income, operations, assets or capital comprising the base of such
Tax is measured, regardless of whether the right to do business for another taxable period (or
portion thereof) is obtained by the payment of such franchise Tax.

     7.4. Certain Contest Rights.

     (a) Within 15 days of receipt by Buyer, the Companies or the Stockholders of a written
notice of any notice, demand, claim or circumstance that, either at such time or after the
lapse of time, might give rise to an adjustment or audit of any Tax Return of the Companies
for Pre-Closing Returns or Straddle Period Returns, the party receiving such notice shall in
turn provide notice (the “Tax Claim Notice”) to the other parties hereunder. The
Tax Claim Notice shall contain factual information (to the extent known to the party
receiving the inquiry or notice from the taxing authority) describing such demand, claim or
circumstance, including any asserted tax liability (an “Asserted Tax Claim”) in
reasonable detail and shall include copies of any notice or other document received in
respect of any such Asserted Tax Claim.

     (b) Subject to the Stockholders’ right to participate in any tax proceeding as
described below, the Buyer shall have the power and authority to control the conduct of the
Companies in respect of any audit or investigation relating to the Companies, including
without limitation any Asserted Tax Claim. With respect to any such activities relating to
any periods ending on or before the Closing Date, the Stockholder Representatives shall be
given the opportunity to participate, and no resolution or settlement of any such claim or
demand shall be made without the Stockholder Representative’s consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld. In the event that the terms of this Section 7.4 are
inconsistent with the terms of Section 9.6 hereof, the terms of this Section 7.4 shall
control.

     7.5. Cooperation on Tax Matters. After the Closing Date:

     (a) Buyer, on the one hand, and the Stockholder Representative, on the other hand, will
cooperate with one another and each shall make available to the other, as reasonably
requested in writing, all information, records or documents relating to the preparation of
any Tax Return, the payment of any Taxes in accordance with this Agreement, and the conduct
of any Tax audit or other litigation involving Taxes. Such information, records or documents
will be preserved until the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations or
extensions thereof. The cooperation contemplated hereunder shall include providing, upon
request, as promptly as practicable, such information relating to the Companies (including
access to books and records) as is reasonably available to such party and reasonably
necessary for the filing of any Tax Returns, the making of any election related to Taxes,
the preparation for any audit by any taxing
authority, and the prosecution or defense of any claim, suit or proceeding relating to
any Tax Return as well as copies of pre acquisition Tax Returns and supporting workpapers.

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     (b) At least 15 Business Days prior to filing or amending (i) any Prior Period Return
relating to state or federal income Taxes, (ii) any Prior Period Return relating to state
sales or use Taxes, (iii) any Prior Period Return relating to any Tax other than income or
sales or use Taxes where the amount to be paid exceeds $25,000, (iv) any Current Period
Return relating to state or federal income Taxes, or (v) any Current Period Return relating
to state sales or use Taxes to be filed in a state where the Companies have not previously
filed sales or use Tax Returns and where the amount to be paid exceeds $25,000, Buyer shall
provide the Stockholder Representative with a copy of such Tax Return, together with such
supporting materials as shall be reasonably necessary for the Stockholder Representative to
understand the same and evaluate the accuracy thereof, for the Stockholder Representative’s
review, and Buyer shall give due regard to any comments by the Stockholder Representative.
For purposes of this Section 7.5, (x) “Prior Period Return” means a
Pre-Closing Return that was due before the Closing Date and (y) “Current Period
Return” means a Pre-Closing Return that is due after the Closing Date or a Straddle
Period Return.

     (c) At least 15 Business Days prior to the date that the Companies, the Buyer or any of
their respective advisors shall contact any taxing authority to offer to pay Taxes relating
to any Pre-Closing Period pursuant to a voluntary disclosure agreement or any other similar
program, Buyer shall provide the Stockholder Representative with a written description of
Taxes Buyer believes to be owed and the basis therefor, together with such supporting
materials as shall be reasonably necessary for the Stockholder Representative to understand
the same and evaluate the accuracy thereof, for the Stockholder Representative’s review, and
Buyer shall give due regard to any comments by the Stockholder Representative with respect
to such matter.

     7.6. Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other similar
Taxes (including any penalty and interest) and other governmental charges (including any penalty
and interest) payable in connection with the transfer of the Stock as contemplated by this
Agreement shall be borne by the Stockholders, be timely paid by the Stockholders, and Stockholders
will, at their own expense, file all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to
the aforementioned items.

     7.7. Withholding. The Stockholders shall each provide a certification of non-foreign status
containing the information required in Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2) promulgated under the Code
and any other forms, certificates or other documents necessary to avoid withholding on any portion
of the Merger Consideration.

ARTICLE VIII

Closing Conditions

     8.1. Conditions to Obligations of Buyer. The obligations of Buyer under this Agreement are
subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, but Buyer may
waive compliance with any such conditions in writing:

     (a) All representations and warranties of Sellers contained in this Agreement were true
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respects (to
the extent not qualified by materiality) or in all respects (to the extent qualified by
materiality) at and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations
and warranties were made at and as of the Closing, except for those representations and
warranties which address matters only as of a particular date (which will be true and
correct only as of such date) and Buyer will have received a certificate to such effect, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, executed on behalf of the Companies by
an executive officer of the Companies.

     (b) Sellers will have performed and complied in all material respects with all the
covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them
at or prior to the Closing, including without limitation the delivery of all items required
to be delivered by them pursuant to Section 2.10, and Buyer will have received a
certificate to such effect, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, executed
on behalf of the Companies by an executive officer of the Companies.

     (c) All required contractual and governmental consents, approvals, orders, licenses,
bonds or authorizations set forth on Schedule 3.7, and all consents and approvals
required under the HSR Act, will have been obtained and all contractual or governmental
notices set forth on Schedule 3.7, will have been given.

     (d) There will be no pending or threatened litigation in any court or any proceeding
before or by any Governmental Body to restrain or prohibit or obtain damages or other relief
with respect to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or as a result of which Buyer could be required
to dispose of any assets or operations of Buyer or its Affiliates (including any Material
Assets or material operations to be acquired) or to comply with any material restriction on
the manner in which Buyer or its Affiliates conduct their operations (including the
operations of the Companies)

     (e) All Liens on the assets of the Companies or the Closing Shares, other than Liens on
assets identified on Schedule 8.1(e) to remain after Closing, will have been
released and Sellers will have delivered to Buyer executed UCC-3 termination statements or
other releases satisfactory to Buyer to evidence such releases.

     (f) The employment related agreements described on Schedule 8.1(f) shall have
been terminated.

     (g) The Companies will have delivered Associate Employment Agreements to Buyer,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1, executed by the employees of the Companies
set forth on Schedule 8.1(g)

     (h) The Companies will have delivered Executive Employment Agreements to Buyer,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2, executed by the executives of the
Companies set forth on Schedule 8.1(h).

     (i) The Companies will have delivered Noncompetition Agreements to Buyer, substantially
in the form of Exhibit D-1, executed by the Stockholders of Holding set forth on
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     (j) The Companies will have delivered Noncompetition Agreements to Buyer, substantially
in the form of Exhibit D-2, executed by the employees of Holding set forth on
Schedule 8.1(j).

     (k) The Companies will have delivered to Buyer a legal opinion of the Companies’
counsel covering such matters as Buyer may reasonably request and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Buyer.

     (l) As evidenced by a binder or endorsement issued by the insurance company for each
applicable policy, the Companies will have purchased a six-year extended reporting period on
the Companies’ current policy that covers directors’ and officers’ insurance and
indemnification, employment practices liability and fiduciary liability insurance.

     (m) No more than two stockholders of Holding owning no more than one percent of the
Closing Common Shares in the aggregate shall have failed to have (i) either entered into
this Agreement or entered into Joinder Agreements and (ii) delivered a certificate, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, to the effect that all of the
representations and warranties of that Stockholder contained in this Agreement were true and
correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct in all material respects (to the
extent not qualified by materiality) or in all respects (to the extent qualified by
materiality) at and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations
and warranties were made at and as of the Closing, except for those representations and
warranties which address matters only as of a particular date (which will be true and
correct only as of such date).

     (n) This Agreement shall have been adopted and the Merger shall have been approved by
the requisite vote of the stockholders of Holding, as may be required by Massachusetts Law,
and by any applicable provisions of Holding’s articles of incorporation and bylaws (the
“Stockholder Approval”).

     (o) No more than two stockholders of Holding owning no more than one percent of the
Closing Common Shares in the aggregate shall have exercised or given notice of their intent
to exercise its dissenters’ or appraisal rights in accordance with Section 13.23 of
Massachusetts Law.

     (p) All of the Stock Options will have been canceled.

     (q) Holding shall have terminated the Stock Option Plan.

     (r) The JJW 401(k) Plan shall have been terminated as described in Section
6.12.

     (s) The Companies shall have terminated the Credit Agreement dated March 20, 2006,
among J.J. Wild Holdings, Inc., J.J. Wild, Inc., the other credit parties signatory thereto,
the lenders listed therein and General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative
Agent, and all pledges, security interests and agreements relating thereto.

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     (t) No Material Adverse Effect shall exist.

     8.2. Conditions to Obligations of Sellers. The obligations of Sellers under this Agreement
are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, but Sellers
may waive compliance with any such conditions in writing:

     (a) All representations and warranties of Buyer contained in this Agreement were true
and correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct in all material respects (to
the extent not qualified by materiality) or in all respects (to the extent qualified by
materiality) at and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations
and warranties were made at and as of the Closing, except for the representations and
warranties that address matters only as a particular date (which will be true and correct
only as of such date) and Holding will have received a certificate to such effect in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Sellers executed on behalf of each Buyer by an
executive officer of Buyer.

     (b) Buyer will have performed and complied in all material respects with all the
covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it
at or prior to the Closing, including without limitation the delivery of all items required
to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 2.10, and Holding will have received a
certificate to such effect in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Sellers executed
on behalf of each Buyer by an executive officer of each Buyer.

     (c) All required governmental consents, approvals, orders, or authorizations under the
HSR Act will have been obtained.

     (d) There will be no pending or threatened proceeding before or by any Governmental
Body to restrain or prohibit or obtain damages or other relief with respect to this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

     (e) Buyer will have delivered to the executives of the Companies set forth on
Schedule 8.1(h) Executive Employment Agreements substantially in the form of
Exhibit C-2.

     (f) Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

ARTICLE IX

Indemnification

     9.1. Indemnification of Buyer. Subject to the other provisions of this Article IX and
the provisions of Exhibit F, if the Closing occurs, the Stockholders will indemnify and
hold Buyer, its Affiliates (including the Companies) and their respective directors, officers,
employees, and agents (collectively, the “Buyer Parties”) harmless, and if the Closing
does not occur, the Companies, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold the Buyer Parties
(excluding the Companies) harmless, from any and all Liabilities, obligations, claims, losses,
contingencies, damages, costs, and expenses, including all court costs and reasonable attorneys’

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fees (collectively, “Losses”), that any Buyer Party actually suffers or incurs as a result
of or relating to:

     (a) the breach of any representation or warranty made by the Companies in this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any allegation by a third party that, if
true, would constitute such a breach;

     (b) the breach of any covenant or agreement made by the Companies in this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document or any allegation by a third party that, if true, would
constitute such a breach; and

     (c) any Liability of the Companies for Tax allocable to (i) any taxable period ending
on or before the Closing Date and (ii) the portion of any Straddle Period through the end of
the Closing Date, in each case, to the extent that such Tax has not been specifically and
fully reserved as a liability on the Closing Balance Sheet (for the avoidance of doubt, this
Section 9.1(c) shall include any Tax paid pursuant to a voluntary disclosure agreement or
any other similar programs).

For purposes of indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.1, all materiality qualifiers
will be excluded from and given no effect in each representation and warranty set forth in
Article III (other than Section 3.12(b) and Section 3.21(a)) and each
covenant and agreement set forth in Article VI.

     9.2. Indemnification of Buyer for Stockholder Breach. Subject to the other provisions of this
Article IX and the provisions of Exhibit F, if the Closing occurs, each Stockholder
will indemnify and hold the Buyer Parties harmless, and if the Closing does not occur, each
Stockholder will indemnify and hold the Buyer Parties (excluding the Companies) harmless, from any
Losses that any Buyer Party actually suffers or incurs as a result of or relating to:

     (a) the breach of any representation or warranty made by that Stockholder in this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any allegation by a third party that, if
true, would constitute such a breach; and

     (b) the breach of any covenant or agreement by that Stockholder in this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document or any allegation by a third party that, if true, would
constitute such a breach.

For purposes of indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.2, all materiality qualifiers
will be excluded from and given no effect in each representation and warranty set forth in
Article IV, and each covenant and agreement set forth in Article VI.

     9.3. Indemnification of Stockholders. Subject to the other provisions of this Article
IX and the provisions of Exhibit F, if the Closing occurs, Buyer will indemnify and
hold the Stockholders, their Affiliates and their respective agents (collectively, the
“Stockholder Parties”)
harmless, and if the Closing does not occur, Buyer will indemnify and hold the Companies,
their Affiliates and their respective agents (collectively, the “Company Parties”)
harmless, from any and all Losses that any Stockholder Party or Company Party, as the case may be,
suffers or incurs as a result of or relating to:

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     (a) the breach of any representation or warranty made by a Buyer in this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document or any allegation by a third party that, if true, would
constitute such a breach; or

     (b) the breach of any covenant or agreement made by a Buyer in this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document or any allegation by a third party that, if true, would
constitute such a breach.

     For purposes of indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.3, all materiality
qualifications will be excluded from and given no effect in each representation and warranty set
forth in Article V and each covenant and agreement set forth in Article VI.

     For Tax purposes, any amounts required to be paid by one party to the other pursuant to
Section 9.1, 9.2 or 9.3 of this Agreement shall be treated as a Merger
Consideration Adjustment by all parties.

     9.4. Limitations on Indemnification; Survival. The indemnification obligations of the parties
under this Article IX are subject to the limitations set forth in Exhibit F.

     9.5. Notice. Any party entitled to receive indemnification under this Article IX (the
“Indemnified Party”) agrees to give prompt written notice to the party or parties required
to provide such indemnification (the “Indemnifying Parties”) upon the occurrence of any
identifiable Loss or the assertion of any claim or the commencement of any third party action or
proceeding in respect of which such a Loss may reasonably be expected to occur (any such notice, a
“Claim”), but the Indemnified Party’s failure to give such notice will not affect the
obligations of the Indemnifying Parties under this Article IX except to the extent that the
Indemnifying Parties are prejudiced thereby. Such written notice will be given in good faith and
will specify in reasonable detail each event forming the basis of such Loss or Claim and the amount
involved, each individual item of Loss or Claim included in the amount so stated, the basis for any
anticipated liability and the nature of the misrepresentation, default, breach of warranty or
breach of covenant or claim to which each such item is related and, to the extent computable, the
computation of the amount to which such Indemnified Party claims to be entitled hereunder, unless
such amount is uncertain or contingent, in which event the Indemnified Party will give a later
written notice when the amount becomes fixed.

     9.6. Defense of Claims. Subject to the rights and obligations of the Parties under Article
VII of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Parties may elect to assume and control the defense of any
third party Claim, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Party and the payment of expenses related to such Claim, if (a) the Indemnifying Parties
acknowledge their obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Party for any Losses resulting from such
Claim; and (b) such Claim does not seek to impose any liability or obligation on the Indemnified
Party other than for money damages. If such conditions are satisfied and the
Indemnifying Parties elect to assume and control the defense of such Claim, then (i) the
Indemnifying Parties will not be liable for any settlement of such Claim effected without their
consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld; (ii) the Indemnifying Parties may settle
such Claim without the consent of the Indemnified Party; and (iii) the Indemnified Party may employ
separate counsel and participate in the defense of such Claim, but the Indemnified

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Party will be
responsible for the fees and expenses of such counsel unless (A) the Indemnifying Parties have
failed to adequately assume the defense of such Claim or to employ counsel with respect thereto or
(B) in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnified Party a conflict of interest exists between the
interests of the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Parties that requires representation by
separate counsel, in which case the fees and expenses of such separate counsel will be paid by the
Indemnifying Parties, provided that in no event will the Indemnifying Parties be required to pay
the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for the Indemnified Party with respect to any Claim.
If such conditions are not satisfied, (i) the Indemnified Party shall assume and control the
defense of such Claim, provided, however, that if the Indemnifying Parties have previously
acknowledged their obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Party for any Losses resulting from such
Claim, the Indemnified Party shall not be entitled to indemnification for any settlement of any
such Claim effected without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Parties, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, and (ii) the Indemnifying Parties may participate in such
defense at its own expense. If such conditions are not satisfied, such circumstances, the
Indemnified Party shall keep the Indemnifying Parties advised of the status of such Claim and the
defense thereof and shall consider in good faith recommendations made by the Indemnifying Parties
with respect thereto.

     9.7. Holdback Amount; Right of Setoff. All finally determined due and owing Claims Buyer has
under this Article IX will first be deducted from the Holdback Amount and distributed to
Buyer in accordance with the Escrow Agreement. To the extent the amount owed any Buyer for a Claim
is more than the balance remaining in the Escrow or becomes due after distribution of the Escrow,
then subject to the limitations set forth in Exhibit F, the Stockholders will pay the
balance of such Claim to Buyer in immediately available funds within the ten days after final
determination of the amount due.

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous

     10.1. Termination. This Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be
terminated and abandoned (a) at any time prior to the Closing by mutual written consent of Buyer
and the Companies; (b) except as provided below, by either Buyer, on the one hand, or the
Companies, on the other hand, if a condition to Closing under this Agreement has not been satisfied
or waived prior to the date that is sixty (60) days after the date hereof; or (c) except as
provided below, by Buyer, on the one hand, or the Companies, on the other hand, at any time, if
there is pending or threatened litigation in any court or any proceeding by any Governmental Body
to restrain or prohibit or obtain damages or other relief with respect to this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or as a result of which Buyer could
be required to dispose of any assets or operations of Buyer (including the operations of the
Companies) or their Affiliates or to comply with any restriction on the manner in which Buyer or
their Affiliates conduct their operations (including any operations of the Companies); provided,
that, (i) Buyer may not terminate this Agreement if the Closing has not occurred
because of Buyer’s failure to perform or observe any of its covenants or agreements or willful
breach of any of its representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, and such breach
constitutes a failure of one or more conditions set forth in Section 8.1(a); and (ii) the
Companies may not terminate this Agreement if the Closing has not occurred because of any Seller’s
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(other than the covenants in
Section 6.1) or any Seller’s willful breach of any of its representations and warranties
set forth in this Agreement or covenants set forth in Section 6.1, and such breach
constitutes a failure of one or more conditions set forth in Section 8.2(a). In the event
of termination of this Agreement by any party hereto as provided in this Section 10.1, this
Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of
any party hereto except (x) under the Confidentiality Agreement, (y) with respect to this
Section 10.1 (Termination), Section 6.7 (Publicity), or Section 6.8
(Transaction Costs), and (z) to the extent that such termination results from the willful breach by
a party hereto of any of its representations and warranties or of any of its covenants or
agreements contained in this Agreement.

     10.2. Notices. All notices that are required or may be given pursuant to this Agreement must be in
writing and delivered personally, by a recognized courier service, by a recognized overnight
delivery service, by facsimile or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the parties
at the following addresses (or to the attention of such other Person or such other address as any
party may provide to the other parties by notice in accordance with this Section 10.2):

	 	 	 
	If
to Buyer:

	 	With copies to:
	 
	 

	 	 
	Perot Systems Corporation

	 	Perot Systems Corporation
	2300 West Plano Parkway

	 	2300 Plano Parkway
	Plano, Texas 75075-8427

	 	Plano, Texas 75075-8427
	Attn: Vice President — Healthcare

	 	Attn: General Counsel
	Facsimile: (972) 577-6085

	 	Facsimile: (972) 577-6085
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Thompson & Knight LLP
	 

	 	1700 Pacific Avenue
	 

	 	Suite 3300
	 

	 	Dallas, Texas 75201
	 

	 	Attn: Michael C. Titens
	 

	 	Facsimile: (214) 880-3159
	 
	 	 
	If to the Companies:

	 	With copies to:
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	J.J. Wild, Inc.

	 	Archstone Law Group, P.C.
	120 Royall Street

	 	245 Winter Street, Suite 400
	Canton, MA 02021

	 	Waltham, MA 02451-8709
	Attn: Salvatore Lanuto, Chief Executive Officer

	 	Attn: Stephen R. Conlin
	Facsimile: (781) 575-1109

	 	Facsimile: (781) 314-0101

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	 	If post-Closing, to Buyer (as
set forth above)
	 
	 	 
	if to Stockholders, to the Stockholder Representative:

	 	with copies to:
	 
	 	 
	JJW Distribution Services, LLC

	 	Pepper Hamilton, LLC
	c/o Advent International Corporation

	 	3000 Two Logan Square
	75 State Street

	 	Eighteenth and Arch Streets
	Boston, MA 02109

	 	Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
	Attn: Leigh Michl

	 	Attn: Julia D. Corelli, Esquire
	Facsimile: (617) 951-0566

	 	Facsimile: (215) 689-4633
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	The Series A Investors (as set
forth below)
	 
	 	 
	If to a Series A Investor, or to Advent International, to:

	 	with copies to:
	 

	 	Pepper Hamilton LLP
	c/o Advent International Corporation

	 	3000 Two Logan Square
	75 State Street

	 	Eighteenth and Arch Streets
	Boston, MA 02109

	 	Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
	Attn: Leigh Michl

	 	Attn: Julia D. Corelli, Esquire
	Facsimile: (617) 951-0566

	 	Facsimile: (215) 981-4750

Any such notice or other communication will be deemed to have been given and received (whether
actually received or not) on the day it is personally delivered or delivered by courier or
overnight delivery service or sent by facsimile or, if mailed, when actually received.

     10.3. Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. If attorneys’ fees or other costs are incurred to secure
performance of any obligations under this Agreement, or to establish damages for the breach thereof
or to obtain any other appropriate relief, whether by way of prosecution or defense, the Prevailing
Party will be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection
therewith.

     10.4. Further Assurances. Each party agrees to execute any and all documents and to perform
such other acts as may be necessary or expedient to further the purposes of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     10.5. Brokers. Each party to this Agreement represents to the other parties that it has not
incurred and will not incur any liability for brokers’ or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement other than the
fee owed by the Companies to Covington Associates LLC. Each party to this Agreement agrees that it
will indemnify and hold harmless the other parties, without regard to the limitations set forth in
Article IX, against any claim for brokerage and finders’ fees or agents’ commissions in connection
with the negotiation or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this

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Agreement, including, the Stockholders holding Buyer and the Companies harmless for the fees
owed by the Companies.

     10.6. Counterparts; Facsimiles. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts
for the convenience of the parties, each of which shall be deemed an original (including copies
sent to a party by facsimile or e-mail) as against the party signing such counterpart, but which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures transmitted via facsimile or
e-mail shall be considered authentic and binding.

     10.7. Interpretation. The article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are solely
for the purpose of reference, are not part of the agreement of the parties and will not in any way
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. References in this Agreement to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits, and Schedules are to the Articles, Sections, Exhibits, and Schedules of this
Agreement unless the context requires otherwise.

     10.8. Successors and Assigns; Assignment. This Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit
of the parties named in this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns. Neither this
Agreement nor any of the rights, interests, or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned or
delegated by any of Sellers or Buyer without the prior written consent of the other parties and any
purported assignment or delegation will be null and void; except that Merger Sub may assign its
rights under this Agreement to PSC or any direct or indirect subsidiary of PSC. This Agreement is
not intended to confer any rights or benefits on any Person other than the parties to this
Agreement, and to the extent provided in Article IX, the Buyer Parties and the Stockholder Parties.

     10.9. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Schedules), the Transaction Documents,
and the related documents contained as Exhibits to this Agreement or expressly contemplated by this
Agreement and the confidentiality agreement entered into by or on behalf of Buyer and the Companies
in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby, dated March 13, 2007 (the “Confidentiality
Agreement”) contain the entire understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter of
this Agreement and supersede all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be
modified or amended except in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought and,
for modification and amendments made after the Closing, signed by the Stockholder Representative.
The Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into and made a
part of this Agreement for all purposes.

     10.10. Specific Performance. The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the failure of any
party to perform its agreements and covenants under this Agreement, including its failure to take
all required actions on its part necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, will cause irreparable injury to the other parties for which damages, even if available,
will not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, each party hereby consents to the issuance of
injunctive relief by any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance of such party’s
obligations and to the granting by any court of the remedy of specific performance of its
obligations under this Agreement.

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     10.11. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed and interpreted in
accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any
conflicts of law rule or principle that might require the application of the laws of another
jurisdiction.

     10.12. Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT ALL ACTIONS, SUITS, OR OTHER PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT (OTHER THAN THE ESCROW AGREEMENT) SHALL BE TRIED AND
LITIGATED IN STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WHICH COURTS
SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, CONTROVERSIES AND
DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT (OTHER THAN
THE ESCROW AGREEMENT).

     Each of the parties hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the federal and state
courts located in the City of Wilmington, Delaware in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of
this Agreement or any Transaction Document, agrees to accept service of legal process pursuant to
Section 10.2 in any such action, suit or proceeding, and hereby waives, and agrees not to
assert, as a defense in any such action, suit or proceeding that it is not subject thereto or that
such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in said location or
courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement or any such
Transaction Document may not be enforced in such location or by said courts.

     10.13. Drafting. Neither this Agreement nor any provision contained in this Agreement will be
interpreted in favor of or against any party hereto because such party or its legal counsel drafted
this Agreement or such provision.

     10.14.
Usage. Where appropriate, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine
shall include the feminine and the neuter, and vice versa. The term “or” will not be interpreted
as excluding any of the items described. The term “include” or any derivative of such term does
not mean that the items following such term are the only types of such items.

     10.15. Partial Invalidity. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but in case any one
or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement will, for any reason, be held to be invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such provision will be ineffective to the extent, but
only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability without invalidating the
remainder of such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions or any other
provisions of this Agreement, unless such a construction would be unreasonable.

     10.16. Stockholder Representative.

     (a) By the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Stockholder hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints JJW Distribution Services, LLC as the true and lawful
agent and attorney-in-fact of such Stockholder with full powers of substitution to

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act in the name, place and stead thereof with respect to the performance on behalf of
such Stockholder under the terms and provisions of this Agreement, as the same may be from
time to time amended, and to do or refrain from doing all such further acts and things, and
to execute all such documents on behalf of the Stockholders, if any, as the Stockholder
Representative shall deem necessary or appropriate in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement, including:

     (i) to agree upon or compromise any matter related to the calculation of any
purchase price or other adjustments, under this Agreement;

     (ii) to direct the distribution of the Merger Consideration;

     (iii) to act for the Stockholders with respect to all indemnification matters
referred to in this Agreement, including the right to compromise on behalf of the
Stockholders any indemnification claim made by or against the Stockholders, if any;

     (iv) to act for the Stockholders with respect to all post-Closing matters
including to consent to the payment of funds in the Escrow to Buyer and/or to
petition the Escrow Agent for the release of any or all funds due the Stockholders
under the Escrow Agreement;

     (v) to terminate, amend, or waive any provision of this Agreement; provided
that any such action, if material to the rights and obligations of the Stockholders
in the reasonable judgment of the Stockholder Representative, shall be taken in the
same manner with respect to all the Stockholders unless otherwise agreed by each of
the Stockholders who is subject to any disparate treatment of a potentially adverse
nature;

     (vi) to employ and obtain the advice of legal counsel, accountants and other
professional advisors as the Stockholder Representative, in his sole discretion,
deems necessary or advisable in the performance of his duties as the Stockholder
Representative and to rely on their advice and counsel;

     (vii) to retain a portion of the Merger Consideration as a reserve against the
payment of expenses incurred in his capacity as the Stockholder Representative;

     (viii) to sign any releases or other documents with respect to and dispute or
remedy arising under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents; and

     (ix) to do or refrain from doing any further act or deed on behalf of the
Stockholders which the Stockholder Representative deems necessary or appropriate in
his sole discretion relating to the subject matter of this Agreement as fully and
completely as any of the Stockholders could do if personally present and acting.

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     (b) The appointment of the Stockholder Representative shall be deemed coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable, and any other Person may conclusively and absolutely
rely, without inquiry, upon any actions of the Stockholder Representative as the acts of the
Stockholders hereunder in all matters referred to in this Agreement. Each of the
Stockholders hereby ratifies and confirms all that the Stockholder Representative shall do
or cause to be done by virtue of such Stockholder Representative’s appointment as
Stockholder Representative of the Stockholders. The Stockholder Representative shall act
for the Stockholders on all of the matters set forth in this Agreement in the manner the
Stockholder Representative believes to be in the best interest of the Stockholders but the
Stockholder Representative shall not be responsible to the Companies nor any of the
Stockholders for any loss or damage that the Companies or any of the Stockholders may suffer
by reason of the performance by the Stockholder Representative of such Stockholder
Representative’s duties under this Agreement and any other agreement appointing such
Stockholder Representative, other than loss or damage arising from willful misconduct or
fraud in the performance of such Stockholder Representative’s duties under this Agreement.

     (c) By his, her or its approval of this Agreement, each of the Stockholders hereunder
hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that any Person shall be entitled to rely on any
and all action taken by the Stockholder Representative under this Agreement without
liability to, or obligation to inquire of, any of the Stockholders. If the Stockholder
Representative resigns or ceases to function in such capacity for any reason whatsoever,
which, it is acknowledged, the Stockholder Representative may do at any time or for any
reason, then the successor Stockholder Representative shall be selected by a
majority-in-interest of the Stockholders (based on their Pro Rata Portions). The
Stockholders do hereby jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold the Stockholder
Representative harmless from and against any and all Loss (including without limitation
attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred or suffered as a result of the performance of such
Stockholder Representative’s duties under this Agreement, except for any such Loss arising
out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Stockholder Representative.

     (d) The persons authorized to act on behalf of the Stockholder Representative shall be
Leigh Michl, Michael Pehl, and any other person designated by either of them (or designated
by such designee). Buyer may act in reliance upon any instructions, notice, certification,
consent, authorization or other communication believed by it in good faith to be genuine and
to be signed or made on behalf of the Stockholder Representative by a proper person, and
Buyer shall not be liable to any Person in connection with the taking of any action or any
failure to take any action in accordance with the foregoing.

     (e) The Stockholder Representative shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred
in the performance of its duties (including the reasonable fees of counsel), and up to
$50,000 of such expenses and fees shall be paid out of the Escrow pursuant to the terms of
the Escrow Agreement; provided that such $50,000 limit shall in no way limit the Stockholder
Representative’s right to indemnification under this Section 10.16; and provided,
further, that the Stockholder Representative shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses
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the reasonable
fees of counsel) in excess of such $50,000 limit (to the extent not otherwise
reimbursed), and shall be entitled to receive such amount, at its option, either (i) out of
any portion of the Escrow that would otherwise be released and paid to the Stockholders
pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement and only at the time of such release, or (ii)
by contribution, pro-rata, from each of the Stockholders as and at the time such expense is
incurred. Provision being made for any such expenses shall be a condition to any requirement
for the Stockholder Representative to take any action on behalf of the Stockholders.

     10.17. Joinder of Stockholders. The Stockholders are executing this Agreement (or executing a
Joinder Agreement hereto) solely for the purpose of agreeing to the provisions of Article
I, Article IV, Sections 6.4, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 6.11, 6.14, 6.15, 6.17 (Common
Stockholders only), and 6.20 (Common Stockholders only), Article IX (including
Exhibit F), and Sections 10.2, 10.3, and 10.5 through 10.17.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	BUYER:	 	PEROT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EAGLE DELAWARE CORP.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	COMPANIES:	 	J.J. WILD HOLDINGS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	J.J. WILD, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	STOCKHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE:	 	JJW DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

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	STOCKHOLDERS:	 	COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Richard D. Fitzpatrick
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Salvatore Lanuto
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	John J. Wild, Jr.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WILD FAMILY FOUNDATION
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	James J. Fitzgerald
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Daniel Ginsburg
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	William Seibel

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PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	DIGITAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS III LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 	 	DIGITAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS III-A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 	 	DIGITAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS III-B LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 	 	DIGITAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS III-C LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 	 	DIGITAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS III-D C.V.
	 	 	DIGITAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS III-E C.V.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Advent International Limited Partnership, General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	 	ADVENT PARTNERS DMC III LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 	 	ADVENT PARTNERS II-A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	 	ADVENT PARTNERS III LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Advent International LLC, General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	 	BROOKE PRIVATE EQUITY ADVISORS FUND I (D), L.P.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Brooke private Equity Advisors, L.P., General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	 	 	 	By:	 	Brooke Private Equity Management LLC, General Partner
	 

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Exhibit 10.1

October 30, 2007

Harman International Industries, Incorporated

1101 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 1010

Washington, D.C. 20004

Trade Reference Number: NY54751

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The purpose of this letter agreement (this “Confirmation”) is to confirm the terms and
conditions of the Transaction entered into between Bear, Stearns International Limited (the
“Seller”), and Harman International Industries, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the
“Purchaser”), on the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”). This Confirmation constitutes
a “Confirmation” as referred to in the Agreement specified below.

     This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between the Seller and the
Purchaser as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation
shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA
Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if the Seller and the Purchaser had executed an agreement in
such form (but without any Schedule except for the election of the laws of the State of New York as
the governing law) on the Trade Date. In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of the
Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction
to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the
Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

     Section 1.01 . Definitions. (a) As used in this Confirmation, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:

     “10b-18 VWAP” means, (A) for any Trading Day described in clause (x) of the definition of
Trading Day hereunder, the volume-weighted average price at which the Common Stock trades as
reported in the composite transactions for the Exchange (or, if applicable, the Successor Exchange
on which the Common Stock has been listed in accordance with Section 7.01(c)), on such Trading Day,
excluding (i) trades that do not settle regular way, (ii) opening (regular way) reported trades in
the consolidated system on such Trading Day, (iii) trades that occur in the last ten minutes before
the scheduled close of the primary trading session on the Exchange (or, as applicable, the
Successor Exchange) on such Trading Day and ten minutes before the scheduled close of the primary
trading in the market where the trade is effected, and (iv) trades on such Trading Day that do not
satisfy the requirements of Rule 10b-18(b)(3), as determined in good faith by the Calculation
Agent, or (B) for any Trading Day that is described in clause (y) of the definition of Trading Day
hereunder, an amount determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent as 10b-18 VWAP. The
Purchaser acknowledges that the Seller may refer to the Bloomberg Page “HAR.N <Equity> AQR
SEC” (or any successor thereto), in its judgment, for such Trading Day to determine the 10b-18
VWAP.

     “Additional Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.

     “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of this Confirmation.

     “Affected Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement.

     “Affected Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement.

     “Affiliated Purchaser” means any “affiliated purchaser” (as such term is defined in Rule
10b-18(a)(3)) of the Purchaser.

 

 

     “Alternative Termination Delivery Unit” means (i) in the case of a Termination Event (other
than a Potential Merger Event or Nationalization) or Event of Default (as defined in the
Agreement), one share of Common Stock and (ii) in the case of a Potential Merger Event or
Nationalization, a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a
holder of one share of Common Stock in such Potential Merger Event or Nationalization; provided
that if such Potential Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders of
the Common Stock, an Alternative Termination Delivery Unit shall be deemed to include the amount of
cash received by a holder who had elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash as
consideration for his shares.

     “Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.07.

     “Business Day” means any day on which the Exchange is open for trading.

     “Calculation Agent” means the Seller.

     “Capped Delivery Shares” means, for any date, (i) 18,750,000 shares of Common Stock minus (ii)
the number of shares of Common Stock delivered by the Seller to the Purchaser in respect of this
Transaction on or prior to such date, subject to appropriate adjustments pursuant to Section 8.01.

     “Cash Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.06.

     “Cash Distribution Amount” means, for any “Reference Period” set forth in Section 7.01(f), the
amount specified in Section 7.01(f) for such Reference Period.

     “Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01 subject to adjustment in accordance
with Section 8.02(a).

     “Communications Procedures” has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto.

     “Confirmation” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this letter agreement.

     “Contract Period” means the period commencing on and including the Trade Date and ending on
and including the date all payments or deliveries of shares of Common Stock or Alternative
Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 7.03 have been made.

     “De-Listing” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c).

     “Determination” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03.

     “Distribution Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(f).

     “Early Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement.

     “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement.

     “Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange, or, if the New York Stock Exchange ceases to be
the principal market for the Common Stock (other than through circumstances resulting in
designation of a Successor Exchange), the principal market for the Common Stock, or any Successor
Exchange.

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “Expected Trading Day” has the meaning set forth in Schedule A hereto.

     “Extraordinary Cash Dividend” means a cash dividend or distribution, or a portion thereof,
declared by the Purchaser on shares of Common Stock that is classified by the board of directors of
the Purchaser, in good faith

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without reference to this Transaction, as an “extraordinary” dividend, expressed on a per
share of Common Stock basis.

     “Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02.

     “Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02.

     “Initial Purchase Commission” means the amount specified as such in Schedule B hereto.

     “Initial Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

     “Initial Settlement Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

     “Issuer” means the Purchaser, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8.02(a).

     “Maximum Delivery Shares” means, for any date, (i) 62,500,000 shares of Common Stock, minus
(ii) the net number of shares of Common Stock delivered by the Purchaser to the Seller in respect
of this Transaction on or prior to such date, plus (iii) the net number of shares of Common Stock
delivered by the Seller to the Purchaser in respect of this Transaction on or prior to such date,
subject to appropriate adjustments pursuant to Section 8.01.

     “Merger Event” means, in respect of any relevant Common Stock, (i) reclassification or change
of such Common Stock that results in a transfer of all of such Common Stock outstanding to another
entity or person, (ii) consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange of the
Purchaser with or into another entity or person (other than a consolidation, amalgamation, merger
or binding share exchange in which the Purchaser is the continuing entity and which does not result
in a reclassification or change of all of such Common Stock outstanding).

     “Nationalization” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(d).

     “New Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a).

     “Number of Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

     “Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02.

     “Payment Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

     “Private Placement Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto.

     “Private Placement Price” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto.

     “Private Placement Procedures” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto.

     “Private Securities” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto.

     “Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Confirmation.

     “Reference Period” means, for any corresponding “Cash Distribution Amount” specified in
Section 7.01(f), the period specified as such in Section 7.01(f) for such Cash Distribution Amount.

     “Regulation M” means Regulation M under the Exchange and Securities Acts.

     “Rule 10b-5” means Rule 10b-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule
thereto).

     “Rule 10b5-1” means Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule
thereto)

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     “Rule 10b-18” means Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule
thereto).

     “Scheduled Trading Day” means each Scheduled Trading Day specified as such in Schedule A
hereto.

     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     “Seller” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereto.

     “Seller Payment Share Purchase Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Seller Termination Share Purchase Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03.

     “Settlement Amount” means an amount equal to (i) the Valuation Price minus (ii) the Initial
Purchase Price.

     “Settlement Commission” means the amount specified as such in Schedule B hereto.

     “Settlement Date” means the third Business Day following the Valuation Completion Date;
provided, however, that if the Purchaser elects pursuant to Section 3.01(b) to deliver Payment
Shares, the Settlement Date shall be the Trading Day immediately following the day on which the
Seller informs the Purchaser, pursuant to Annex A hereto, of the number of Payment Shares required
to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(b).

     “Share De-listing Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c).

     “Successor Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c).

     “Termination Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

     “Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement.

     “Termination Notice Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

     “Termination Price” means the value of an Alternative Termination Delivery Unit to the Seller
(determined as provided in Annex A hereto).

     “Termination Settlement Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(a).

     “Trade Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

     “Trading Day” means (x) a Scheduled Trading Day during which (i) trading of any securities of
the Purchaser on any national securities exchange has not been suspended, (ii) there has not been,
in the Seller’s judgment, a material limitation in the trading of Common Stock or any options
contract or futures contract related to the Common Stock, and (iii) there has been no suspension
pursuant to Section 4.02 of this Confirmation, or (y) a Scheduled Trading Day that, notwithstanding
the occurrence of events contemplated in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this definition, the
Calculation Agent reasonably determines to be a Trading Day.

     “Transaction” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Confirmation.

     “Valuation Completion Date” means the 50th Trading Day following the Trade Date.

     “Valuation Period” means the period comprising every Trading Day commencing on and including
the first Trading Day following the Trade Date and ending on and including the Valuation Completion
Date.

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     “Valuation Price” means the product of (i) the Number of Shares and (ii) the arithmetic
average of the 10b-18 VWAP for each of the Trading Days in the Valuation Period minus the VWAP
Discount, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole reasonable judgment.

     “VWAP Discount” means the amount specified as such in Schedule B hereto.

ARTICLE 2

Purchase of the Stock

     Section 2.01 . Purchase of the Stock. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Confirmation, the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Seller, and the Seller agrees to sell to
the Purchaser, on October 30, 2007 or on such other Business Day as the Purchaser and the Seller
shall otherwise agree (the “Trade Date”), 2,984,718 shares (the “Number of Shares”) of the
Purchaser’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), for a purchase price equal to
the product of $83.76 and the Number of Shares (the “Initial Purchase Price”); provided that if the
Seller is unable to borrow or otherwise acquire in conjunction with an economically short position
on customary terms a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Number of Shares for delivery to
the Purchaser on the Initial Settlement Date, the Number of Shares shall be reduced to such number
of shares of Common Stock as the Seller is able to borrow on customary terms or otherwise acquire
in conjunction with an economically short position on customary terms. The Initial Purchase Price
shall be subject to adjustment and such adjusted amounts will be payable as provided in Article 3
hereof.

     Section 2.02 . Delivery and Payments. On the first Business Day immediately following the
Trade Date (such day, the “Initial Settlement Date”), the Seller shall deliver the Number of Shares
to the Purchaser, upon payment by the Purchaser of (i) an amount equal to the Initial Purchase
Price to the Seller and (ii) the Initial Purchase Commission to the Seller, in connection with the
Purchaser’s purchase of the Number of Shares. Such delivery and payment shall be effected in
accordance with the Seller’s customary procedures.

     Section 2.03 . Conditions to Seller’s Obligations. The Seller’s obligation to deliver the
Number of Shares to the Purchaser on the Initial Settlement Date is subject to the condition that
the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in the Agreement and herein shall be true
and correct as of the date hereof and the Initial Settlement Date.

ARTICLE 3

Adjustment of Initial Purchase Price

     Section 3.01 . Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) As an adjustment to the Initial Purchase
Price,

          (i) if the Settlement Amount is greater than zero, the Purchaser shall pay to the
Seller such Settlement Amount in the manner provided in clause (c) or (e), as the case may
be, of this Section 3.01; or

          (ii) if the Settlement Amount is less than zero, the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser
the absolute value of such Settlement Amount in the manner provided in clause (d) or (e), as
the case may be, of this Section 3.01.

     (b) Payment of the Settlement Amount shall be in cash or validly issued shares of Common Stock
(“Payment Shares”), as the Purchaser shall elect, which binding election shall be made no later
than the second Business Day following the Valuation Completion Date and communicated to the Seller
in writing; provided that if the Purchaser fails to make such an election in the manner
contemplated hereunder, the Purchaser shall be deemed to have elected settlement in cash; and
provided further that the Purchaser shall not have the right to elect delivery of the Settlement
Amount or receipt of the absolute value of the Settlement Amount in Payment Shares pursuant to this
Section 3.01 if:

          (i) the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser to the Seller in Section
5.01 are not true and correct in all material respects as of the date the Purchaser makes
such election; or

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          (ii) in the event the Settlement Amount shall be payable by the Purchaser to the
Seller, the Purchaser has taken any action that would make unavailable either (A) the
exemption set forth in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the sale of any Payment Shares
by the Purchaser to the Seller or (B) an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act reasonably acceptable to the Seller for resales of Payment Shares by the
Seller.

     For the avoidance of doubt, upon the Purchaser’s making an election to receive or to deliver
Payment Shares pursuant to this Section 3.01(b), the Purchaser shall be deemed to make the
representations and warranties in Section 5.01 hereof as if made on the date of the Purchaser’s
election.

     (c) Subject to Section 3.01(b), if the Settlement Amount shall be payable by the Purchaser to
the Seller:

          (i) Notwithstanding any election by the Purchaser to make payment in Payment Shares, at
any time prior to the time the Seller (or any affiliate of the Seller) has contracted to
resell such Payment Shares, the Purchaser may deliver in lieu of such Payment Shares an
amount in cash equal to the Settlement Amount, in the manner set forth in Section 3.01(e).

          (ii) If the Purchaser elects to pay any Settlement Amount in Payment Shares, then on
the Settlement Date, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller a number of Payment Shares
equal to the quotient of (A) such Settlement Amount divided by (B) the Private Placement
Price (determined in accordance with the Private Placement Procedures contained in Annex A
hereto).

     (d) Subject to Section 3.01(b), if the absolute value of the Settlement Amount shall be
payable by the Seller to the Purchaser and the Purchaser elects to receive the absolute value of
the Settlement Amount in Payment Shares, then (i) the Seller shall, beginning on the first Trading
Day following the later of (A) the Valuation Completion Date or (B) the date that Purchaser
communicates its election to the Seller, continuing on each succeeding Trading Day and ending on
the Trading Day when the Seller shall have satisfied its obligations under this clause (d) (the
“Seller Payment Share Purchase Period”), purchase (subject to the provisions of Section 4.01 and
Section 4.02 hereof) shares of Common Stock with an aggregate value equal to such Settlement Amount
(which value shall, for each such share, be deemed to equal (x) 10b-18 VWAP on the Trading Day on
which such share was purchased by the Seller plus (y) the Settlement Commission and which for the
avoidance of doubt shall not be determined on the basis of the Seller’s actual purchase price) and
(ii) the Seller shall deliver such shares of Common Stock to the Purchaser on the settlement dates
relating to such purchases.

     (e) If the Purchaser elects to receive the absolute value of the Settlement Amount or to pay
the Settlement Amount in cash, then payment of such Settlement Amount shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately available U.S. dollar funds on the Settlement Date.

     Section 3.02 . Private Placement Procedures. If the Purchaser elects to deliver Payment
Shares pursuant to Section 3.01(b) or elects to deliver Alternative Termination Delivery Units
pursuant to Section 7.02(a), the Private Placement Procedures contained in Annex A hereto shall
apply.

     Section 3.03 . Continuing Obligation to Deliver Shares. (a) If at any time, as a result of
provisions limiting deliveries of shares of Common Stock to the number of Maximum Delivery Shares,
the Purchaser fails to deliver to the Seller any shares of Common Stock, the Purchaser shall, to
the extent that the Purchaser has at any time thereafter authorized but unissued shares of Common
Stock not reserved for other purposes, promptly notify the Seller thereof and deliver to the Seller
a number of shares of Common Stock not previously delivered as a result of such provisions.

     (b) The Purchaser agrees to use its best efforts to cause the number of authorized but
unissued shares of Common Stock to be increased, if necessary, to an amount sufficient to permit
the Purchaser to fulfill its obligations under this Section 3.03.

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ARTICLE 4

Market Transactions

     Section 4.01 . Transactions by the Seller. (a) The parties agree and acknowledge that:

          (i) During the Valuation Period, any Seller Payment Share Purchase Period and any
Seller Termination Share Purchase Period, the Seller (or its agent or affiliate) may effect
transactions in shares of Common Stock in connection with this Confirmation. The timing of
such transactions by the Seller, the price paid or received per share of Common Stock
pursuant to such transactions and the manner in which such transactions are made, including,
without limitation, whether such transactions are made on any securities exchange, through
any interdealer quotation system or alternative trading system or privately, shall be within
the sole judgment of the Seller; provided that the Seller shall use good faith efforts to
make all purchases of Common Stock in a manner that would comply with the limitations set
forth in clauses (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4) and (c) of Rule 10b-18 as if such rule were
applicable to such purchases.

          (ii) The Purchaser shall, at least one day prior to the first day of the Valuation
Period, notify the Seller of the total number of shares of Common Stock purchased in Rule
10b-18 purchases of blocks pursuant to the once-a-week block exception set forth in Rule
10b-18(b)(4) by or for the Purchaser or any of its Affiliated Purchasers during each of the
four calendar weeks preceding such day and during the calendar week in which such day occurs
(“Rule 10b-18 purchase” and “blocks” each being used as defined in Rule 10b-18), which
notice shall be substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.

     (b) The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (i) all transactions effected pursuant to
Section 4.01 hereunder shall be made in the Seller’s sole judgment and for the Seller’s own account
and (ii) the Purchaser does not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any influence over how,
when or whether to effect such transactions, including, without limitation, the price paid or
received per share of Common Stock pursuant to such transactions or whether such transactions are
made on any securities exchange, through any interdealer quotation system or alternative trading
system or privately. It is the intent of the Seller and the Purchaser that this Transaction comply
with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) and that this Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply
with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i) and the Seller shall take no action that results in
the Transaction not so complying with such requirements.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, the Purchaser acknowledges
and agrees that, on any day, the Seller shall not be obligated to deliver or receive any shares of
Common Stock to or from the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall not be entitled to receive any shares
of Common Stock from the Seller on such day, to the extent (but only to the extent) that either
immediately before or after such transactions the Seller’s ultimate parent entity would directly or
indirectly beneficially own (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act) at any time on such day in excess of 4.0% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Any
purported receipt of shares of Common Stock shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but
only to the extent) that after any receipt of such shares of Common Stock the Seller’s ultimate
parent entity would directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of 4.0% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock. If, on any day, any delivery or receipt of shares of Common Stock by the
Seller is not effected, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, the Seller’s and
Purchaser’s respective obligations to make or accept such receipt or delivery shall not be
extinguished and such receipt or delivery shall be effected over time as promptly as the Seller
determines, in the reasonable determination of the Seller, that after such receipt or immediately
prior to such delivery its ultimate parent entity would not directly or indirectly beneficially own
in excess of 4.0% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

     Section 4.02 . Adjustment of Transaction for Securities Laws. (a) If, based on the advice of
counsel, Seller reasonably determines that, on any Trading Day, Seller’s trading activity in order
to manage its economic hedge in respect of the Transaction would not be advisable in respect of
applicable securities laws, then Seller may extend the Valuation Completion Date, modify the
Valuation Period (subject to the penultimate sentence of Section 8.01), or otherwise adjust the
terms of the Transaction in its good faith reasonable discretion to ensure Seller’s compliance with
such laws and to preserve the fair value of the Transaction to the Seller. For the purposes of
this section, the fair value of the Transaction to the Seller shall be determined solely in
accordance with Section 8.03 of this

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Confirmation. The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of the exercise of the Seller’s rights
pursuant to this Section 4.02(a) upon such exercise.

     (b) The Purchaser agrees that, during the Contract Period, neither the Purchaser nor any of
its affiliates or agents shall make any distribution (as defined in Regulation M) of Common Stock,
or any security for which the Common Stock is a reference security (as defined in Regulation M) or
take any other action that would, in the view of the Seller, preclude purchases by the Seller of
the Common Stock or cause the Seller to violate any law, rule or regulation with respect to such
purchases.

     Section 4.03 . Purchases of Common Stock by the Purchaser. During the Contract Period,
without the prior written consent of the Seller, the Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its
affiliates and affiliated purchasers (each as defined in Rule 10b-18) not to, directly or
indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of a derivative instrument) purchase, offer to
purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender
offer relating to, any shares of Common Stock (or equivalent interest, including a unit of
beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a depository share) or any security
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock except for the other accelerated share
repurchase transaction entered into by the Purchaser on the date hereof; provided, however, that
without the prior written consent of the Seller, (x) non-10b-18 purchases which comply with the
provisions of Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(ii) may be effected for an issuer plan by an agent independent of
the Purchaser; (y) the Purchaser’s affiliates who are not “affiliated purchasers” under Rule 10b-18
may make purchases pursuant to the exercise of stock options under the Purchaser’s 1992 Incentive
Plan and 2002 Stock Option and Incentive Plan; and (z) the Purchaser may continue to purchase
shares of Common Stock pursuant to its previously announced stock buyback program, so long as (i)
on any Scheduled Trading Day such purchases are conducted solely through the same broker or dealer
used by the Seller in effecting purchases of Common Stock in connection with this Confirmation;
(ii) on any Trading Day during the Valuation Period, such purchases do not exceed 5% of the ADTV
(as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(1)) on such Trading Day, and (iii) such purchases otherwise comply
with other provisions of Rule 10b-18 and other applicable laws, rules and regulations.

ARTICLE 5

Representations, Warranties and Agreements

     Section 5.01 . Repeated Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Purchaser. The
Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Seller, on the date hereof and on any
date pursuant to which the Purchaser makes an election to receive or deliver Payment Shares
pursuant to Section 3.01 or Alternative Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 7.03, that:

     (a) Disclosure; Compliance with Laws. The reports and other documents filed by the Issuer
with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act when considered as a whole (with the more recent such
reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports
and documents), do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. The Purchaser is not in
possession of any material nonpublic information regarding the Issuer or the Common Stock.

     (b) Rule 10b5-1. The Purchaser acknowledges that (i) the Purchaser does not have, and shall
not attempt to exercise, any influence over how, when or whether to effect purchases of Common
Stock by the Seller (or its agent or affiliate) in connection with this Confirmation and (ii) the
Purchaser is entering into the Agreement and this Confirmation in good faith and not as part of a
plan or scheme to evade compliance with federal securities laws including, without limitation, Rule
10b-5. The Purchaser also acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification, waiver or
termination of this Confirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the
amendment or termination of a “plan” as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c). Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be made in good
faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5, and no
amendment, modification or waiver shall be made at any time at which the Purchaser or any officer
or director of the Purchaser is aware of any material nonpublic information regarding the Issuer or
the Common Stock.

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     (c) Nature of Shares Delivered. Any shares of Common Stock or Alternative Termination
Delivery Units delivered to the Seller pursuant to this Confirmation, when delivered, shall have
been duly authorized and shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of
preemptive or similar rights, and such delivery shall pass title thereto free and clear of any
liens or encumbrances.

     (d) No Manipulation. The Purchaser is not entering into this Confirmation to create actual or
apparent trading activity in the Common Stock (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock) or to manipulate the price of the Common Stock (or any security convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock).

     (e) Regulation M. The Issuer is not engaged in a distribution, as such term is used in
Regulation M, that would preclude purchases by the Purchaser or the Seller of the Common Stock or
cause the Seller to violate any law, rule or regulation with respect to such purchases.

     (f) Board Authorization. The Purchaser is entering into this Transaction in connection with
its share repurchase program, which was approved by its board of directors and publicly disclosed,
solely for the purposes stated in such board resolution and public disclosure. There is no
internal policy of the Purchaser, whether written or oral, that would prohibit the Purchaser from
entering into any aspect of this Transaction, including, but not limited to, the purchases of
shares of Common Stock to be made pursuant hereto.

     (g) Due Authorization and Good Standing. The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. This Confirmation
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchaser and (assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by the Seller) constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of
the Purchaser. The Purchaser has all corporate power to enter into this Confirmation and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to purchase the Common Stock and deliver any
Payment Shares in accordance with the terms hereof.

     (h) Certain Transactions. There has not been any public announcement (as defined in Rule
165(f) under the Securities Act) of any merger, acquisition, or similar transaction involving a
recapitalization relating to the Issuer that would fall within the scope of Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(iv).

     Section 5.02 . Initial Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Purchaser. The
Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Seller, as of the date hereof, that:

     (a) Solvency. The assets of the Purchaser at their fair valuation exceed the liabilities of
the Purchaser, including contingent liabilities; the capital of the Purchaser is adequate to
conduct the business of the Purchaser and the Purchaser has the ability to pay its debts and
obligations as such debts mature and does not intend to, or does not believe that it will, incur
debts beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.

     (b) Required Filings. The Purchaser has made, and will use its reasonable best efforts to
make, all filings required to be made by it with the SEC, any securities exchange or any other
regulatory body with respect to the Transaction contemplated hereby.

     (c) No Conflict. The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of, and the performance by the
Purchaser of its obligations under, this Confirmation and the consummation of the transactions
herein contemplated do not conflict with or violate (i) any provision of the certificate of
incorporation, by-laws or other constitutive documents of the Purchaser, (ii) any statute or order,
rule, regulation or judgment of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
the Purchaser or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or (iii) any contractual
restriction binding on or affecting the Purchaser or any of its subsidiaries or any of its assets.

     (d) Consents. All governmental and other consents that are required to have been obtained by
the Purchaser with respect to performance, execution and delivery of this Confirmation have been
obtained and are in full force and effect and all conditions of any such consents have been
complied with.

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     (e) Investment Company Act. The Purchaser is not and, after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated in this Confirmation, will not be required to register as an “investment company” as
such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     (f) Commodity Exchange Act. The Purchaser is an “eligible contract participant”, as such term
is defined in Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

     Section 5.03 . Additional Representations, Warranties and Agreements. The Purchaser and the
Seller represent and warrant to, and agree with, each other that:

     (a) Non-Reliance. Each party has entered into this Transaction solely in reliance on its own
judgment. Neither party has any fiduciary obligation to the other party relating to this
Transaction. In addition, neither party has held itself out as advising, or has held out any of
its employees or agents as having the authority to advise, the other party as to whether or not the
other party should enter into this Transaction, any subsequent actions relating to this Transaction
or any other matters relating to this Transaction. Neither party shall have any responsibility or
liability whatsoever in respect of any advice of this nature given, or views expressed, by it or
any such persons to the other party relating to this Transaction, whether or not such advice is
given or such views are expressed at the request of the other party. The Purchaser has conducted
its own analysis of the legal, accounting, tax and other implications of this Transaction and
consulted such advisors, accountants and counsel as it has deemed necessary.

     (b) Agency. The Purchaser acknowledges that Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (“BS&C”) has acted as
agent for the Purchaser solely for the purposes of arranging this Transaction with BS&C’s
affiliate, the Seller, and BS&C acted as agent for the Seller (without accepting any liability for
the Seller’s performance or non-performance of the Seller’s obligations under the Transaction) in
connection with the execution of this Confirmation on the Seller’s behalf. This Confirmation is
being provided by BS&C in such capacity. Upon the Purchaser’s written request, BS&C will furnish
the Purchaser with the time at which this Transaction was entered into. The Seller is not a member
of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

     Section 5.04 . Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents and
warrants to the Purchaser that:

     (a) Due Authorization. This Confirmation has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Seller and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Purchaser)
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Seller. The Seller has all corporate
power to enter into this Confirmation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to
deliver the Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.

     (b) Right to Transfer. The Seller will, at the Initial Settlement Date, have the free and
unqualified right to transfer the Number of Shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Seller
pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien,
charge, claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind.

     (c) No Termination Event. No Termination Event with respect to Seller has occurred and is
continuing and no such event or circumstance would occur as a result of its entering into or
performing its obligations under this Confirmation.

     (d) Investment Company Act. Seller is not, and after giving effect to the Transaction
contemplated in this Confirmation, will not be required to register as an “investment company” as
such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     (e) Tax Matters. The Seller is a corporation created or organized under the laws of England
and Wales. Each payment received or to be received by Seller in connection with this Agreement
will not be treated as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States of America by the Seller. The Seller is (A) a “non-U.S. branch of a foreign person” as that
term is used in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) (or any applicable successor
provision) and (B) a “foreign person” as that term is used in U.S.

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Treasury Regulation Section 1.6041-4(a)(4) (or any applicable successor provision). The
Seller is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes.

ARTICLE 6

Additional Covenants

     Section 6.01 . Purchaser’s Further Assurances. The Purchaser hereby agrees with the Seller
that the Purchaser shall cooperate with the Seller, and execute and deliver, or use its reasonable
best efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all such other instruments, and to obtain all
consents, approvals or authorizations of any person, and take all such other actions as the Seller
may reasonably request from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Confirmation, in order
to effectuate the purposes of this Confirmation and the Transaction contemplated hereby.

     Section 6.02 . Purchaser’s Hedging Transactions. The Purchaser hereby agrees with the Seller
that the Purchaser shall not, during the Contract Period, enter into or alter any corresponding or
hedging transaction or position with respect to the Common Stock (including, without limitation,
with respect to any securities convertible or exchangeable into the Common Stock) and agrees not to
alter or deviate from the terms of this Confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt the parties hereto
acknowledge that the entry into the other accelerated share repurchase transaction entered into by
the Purchaser on the date hereof does not fall within the ambit of the preceding sentence.

     Section 6.03 . No Communications. The Purchaser hereby agrees with the Seller that the
Purchaser shall not, directly or indirectly, communicate any information relating to the Common
Stock or this Transaction (including any notices required by Section 6.04) to any employee of the
Seller or BS&C other than as set forth in the Communications Procedures attached as Annex B hereto.

     Section 6.04 . Maximum Deliverable Number of Shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Confirmation, the Purchaser shall not be required to deliver Payment
Shares, or shares of Common Stock or other securities comprising the aggregate Alternative
Termination Delivery Units, in excess of the number of Maximum Delivery Shares, in each case except
to the extent that the Purchaser has available at such time authorized but unissued shares of such
Common Stock or other securities not expressly reserved for any other uses (including, without
limitation, shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options or
convertible debt). The Purchaser shall not permit the sum of (i) the number of Maximum Delivery
Shares plus (ii) the aggregate number of shares expressly reserved for any such other uses, in each
case whether expressed as caps or as numbers of shares reserved or otherwise, to exceed at any time
the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Confirmation, the Seller shall not be required to deliver Payment Shares, or shares of
Common Stock or other securities comprising the aggregate Alternative Termination Delivery Units in
excess of the number of Capped Delivery Shares.

     Section 6.05 . Notice of Certain Transactions. If at any time during the Contract Period,
the Purchaser makes, or expects to be made, or has made, any public announcement (as defined in
Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any merger, acquisition, or similar transaction involving
a recapitalization relating to the Purchaser (other than any such transaction in which the
consideration consists solely of cash and there is no valuation period, or as to which the
completion of such transaction or the completion of the vote by target shareholders has occurred),
then the Purchaser shall (i) notify the Seller prior to the opening of trading in the Common Stock
on any day on which the Purchaser makes, or expects to be made, or has made any such public
announcement, (ii) notify the Seller promptly following any such announcement (or, if later, prior
to the opening of trading in the Common Stock on the first day of any Seller Payment Share Purchase
Period or any Seller Termination Share Payment Period) that such announcement has been made and
(iii) promptly deliver to the Seller following the making of any such announcement (or, if later,
prior to the opening of trading in the Common Stock on the first day of any Seller Payment Share
Purchase Period or any Seller Termination Share Payment Period) a certificate indicating (A) the
Purchaser’s average daily Rule 10b-18 purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full
calendar months preceding the date of such announcement and (B) the Purchaser’s block purchases (as
defined in Rule 10b-18) effected pursuant to paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 10b-18 during the three full
calendar months preceding the date of such announcement. In addition, the Purchaser shall promptly
notify the Seller of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction and the completion
of the vote by target shareholders. Accordingly, the Purchaser

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acknowledges that its actions in relation to any such announcement or transaction must comply
with the standards set forth in Section 6.03.

     Section 6.06 . No Excess Dividends. Purchaser shall not declare any cash dividend or
distribution on shares of Common Stock, including an Extraordinary Cash Dividend (a “Cash
Distribution”), that has an ex-dividend date during the Contract Period, the amount of which,
together with all prior declared Cash Distributions that have an ex-dividend date during the same
Reference Period of the Purchaser, exceeds the Cash Distribution Amount specified in Section
7.01(f) for such Reference Period. The “ex dividend” date will be determined based on the
regular-way settlement procedures of the Exchange with respect to such dividend.

     Section 6.07 . Right to Deliver Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the
Purchaser would otherwise be obligated to pay the Seller any amount in cash in respect of this
Transaction as a result of an event arising outside the Purchaser’s control, the Purchaser shall
have the right to elect to deliver shares of Common Stock without the benefit of a resale
registration statement in lieu of that cash payment; provided that any such election shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 3.01(b), (c) and (e) as if the cash amount payable were the
Settlement Amount and with the election to be made no later than the second Business Day after the
determination of the cash amount that would otherwise be due.

ARTICLE 7

Termination

     Section 7.01 . Additional Termination Events. (a) An Additional Termination Event shall
occur in respect of which the Purchaser is the sole Affected Party and this Transaction is the sole
Affected Transaction if, on any day, the Seller determines, in its sole reasonable judgment, that
it is unable to establish, re-establish or maintain any hedging transactions reasonably necessary
in the normal course of such party’s business of hedging the price and market risk of entering into
and performing under this Transaction, due to market illiquidity, illegality, or lack of
availability of hedging transaction market participants on customary terms.

     (b) An Additional Termination Event shall occur in respect of which the Purchaser is the sole
Affected Party and this Transaction is the sole Affected Transaction if (i) a Share De-listing
Event occurs; (ii) a Potential Merger Event occurs; (iii) a Nationalization occurs, (iv) a
Distribution Termination Event occurs or (v) an event described in paragraph III of Annex B occurs.

     (c) A “Share De-listing Event” means that at any time during the Contract Period, the Common
Stock ceases to be listed, traded or publicly quoted on the Exchange for any reason (other than a
Merger Event, a “De-Listing”) and is not immediately re-listed, traded or quoted as of the date of
such de-listing, on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ
Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors) (such exchange or
quotation system or, if more than one, that which is the principal market for the Common Stock, the
“Successor Exchange”); provided that it shall not constitute an Additional Termination Event if the
Common Stock is immediately re-listed on a Successor Exchange upon its De-Listing from the
Exchange, and the Successor Exchange shall be deemed to be the Exchange for all purposes. In
addition, in such event, the Seller shall make any commercially reasonable adjustments it deems
necessary to the terms of the Transaction.

     (d) A “Potential Merger Event” means the public announcement, including any public
announcement as defined in Rule 165(f) of the Securities Act (by the Purchaser or otherwise) at any
time during the Contract Period of any (i) planned recapitalization, reclassification or change of
the Common Stock that will, if consummated, result in a transfer of more than 20% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock, (ii) planned consolidation, amalgamation, merger or similar
transaction of the Purchaser with or into another entity (other than a consolidation, amalgamation
or merger in which the Purchaser will be the continuing entity and which does not result in any
such recapitalization, reclassification or change of more than 20% of such shares outstanding),
(iii) other takeover offer for the shares of Common Stock that is aimed at resulting in a transfer
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such shares of Common Stock (other than such shares owned or controlled by the offeror) or
(iv) irrevocable commitment to any of the foregoing.

     (e) A “Nationalization” means that all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock or assets of the Purchaser are nationalized, expropriated or are otherwise required to
be transferred to any governmental agency, authority or entity.

     (f) A “Distribution Termination Event” means a declaration by the Purchaser of any Cash
Distribution, that has an ex-dividend date during the Contract Period, the amount of which,
together with all prior Cash Distributions that have an ex-dividend date during the same regular
Reference Period of the Purchaser, exceeds the amount set forth in this Section 7.01(f) for such
regular Reference Period.

	 	 	 
	Cash Distribution Amount	 	Reference Period
	$0.00 per share of Common Stock

	 	Trade Date – October 31, 2007
	$0.0125 per share of Common Stock

	 	November 1, 2007 – January 31, 2008
	$0.0125 per share of Common Stock

	 	February 1, 2008 – April 30, 2008
	$0.0125 per share of Common Stock

	 	May 1, 2008 – July 31, 2008
	$0.00 per share of Common Stock

	 	Any period after August 1, 2008

The “ex dividend” date will be determined based on the regular-way settlement procedures of the
Exchange with respect to such dividend.

     Section 7.02 . Consequences of Additional Termination Events. (a) In the event of the
occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date under the Agreement, cash
settlement, as set forth in Section 7.02(b), shall apply unless the Purchaser (i) elects (which
election shall be binding), in lieu of payment of the amount payable in respect of this Transaction
pursuant to Section 7.02(b) below (the “Termination Amount”), to deliver or to receive Alternative
Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 7.03, and (ii) notifies the Seller of such election
by delivery of written notice to the Seller on the Business Day immediately following the
Purchaser’s receipt of a notice (as required by Section 7.02(b) below) setting forth the amounts
payable by the Purchaser or by the Seller with respect to such Early Termination Date (the date of
such delivery, the “Termination Notice Day”); provided that the Purchaser shall not have the right
to elect the delivery or receipt of the Alternative Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section
7.03 if:

          (i) the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser to the Seller in Section
5.01 are not true and correct as of the date the Seller makes such election, as if made on
such date, or

          (ii) in the event that the Termination Amount is payable by the Purchaser to the
Seller, (A) the Purchaser has taken any action that would make unavailable (x) the exemption
set forth in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, for the sale of any Alternative Termination
Delivery Units by the Purchaser to the Seller or (y) an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act reasonably acceptable to the Seller for resales of
Alternative Termination Delivery Units by the Seller, and (B) such Early Termination Date is
in respect of an Event of Default which is within Purchaser’s control (including, without
limitation, failure to execute a Private Placement Agreement or otherwise comply with the
requirements applicable to Purchaser set forth in Annex A hereto).

     For the avoidance of doubt, upon the Purchaser’s making an election to deliver Alternative
Termination Delivery Units pursuant to this Section 7.02(a), the Purchaser shall be deemed to make
the representations and warranties in Section 5.01 hereof as if made on the date of the Purchaser’s
election. Notwithstanding the foregoing,

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at any time prior to the time the Seller (or any affiliate of the Seller) has contracted to
resell the property to be delivered upon alternative termination settlement, the Purchaser may
deliver in lieu of such property an amount in cash equal to the Termination Amount in the manner
set forth in Section 7.02(b) below.

     (b) If cash settlement applies in respect of an Early Termination Date, Section 6 of the
Agreement shall not apply. The Seller shall instead determine the fair value of the Transaction in
a good faith and commercially reasonable manner following the occurrence of an Early Termination
Date, taking into account the factors set forth in Section 8.03, and shall provide notice to the
Purchaser of any cash amount payable by the Purchaser or by the Seller based on the Seller’s good
faith determination of the fair value of the Transaction. Such cash amount will be payable by the
Purchaser or by the Seller, as applicable, on the day which is two Business Days after the day on
which the Seller’s notice of such cash amount payable is effective. For the avoidance of doubt, the
fair value of the Transaction shall be determined solely in accordance with Section 8.03 of this
Confirmation.

     Section 7.03 . Alternative Termination Settlement. (a) Subject to Section 7.02(a), if the
Termination Amount shall be payable by the Purchaser to the Seller and the Purchaser elects to
deliver the Alternative Termination Delivery Units to the Seller, the Purchaser shall, as soon as
directed by the Seller after the Termination Notice Day (such date, the “Termination Settlement
Date”), deliver to the Seller a number of Alternative Termination Delivery Units equal to the
quotient of (A) the Termination Amount divided by (B) the Termination Price.

     (b) Subject to Section 7.02(a), if the Termination Amount shall be payable by the Seller to
the Purchaser and the Purchaser elects to receive the Alternative Termination Delivery Units from
the Seller, (i) the Seller shall, beginning on the first Trading Day following the Termination
Notice Day, continuing on each Trading Day thereafter and ending on the Trading Day when the Seller
shall have satisfied its obligations under this clause (the “Seller Termination Share Purchase
Period”), purchase (subject to the provisions of Section 4.01 and Section 4.02 hereof) a number of
Alternative Termination Delivery Units equal to the quotient of (A) the Termination Amount divided
by (B) the Termination Price; and (ii) the Seller shall deliver such Alternative Termination
Delivery Units to the Purchaser on the settlement dates relating to such purchases.

     Section 7.04 . Notice of Default. If an Event of Default occurs in respect of the Purchaser,
the Purchaser will, promptly upon becoming aware of it, notify the Seller specifying the nature of
such Event of Default.

ARTICLE 8

Adjustments

     Section 8.01 . Other Dilution Adjustments. If (x) any corporate event occurs involving the
Purchaser or the Common Stock (other than a Merger Event or cash dividend but including, without
limitation, a spin-off, a stock split, stock or other dividend or distribution, reorganization,
rights offering or recapitalization or any other event having a dilutive or concentrative effect on
the Common Stock), or (y) as a result of the definition of Trading Day (whether because of a
suspension of transactions pursuant to Section 4.02 or otherwise), any day that would otherwise be
a Trading Day during the Contract Period is not a Trading Day or on such Trading Day, pursuant to
Section 4.02, the Seller effects transactions with respect to shares of Common Stock at a volume
lower than originally anticipated with respect to this Transaction, then in any such case, the
Calculation Agent shall make corresponding adjustments with respect to any variable relevant to the
terms of the Transaction, as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to preserve the fair
value of the Transaction to the Seller, and shall determine the effective date of such adjustment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, the Calculation Agent shall not
adjust the date of any Scheduled Trading Day, as specified in Schedule A hereto. For the purposes
of this Section 8.01, any and all adjustments made to preserve the fair value of the Transaction
to the Seller shall be determined solely in accordance with Section 8.03 of this Confirmation.

     Section 8.02 . Merger Events. If an Early Termination Date has not been designated in respect
of the Transaction, then upon the occurrence of a Merger Event, the Calculation Agent shall make
the following adjustments to the terms hereof based on the relative proportions of the types of
consideration for the Common Stock in respect of the Merger Event:

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     (a) to the extent the consideration for the Common Stock consists of ordinary or common shares
that are, or that as of the Merger Date are promptly scheduled to be, (i) publicly quoted, traded
or listed on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global
Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors) and (ii) not subject to
any currency exchange controls, trading restrictions or other trading limitations (the “New
Shares”), on or after the closing date of the Merger Event (or where a closing date cannot be
determined, such other date as determined by the Calculation Agent), the New Shares and their
issuer shall be deemed the “Common Stock” and the “Issuer,” respectively, and the Calculation Agent
will adjust any relevant terms; provided, however, that no adjustment shall be made to the date of
any Scheduled Trading Day specified in Schedule A hereto. For the avoidance of doubt for the
purposes of this Section 8.02, any and all adjustments made hereto shall be determined solely in
accordance with Section 8.03 of this Confirmation;

     (b) to the extent the consideration for the Common Stock consists of cash, the Initial
Purchase Price shall be adjusted and the Transaction settled in accordance with Article 3 hereof,
except that, in determining the Valuation Price, the 10b-18 VWAP for any Trading Days in the
Valuation Period that have not yet occurred shall be deemed to be equal to the amount of cash
consideration per share of Common Stock;

     (c) to the extent the consideration for the Common Stock consists of any property other than
New Shares or cash, the Calculation Agent shall determine the fair value of such other
consideration, and the Initial Purchase Price shall be adjusted and the Transaction settled as set
forth in Section 8.02(b) as though such consideration were cash.

     For the avoidance of doubt, if such Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be
received by holders of the Common Stock, the consideration for the Common Stock shall be deemed to
include the amount of cash received by a holder who had elected to receive the maximum possible
amount of cash as consideration for his shares.

     Section 8.03 . Agreement in Respect of Adjustments and Termination Amounts. In calculating
any adjustment in respect of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates pursuant to Article
11 or Article 12 of the Equity Definitions; or in determining any amounts payable in respect of the
termination or cancellation of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates pursuant to
Section 6 of the Agreement or Article 12 of the Equity Definitions; or with respect to any
calculation or determination of the fair value of this Transaction, the Calculation Agent shall
make any such calculation or determination (in either case, a “Determination”) only with regard to
changes in (i) volatility or volatilities (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the
entire volatility surface) at the time of such Determination, (ii) changes to all outstanding
shares of Common Stock, such as in the case of stock splits, stock dividends and mergers, (iii)
stock price experience prior to, and at the time of, such Determination (including experience as to
liquidity of the Common Stock, and whether based on available market price information, or
estimates of trading prices for blocks of shares equal in size to the Number of Shares, or other
relevant information as to prevailing market prices) and (iv) any and all variables related to
time. For the avoidance of doubt, the Calculation Agent shall make any Determination without
regard to (i) changes to costs of funding, stock loan rates, or actual or expected dividends since
the Trade Date (but, in making any such Determination, the Seller may take into account the same
assumptions used by the Seller for such costs, rates or dividends as had been used by the Seller
on the Trade Date in its internal pricing calculations), (ii) the stock prices at which the
Seller’s open or terminated hedging transactions are effected or (iii) actual or expected losses or
costs incurred in connection with termination, liquidating or re-establishing any hedge related to
the Transaction (or any gain resulting from any of them).

     Section 8.04 . Agreement in Respect of Dividends. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Early
Termination Date occurs in respect of the Transaction as a result of an Additional Termination
Event of the type described in Article 7, the Termination Amount shall be determined without regard
to the difference between the Extraordinary Cash Dividend or any dividend, including the excess
amount as described in Section 7.01(f), giving rise to such Additional Termination Event and the
expected dividend as of the Trade Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 8.04 shall not
be construed as limiting any damages or other remedy at law or in equity that may be payable or
receivable as a result of a breach of this Confirmation, including, without limitation, Section
6.06 hereof.

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ARTICLE 9

Miscellaneous

     Section 9.01 . Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Confirmation
made by or on behalf of either of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the
respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto whether so expressed or not.

     Section 9.02 . Purchaser Indemnification. The Purchaser (the “Indemnifying Party”) agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Seller and its officers, directors, employees, affiliates,
advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and
all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several (collectively, “Obligations”), to
which an Indemnified Person may become subject arising out of or in connection with this
Confirmation or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating thereto, regardless of
whether any of such Indemnified Person is a party thereto, and to reimburse, within 30 days, upon
written request, each such Indemnified Person for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred
in connection with investigating, preparation for, providing evidence for or defending any of the
foregoing, provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not have any liability to any
Indemnified Person to the extent that such Obligations (i) are finally determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction, from which determination no appeal can be or is taken, to have resulted
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person (and in such case, such
Indemnified Person shall promptly return to the Indemnifying Party any amounts previously expended
by the Indemnifying Party hereunder) or (ii) are trading losses incurred by the Seller as part of
its purchases or sales of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Confirmation (unless the
Purchaser has breached any agreement, term or covenant herein).

     Section 9.03 . Assignment and Transfer. Either party may transfer its rights and obligations
under this Transaction in accordance with Section 7 of the Agreement. However, the Seller may also
transfer its rights and obligations under this Transaction, in whole or in part, to The Bear
Stearns Companies Inc. (“TBSCI”) or any of its affiliates, provided that (a) such affiliate’s
obligations under this Transaction shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by TBSCI and (b)
such transfer shall not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default.

     Section 9.04 . Calculation Agent. Whenever the Seller or Calculation Agent is required to
act or to exercise judgment in a any way with respect to this Transaction, it will do so in good
faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

     Section 9.05 . Non-confidentiality. The Seller and the Purchaser hereby acknowledge and
agree that subject to Section 6.03 each is authorized to disclose every aspect of this Confirmation
and the transactions contemplated hereby to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind,
and there are no express or implied agreements, arrangements or understandings to the contrary.

     Section 9.06 . Unenforceability and Invalidity. To the extent permitted by law, the
unenforceability or invalidity of any provision or provisions of this Confirmation shall not render
any other provision or provisions herein contained unenforceable or invalid.

     Section 9.07 . Securities Contract. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge as of the date
hereof that (i) the Seller is a “financial institution” within the meaning of Section 101(22) of
Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) and (ii) this Confirmation is a
“securities contract,” as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, entitled
to the protection of Sections 362(b)(6) and 555 of the Bankruptcy Code.

     Section 9.08 . No Collateral, Netting or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the
Agreement, or any other agreement between the parties, to the contrary, the obligations of the
Purchaser hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations under this Transaction shall
not be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against any
other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any
other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other
obligations of the parties shall be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of
the Agreement) against obligations under this Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement,
this Confirmation, under any other

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agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby
waives any such right of setoff, netting or recoupment.

     Section 9.09 . Equity Rights. The Seller acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is
not intended to convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims
of holders of Common Stock in the event of the Purchaser’s bankruptcy.

     Section 9.10 . Notices. Unless otherwise specified herein, any notice, the delivery of which
is expressly provided for in this Confirmation, may be made by telephone, to be confirmed in
writing to the address below. Changes to the information below must be made in writing.

	 	(a)	 	If to the Purchaser:
	 
	 	 	 	Harman International Industries, Incorporated

1101 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 1010

Washington, D.C. 20004

Attention:  Robert Ryan

Title:  Vice President, Treasurer

Telephone No:  (202) 662-2215

Facsimile No:   (202) 393-3064

E-mail: rryan@harman.com
	 
	 	(b)	 	If to the Seller:
	 
	 	 	 	Bear, Stearns International Limited

One Canada Square

London, England

Attention:  Legal Department
	 
	 	 	 	With a copy to:
	 
	 	 	 	Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY  10179

Attention:  Michael O’Donovan

Title: Senior Managing Director

Telephone No:  (212) 272-9895

Facsimile No:  (917) 849-0251

E-mail: modonovan@bear.com

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     Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing
the copy of this Confirmation enclosed for that purpose and returning it to us.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Yours sincerely,

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC., as agent for Bear, Stearns 

International Limited

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Michael O’Donovan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Michael O’Donovan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Managing Director 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Confirmed as of the date first
above written:

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Robert Ryan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Robert Ryan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer

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