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exv10w30

Exhibit 10.30

TERMINATION AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS

“CONFIDENTIAL”

This confidential Termination Agreement and Release of All Claims (“Agreement”), effective upon the
execution of this Agreement, is made and entered into by James W. Noyce (the “Executive”) and FBL
Financial Group, Inc. (“FBL” or the “Company”). By signing this Agreement, the Executive and
Company agree as follows:

1. Purpose. The Executive is entering into this Agreement as a way of concluding his employment
relationship with the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the “Affiliated
Entities”) and of voluntarily resolving any dispute or claim or any potential dispute or claim that
the Executive has or might have related to his employment with the Company, the Affiliated
Entities, and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, managers, agents,
attorneys, representatives, and assigns, whether known or unknown by the Executive at this time.
This Agreement is not and should not be construed as an allegation or admission on the part of the
Company or the Affiliated Entities that any of them have acted unlawfully or violated any state or
federal law or regulation. The Executive understands that the Company, the Affiliated Entities, and
their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, managers, agents, attorneys,
representatives, and assigns, specifically disclaim any liability to the Executive or any other
person for any alleged violation of rights or for any alleged violation of any order, law, statute,
duty, policy or contract.

2. Resignation. The Executive has resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and as an officer and/or director of any of
the Affiliated Entities, effective as of May 1, 2009. The Executive hereby resigns from his
employment with the Company, effective as of the date of the resignation letter (the Termination
Date), a copy of which letter is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Within thirty (30) days after the Termination Date, the Company shall pay the Executive any unpaid
portion of his base salary through the Termination Date and pay in lieu of any accrued but unused
vacation to which he may be entitled. The amount of this payment is not part of the consideration
for this Agreement.

3. Termination Benefits. As consideration for the Executive’s entering into this Agreement and
providing the covenants and release set forth below, and subject to the Executive not revoking this
Agreement pursuant to Section 12 below, the Company shall provide the Executive the following
(collectively, the “Termination Benefits”):

a. A lump sum payment of Eight Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($855,000.00), which shall be
paid within three (3) business days of the Effective Date (as defined in Section 14 below); and

b. For the period from the Termination Date through the first to occur of (i) May 31, 2009
and (ii) the date on which the Executive obtains comparable coverage as a result of the Executive’s
employment with another employer, medical coverage on terms and conditions comparable to the terms
and conditions provided to active Executives of the Company generally, as in effect from time to
time (including without limitation co-payment and premium costs imposed on active Executives). The
coverage contemplated by this provision shall include the following:

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medical/health, dental
insurance, executive disability income insurance, accidental death and dismemberment and executive
universal life insurance.

c. The Company agrees that the Executive may qualify for a cash incentive (bonus) attributable to
the portion of the 2009 fiscal year (four months) during which the Executive was employed by FBL on
the same basis as such bonuses may be paid to other FBL Management Team members for 2009. The
amount of any such bonus payable to FBL Management Team members or Executive is based on specific
articulated goals and objectives and is payable at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of
FBL. Payment of any such bonus to any FBL Management Team member does not require any payment to
any other member of the FBL Management Team or Executive. In the event such bonus is paid to any
other FBL Management Team member, the Company agrees to give the Executive written notice and an
opportunity to be heard by the FBL Board of Directors with regard to payment to the Executive.

d. The Company agrees that if, in the future, the Company makes any additional bonus payment to
any\ FBL Management Team Member attributable to the 2008 fiscal year, the Executive does not
release any right he may have and is therefore eligible to receive a payment in the same
proportion as paid to such other FBL Management Team member. The decision to make any such
additional payment to FBL Management Team members or Executive will be made at the sole discretion
of the Board of Directors of FBL. Payment of any such bonus to any FBL Management Team member does
not require any payment to any other member of the FBL Management Team or Executive. In the event
such bonus is paid to any other FBL Management Team member, the Company agrees to give the
Executive written notice and an opportunity to be heard by the FBL Board of Directors with regard
to payment to the Executive.

4. Waiver of Additional Compensation or Benefits. The Executive agrees that except as otherwise
expressly provided herein the Termination Benefits described herein constitute the entire amount of
consideration provided to him under this Agreement, and that in consideration of the Termination
Benefits described herein, he will not seek any further compensation for any other claimed damage,
costs, severance, income, or attorney’s fees. The Executive expressly waives any right to
participate in or receive any benefits or payments under any severance plan or program offered by
or on behalf of the Company.

5. Neutral Employment Reference. The Company agrees to provide a neutral employment reference to
any potential employers that consider the employment of the Executive and that seek information
concerning the reasons for the departure of the Executive. The Company will provide to any such
potential employers the identity of the positions held by the Executive and the dates of the
Executive’s employment with the Company.

6. Tax Consequences. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company has made no
representations to him regarding the tax consequences of any Termination Benefit received by him
pursuant to this Agreement. It is understood by the Executive that the above Termination Benefits
are made solely for the purpose of resolving and compromising any and all claims regarding the
Executive’s employment with the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement, or any other benefits received
pursuant hereto, such Federal, state and/or local taxes as shall be
required to be withheld under any applicable law or regulation.

7. Non-Disclosure Agreement. The Executive agrees never to disclose terms or amount of this
Agreement, nor the substance of the negotiations leading to this Agreement nor confidential

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business information and decisions the Executive was privy to due to his duties at FBL, to any
person or entity (other than to his immediate family, personal counsel or attorney, personal
accountants, personal tax preparer, personal and attending doctors and mental health care
professionals, and/or the appropriate taxing authorities (who will then be deemed governed by the
non-disclosure agreement herein)), without the express written consent of the Company or unless
required to do so by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Company and the Executive shall be permitted to disclose the tax treatment and tax
structure, each as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4, of the matters provided for
herein (but no other details about the matters covered by this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the identities of the parties). The Company may make such disclosure of these matters,
and file such documents, as its counsel determines are required under the rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

8. Non-Disparagement Agreement.

a. The Executive shall not make, participate in the making of, or encourage or facilitate any
other person to make, any statements, written or oral, which criticize, disparage, or defame the
goodwill or reputation of the Company or any of its present, former or future directors, officers,
executives, employees and/or shareholders in their respective capacities as such. The Executive
further agrees not to make any negative statements, written or oral, relating to his employment,
the termination of his employment, or any aspect of the business of the Affiliated Entities.

b. Officers and directors of the Company shall not make, participate in the making of, or
encourage or facilitate any other person to make, and the Company shall instruct its officers and
directors not to make, any statements, written or oral, which criticize, disparage, or defame the
goodwill or reputation of the Executive. The Company further agrees not to make, and to instruct
its officers and directors not to make, any negative statements, written or oral, relating to the
Executive’s employment or the termination of his employment.

c. Nothing in this Section 8 shall prohibit any person from making truthful statements when
required by order of a court or other body having jurisdiction, or as otherwise may be required by
law or under an agreement entered into in connection with pending or threatened litigation pursuant
to which the party receiving such information agrees to keep such information confidential.

9. Confidentiality/Return of Property. The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the
benefit of the Company and the Affiliated Entities and shall not disclose to others, copy, use,
transmit, reproduce, summarize, quote or make commercial, directly or indirectly, any secret or
confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of the
Affiliated Entities and their respective businesses that the Executive has obtained during his
employment with the Company and/or any of the Affiliated Entities (“Confidential Information”).
However, the Executive’s obligations under this Section 9 shall not extend to: (1) Confidential
Information which is or becomes part of the public domain or is available to the public by
publication or otherwise without disclosure by the Executive; (2) Confidential Information which
was within the Executive’s knowledge or in his possession prior to his employment by the Company;
or (3) Confidential Information which, either prior to or subsequent to the Company’s disclosure to
the Executive with an obligation of confidentiality, was disclosed to the Executive,
without obligation of confidentiality, by a third party who did not acquire such information,
directly or indirectly, from the Executive. The Executive acknowledges that the Confidential
Information is specialized, unique in nature and of great value to the Company and the Affiliated
Entities, and that such information gives the Company and the Affiliated Entities a competitive

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advantage. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment, the Executive shall surrender
immediately to the Company, except as specifically provided otherwise herein, all Confidential
Information and all other property of the Company or any of the other Affiliated Entities in his
possession and all property made available to the Executive in connection with his employment by
the Company or any of the other Affiliated Entities. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, if
the Executive is required to disclose any Confidential Information pursuant to applicable law or a
subpoena or court order, he shall promptly notify the Company in writing of any such requirement so
that the Company or the appropriate Affiliated Entity may seek an appropriate protective order or
other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with the provisions hereof. The Executive shall
reasonably cooperate with the Company and The Affiliated Entities to obtain such a protective order
or other remedy. If such order or other remedy is not obtained prior to the time the Executive is
required to make the disclosure, or the Company waives compliance with the provisions hereof, the
Executive shall disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information that he is advised by
his counsel that he is legally required to disclose.

10. Remedies. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that because of the nature of the business in
which the Company and the other Affiliated Entities are engaged and because of the nature of the
Confidential Information to which the Executive has had access during his employment, it would be
impractical and excessively difficult to determine the actual damages of the Company and the other
Affiliated Entities in the event the Executive breached any of the covenants of Sections 7, 8 and
9, and remedies at law (such as monetary damages) for any breach of the Executive’s covenants under
Sections 7, 8 and 9 would be inadequate. The Company acknowledges and agrees that it would be
impractical and excessively difficult to determine the actual damages of the Executive in the event
the Company breached any of the covenants of Sections 7, 8 and 9, and remedies at law (such as
monetary damages) for any breach of the Company’s covenants under Sections 7, 8 and 9 would be
inadequate. The parties therefore agree and consent that if either of them commits any such breach
or threatens to commit any such breach, the other party shall have the right (in addition to, and
not in lieu of, any other right or remedy that may be available to it) to temporary and permanent
injunctive relief from a court of competent jurisdiction, without posting any bond or other
security and without the necessity of proof of actual damage. With respect to any provision of
Sections 7, 8 or 9 that is finally determined to be unenforceable, the Executive and the Company
hereby agree that this Agreement or any provision hereof may be reformed so that it is enforceable
to the maximum extent permitted by law. If any of the covenants of Sections 7, 8 and 9 is
determined to be wholly or partially unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such determination shall
not be a bar to or in any way diminish the Company’s right or that of the Executive to enforce any
such covenant in any other jurisdiction.

11. Executive Representations.

a. The Executive represents that he has not filed any complaints, claims or actions against
the Company or any Affiliated Entity with any court, agency, or commission regarding the matters
encompassed by this Agreement and that he will not do so at any time in the future, and that if any
court or agency assumes jurisdiction of any complaint, claim or action against the Company or any
Affiliated Entity on behalf of the Executive, he will direct that court or agency to withdraw from
or dismiss with prejudice the matter.

b. The Executive expressly represents and aspects that he has been advised that, by entering
into this Agreement, the Executive is waiving all claims that the Executive may have arising under
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, which have arisen on or before the
date of execution of this Agreement.

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c. The Executive represents that he has reviewed all aspects of this Agreement, that he has
carefully read and fully understands all of the provisions and effects of this Agreement, that he
understands that in agreeing to this document he is releasing the Company, the Affiliated Entities,
and all of their respective divisions, officers, agents, directors, supervisors, employees,
representatives, shareholders and their respective successors and assigns and all persons acting
by, through, under, or in concert with any of them, from any and all claims he may have against
them, including claims under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act as well as any claims
for age discrimination that may exist under Iowa law or any other applicable law.

d. The Executive represents and agrees that he is knowingly and voluntarily entering into
this Agreement, that he has relied solely and completely upon his own judgment and, if applicable,
the advice of his attorney in entering into this Agreement.

e. The Executive represents and acknowledges that in executing this Agreement he does not rely
upon and has not relied upon any representations or statement made by or on behalf of the Company,
any of the Affiliated Entities, or their respective agents, attorneys, or representatives with
regard to the subject matter, basis, or effect of this Agreement or otherwise, other than those
specifically stated in this Agreement.

f. The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that:

i. In return for this Agreement, the Company is providing to the Executive the Termination
Benefits and certain covenants set forth herein.

ii. The Executive is hereby advised in writing by this Agreement to consult with an
attorney before signing this Agreement.

iii. The Executive does not waive rights or claims that may arise after the date this
Agreement is signed.

iv. In return for signing this Agreement, the Executive will receive payment of
consideration beyond that which the Executive was entitled to receive before entering into
this Agreement.

12. Release; Company Representation. Except as expressly provided herein, the Executive, for
himself, his heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, does fully and forever
release, acquit and discharge the Company, the Affiliated Entities, and their respective divisions,
officers, agents, directors, supervisors, employees, representatives, shareholders and their
respective successors and assigns from all actions, law suits, grievances, and claims of any nature
whatsoever related to his employment with the Company, including, but not limited to, his
separation from said employment. The Executive understands that this release specifically includes,
but is not limited to, all claims arising under any federal, and local fair employment practice
law, workers’ compensation law, and any other employee relations statute, executive order, law and
ordinance, including, but not limited to, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701
et seq.; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et
seq.; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 187 et seq.;
the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d); Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.;
Americans with Disabilities Act, 42
U.S.C. § 12,101 et seq.; the Family Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C § 2601 et seq.; the
Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965, Iowa Code Chapte4 216; and the Iowa Wage Payment Collections Act,
Iowa Code Chapter 91A.1 et seq.; any local human rights law; and any tort or contract cause
of action or theory. The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, does fully and forever
release,

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acquit and discharge the Executive from all actions, lawsuits, grievances, and claims of
any nature whatsoever related to the Executive’s employment with the Company.

13. Twenty-One Days to Consider Offer of Termination Benefits. The Executive acknowledges that he
was provided this Agreement more than twenty-one (21) days before the date when he was required to
make an election concerning the Termination Benefits described herein. If the Executive signs this
Agreement prior to the end of the 21-day period, the Executive certifies and agrees that the
decision to accept such shortening of time is knowing and voluntary and is not induced by the
Company through either (a) fraud, misrepresentation, or a threat to withdraw or alter the offer
prior to the end of the 21-day period, or (b) an offer to provide different terms or benefits in
exchange for signing the release prior to the expiration of the 21-day period.

14. Seven-Day Revocation Period. The Executive understands that he may revoke this Agreement at
any time within seven (7) days after he signs it. To revoke the Agreement, the Executive must
deliver written notification of such revocation to the attention of Craig A. Lang or his successor,
within seven (7) days after the date the Executive signs this Agreement. The Executive further
understands that if he does not so revoke the Agreement, it will become effective, binding, and
enforceable as of the eighth day following its execution (excluding the date of execution), and
such eighth day will be the “Effective Date.”

15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the Executive and fully
supersedes and replaces any and all prior agreements or understandings, written or oral, between
the Company and the Executive pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement.

16. Miscellaneous.

a. Should any provision of this Agreement be declared or be determined by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions of this Agreement
shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and be construed as if such illegal, invalid, or
unenforceable provision has not been included herein.

b. It is further understood and agreed that if a violation of any term of this Agreement is
asserted, the party who asserts such violation will have the right to seek specific performance of
that term and/or any other necessary and proper relief as permitted by law, including but not
limited to, damages from any court of competent jurisdiction, and the prevailing party shall be
entitled to recover its reasonable costs and attorney’s fees.

c. Nothing in this Agreement will be construed to prevent the Executive from challenging the
validity of this Agreement under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act or Older Workers’ Benefit
Protection Act. The Executive further understands and agrees that if he or someone acting on his
behalf files or causes to be filed, any such claim, charge, complaint, or action against the
Company and/or other entities, he expressly waives any right to recover any damages or other
relief, whatsoever from the Company and/or other entities including costs and attorneys’ fees.

d. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Agreement does not release, replace or reduce
any rights the Executive has to vested and accrued benefits under the Company’s Defined Benefit
Plan, Defined Contribution Plan or similar vested benefits, all of which are listed on the Attached
Exhibit B. Balances will be calculated as of the date of payment and will be provided at the date
of signing. Furthermore, this Agreement does not release, replace or reduce any rights the
Executive may have that are not related to his employment with the Company, including his

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rights as
a shareholder and an insured.

e. This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the
Company shall not be assignable by the Executive other than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s
legal representatives. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company
and its successors.

f. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, and said counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be
amended, modified or changed only by a written instrument executed by the Executive and the
Company.

17. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Iowa without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

18. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given
by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Executive:

James W. Noyce

905 48th Street

West Des Moines, Ia 50265

If to the Company:

FBL Financial Group, Inc.

5400 University Avenue

West Des Moines, IA 50266

Attention: General Counsel

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set his hand and, pursuant to the authorization from
the Board, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf.

Dated this 10 day of June, 2009

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	FBL Financial Group, Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Craig A. Lang
 	 
	 	 	Craig A. Lang 	 
	 	 	Chairman of the Board

FBL Financial Group, Inc. 	 
	 

Dated this 3rd day of June, 2009

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EXECUTIVE

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ James W. Noyce
 	 
	 	 	James W. Noyce 	 
	 	 	 	 

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Exhibit A

April 28, 2009

Mr. Craig Lang

Chairman of the Board

FBL Financial Group, Inc.

5400 University Avenue

West Des Moines, IA 50266

Re:          Resignation

Dear Mr. Lang:

Effective as of May 1, 2009, I hereby resign as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of
FBL Financial Group, Inc. (“FBL” or the “Company”). Simultaneously, I resign from all officer
positions and director positions in any of the companies or funds which are affiliated with
FBL, whether by ownership or by management agreement.

I also withdraw from being a named proxy for shareholders and withdraw my name as a director
nominee at the May 20, 2009 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company.

At the direction of the Company I am serving as a director of Berthel Fisher & Company and two
of its subsidiaries. I will resign those director positions at your convenience.

Separately, the terms of my resignation as an employee of the Company will be set forth in a
document titled “Termination Agreement and Release of all Claims”, a copy of which has been
provided for my review.

Very truly yours,

/s/ JAMES W. NOYCE

James W. Noyce

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Exhibit B

	1.	 	FBL FINANCIAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN
	 
	2.	 	FBL FINANCIAL GROUP SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
	 
	3.	 	FARM BUREAU 401k SAVINGS PLAN
	 
	4.	 	FARM BUREAU EMPLOYER MATCH DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
	 
	5.	 	FBL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 2006 CLASS A COMMON STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN — vested stock options
(all vested are currently under water, and there are no vested shares of stock under the restricted
stock portion of the plan, so amounts due under those plans will be zero, unless the stock price
increases dramatically in the short term.)
	 
	6.	 	ANY VESTED OR CONVERTIBLE LIFE INSURANCE POILICY OR BENEFIT.
	 
	7.	 	ANY BENEFIT PLAN COVERED BY COBRA

9Exhibit 10 (qqq)

Exhibit 10(qqq)

Dated

4th August

2009

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

relating to the purchase of

LABCAIRE SYSTEMS LIMITED

between

MISONIX INC

and

PURICORE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

and

PURICORE PLC

 

 

 

Contents

Clause

	 	 	 	 	 
	1. Interpretation
	 	 	1	 
	2 Sale and purchase
	 	 	5	 
	3 Purchase Price
	 	 	5	 
	4 Completion
	 	 	5	 
	5 Warranties
	 	 	6	 
	6 Limitations on claims
	 	 	7	 
	7 Properties
	 	 	10	 
	8 Tax covenant
	 	 	10	 
	9 Indemnities
	 	 	10	 
	10 Confidentiality
	 	 	10	 
	11 Announcements
	 	 	11	 
	12 Restrictions on the Seller
	 	 	11	 
	13 Further assurance
	 	 	13	 
	14 Assignment
	 	 	13	 
	15 Whole agreement
	 	 	13	 
	16 Variation
	 	 	13	 
	17 Waiver
	 	 	13	 
	18 Costs
	 	 	14	 
	19 Notice
	 	 	14	 
	20 Default interest
	 	 	15	 
	21 Severance
	 	 	15	 
	22 Agreement survives Completion
	 	 	15	 
	23 Third party rights
	 	 	15	 
	24 Successors
	 	 	15	 
	25 Set-off
	 	 	16	 
	26 Counterparts
	 	 	16	 
	27 Governing law and jurisdiction
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 1 Apportionment of Purchase Price
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 2 Particulars of the Company
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Part 1. The Company
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 3 Completion
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Part 2. What the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer at Completion
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Part 2. Matters for the board meetings at Completion
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 4 Warranties
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Part 1. General Warranties
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Part 2. Tax Warranties
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 5 Tax Covenant
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 6 Particulars of the Properties
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Part 1. Freehold Properties
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Part 2. Leasehold Properties
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 7 — Commission
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This agreement is dated

Parties

	(1)	 	Puricore International Limited incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company
number 02695450 whose registered office is at 2 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3ST (Buyer).

	(2)	 	Misonix Inc incorporated and registered in the United States of America whose registered
office is at 1938 New Highway, Farmingdale, New York 11735, United States of America (Seller).

	(3)	 	Puricore Plc incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 05789798
whose registered office is at 58 Davies Street, London, W1K 5JF (Guarantor).

Background

The Seller has agreed to sell and the Buyer has agreed to buy the Sale Shares subject to the terms
and conditions of this agreement.

Agreed Terms

	1.	 	Interpretation

	 
	1.1	 	The definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause 1 apply in this agreement.

	 
	 	 	Accounts: the audited financial statements of the Company as at and to the Accounts Date,
including the balance sheet, profit and loss account together with the notes thereon, the
cash flow statement and the auditor’s and directors’ reports (copies of which are attached
to the Disclosure Letter).

	 
	 	 	Accounts Date: in respect of the Accounts it shall mean 30 June 2008 and in respect of the
Management Accounts it shall mean 30th June 2009.

	 
	 	 	Business: the business of manufacturing and servicing of hospital and laboratory equipment
carried on by the Company.

	 
	 	 	Business Day: a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) on which commercial
banks are open for general business in the City of London.

	 
	 	 	Business Information: any Confidential Information relating to the activities of the
Company.

	 
	 	 	Buyer’s Solicitor: Needham & James LLP whose registered office is at Needham & James House,
Bridgeway, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6YY, United Kingdom for the attention of
Marcus Everett (marcuseverett@needhamandjames.com on 0845 630 8833).

	 
	 	 	CAA 2001: the Capital Allowances Act 2001.

	 
	 	 	Claim and Substantiated Claim: have the meanings set out respectively in clause 6.

	 
	 	 	Commission: The amount to be paid by the Buyer to the Seller in accordance with Schedule 7.

	 
	 	 	Companies Acts: the Companies Act 1985 and the Companies Act 2006.

 

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	 	 	Company: Labcaire Systems Limited whose registered office is at 175 Kenn Road, Clevedon,
North Somerset, BS21 6LH, further details of which are set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2.

	 
	 	 	Completion: completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares in accordance with this
agreement.

	 
	 	 	Completion Date: has the meaning given in clause 4.

	 
	 	 	Confidential Information: all information and records wherever located (including accounts,
business plans and financial forecasts, Tax records, correspondence, designs, drawings,
manuals, specifications, customer, sales and supplier information, technical or commercial
expertise, software, formulae, processes, trade secrets, methods, knowledge and know-how)
and which (either in their entirety or in the precise configuration or assembly of their
components) are not publicly available and in each case whether or not recorded;

	 
	 	 	Connected: in relation to a person has the meaning given in section 839 of ICTA 1988.

	 
	 	 	Control: in relation to a body corporate, the power of a person to secure that the affairs
of the body corporate are conducted in accordance with the wishes of that person: by means
of the holding of shares, or the possession of voting power, in or in relation to that or
any other body corporate; or by virtue of any powers conferred by the constitutional or
corporate documents, or any other document, regulating that or any other body corporate,
and a Change of Control occurs if a person who has Control of any body corporate ceases to
do so or if another person acquires Control of it.

	 
	 	 	Developed Software: means any software developed by or on behalf of the Company;

	 
	 	 	Director: each person who is a director or shadow director of the Company, the names of
whom are set out in Schedule 2.

	 
	 	 	Disclosed: fully and fairly disclosed (with sufficient details to identify in all material
respects the nature and scope of the matter disclosed) in or under the Disclosure Letter.

	 
	 	 	Disclosure Letter: the letter from the Company and the Seller to the Buyer with the same
date as this agreement that is described as the disclosure letter, together with the
documents annexed thereto.

	 
	 	 	Encumbrance: any interest or equity of any person (including any right to acquire, option
or right of pre-emption) or any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, assignment, hypothecation,
security, title, retention or any other security agreement or arrangement.

	 
	 	 	Event: includes (without limitation), the expiry of a period of time, the Company becoming
or ceasing to be associated with any other person for any Tax purpose or ceasing to be or
becoming resident in any country for any Tax purpose, the death or the winding up or
dissolution of any person, and any transaction (including the execution and completion of
all provisions of this agreement), event, act or deliberate omission whatsoever, and any
reference to an Event occurring on or before a particular date shall include an Event which
for Tax purposes is deemed to have, or is treated or regarded as having, occurred on or
before that date.

	 
	 	 	Freehold Properties: the freehold properties particulars of which are set out in Part 1 of
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	 	 	Group: in relation to a company (wherever incorporated) that company, any company of which
it is a subsidiary (its holding company) and any other subsidiaries of any such holding
company, and each company in a group is a member of the group. Unless the context requires
otherwise, the application of the definition of Group to any company at any time will apply
to the company as it is at that time.

	 
	 	 	ICTA 1988: the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.

	 
	 	 	IHT 1984: the Inheritance Tax Act 1984.

	 
	 	 	Intellectual Property Rights: all patents, rights to inventions, utility models, copyright
and related rights, trade marks, service marks, trade, business and domain names, rights in
trade dress or get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing off, unfair competition
rights, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database right, topography rights,
moral rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and
any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and
including all applications for and renewals or extensions of such rights, and all similar
or equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the world and Intellectual
Property Right means any one of the Intellectual Property Rights.

	 
	 	 	Leasehold Properties: the leasehold properties, particulars of which are set out in Part 2
of Schedule 6 and Leasehold Property means any one of them or part or parts of any one of
them.

	 
	 	 	Loan Note Instrument: the loan note instrument in the agreed form constituting the Loan
Notes to be executed on Completion.

	 
	 	 	Loan Notes: the loan notes, to be guaranteed by the Guarantor and the Company, in the
agreed form in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 to be issued on Completion by
the Buyer to the Seller pursuant to the Loan Note Instrument and redeemable in four annual
instalments of $250,000 on the next four anniversaries of Completion.

	 
	 	 	Management Accounts: the unaudited balance sheet, the unaudited consolidated profit and
loss account and the consolidated cash flow statement of the Company (including any notes
thereon) for the period ending on 30 June 2009 (a copy of which is attached to the
Disclosure Letter).

	 
	 	 	Management Accounts Date: 30 June 2009.

	 
	 	 	Properties: the Leasehold Properties and the Freehold Properties and Property means any
one of them or any part or parts of any one of them.

	 
	 	 	Purchase Price: the purchase price for the Sale Shares to be paid by the Buyer to the
Seller in accordance with clause 3.

	 
	 	 	Sale Shares: 350,000 ordinary shares of £1 each in the Company, comprising the whole of the
allotted and issued share capital of the Company, all of which have been issued and are
fully paid.

	 
	 	 	Seller’s Solicitor: Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons whose office is at Midland Bridge Bath
BA1 2HQ — for the attention of Jonathan Poole (jpoole@ttuk.com on 01225 340163).

	 
	 	 	TCGA 1992: the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.

	 
	 	 	TMA 1970: the Taxes Management Act 1970.

 

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	 	 	Tax: all forms of taxation and statutory, governmental, state, federal, provincial, local,
government or municipal charges, duties, imposts, contributions, levies, withholdings or
liabilities wherever chargeable and whether of the UK or any other jurisdiction, and any
penalty, fine, surcharge, interest or charges relating thereto.

	 
	 	 	Tax Covenant: the tax covenant in the form as set out in Schedule 5.

	 
	 	 	Tax Warranties: the Warranties in Part 2 of Schedule 4.

	 
	 	 	Taxation Authority: HM Revenue & Customs, the Department of Social Security and any other
governmental or other authority whatsoever competent to impose any Tax whether in the
United Kingdom or elsewhere.

	 
	 	 	Taxation Statute: any directive, statute, enactment, law or regulation wheresoever enacted
or issued, coming into force or entered into providing for or imposing any Tax and
including orders, regulations, instruments, bye-laws or other subordinate legislation made
under the relevant statute or statutory provision and any directive, statute, enactment,
law, order, regulation or provision which amends, extends, consolidates or replaces the
same or which has been amended, extended, consolidated or replaced by the same.

	 
	 	 	Third Party Software: any software used by the Company the Intellectual Property Rights in
which are owned by a third party;

	 
	 	 	Transaction: the transaction contemplated by this agreement or any part of that
transaction.

	 
	 	 	VATA 1994: the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

	 
	 	 	Warranties: the warranties set out in clause 5 and Schedule 4.

	 
	1.2	 	Clause headings shall not affect the interpretation of this agreement.

	 
	1.3	 	References to clauses and schedules are to the clauses and schedules of this agreement.
References to paragraphs are to paragraphs of the relevant schedule.

	 
	1.4	 	A person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having
separate legal personality) and that person’s legal and personal representatives, successors
and permitted assigns.

	 
	1.5	 	The schedules form part of this agreement and shall have effect as if set out in full in the
body of this agreement and any reference to this agreement includes the schedules.

	 
	1.6	 	Words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.

	 
	1.7	 	A reference to one gender shall include a reference to the other genders.

	 
	1.8	 	A reference to a statute, statutory provision or subordinated legislation is a reference to
it as it is in force as at the date of this agreement, taking account of any amendment or
re-enactment and includes any statute, statutory provision or subordinate legislation which it
amends or re-enacts; provided that, as between the parties, no such amendment or re-enactment
shall apply for the purposes of this agreement to the extent that it would impose any new or
extended obligation, liability or restriction on, or otherwise adversely affect the rights of,
any party.

	 
	1.9	 	References to holding company, subsidiary and subsidiary undertaking shall have the meanings
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	1.10	 	Writing or written includes faxes but not e-mail.

	 
	1.11	 	Documents in agreed form are documents in the form agreed by the parties or on their behalf
and initialled by them or on their behalf for identification.

	 
	1.12	 	Any phrase introduced by the terms including, include, in particular or any similar
expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words
preceding those terms.

	 
	1.13	 	References to this agreement include this agreement as amended or varied in accordance with
its terms.

	 
	2	 	Sale and purchase

	 
	 	 	On the terms of this agreement, with effect from Completion, the Seller shall sell, and the
Buyer shall buy, the Sale Shares with full title guarantee free from all Encumbrances and
together with all rights that attach (or may in the future attach) to them including, in
particular, the right to receive all dividends and distributions declared, made or paid on
or after the date of this agreement.

	 
	3	 	Purchase Price

	 
	3.1	 	The Purchase Price for the Sale Shares (apportioned in accordance with Schedule 1) shall be
satisfied as follows:

	 	3.1.1	 	$3,600,000 is payable in cash at Completion by the Buyer to the Seller;

	 	3.1.2	 	$1,000,000 by the issue of the Loan Notes by the Buyer (guaranteed by the
Company and the Guarantor) to the Seller; and

	 	3.1.3	 	the Commission.

	3.2	 	The Purchase Price shall be deemed to be reduced by the amount of any payment made to the
Buyer:

	 	3.2.1 	 	for a breach of any Warranty;

	 
	 	3.2.2	 	under the Tax Covenant;

	 
	 	and such deduction shall be first offset against the payment due or paid under clause 3.1.2
and then against any payment due or paid under clause 3.1.3 and then against any payment
due or paid under clause 3.1.1.

	3.3	 	Commission shall be payable as set out in Schedule 7.

	 
	4	 	Completion

	 
	4.1	 	Completion shall take place immediately following execution of this agreement:

	 	4.1.1	 	at the Bath office of the Seller’s Solicitor at such time as the Parties
shall agree; or

	 
	 	4.1.2	 	at any other place or time as agreed in writing by the Seller and the Buyer.

	4.2	 	At Completion the Seller shall:

	 	4.2.1	 	deliver or cause to be delivered the documents and evidence as set out in
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	 	4.2.2	 	procure that a board meeting of the Company is held at which the matters
identified in Part 2 of Schedule 3 are carried out;

	 	4.2.3	 	deliver any other documents referred to in this agreement as being required
to be delivered by the Seller;

	 	4.2.4	 	procure the discharge of all and any debt due to any Group company from the
Company and for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation any inter-company debt
due to the Seller;

	 	4.2.5	 	deliver to the Buyer evidence to its reasonable satisfaction of the
discharge of the debts or liabilities referred to in clause 4.2.4.

	4.3	 	At Completion:

	 	4.3.1	 	the Buyer shall pay $3,600,000 by electronic transfer to the bank account of
the Seller’s Solicitors in accordance with clause 3. Payment made in accordance with
this clause 4.3 shall constitute a valid discharge of the obligations of the Buyer
under clause 3.1;

	 	4.3.2	 	the Buyer, the Guarantor and the Company shall execute the Loan Note
Instrument and the Buyer shall allot and issue to the Seller a certificate for the
Loan Notes;

	 	4.3.3	 	if required by law or the rules of any relevant stock exchange of the
Articles of Association of the Buyer the Buyer shall deliver a certified copy of the
resolution(s) passed by the shareholders of the Buyer authorising the Transaction; and

	 	4.3.4	 	the Buyer shall deliver a certified copy of the resolution by way of board
minutes of the board of directors of the Buyer authorising the Transaction and the
execution and delivery by the officers specified in the resolution of this agreement,
and any other documents referred to in this agreement as being required to be
delivered by it.

	4.4	 	As soon as possible after Completion, the Seller shall send to the Buyer (at the registered
office of the Buyer for the time being) all records, correspondence, documents, files,
memoranda and other papers relating to the Company and reasonably required by the Company or
the Buyer for the carrying on if business, not required to be delivered at Completion, and
which are not kept at any of the Properties provided that the Seller shall not be required to
deliver:

	 	4.4.1	 	copies of documents held by the Seller where original documents or further
copies of such documents are kept at the Properties; or

	 	4.4.2	 	copies of documents held by it for the purpose of preparation of the
consolidated accounts of the Seller Group; or

	 	4.4.3	 	documents required to be retained by it by law or regulation or the rules of
any relevant stock exchange.

	5	 	Warranties

	5.1	 	The Buyer is entering into this agreement on the basis of, and in reliance on, the
Warranties.

	5.2	 	The Seller warrants to the Buyer that each Warranty is true, accurate and not misleading on
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	5.3	 	Without prejudice to other rights of the Buyer the Seller shall in respect of any
Substantiated Claim pay to the Buyer upon presentation of appropriate invoices and receipts
the reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable professional costs properly incurred)
directly incurred by the Buyer as a result of the relevant Claim.

	5.4	 	Save where expressly stated to the contrary in paragraphs 27.1.3 and 27.1.6 of, Schedule 4,
Warranties qualified by the expression so far as the Seller is aware (or any similar
expression) are deemed to be given to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the
Seller after it has made all reasonable enquiries.

	5.5	 	Each of the Warranties is separate and, unless otherwise specifically provided, is not
limited by reference to any other Warranty or any other provision in this agreement.

	5.6	 	Except for the matters Disclosed, no information of which the Buyer, its agents or advisers
has knowledge (actual, constructive or imputed) or which could have been discovered (whether
by investigation made by the Buyer or made on its behalf) shall prejudice or prevent any Claim
or reduce any amount recoverable thereunder. The Buyer warrants and represents to the Seller
(upon which warranty and representation the Seller relies in entering into this agreement)
that the Buyer is not actually aware of any matter or thing which at the date of this
agreement is inconsistent with the Warranties.

	5.7	 	The Seller agrees that, save as provided below in this clause 5.7, any information supplied
by the Company or by or on behalf of any of the employees, directors, agents or officers of
the Company (Officers) to the Seller or its advisers in connection with the Warranties, the
information Disclosed in the Disclosure Letter or otherwise shall not constitute a warranty,
representation or guarantee as to the accuracy of such information in favour of the Seller,
and the Seller hereby undertakes to the Buyer and to the Company and each Officer that it
waives any and all claims that it might otherwise have against any of them in respect of such
claims. The Buyer agrees that this clause shall not limit in any way the ability of the
Seller to bring any claim against an Officer who signs a certificate in favour of the Seller
in respect of the Seller’s entry into this Agreement.

	6	 	Limitations on claims

	 
	6.1	 	The definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause 6 apply in this agreement.

	 
	6.2	 	Claim: a claim for breach of any of the Warranties.

	6.3	 	Substantiated Claim: a Claim in respect of which liability is admitted in writing by the
party against whom such Claim is brought, or which has been adjudicated on by a court of
competent jurisdiction and no right of appeal lies in respect of such adjudication, or the
parties are debarred by passage of time or otherwise from making an appeal.

	6.4	 	A Claim is connected with another Claim or Substantiated Claim if they all arise out of the
occurrence of the same event or relate to the same subject matter.

6.5 This clause limits the liability of the Seller in relation to any Claim.

	6.6	 	The liability of the Seller for all Substantiated Claims when taken together shall not exceed
$4,600,000.

	6.7	 	The Seller shall not be liable for a Claim unless:

	 	6.7.1	 	the amount of a Substantiated Claim, or of a series of connected
Substantiated Claims of which that Substantiated Claim is one, exceeds $20,000 (or, in
the case only of a Claim under paragraph 24.6 of Part 1 of Schedule 4, $200,000;

	 
	 	6.7.2	 	the amount of all Substantiated Claims that are not excluded under clause
6.7.1 when taken together, exceeds $75,000 in which case, the whole amount (and not
just the amount by which the limit in this clause 6.7.2 is exceeded) is recoverable by
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	6.8	 	The Seller is not liable for any Claim to the extent that the Claim:

	 	6.8.1	 	relates to matters Disclosed; or

	 
	 	6.8.2	 	relates to any matter to the extent provided for in the Accounts;

	 	6.8.3	 	relates to any liability which is contingent or unascertainable, unless and
until such time as the Buyer or the Company has actually suffered the loss or incurred
the liability in question or it has been established that the Buyer or the Company
shall suffer the loss or incur the liability;

	 	6.8.4	 	would not have arisen but for a change in the accounting principles,
practices, policies or bases of accounting of the Company introduced after Completion;

	 	6.8.5	 	is attributable to or arises, or is increased, as a result of the passing or
coming into force of or any change in any enactment, law, regulation, directive,
requirement or any practice of any government, government department or agency or
regulatory body (including extra-statutory concessions of the Inland Revenue) after
the date hereof whether or not having retrospective effect or the retrospective
imposition of Tax or any increase in rates of Tax;

	 	6.8.6	 	arises wholly or partly from an act or omission occurring at the request of
or with the written consent of the Buyer or (on or after Completion) the Company or
any of its directors, other officers, employees or agents;

	 	6.8.7	 	arises wholly or partly from an act or omission compelled by law; or

	 	6.8.8	 	arises as a result of the Company ceasing to carry on business as a going
concern.

	6.9	 	The Seller is not liable for a Claim or a claim under the Tax Covenant unless the Buyer has
given the Seller notice in writing of the Claim, summarising the nature of the Claim in
sufficient detail to enable the Seller properly to identify the matter concerned and the
amount claimed, with such supporting evidence as may then be available:

	 	6.9.1	 	within a period of eighteen months beginning on the Completion Date (unless
it is a claim made under the Tax Warranty or under the Tax Covenant, in which case
notice shall be given within the period of six years beginning on the Completion
Date); and

	 	6.9.2	 	the liability of the Seller for any Claim or claim under the Tax Covenant
specified in such notice shall absolutely determine and cease (unless the amount
payable in respect of the relevant Claim has been agreed by the Seller within 6 months
of the date of such written notice) if legal proceedings have not been instituted in
respect of such Claim by the due service of process on the Seller within six months of
such written notice (in which case such Claim shall become fully barred and
unenforceable).

	6.10	 	Where a breach of the Warranties is capable of remedy by the Seller and the Buyer serves
notice requesting the Seller to remedy such breach, to the extent that the Buyer suffers no
consequential damage of a different type as a result of such breach,
the Buyer shall not be entitled to pursue the Claim until such breach is not remedied to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Buyer at no cost to the Buyer within thirty (30) days
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	6.11	 	The liability of the Sellers in respect of a claim under the Tax Covenant shall be reduced if
and to the extent that the loss has been recovered under the Warranties and vice versa.

	6.12	 	If any third party claim is made against the Buyer or the Company for which the Seller may be
liable under the Warranties, or the Company is entitled to bring any claim against a third
party based on circumstances which are reasonably likely to give rise to such a liability and
provided that nothing under this clause should require the Buyer or the Company to act in a
manner materially prejudicial to its business interests, the Buyer will procure that the
Company will:-

	 	6.12.1	 	as soon as reasonably practicable give written notice of it to the Seller specifying
the nature and amount of the matter in reasonable detail;

	 	6.12.2	 	take such action as the Seller may reasonably and properly request to conduct,
avoid, dispute, resist, appeal, compromise or defend the claim, subject to the Seller
indemnifying the Buyer or the Company against all liabilities, costs and expenses
which it or they may reasonably incur by reason of such action and providing the Buyer
with security therefor to the Buyer’s reasonable satisfaction;

	 	6.12.3	 	not make any admission of liability, agreement or compromise with any person, body
or authority in relation to it without prior consultation with the Seller. If the
Seller shall not request the Buyer or the Company to take any such action, or shall
fail to secure the liabilities, costs and expenses as aforesaid within thirty (30)
days after notice shall have been given to the Seller then the Buyer shall be free to
pay or settle the claim on such terms as it shall in its absolute discretion think
fit.

	6.13	 	Where the Seller has satisfied a liability under the Warranties and the Buyer or the Company
has a right of reimbursement against any third party in respect of such liability, the Buyer
may, in its absolute discretion, assign to the Seller the benefit of such right provided that
the assignment of such right shall not materially affect the goodwill of the Company or the
Buyer.

	6.14	 	The Buyer shall take all reasonable steps to mitigate as required by law any loss suffered by
the Buyer and the Company in respect of any Claim.

	6.15	 	The Buyer will procure that the Company will (as appropriate) observe the terms of this
clause 6 as if it were party to this Agreement.

	6.16	 	The Buyer undertakes to retain, or procure the retention by the Company of, all such books,
records, accounts, correspondence and other papers of the Company as are reasonably likely to
be material in the context of the liability of the Seller under this agreement, and in the
event that the Seller shall have conduct of any claim, to permit the Seller and the Seller’s
professional advisors to have reasonable access to such of them as shall be relevant subject
to the Seller and its professional advisors keeping the same strictly confidential and using
the same only in conjunction with the terms of this clause 6.

	6.17	 	The Buyer will reimburse to the Seller an amount equal to such part of any sum paid to it by
the Seller in relation to any Claim which is subsequently recovered by, or repaid to, the
Buyer or the Company in respect of the same from or by any third party, less the reasonable
costs and disbursements incurred by the Buyer and/or the Company in recovering the same
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	6.18	 	Save as set out in clause 6.14 nothing in this clause 6 applies to a Claim that arises or is
delayed as a result of dishonesty, fraud, wilful misconduct or wilful concealment by the
Seller, its agents or advisers.

	6.19	 	The Seller shall not plead the Limitation Act 1980 in respect of any claims made under the
Tax Warranties or the Tax Covenant up to six years after the Completion Date.

	6.20	 	The limitations set out in this clause 6 shall not apply to any Claim that arises from or is
connected to a breach relating to the following Warranty:

	 	6.20.1	 	the title of the Seller to the Sale Shares and its right to sell the Sale Shares
free from any Encumbrance; and

	 
	 	6.20.2	 	the warranties given by the Seller in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 4.

	7	 	Properties

	 
	7.1	 	Particulars of the Properties are set out in Part 1 and 2 of Schedule 6.

	 
	8	 	Tax covenant

	 
	8.1	 	The provisions of Schedule 5 apply in this agreement.

	 
	9	 	Indemnities

	9.1	 	The Seller undertakes to indemnify, and to keep indemnified, the Buyer and the Company
against all losses or liabilities (including without limitation any direct or indirect
consequential losses, loss of profit and loss of reputation, damages, claims, demands,
proceedings, costs, expenses, penalties, legal and other professional fees and costs) which
may be suffered or incurred by any of them and which arise directly or indirectly in
connection with the following matters:

	 	9.1.1	 	any claim by either or both of the nurses referred to at disclosure 7.2 as
set out in the Disclosure Letter;

	 	9.1.2	 	any claim by Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust in respect of disclosure 9.1.1 as
set out in the Disclosure Letter;

	 	9.1.3	 	the allegation from Olympus KeyMed referred to at disclosure 10.1 of the
Disclosure Letter.

	9.2	 	Any payment made in respect of a claim under this clause 9 shall include:

	 	9.2.1	 	an amount in respect of all reasonable costs and expenses properly incurred
by the Buyer or the Company in relation to the bringing of the claim; and

	 	9.2.2	 	any amount necessary to ensure that, after any Tax of the payment, the Buyer
is left with the same amount it would have had if the payment was not subject to Tax.

	10	 	Confidentiality

	10.1	 	Except so far as may be required by law, and in such circumstances only after prior
consultation with the Buyer, the Seller shall not at any time disclose to any person or
use to the detriment of the Company this agreement or any Confidential Information which it
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	11	 	Announcements

	11.1	 	Save as required by law or the rules of any relevant stock exchange, no announcement,
circular or other publicity in connection with the subject matter of this agreement (other
than as permitted by this agreement) shall be made prior to Completion by or on behalf of the
Seller and the Buyer without the approval of the other (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed).

	12	 	Restrictions on the Seller

	12.1	 	Neither the Seller, nor any member of its Group, directly or indirectly, whether itself, or
by its employees or agents and whether on its own behalf or on behalf of any other person,
firm or company or otherwise for a period of two years after the Completion Date, in the
geographic areas in which the Company is or was active in the 12 months before Completion Date
(and save where another member of the Company’s Group has prior to the Completion Date itself
been active in such geographic area), carry on, be engaged or interested in, any business
which would be in competition with any part of the business of the Company as carried on
during that time.

	12.2	 	Without prejudice to the generality of clause 12.1, neither the Seller nor any member of its
Group, directly or indirectly, whether itself, or by its employees or agents and whether on
its own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm or company or otherwise, shall:

	 	12.2.1	 	compete for a period of three years after the Completion Date in respect of the fume
hood and air handling business of the Company within the United Kingdom; or

	 	12.2.2	 	compete for a period of three years after the Completion Date in any geographical
location in respect of the sale of Automated Endoscope Reprocessors; or

	 	12.2.3	 	compete for a period of two years after the Completion Date in any geographical
location in respect of the sale of endoscopy storage and/or drying (but for the
avoidance of doubt this provision shall not apply to Sonora Medical’s distribution of
Air Clean Systems’ products within the United States).

	12.3	 	Neither the Seller nor any member of its Group, directly or indirectly, whether itself, or by
its employees or agents and whether on its own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm
or company or otherwise, shall, for a period of two years after the Completion Date, without
the prior written agreement of the Buyer, attempt to do or do any of the following:

	 	12.3.1	 	entice away from the employment of the Company anyone who is at that time, and was
at the date of this agreement, a director or officer of, or an employee holding an
executive or managerial position with, the Company; or

	 	12.3.2	 	procure or facilitate the making of such attempt or action by any other person.

	12.4	 	Neither the Seller nor any member of its Group, directly or indirectly, whether itself, or by
its employees or agents and whether on its own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm
or company or otherwise, shall, within the United Kingdom for a period of two years after the
Completion Date and save where such person is at the Completion Date an existing customer of
the Seller or any other member of its Group
in respect of such goods and services, supply any person with goods or services which are
competitive with those or of the type supplied by the Company at any time during the period
of 12 months up to and including Completion Date, if that person (or its agent) is or was a
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	12.5	 	Neither the Seller nor any member of its Group, directly or indirectly, whether itself, or by
its employees or agents and whether on its own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm
or company or otherwise, shall within the United Kingdom, for a period of two years after the
Completion Date and save where such person is at the Completion Date an existing customer of
the Seller or any other member of its Group in respect of such goods and services, canvass or
seek the custom of any person in respect of goods or services which are competitive with those
or of the type supplied by the Company at any time during the period of 12 months up to and
including the Completion Date, if that person (or its agent) is or was a client or customer of
the Company at any time during such period.

	12.6	 	Neither the Seller nor any member of its Group, directly or indirectly, whether itself, or by
its employees or agents and whether on its own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm
or company or otherwise, shall, for a period of two years after the Completion Date, solicit
or entice away from the Company any supplier who had supplied goods or services to the Company
at any time during the period of 12 months up to and including Completion Date, if that
solicitation or enticement causes or is likely to cause such supplier to cease supplying, or
materially to reduce its supply of, those goods or services to the Company.

	12.7	 	Neither the Seller nor any member of its Group, directly or indirectly, whether itself, or by
its employees or agents and whether on its own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm
or company or otherwise, shall, at any time after the Completion Date, use in the course of
any business:

	 	12.7.1	 	the words “Labcaire” or “Labcaire Systems”; or

	 	12.7.2	 	any trade or service mark, business or domain name, design or logo which had been
used by the Company at any time before the Completion Date.

	12.8	 	Nothing in this clause 12 prevents the Seller or any member of its Group from holding for
investment purposes only:

	 	12.8.1	 	any units of any authorised unit trust; or

	 	12.8.2	 	not more than 5% of any class of shares or securities of any company traded on any
recognised stock exchange.

	12.9	 	The undertakings in this clause 12 apply to actions undertaken by the Seller and its Group in
any capacity and whether directly or indirectly, on their own behalf, on behalf of another
person or jointly with another person.

	12.10	 	The Seller shall procure that any members of its Group comply with this clause 12 as if it
were a party to this agreement.

	12.11	 	Each of the covenants in this clause 12 are considered to be fair and reasonable by the
parties.

	12.12	 	Each covenant in this clause 12 shall be construed separately and if any court or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this clause 12 to be
invalid, unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions of this clause 12 shall remain in
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	12.13	 	If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or legal if
some part of it were deleted, or if the time periods were reduced, the provision will apply
with whatever modification is necessary to make it valid, enforceable or legal.

	13	 	Further assurance

	13.1	 	Each party shall (at its own expense) use all reasonable endeavours to procure that any
necessary third party shall execute such documents and perform such acts as may reasonably be
required for the purpose of giving full effect to this agreement.

	14	 	Assignment

	14.1	 	No party shall without the prior written consent of the other party (such consent not to be
unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed in the case only of an assignment to another
member of a party’s Group) assign, transfer, charge or deal in any other manner with this
agreement or any of its rights under it, or purport to do any of the same, nor sub-contract
any or all of its obligations under this agreement. Each party is entering into this agreement
for its benefit and not for the benefit of another person.

	14.2	 	Any assignment made pursuant to this clause 14 shall be subject to the following terms:

	 	14.2.1	 	no such assignment shall relieve the Buyer or the Guarantor of any of its
obligations under this agreement; and

	 	14.2.2	 	any such assignment is made on terms that the assignee acknowledges that the Seller
may continue to deal exclusively with the Buyer in respect of all matters relating to
this agreement at all times unless and until the assignee notifies the Seller in
writing that it is exercising its rights as assignee.

	15	 	Whole agreement

	15.1	 	This agreement is the whole agreement between the parties and supersedes any arrangements,
understanding or previous agreement between them relating to the subject matter covered by it.

	15.2	 	Each party acknowledges that, in entering into this agreement and any documents referred to
in it, it does not rely on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement,
representation, agreement, assurance or warranty (whether of fact or of law and whether made
innocently or negligently) made by or on behalf of any party or any person (other than as
expressly set out in this agreement or those documents) and it hereby explicitly waives any
right or remedy arising out of any statement, representation, agreement, assurance or warranty
not expressly set out in this agreement or those documents.

	15.3	 	Nothing in this clause 15 operates to limit or exclude any liability for fraud.

	 
	16	 	Variation

	16.1	 	No variation or agreed termination of this agreement or of any document referred to in it
shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.

	17	 	Waiver

	17.1	 	No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under this agreement
or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy. No single or
partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of
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	18	 	Costs

	18.1	 	Unless otherwise provided, all costs in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
execution and performance of this agreement, and any documents referred to in it, shall be
borne by the party that incurred the costs.

	19	 	Notice

	 
	19.1	 	A notice or other communication given to a party under this agreement:

	 	19.1.1	 	shall be in writing in the English language (or be accompanied by a properly
prepared translation into English);

	 	19.1.2	 	shall be sent for the attention of the person (being, in the case of the Seller,
Michael McManus Jr and Richard Zaremba), and to the address specified in this clause
19 (or such other address or person as the party may notify to the others, in
accordance with the provisions of this clause 19); and

	 	19.1.3	 	shall be:

	 	19.1.3.1	 	delivered personally; or

	 
	 	19.1.3.2	 	delivered by commercial courier; or

	 
	 	19.1.3.3	 	sent by recorded delivery requiring signature on delivery; or

	 
	 	19.1.3.4	 	sent by airmail requiring signature on delivery.

	 	19.1.4	 	The addresses for service of notice are the addresses of the Parties as set out at
the beginning of this Agreement or such other address as one party shall give to the
other following Completion.

	19.2	 	Any notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly received:

	 	19.2.1	 	if delivered personally, at the time of delivery; or

	 	19.2.2	 	if delivered by commercial courier, at the time of signature of the courier’s
delivery receipt; or

	 	19.2.3	 	if sent by recorded delivery requiring signature on delivery, at the time of
signature of the delivery receipt; or

	 	19.2.4	 	if sent by airmail requiring signature on delivery, at the time of signature of the
delivery receipt.

	19.3	 	For the purposes of this clause 19:

	 	19.3.1	 	all times are to be read as local time in the place of deemed receipt; and

	 	19.3.2	 	if deemed receipt under this clause 19 is not within business hours (meaning 9.00 am
to 5.30 pm Monday to Friday on any Business Day), the notice or other communication is
deemed to have been received when business next starts in the place of receipt.

	19.4	 	The provisions of this clause 19 shall not apply to the service of any proceedings or other
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	19.5	 	For the avoidance of doubt, a notice or other communication under this agreement shall not be
validly served if sent by e-mail.

	20	 	Default interest

	20.1	 	If any party fails to pay any amount payable by it under this agreement other than under the
Tax Covenant, the party owed such amount may charge interest on the overdue amount. The party
owing the amount shall pay the interest immediately on demand, from the due date up to the
date of actual payment, after as well as before judgment, at the rate of 2% per annum above
LIBOR. Such interest shall accrue on a daily basis and be compounded quarterly.

	21	 	Severance

	21.1	 	If any provision of this agreement (or part of any provision) is found by any court or other
body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions
shall remain in force.

	21.2	 	If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable and legal if
some part of it were deleted, the provision shall apply with whatever modification is
necessary to give effect to the commercial intention of the parties.

	22	 	Agreement survives Completion

	22.1	 	This agreement (other than obligations that have already been fully performed) remains in
full force after Completion.

	23	 	Third party rights

	23.1	 	Subject to clause 23.2, this agreement and the documents referred to in it are made for the
benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns and are not intended to
benefit, or be enforceable by, anyone else.

	23.2	 	The following provisions are intended to benefit future buyers of Sale Shares from the Buyer
and, where they are identified in the relevant clauses, the Company and shall, subject to
clause 14.1 be enforceable by them to the fullest extent permitted by law:

	 	23.2.1	 	clause 5 and Schedule 4, subject to clause 6;

	 
	 	23.2.2	 	clause 8 and Schedule 5;

	 
	 	23.2.3	 	[clause 9;]

	 
	 	23.2.4	 	clause 12; and

	 
	 	23.2.5	 	clause 11.

	23.3	 	Each of the parties represents to the others that their respective rights to terminate,
rescind or agree any amendment, variation, waiver or settlement under, this agreement are not
subject to the consent of any person that is not a party to this agreement.

	24	 	Successors

	24.1	 	The rights and obligations of the parties under this agreement shall continue for the benefit
of, and shall be binding on, their respective successors and assigns.

 

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	25	 	Set-off

	25.1	 	Save as expressly provided in this agreement, all amounts due under this agreement shall be
paid in full without any deduction or withholding other than as required by law. No party
shall be entitled to assert any credit, set-off or counterclaim against another party in order
to justify withholding payment of any such amount in whole or in part.

	26	 	Counterparts

	26.1	 	This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (but shall not be effective
until each party has executed at least one counterpart), each of which, when executed, shall
constitute an original of this agreement and which together shall have the same effect as if
each party had executed the same agreement.

	27	 	Governing law and jurisdiction

	27.1	 	This agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its
subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

	27.2	 	Subject to clause 29, the parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales
shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in
connection with this agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual
disputes or claims).

	28	 	Exchange Rates

	28.1	 	Any payment due under this agreement at any time shall be subject to the prevailing pound
sterling to US dollar (£/$) exchange rate on the date that such payment falls due.

	28.2	 	Any payment due to the Seller under this agreement shall be made in US dollars.

	29	 	Dispute resolution procedure

	29.1	 	If a dispute arises out of or in connection with this agreement or the performance, validity
or enforceability of it (Dispute) then, except as expressly provided in this agreement, the
parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedure set out in this clause:

	 	29.1.1	 	either party shall give to the other written notice of the Dispute, setting out its
nature and full particulars (Dispute Notice), together with relevant supporting
documentation. On service of the Dispute Notice the Chief Executive Officers of each
of the parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute;

	 	29.1.2	 	if the Chief Executive Officers of the parties are for any reason unable to resolve
the Dispute within 30 days of it being referred to them, the parties will attempt to
settle it by mediation in accordance with the CEDR Model Mediation Procedure. Unless
otherwise agreed between the parties, the mediator shall be nominated by CEDR Solve.
To initiate the mediation, a party must serve notice in writing (ADR notice) to the
other party requesting a mediation. A copy of the ADR notice should be sent to CEDR
Solve. The mediation will start not later than 30 days after the date of the ADR
notice. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the place of mediation shall be
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	29.2	 	No party may commence any court proceedings in relation to any dispute arising out of this
agreement until 30 days after the appointment of a mediator, provided that the right to issue
proceedings is not prejudiced by a delay.

	30	 	Guarantee

	30.1	 	In consideration of the Seller entering into this Agreement, and without prejudice to the
guarantees of the Guarantor and the Company in the Loan Note Instrument, the Guarantor (as
principal obligor and not merely as a surety) unconditionally and irrevocably, as a continuing
obligation, hereby guarantees to the Seller the proper and punctual observance and performance
by the Buyer of all its financial payment obligations in respect of the Purchase Price and any
Overprovision as detailed in the Tax Covenant and agrees to indemnify the Seller against all
loss, damages, costs and expenses which the Seller may suffer through or arising from any
failure by the Buyer so to perform and observe the same.

	30.2	 	If and each time that the Buyer fails for any reason whatsoever to perform or observe any of
the obligations, commitments or undertakings referred to in clause 30.1, the Guarantor shall
forthwith upon demand unconditionally perform (or procure the performance or observance of)
and satisfy (or procure the satisfaction of) the obligation, commitment or undertaking in
regard to which such failure has occurred in the manner prescribed in this Agreement or, as
applicable, the Transaction Document in respect of which such failure has occurred and so that
the same benefits shall be received by, or conferred on, the Seller as it would have had if
such obligation, commitment or undertaking had been duly performed, observed and satisfied by
the Buyer.

	30.3	 	The Guarantor’s liability under this clause 30 shall remain in force notwithstanding
any act, omission, neglect, event or matter whatsoever (whether or not known to the Buyer,
the Seller or the Guarantor).

	30.4	 	Demands may be made by the Seller under this clause 30 from time to time. The obligations of
the Guarantor under this clause 30 are continuing obligations and shall extend to all of the
obligations from time to time of the Buyer, regardless of any intermediate payment or
discharge in whole or in part, and are in addition to and not in substitution for any other
security which the Seller may now or in the future hold for the obligations of the Buyer under
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and may be enforced by the Seller without the
Seller first having recourse to any such other security or taking any steps or proceedings
against the Buyer.

	30.5	 	Any release, compromise or discharge of the obligations of the Guarantor shall be deemed to
be made subject to the condition that it will be void if any payment, performance or security
which may be or has been received by the Seller is set aside, refunded or reduced or proves
invalid for whatever reason. If such condition is satisfied, the Seller shall be entitled to
recover from the Guarantor on demand the value of such security or the amount of such payment
as if such discharge, release, composition or arrangement had not been effected.

	30.6	 	As a separate, additional, continuing and primary obligation, the Guarantor, unconditionally
and irrevocably, undertakes to the Seller to indemnify the Seller (on an after tax basis) on
demand (without requiring the Seller first to take steps against the Buyer or any other
person) against any and all losses, actions, claims, proceedings, liabilities, expenditure or
costs suffered or incurred by the Seller should any amounts which would otherwise be due under
this Agreement or other Transaction Document not be recoverable or the other obligations,
commitments and undertakings guaranteed to be performed not be enforceable for any reason
whatsoever (including (but not limited to) this Agreement or other Transaction Document being
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	30.7	 	The Guarantor hereby waives any right it may have of first requiring the Seller to proceed
against, or enforce any right against, the Buyer or any other person and, the Guarantor shall
not, without first obtaining the Seller’s written consent:

	 	(a)	 	take or accept any security interest from the Buyer; or

	 	(b)	 	be entitled to, and shall not, claim in competition with the Seller in any
liquidation, administration, receivership (including administrative receivership) or
winding-up or as part of any composition of creditors or scheme of arrangement in
relation to the Buyer or any part of its assets; or

	 	(c)	 	seek to recover, whether directly or indirectly, claim, receive or have the
benefit of any payment or distribution from, or on account of, the Buyer or exercise
any counterclaim, right of set-off or lien against the Buyer or any other person in
relation to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document if the Buyer has
defaulted hereunder or thereunder or claim the benefit of any security held by the
Seller so that the Seller shall be entitled to apply any such security as it considers
fit; or

	 	(d)	 	exercise any other right or remedy in respect of any amount paid by the
Guarantor pursuant to this guarantee,

and the Guarantor agrees that, if notwithstanding the above, the Guarantor holds or
recovers any security, moneys or property from the Buyer or any third party in respect of
the Buyer, the Guarantor shall hold such security, moneys or property in trust for the
Seller and shall forthwith pay or transfer the same to the Seller.

	30.8	 	Any amounts payable under this clause 30 shall be paid in full without any deduction or
withholding whatsoever (whether in respect of set-off, counterclaim, duties, charges, taxes or
otherwise) unless such deduction or withholding is required by law, in which event the
Guarantor shall pay to the Seller an additional amount so that the net amount received by the
Seller will equal the full amount which the Seller would have received had no such deduction
or withholding been made.

	30.9	 	The Seller may place and keep amounts received from the Guarantor pursuant to this clause or
from any other surety or under any other security, to the credit of an account of the Seller
or such other person as the Seller thinks fit without any liability to pay interest thereon.
The Seller shall not be obliged to apply any amount so received in or toward the discharge of
amounts owed hereunder until all amounts owing hereunder have been irrevocably received in
full.

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Schedule 1 Apportionment of Purchase Price

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Seller	 	Sale shares	 	 	Cash	 	 	Loan notes	 	 	Commission	 
	 
	Misonix Inc
	 	350,000 ordinary shares of £1	 	$	3,600,000	 	 	$	1,000,000	 	 	up to $1,000,000

 

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Schedule 2 Particulars of the Company

Part 1. The Company

	 	 	 
	Registered name:
	 	Labcaire Systems Limited

	 	 	 

	Registered number:
	 	02683459

	 	 	 

	Registered office:
	 	175 Kenn Road, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 6LH

	 	 	 

	Type of company:
	 	Private company limited by shares

	 	 	 

	Place of incorporation:
	 	England and Wales

	 	 	 

	Authorised share capital:
	 	Ordinary shares: £1,000,000 (1,000,000 shares of £1
each)

	 	 	 

	Issued share capital:
	 	Ordinary shares: £350,000 (350,000 shares of £1 each)

	 	 	 

	Registered shareholders:
	 	Misonix Inc

	 	 	 

	Directors:
	 	Richard Zaremba

	 	 	 

	 	 	Neil Thomas Blewitt

	 	 	 

	 	 	Michael A Mcmanus Jr

	 	 	 

	Company secretary:
	 	Joanna Lea-Jones

	 	 	 

	Auditor:
	 	Grant Thornton

	 	 	 

	Subsidiaries:
	 	NONE

	 	 	 

	Other offices:
	 	NONE

	 	 	 

	Details of charges:
	 	Deed of Rental Deposit in favour of Tesco Stores
Limited, dated 29th June 2007.

	 	 	 

	 	 	Debenture in favour of RBS Invoice Finance Limited,
dated 29th September 2008.

 

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Schedule 3 Completion

Part 1. What the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer at Completion

	1	 	Transfers of the Sale Shares executed by the registered holders in favour of the Buyer or its
nominees.

	2	 	The share certificates for the Sale Shares in the names of the registered holders or an
indemnity in the agreed form for any lost certificates.

	3	 	3 Any waivers, consents and other documents required to enable the Buyer and its nominees to
be registered as the holders of the Sale Shares.

	4	 	In relation to the Company, the statutory registers and minute books (written up to the time
of Completion), the common seal, certificate of incorporation and any certificates of
incorporation on change of name.

	5	 	The written resignation, executed as a deed and in the agreed form, of the directors and the
company secretary of the Company other than Neil Blewitt, and such appropriate filing
documents as required by Companies House.

	6	 	Certified copies of the minutes of the board meetings held under Part 2 of this Schedule 3.

	 
	7	 	In relation to the Company:

	 	7.1	 	statements from each bank at which it has an account giving the balance of
each account at the close of business on the last Business Day before Completion;

	 	7.2	 	all cheque books in current use and written confirmation that no cheques have
been written since those statements were prepared;

	 	7.3	 	a change in the Company’s banking mandates by the appointment of Arthur
Robert Jones and Daniel John Bee as signatories and the removal of the existing
signatories to all of the Company’s bank accounts.

	 	7.4	 	details of cash book balances; and

	 	7.5	 	reconciliation statements reconciling the cash book balances and the cheque
books with the bank statements delivered.

	8	 	A copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Seller authorising the Seller to
enter into and perform its obligations under this agreement, certified to be a true and
complete copy by a director or the secretary of the Seller.

	9	 	All title deeds and other documents relating to the Properties.

	10	 	Evidence, in agreed form, that any indebtedness or other liability of the kind described in
paragraph 13 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 has been discharged.

	11	 	Evidence, in agreed form, that the Company has been discharged from any responsibility for
the indebtedness, or for the default in the performance of any obligation, of any other
person.

	12	 	A certified copy of the resolution(s) of the directors of the Seller authorising and
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Part 2. Matters for the board meetings at Completion

The Seller shall cause a board meeting of the Company to be held at Completion at which the
following matters shall take place.

	a 	 	A resolution to register the transfer of the Sale Shares shall be passed at such board
meeting of the Company, subject to the transfers being stamped at the cost of the Buyer.

	b 	 	The existing directors and company secretary of the Company other than Neil Blewitt shall
resign with effect from the end of the relevant board meeting.

	c 	 	Daniel John Bee and Gregory Todd Bosch shall be appointed as directors of the Company to take
office at the close of the meeting.

	d 	 	Arthur Robert Jones shall be appointed as secretary of the Company with effect from the close
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Schedule 4 Warranties

Part 1. General Warranties

	1	 	Power to sell the Company

	1.1	 	The Seller has all requisite power and authority to enter into and perform this agreement in
accordance with its terms and the other documents referred to in it.

	1.2	 	This agreement and the other documents referred to in it constitute (or shall constitute when
executed) valid, legal and binding obligations on the Seller in the terms of the agreement and
such other documents.

	1.3	 	Compliance with the terms of this agreement and the documents referred to in it shall not
breach or constitute a default under any of the following:

	 	1.3.1	 	any agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is
bound; or

	 	1.3.2	 	any order, judgment, decree or other restriction applicable to the Seller.

	2	 	Shares in the Company

	2.1	 	The Sale Shares constitute the whole of the allotted and issued share capital of the Company
and are fully paid.

	2.2	 	The Seller is the legal and beneficial owners of the Sale Shares.

	2.3	 	The Sale Shares are free from all Encumbrances and no commitment has been given to create an
Encumbrance affecting the Sale Shares.

	2.4	 	No right has been granted to any person to require the Company to issue any share capital and
no Encumbrance has been created and no commitment has been given to create an Encumbrance in
favour of any person affecting any unissued shares or debentures or other unissued securities
of the Company.

	2.5	 	The Company has not at any time:

	 	2.5.1	 	purchased, redeemed or repaid any of its own share capital; or

	 	2.5.2	 	given any financial assistance in connection with any acquisition of its
share capital of its holding company (as that expression is defined in section 736 of
the Companies Acts) as it would fall within sections 151 to 158 (inclusive) of the
Companies Acts.

	2.6	 	All dividends or distributions declared, made or paid by the Company have been declared, made
or paid in accordance with its memorandum, articles of association, the applicable provisions
of the Companies Acts and any agreements or arrangements made with any third party regulating
the payment of dividends and distributions.

	3	 	Constitutional and Corporate Documents

	3.1	 	The Copies of the memorandum and articles of association Disclosed to the Buyer or its
advisers are true and complete.

	3.2	 	All statutory books and registers of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been properly kept
in all material respects and no notice or allegation that any of them is incorrect or should
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	3.3	 	All returns, particulars, resolutions and other material documents which the Company is
required by law to file with or deliver to any authority in any jurisdiction (including, in
particular, the Registrar of Companies in England and Wales) have been correctly made up and
filed or, as the case may be, delivered.

	4	 	Information

	4.1	 	All the factual information contained in the Disclosure Letter is accurate in all material
respects and not misleading.

	4.2	 	The particulars relating to the Company in this agreement are in all material respects
accurate and not misleading.

	4.3	 	The Company has no subsidiary companies.

	 
	5	 	Compliance with laws

	5.1	 	The Company has at all times conducted its business in accordance with all applicable laws
and regulations material to the conduct of the business.

	6	 	Licences and consents

	6.1	 	The Company has all necessary licences, consents, permits and authorities reasonably
necessary to carry on its business in the places and in the manner in which its business is
now carried on, all of which are valid and subsisting.

	6.2	 	So far as the Seller is aware, there is no reason why any of those licences, consents,
permits and authorities should be suspended, cancelled, revoked or not renewed on the same
terms.

	7	 	Insurance

	7.1	 	The particulars of those insurance policies set out in the Disclosure Letter are accurate and
not misleading.

	7.2	 	There are no material outstanding claims under, or in respect of the validity of, any of
those insurance policies and, so far as the Seller is aware, there are no circumstances likely
to give rise to any claim under any of those insurance policies.

	7.3	 	All the insurance policies are in full force and effect, are not void or voidable, nothing
has been done or not done which could make any of them void or voidable so far as the Seller
is aware and Completion will not terminate, or entitle any insurer to terminate, any such
policy.

	8	 	Power of attorney

	8.1	 	There are no powers of attorney in force given by the Company and no person, as agent or
otherwise, is authorised to bind or commit the Company to any obligation not in the ordinary
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	9	 	Disputes and investigations

	9.1	 	The Company:

	 	9.1.1	 	is not engaged in any litigation, administrative, mediation or arbitration
proceedings or other proceedings or hearings before any statutory or
governmental body, department, board or agency (except for debt collection in
the normal course of business); and

	 	9.1.2	 	is not so far as the Seller is aware the subject of any investigation,
inquiry or enforcement proceedings by any governmental, administrative or regulatory
body.

	9.2	 	So far as the Seller is aware no such proceedings, investigation or inquiry as are mentioned
in paragraph 9.1 have been threatened or are pending and there are no circumstances likely to
give rise to any such proceedings.

	10	 	Defective products and services

	10.1	 	So far as the Seller is aware, the Company has not manufactured or sold any products which
(in any material respect) were, at the time they were manufactured or sold, faulty or
defective or did not comply with warranties or representations expressly made or implied by or
on behalf of the Company.

	10.2	 	So far as the Seller is aware, no proceedings have been started, are pending or have been
threatened against the Company in which it is claimed that any products manufactured or sold
by the company concerned are defective, not appropriate for their intended use or have caused
bodily injury or material damage to any person or property when applied or used as intended.

	10.3	 	So far as the Seller is aware, no proceedings have been started and there are no outstanding
liabilities or claims pending or threatened against the Company in respect of any services
supplied by the Company and no dispute exists between the Company and any of its customers or
clients.

	11	 	Competition

	 
	11.1	 	The definition in this paragraph 11.1 applies in this agreement:

	11.2	 	Competition Law: the national and directly effective legislation of any jurisdiction which
governs the conduct of companies or individuals in relation to restrictive or other
anti-competitive agreements or practices (including, but not limited to, cartels, pricing,
resale pricing, market sharing, bid rigging, terms of trading, purchase or supply and joint
ventures), dominant or monopoly market positions (whether held individually or collectively)
and the control of acquisitions or mergers.

	11.3	 	The Company is not engaged in any agreement, arrangement, practice or conduct which amounts
to an infringement of the Competition Law of any jurisdiction in which the Company conducts
business and so far as the Seller is aware no Director is engaged in any activity which would
be an offence or infringement under any such Competition Law.

	11.4	 	The Company is not affected by any existing or (so far as the Seller is aware) pending
decisions, judgments, orders or rulings of any relevant government body, agency or authority
responsible for enforcing the Competition Law of any jurisdiction nor has the Company given
any undertakings or commitments to such bodies which affect the conduct of any business
carried on at Completion of the Company.

	11.5	 	The Company is not in receipt of any payment, guarantee, financial assistance or other aid
from the government or any state body which so far as the Seller is aware was not, but should
have been, notified to the European Commission under Article 88 of the EC Treaty for decision
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	12	 	Contracts

	12.1	 	The definition in this paragraph 12.1 applies in this agreement:

	12.2	 	Material Contract: an agreement or arrangement to which the Company is a party or is bound
by and which is of material importance to the business, profits or assets of the Company.

	12.3	 	Except for the agreements and arrangements Disclosed, the Company is not a party to or
subject to any agreement or arrangement which:

	 	12.3.1	 	is a Material Contract; or

	 	12.3.2	 	is of a long term, unusual or exceptional nature or restricts the freedom of the
Company; or

	 
	 	12.3.3	 	is not in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Company; or

	 
	 	12.3.4	 	involves agency or distributorship; or

	 	12.3.5	 	involves partnership, joint venture, consortium, joint development, shareholders or
similar arrangements; or

	 	12.3.6	 	involves or is likely to involve an aggregate consideration payable by or to the
Company in excess of $10,000; or

	 	12.3.7	 	is not on arm’s length terms.

	12.4	 	Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and so far as the Seller is aware binding
on the parties to it. The Company has not in any material respect defaulted under or breached
a Material Contract and so far as the Seller is aware no other party to a Material Contract,
has defaulted under or breached such a contract.

	12.5	 	No notice of termination of a Material Contract has been received or served by the Company
and so far as the Seller is aware there are no grounds for determination, rescission,
avoidance, repudiation or a material change in the terms of any such contract.

	13	 	Transactions with the Seller

	13.1	 	There is no outstanding indebtedness or other liability (actual or contingent) and no
outstanding contract, commitment or arrangement between the Company and any of the following:

	 	13.1.1	 	the Seller or any person Connected with the Seller; or

	 	13.1.2	 	any director or a member of a Group of the Company or any person Connected with such
a member or director.

	13.2	 	Neither the Seller, nor so far as the Seller is aware any person Connected with the Seller is
entitled to a claim of any nature against the Company or has assigned to any person the
benefit of a claim against the Company to which any the Seller or a person Connected with the
Seller would otherwise be entitled.

	14	 	Finance and guarantees

	14.1	 	No guarantee, mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, assignment or other security agreement or
arrangement has been given by or entered into by the Company or any third party in respect of
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	14.2	 	The Company does not have any outstanding loan capital, or has lent any money that has not
been repaid, and there are no debts owing to the Company other than debts that have arisen in
the normal course of business.

	14.3	 	The Company has not:

	 	14.3.1	 	factored any of its debts or discounted any of its debts or engaged in financing of
a type which would not need to be shown or reflected in the Accounts; or

	 	14.3.2	 	waived any right of set-off it may have against any third party.

	14.4	 	Full particulars of all money borrowed by the Company (including all material particulars of
the terms on which such money has been borrowed) have been Disclosed.

	14.5	 	No indebtedness of the Company is due and payable and no security over any of the assets of
the Company is now enforceable, whether by virtue of the stated maturity date of the
indebtedness having been reached or otherwise. The Company has not received any notice whose
terms have not been fully complied with and/or carried out from any creditor requiring any
payment to be made and/or intimating the enforcement of any security which it may hold over
the assets of the Company.

	14.6	 	All debts (less any provision for bad and doubtful debts) owing to the Company are reflected
in the Accounts or as the case may be the Management Accounts.

	15	 	Assets

	15.1	 	The Company is the full legal and beneficial owner of all the assets included in the
Accounts, and any assets acquired since the Accounts Date, and all other assets used by the
Company except for those disposed of since the Accounts Date in the normal course of business.

	15.2	 	None of the assets shown in the Accounts or acquired by the Company since the Accounts Date
or used by the Company is the subject of any lease, lease hire agreement, hire-purchase
agreement or agreement for payment on deferred terms or is the subject of any licence or
factoring arrangement.

	15.3	 	The Company is in possession and control of all the assets included in the Accounts or
acquired since the Accounts Date, and all other assets used by the Company, except for those
Disclosed as being in the possession of a third party in the normal course of business.

	15.4	 	The assets of the Company comprise all the assets reasonably necessary for the continuation
of its business in the manner in which such business is carried on at the Accounts Date and as
at Completion.

	16	 	Condition of plant and equipment and stock in trade

	16.1	 	So far as the Seller is aware, the plant, machinery, equipment and vehicles used in
connection with the Business:

	 	16.1.1	 	are in working order and have been regularly and properly maintained; and

	 
	 	16.1.2	 	are capable of doing the work for which they were designed.

	16.2	 	The stock-in-trade (including work-in-progress) of the Company is in reasonably satisfactory
condition, is not excessive and is adequate in relation to current trading requirements of the
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	17	 	Environment and health and safety [subject to comments from Property Team]

	 
	17.1	 	The definitions in this paragraph 17.1 apply in this agreement:

	 
	17.2	 	Environment: air, water and land, all living organisms and natural or man-made structures.

	17.3	 	Environmental Laws: any law in so far as it relates to Environmental and Health and Safety
Matters.

	17.4	 	Environmental and Health and Safety Matters: the protection of human health, the protection
and condition of the Environment, the condition of the workplace, the generation,
transportation, storage, treatment, emission, deposit and disposal of any Hazardous Substance
or Waste.

	17.5	 	Hazardous Substances: any natural or artificial substance (whether solid, liquid or gas and
whether alone or in combination with any other substance or radiation), capable of causing
harm to any human or other living organism or the Environment.

	17.6	 	Waste: all waste, including any unwanted or surplus substance irrespective of whether it is
capable of being recycled or recovered or has any value.

	17.7	 	All permits, consents and licences required or issued under Environmental Law which are
necessary for carrying on the business of the Company has are in full force and effect and
have been complied with and there are no circumstances (including, but not limited to, the
sale of the Sale Shares to the Buyer) likely to give rise to the modification, suspension or
revocation of, or lead to the imposition of unusual or onerous conditions on, or to prejudice
the renewal of, any of those permits, consents or licences.

	17.8	 	The Company is not aware of any material failure to comply with Environmental Laws.

	17.9	 	Notwithstanding the fact that the Company has undertaken no environmental surveys, the
Company is not aware of any Hazardous Substances or Waste at any of the Properties in
circumstances which constitute a material breach of Environmental Law or which may materially
lead to a liability, obligation or duty being imposed under Environmental Law on the Company
has by any competent authority or third party.

	18	 	Intellectual property

	18.1	 	Full and accurate details of all registrations of and applications for registration of
Intellectual Property are set out in the Disclosure Letter and all such Intellectual Property
Rights are owned by the Company.

	18.2	 	Full and accurate details of all licences of any of the Intellectual Property by or to the
Company are contained in the Disclosure Letter.

	18.3	 	The Company owns all Intellectual Property Rights (other than any Third Party Software)
relating to products manufactured and services provided by it or on its behalf or used by it
in connection with its business in each case free from Encumbrances.

	18.3	 	The Intellectual Property is valid and subsisting and the Seller does not know of, or of any
basis for, any claim for revocation, amendment, opposition or rectification or any challenge
to ownership or entitlement in respect of any of the Intellectual Property (due to non-payment
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	18.4	 	The Company has complied with all its obligations under any licence of the Intellectual
Property and no such licence is or so far as the Seller is aware will become liable to
termination because of any breach by or on behalf of the Company or the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement.

	18.5	 	The Company is not required nor is it likely to become liable to pay a royalty or any other
sum to any third party in respect of any of the Intellectual Property except as Disclosed.

	18.6	 	The Company is free to disclose any Business Information but has not (and so far as the
Seller is aware, no employee, contractor, sub-contractor, agent or other person connected with
the Company has) disclosed any of it except in the ordinary course of business and against
written undertakings from the recipient to keep all such disclosed Business Information
confidential, or to the Buyer.

	18.7	 	So far as the Seller is aware, the Company is not infringing nor has it ever infringed the
Intellectual Property Rights of any third party, and no third party has alleged any such
infringement.

	18.8	 	The Seller does not have any rights to use any of the Intellectual Property.

	18.9	 	No claim under sections 39 to 43 Patents Act 1977 and so far as the Seller is aware no
assertion of any rights under Chapter IV Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or their
equivalents in any applicable territory have been made in respect of any of the Intellectual
Property.

	18.10	 	All Developed Software is owned by the Company and the source code of, and all programmers’
notes, documentation and drafts relating to, all Developed Software are kept in a secure
environment and have not been disclosed to any third party.

	18.11	 	The Company does not require any Intellectual Property Rights other than the Intellectual
Property in order to use all the processes employed by it in its business as presently
constituted or to manufacture, use and sell the products which result from those processes or
otherwise to carry on its business.

	19	 	Information technology

	 
	19.1	 	The definitions in this paragraph 19.1 apply in this agreement:

	19.2	 	IT System: all computer hardware (including network) and software (including associated
preparatory materials, user manuals and other related documentation) owned, used, leased or
licensed by or to the Company.

	19.3	 	The Company is the owner of the IT System free from Encumbrances and all other rights
exercisable by third parties. The Company has obtained all necessary rights from third parties
to enable them to make exclusive and unrestricted use of the IT System.

	19.4	 	The elements of the IT System:

	 	19.4.1	 	are functioning properly and in accordance with all applicable specifications;

	 
	 	19.4.2	 	are not defective in any respect;

	 	19.4.3	 	have sufficient capacity and performance to meet the current business requirements
carried on at Completion of the Company;

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	20	 	Data Protection

	20.1	 	The Company has fully complied with the requirements of all applicable legislation concerning
rights in respect of privacy and personal data.

	21	 	Employment

	 
	21.1	 	The definitions in this paragraph 21.1 apply in this agreement:

	21.2	 	Employment Legislation: legislation applying in England and Wales affecting contractual or
other relations between employers and their employees or workers including, but not limited
to, any legislation and any amendment, extension or re-enactment of such legislation and any
claim arising under European treaty provisions or directives enforceable against the Company
by any Employee or Worker.

	21.3	 	Employees: the persons employed by the Company under a contract of employment.

	21.4	 	Worker: any person who personally performs work for the Company but who is not in business on
their own account or in a client/customer relationship.

	21.5	 	The name of each Director is set out in Schedule 2.

	21.6	 	The Disclosure Letter includes anonymised details of all Employees and Workers of the Company

 _____ 
, the particulars of each Employee and Worker and the principal terms of their contract
including:

	 	21.6.1	 	the company which employs or engages them;

	 	21.6.2	 	their current remuneration (including any benefits that the Company is bound to
provide to them or their dependants whether now or in the future);

	 	21.6.3	 	the commencement date of each contract and, if an Employee, the date on which
continuous service began;

	 	21.6.4	 	the length of notice necessary to terminate each contract or, if a fixed term, the
expiry date of the fixed term and details of any previous renewals;

	 	21.6.5	 	the type of contract (whether full or part-time or other); and

	 	21.6.6	 	their date of birth.

	21.7	 	The Disclosure Letter includes anonymised details of all persons who are not Workers and who
are providing services to the Company under an agreement which is not a contract of employment
with the Company (including, in particular, where the individual acts as a consultant or is on
secondment from another company) and the particulars of the terms on which the individual
provides services, including:

	 	21.7.1	 	the company which engages them;

	 	21.7.2	 	the remuneration of each individual (including any benefits and privileges that the
Company is bound to provide) to them or their dependants, whether now or in the
future; and

	 	21.7.3	 	the length of notice necessary to terminate each agreement or, if a fixed term, the
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	21.8	 	The Disclosure Letter includes anonymised details of all Employees and Workers of the Company
who are on secondment, maternity, paternity, adoption or other leave or who are absent due to
ill-health or for any other reason.

	21.9	 	No notice to terminate the contract of employment of any Employee or Worker of the Company
(whether given by the relevant employer or by the Employee or Worker) is pending, outstanding
or threatened and no dispute under any Employment Legislation or otherwise is outstanding
between the Company and any of the current or former Employees or Worker relating to the
relevant contract, its termination and any reference given by the Company regarding them.

	21.10	 	No questionnaire has been served on the Company by an Employee or Worker under any
Employment Legislation which remains unanswered in full or in part.

	21.11	 	No offer of employment or engagement has been made by the Company that has not yet been
accepted, or which has been accepted but where the employment or engagement has not yet
started.

	21.12	 	All contracts between the Company and its Employees and Workers are terminable at any time
on not more than three months’ notice without compensation (other than for unfair dismissal or
a statutory redundancy payment) or any liability on the part of the Company other than wages,
commission or pension.

	21.13	 	The Company is not a party to, is not bound by and is not proposing to introduce in respect
of any of its Directors or Employees any redundancy payment scheme in addition to statutory
redundancy pay, nor is there any agreed procedure for redundancy selection.

	21.14	 	The Company is not a party to, is not bound by and is not proposing to introduce in respect
of any of its Directors, Employees or Workers any share option, profit sharing, bonus,
commission or any other scheme relating to the profit or sales of the Company.

	21.15	 	The Company has not incurred any actual or contingent liability in connection with any
termination of employment of its Employees (including redundancy payments) or for failure to
comply with any order for the reinstatement or re-engagement of any Employee.

	21.16	 	The Company has not made or agreed to make a payment and has not provided or agreed to
provide a benefit to a present or former Director or officer, Employee or Worker or to their
dependants in connection with the actual or proposed termination or suspension of employment
or variation of an employment contract.

	21.17	 	The Company is not involved in any material industrial or trade dispute or negotiation
regarding a claim with any trade union, group or organisation of employees or their
representatives representing Employees or Workers and there is nothing likely to give rise to
such a dispute or claim.

	21.18	 	There are no sums owing to or from any Employee or Worker other than reimbursement of
expenses, wages for the current salary period and holiday pay for the current holiday year.

	21.19	 	The Company has not offered, promised or agreed to any future variation in the contract of
any Employee or Worker.

	21.20	 	The Disclosure Letter includes:

	 	21.20.1	 	anonymised copies of all contracts, handbooks, policies and other documents which
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	 	21.20.2	 	copies of all agreements or arrangements with any trade union, employee
representative or body of employees or their representatives (whether binding or not)
and details of any unwritten agreements or arrangements which may affect any Employee
or Worker.

	21.21	 	In respect of each Employee and Worker, the Company has:

	 	21.21.1	 	performed all obligations and duties it is required to perform (and settled all
outstanding claims);

	 	21.21.2	 	complied with the terms of any relevant agreement or arrangement with any trade
union, employee representative or body of employees or their representatives; and

	 
	 	21.21.3	 	maintained adequate, suitable and up to date records.

	22	 	Insolvency

	 
	22.1	 	The Company:

	 	22.1.1	 	is not insolvent or unable to pay its debts within the meaning of the Insolvency Act
1986; and

	 	22.1.2	 	has not stopped paying its debts as they fall due.

	22.2	 	So far as the Seller is aware, no step has been taken to initiate any process by or under
which:

	 	22.2.1	 	the ability of the creditors of the Company, to take any action to enforce their
debts is suspended, restricted or prevented; or

	 	22.2.2	 	some or all of the creditors of the Company accept, by agreement or in pursuance of
a court order, an amount less than the respective sums owing to them in satisfaction
of those sums with a view to preventing the dissolution of the Company; or

	 	22.2.3	 	a person is appointed to manage the affairs, business and assets of the Company, on
behalf of the Company’s creditors; or

	 	22.2.4	 	the holder of a charge over the Company’s assets is appointed to control the
business and assets of the Company.

	22.3	 	In relation to the Company:

	 	22.3.1	 	no administrator has been appointed;

	 	22.3.2	 	so far as the Seller is aware no documents have been filed with the court for the
appointment of an administrator; and

	 	22.3.3	 	no notice of an intention to appoint an administrator has been given by the Company,
its directors or so far as the Seller is aware by a qualifying floating charge holder
(as defined in paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986).

	22.4	 	So far as the Seller is aware no process has been initiated which could lead to the Company
being dissolved and its assets being distributed among the Company’s creditors, shareholders
or other contributors.

	22.5	 	So far as the Seller is aware no distress, execution or other process has been levied on an
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	23	 	Property [subject to comments from Property Team]

	23.1	 	The Company does not own, use or occupy or have any interest in any land and/or buildings
other than the Properties.

	23.2	 	The description of the Properties and the particulars of the estate owner and present use
contained in Schedule 6 are correct and the plan attached to the Lease accurately delineate
the extent of the Leasehold Properties.

	23.3	 	In this paragraph the expression the “present use” means in respect of the Property the
present use specified in Schedule 6. Except as fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Letter:

	 	23.3.1	 	the Company has a good title to the whole of the Property;

	 	23.3.2	 	save as disclosed, the Property is not subject to any covenant, condition,
agreement, restriction, reservation or right adversely affecting the Property or their
value or their present use;

	 	23.3.3	 	save as disclosed, all covenants, restrictions and stipulations which do affect the
Property (including covenants contained in any lease or leases under which the
Property are held) have been complied with in all respects;

	 	23.3.4	 	the Company is in exclusive and undisputed occupation of the whole of the Property;

	 	23.3.5	 	save as disclosed the Property is not subject to (or to any agreement to create) any
lease, tenancy, licence to occupy or other Encumbrance;

	 	23.3.6	 	save as disclosed, no party claims the benefit of any right, easement, reservation
or other privilege or Encumbrance in or over the Property adverse to the title or
interest of the Company or their present use;

	 	23.3.7	 	the Property and all buildings on the Property and its present use comply with all
relevant material Town and Country Planning legislation, bye-laws and regulations and
no consents or approvals obtained under any of those enactments are temporary or
personal or subject to any conditions which have not been complied with in all
material respects so far as the Seller is aware;

	 	23.3.8	 	the Property complies in all material respects with the requirement of Offices Shops
and Railway Premises Act 1963, the Fire Precautions Act 1971, the Regulatory Reform
(Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and all other
relevant Official Requirements and all orders consents or permissions given under any
of them, save for the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 and the Control of Asbestos
at Work Regulations 2002;

	 	23.3.9	 	all title deeds and documents required to prove the title of the Company to the
Property are in the possession of or under the control of the Company and are being
delivered to the Buyer’s Solicitors.

	23.4	 	Neither the Company nor the Seller have received any material adverse surveyors’, engineers’
or other professional report in respect of the Property.

	23.5	 	All replies to enquiries given on behalf of the Company and the Seller to enquiries raised by
the Buyer’s Solicitors in respect of the Property are true, accurate and complete in all
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	23.6	 	The Company has not at any time assigned or otherwise disposed of any freehold or leasehold
property in respect of which the Company has any continuing liability either as original
contracting party or by virtue of any direct covenant or under an authorised guarantee
agreement given on a sale or assignment to or from the Company or as a surety for the
obligations of any other person in relation to any real property and no claim has been made
against the Company in respect of any leasehold property formerly held by it or in respect of
which it acted as a guarantor nor is any such claim anticipated.

	23.7	 	No claims have been made against the Seller or the Company in respect of repairs,
dilapidations or any similar liability, and the Seller and the Company are not aware of any
other monetary claim or liability which is outstanding, in each case in relation to the
Property.

	23.8	 	No notices have been received by the Company from the landlord or any agent or any third
party relating to or pursuant to the terms of the lease dated 29 June 2007 between Tesco
Stores Limited (1) Labcaire Systems Limited (2) relating to the Properties (“the Lease”).

	23.9	 	The Company has paid all rent and other monies due under the Lease up to date and is not
aware of any disputes with the landlord of the Lease.

	23.10	 	The Company has disclosed details of any communication which it has either verbally or in
writing with the landlord of the Lease relating to any potential exercise of the termination
rights in favour of the Landlord contained in the Lease.

	23.11	 	The Company confirms that it has evidence that the landlord of the Lease is currently
insuring the Property in accordance with the provisions contained in the Lease and is not
aware of any pending claims relating to the Property arising from such insurance.

	23.12	 	So far as the Company is aware, it confirms that any alterations carried out to the Property
since the commencement of the Lease have been carried out in accordance with all necessary
consents from the landlord of the Lease

	23.13	 	The Company confirms that there have been no amendment to the terms of the Lease since its
commencement and the rent currently payable under the Lease is in the sum of £120,000 plus VAT
per annum

	23.14	 	The Company is not aware of any breaches of the Lease as far as it is aware.

	23.15	 	The Company confirms that the sum of £70,500 has been deposited with the landlord of the
Lease pursuant to the terms of a rent deposit deed a copy of which has been disclosed by the
Company prior to the date hereof and no deductions have been made by the landlord from the
deposit

	23.16	 	The Company confirms that it has had continuous use of the roads leading directly to the
Property demised by the Lease and so far as the Company is aware knows of no circumstances
that will prevent such continued use.

	23.17	 	In respect of the warranties and/or confirmations given by the Company in this paragraph 23
they are also treated as being given by the Seller

	24	 	Accounts

	24.1	 	The Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Acts and with accounting
standards, policies, principles and practices generally accepted in the UK and in accordance
with the law and give a true and fair view of state of affairs of the Company and of the
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	24.2	 	The Accounts:

	 	24.2.1	 	make proper provision or reserve for all bad and doubtful debts, obsolete or
slow-moving stock and for depreciation on fixed assets and for liabilities (including
contingent liabilities) and Tax (including deferred Tax);

	 	24.2.2	 	do not materially overstate the value of current or fixed assets; and

	 	24.2.3	 	do not materially understate any liabilities (other than contingent or potential
liabilities which are not expected to materialise).

	24.3	 	The Accounts have been prepared on a basis consistent with the audited accounts of the
Company for the three prior accounting periods without any change in accounting policies used
other than as may be required by change in law or relevant general accounting standard or
practice.

	24.4	 	The Accounts are not affected by any unusual or non-recurring items or any other factor that
has not been disclosed that would make the financial position and results shown by the
Accounts unusual or misleading in any material respect.

	24.5	 	The Management Accounts have been prepared on a basis consistent with that employed in
preparing the Accounts and so far as the Seller is aware represent in material terms the
assets and liabilities and the profits and losses of the Company as at and to the date for
which they have been prepared regard having been had to the fact that they are management
accounts.

	25	 	Accounting, Financial and other records

	 
	25.1	 	All accounting and financial records of the Company:

	 	25.1.1	 	have been properly prepared and maintained;

	 	25.1.2	 	constitute a materially accurate record of all matters required by law to appear in
them;

	 
	 	25.1.3	 	do not contain any material inaccuracies or discrepancies;

	 
	 	25.1.4	 	are in the possession of the Company; and

	 
	 	25.1.5	 	comply with all applicable laws.

	25.2	 	No notice has been received or so far as the Seller is aware allegation made that any of
those records are incorrect or should be rectified.

	26	 	Changes since Management Accounts Date

	 
	26.1	 	Since the Management Accounts Date:

	 	26.1.1	 	the Company has conducted its business in the normal course and as a going concern;

	 	26.1.2	 	there has been no material adverse change in the turnover or financial position of
the Company;

	 	26.1.3	 	the Company has not issued or agreed to issue any share or loan capital;

	 	26.1.4	 	no dividend or other distribution of profits or assets has been, or agreed to be,
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	 	26.1.5	 	no cash has been withdrawn from the Company by way of a return of capital;

	 	26.1.6	 	the Company has not borrowed or raised any money or taken any form of financial
security and no capital expenditure has been incurred on any individual item by the
Company in excess of £5,000 and the Company has not has acquired, invested or disposed
of (or agreed to acquire, invest or dispose of) any individual item in excess of
£5,000 and

	 	26.1.7	 	no shareholder resolutions of the Company have been passed other than as routine
business at the annual general meeting.

	27	 	Effect of sale on Sale Shares

	27.1	 	So far as the Seller is aware neither the acquisition of the Sale Shares by the Buyer nor
compliance with the terms of this agreement will:

	 	27.1.1	 	cause the Company to lose the benefit of any right or privilege it presently enjoys;
or

	 	27.1.2	 	relieve any person of any obligation to the Company (whether contractual or
otherwise), or enable any person to determine any such obligation or any right or
benefit enjoyed by the Company , or to exercise any right in respect of the Company;
or

	 	27.1.3	 	result in any officer or senior Employee leaving the Company, it being agreed that
the Seller shall not be deemed to have made any enquiries of any such Employee or
officer; or

	 	27.1.4	 	give rise to, or cause to become exercisable, any right of pre-emption over the Sale
Shares; or

	 	27.1.5	 	(other than the Commission) entitle any person to receive from the Company any
finder’s fee, brokerage or other commission in connection with the purchase of the
Sale Shares by the Buyer; or

	 	27.1.6	 	result in any customer or supplier being entitled to cease dealing with the Company
or to reduce substantially its existing level of business or to change the terms on
which it deals with the Company it being agreed that the Seller has not be deemed to
have made any enquiries of any such customer or supplier; or

	 	27.1.7	 	result in a breach of contract, law, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
undertaking, decree or other like imposition; or

	 	27.1.8	 	result in the loss or impairment of or any default under any licence, authorisation
or consent required by the Company for the purposes of its business; or

	 	27.1.9	 	result in the creation, imposition, crystallisation or enforcement of any
Encumbrance on any of the assets of the Company.

	28	 	Retirement Benefits

	28.1	 	The Company does not have any obligation (whether or not legally binding) to provide or
contribute towards pension, lump sum, death, ill-health, disability or accident benefits in
respect of its past or present officers and Employees (Pensionable Employees) and no proposal
or announcement has been made to any officer or employee of the Company about the
introduction, continuance, increase or
improvement of, or the payment of a contribution towards, any other pension, lump sum,
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	28.2	 	There are no former schemes which provided any pension, lump sum, death, ill-health,
disability or accident benefit in respect of any past or present officers and employees of the
Company .

	28.3	 	The Company has facilitated access for its Pensionable Employees to a designated stakeholder
scheme as required by Section 3 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.

Part 2. Tax Warranties

	1	 	General

	1.1	 	All notices, returns (including any land transaction returns), reports, accounts,
computations, statements, assessments and registrations and any other necessary information
submitted by the Company to any Taxation Authority for the purposes of Tax have been made on a
proper basis, were submitted within applicable time limits, were materially accurate and
complete when submitted and remain accurate and complete in all material respects. So far as
the Seller is aware, none of the above is, or is likely to be, the subject of any material
dispute with any Taxation Authority.

	1.2	 	All Tax (whether of the UK or elsewhere), for which the Company has been liable or is liable
to account for, has been duly paid (insofar as such Tax ought to have been paid).

	1.3	 	The Company has, within applicable time limits, maintained all records in relation to Tax as
it is required to maintain.

	1.4	 	The Company has complied within all applicable time limits with all notices served on it and
any other requirements lawfully made of it by any Taxation Authority.

	1.5	 	The Company is not a large company within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Corporation Tax
(Instalment Payment) Regulations 1998.

	1.6	 	The Company has not paid, within the past seven years ending on the date of this agreement,
or so far as the Seller is aware, will become liable to pay any penalty, fine, surcharge or
interest charged by virtue of the TMA 1970 or any other Taxation Statute.

	1.7	 	All Tax and national insurance deductible and payable under the PAYE system and/or any other
Taxation Statute has, so far as is required to be deducted, been deducted from all payments
made (or treated as made) by the Company . All amounts due to be paid to the relevant Taxation
Authority prior to the date of this agreement have been so paid, including, without
limitation, all Tax chargeable on benefits provided for directors, employees or former
employees of the Company or any persons required to be treated as such.

	1.8	 	The Company is not involved in any dispute with any Taxation Authority and is not, within the
past 12 months, been subject to any visit, audit, investigation, discovery or access order by
any Taxation Authority. The Seller is not aware of any circumstances existing which make it
likely that a visit, audit, investigation, discovery or access order will be made in the next
12 months.

	1.9	 	The Company is not, nor is the Seller aware of any circumstances existing which make it
likely that it will become, liable, to make to any person (including any Taxation
Authority) any payment in respect of any liability to Tax which is primarily or directly
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	1.10	 	The Accounts make full provision or reserve within generally accepted accounting principles
for any period ending on or before the date to which they were drawn up for all Tax assessed
or liable to be assessed on the Company , or for which the Company is accountable at that
date, whether or not the Company has (or may have) the right of reimbursement against any
other person. Proper provision has been made and shown in the Accounts for deferred taxation
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

	2	 	Distributions and other payments

	2.1	 	No distribution or deemed distribution, within the meaning of sections 209, 210 or 211 of
ICTA 1988, has been made (or will be deemed to have been made) by the Company in the last six
years, except dividends shown in their audited accounts, and the Company is not bound to make
any such distribution.

	2.2	 	So far as the Seller is aware, no rents, interest, annual payments or other sums of an income
nature, paid or payable by the Company , or which the Company is under an existing obligation
to pay in the future, are or may be wholly or partially disallowable as deductions, management
expenses or charges in computing taxable profits for Tax purposes.

	2.3	 	The Company has not within the period of seven years preceding Completion, been engaged in,
nor been a party to, any of the transactions set out in sections 213 to 218 (inclusive) of
ICTA 1988, nor has it made or received a chargeable payment as defined in section 218(1) of
ICTA 1988.

	3	 	Loan relationships

	3.1	 	All interests, discounts and premiums payable by the Company in respect of its loan
relationships (within the meaning of section 81 of the Finance Act 1996 or section 302
Corporation Tax Act 2009) are eligible to be brought into account by the Company as a debit
for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996 at the time, and to the
extent that such debits are recognised in the Accounts of the Company .

	4	 	Close companies

	4.1	 	The Company is not, nor has it ever been a close company within the meaning of sections 414
and 415 of ICTA 1988.

	5	 	Group relief

	5.1	 	Except as provided in the Accounts, the Company is not, nor will be, obliged to make nor be
entitled to receive any payment in pursuance of an agreement as respects amounts surrendered
by way of group relief to or by the Company in respect of any period ending on or before
completion, or any payment for the surrender of the benefit of an amount of advance
corporation tax or any repayment of such a payment.

	6	 	Groups of companies

	6.1	 	The Company has not entered into, or agreed to enter into, an election pursuant to section
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	6.2	 	Neither the execution nor completion of this agreement, nor any other event since the
Accounts Date, will result in any chargeable asset being deemed to have been disposed of and
re-acquired by the Company for Tax purposes under:

	 	6.2.1	 	section 179 of TCGA 1992; or

	 
	 	6.2.2	 	paragraph 12A of Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 1996; or

	 	6.2.3	 	paragraph 30A of Schedule 26 or paragraph 58 or 60 of Schedule 29 to the
Finance Act 2002; or

	 	6.2.4	 	as a result of any other Event since the Accounts Date.

	6.3	 	The Company has never been party to any arrangements pursuant to section 36 of the Finance
Act 1998 (group payment arrangements).

	7	 	Intangible assets

	7.1	 	For the purposes of this paragraph 7, references to Intangible Fixed Assets mean intangible
fixed assets and goodwill within the meaning of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 and to
which that Schedule applies. References to an Intangible Fixed Asset shall be construed
accordingly.

	7.2	 	No claims or elections have been made by the Company under Part 7 of, or paragraph 86 of
Schedule 29 to, the Finance Act 2002 in respect of any intangible fixed asset of the Company.

	7.3	 	Since the Accounts Date:

	 	7.3.1	 	the Company does not own an asset which has ceased to be a chargeable
intangible asset in the circumstances described in paragraph 108 of Schedule 29 to the
Finance Act 2002;

	 	7.3.2	 	the Company has not realised or acquired an intangible fixed asset for the
purposes of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002; and

	 	7.3.3	 	no circumstances have arisen which have required, or will require, a credit
to be brought into account by the Company on a revaluation of an intangible fixed
asset.

	8	 	Company residence and overseas interests

	8.1	 	The Company has, throughout the past seven years, been resident in the UK for corporation tax
purposes and has not at any time in the past seven years, been treated as resident in any
other jurisdiction for the purposes of any double taxation arrangements having effect under
section 249 of the Finance Act 1994, section 788 of ICTA 1988 or for any other tax purpose.

	8.2	 	The Company is not holding and has not held in the past seven years any interest in a
controlled foreign company within section 747 of ICTA 1988. The Company does not have any
material interest in an offshore fund as defined in section 759 of ICTA 1988.

	9	 	Anti-avoidance

	9.1	 	All transactions or arrangements made by the Company has been made on fully arm’s length
terms. There are no circumstances in which section 770A of, or Schedule 28AA to, ICTA 1988 or
any other rule or provision could apply causing any Taxation Authority to make an adjustment
to the terms on which such transaction or
arrangement is treated as being made for Tax purposes, and no notice or enquiry has been
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	10	 	Inheritance tax

	10.1	 	The Company has not:

	 	10.1.1	 	made any transfer of value within sections 94 and 202 of IHT 1984; or

	 
	 	10.1.2	 	received any value such that liability might arise under section 199 of IHT 1984; or

	 	10.1.3	 	been a party to associated operations in relation to a transfer of value as defined
by section 268 of IHT 1984.

	10.2	 	There is no unsatisfied liability to inheritance tax attached to or attributable to the Sale
Shares or any asset of the Company .. None of them are subject to any HM Revenue & Customs
charge as mentioned in section 237 and 238 of IHT 1984.

	10.3	 	No asset owned by the Company , nor the Sale Shares, are liable to be subject to any sale,
mortgage or charge by virtue of section 212(1) of IHT 1984.

	11	 	VAT

	 
	11.1	 	The Company is a taxable person and is registered for the purposes of VAT.

	11.2	 	The Company is not, and has not been in the period of six years ending with the date of
Completion, a member of a group of companies for VAT purposes other than the group of
companies referred to in paragraph 11.1.

	11.3	 	The Company is registered, for the purposes of VAT, with quarterly prescribed accounting
periods. Such registration, as is referred to in paragraph 11.1, is not pursuant to paragraph
2 of Schedule 1 to VATA 1994 or subject to any conditions imposed by or agreed with HM Revenue
& Customs. The Company is not (nor are there any circumstances by virtue of which they may
become) under a duty to make monthly payments on account under the Value Added Tax (Payments
on Account) Order 1993. The Company has complied with all statutory provisions, rules,
regulations, orders and directions in respect of VAT.

	11.4	 	The Company has correctly charged and accounted for output tax under VATA 1994 and
regulations made under it, and has correctly claimed all applicable input tax under sections
25 and 26 of VATA 1994 (and regulations made under it).

	11.5	 	No act or transaction has been effected in consequence of which the Company is or may be held
liable for any VAT arising from supplies made by another company. No direction has been given
nor will be given by HM Revenue & Customs under Schedule 9A to the VATA 1994 as a result of
which the Company would be treated for the purposes of VAT as a member of a group.

	11.6	 	For the purposes of paragraph 3(7) of Schedule 10 to the VATA 1994, the Company and any
relevant associates (within the meaning of paragraph 3(7) of Schedule 10 to the VATA 1994)
have each exercised the election to waive exemption from VAT (pursuant to paragraph 2 of
Schedule 10 to the VATA 1994) only in respect of those Properties listed (as having been the
subject of such an election) in the Disclosure Letter.

	11.7	 	The Company does not own, and has not at any time within the period of ten years preceding
the date of this agreement own, any assets which are capital items subject to the capital
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	12	 	Stamp duty, stamp duty land tax and stamp duty reserve tax

	12.1	 	Any document that may be necessary in proving the title of the Company to any asset which is
owned by the Company at Completion, and each document which the Company may wish to enforce or
produce in evidence is duly stamped for stamp duty purposes. No such documents which are
outside the UK would attract stamp duty if they were brought into the UK.

	12.2	 	Neither entering into this agreement nor Completion will result in the withdrawal of a stamp
duty or stamp duty land tax relief granted on or before Completion which will affect the
Company.

	12.3	 	The Disclosure Letter sets out full and accurate details of any chargeable interest (as
defined under section 48 of the Finance Act 2003) acquired or held by the Company before
Completion in respect of which the Seller is aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that an
additional land transaction return will be required to be filed with a Taxation Authority
and/or a payment of stamp duty land tax made on or after Completion.

	12.4	 	The Company has complied in all respects with the provisions of Part IV of Finance Act 1986
(Stamp Duty Reserve Tax) and any regulations made under such legislation.

	13	 	Tax sharing

	13.1	 	The Company is not bound by or party to any Tax indemnity, Tax sharing or any Tax allocation
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Schedule 5 Tax Covenant

	1.	 	Interpretation

	 
	1.1	 	The definitions and rules of interpretation in this paragraph 1 apply in this Tax Covenant.

	 	 	Buyer’s Relief: means:

	 	(a)	 	any Post-Accounts Date Relief of the Company (as defined in paragraph
1.1(b) of the definition of Liability for Taxation); and

	 	(b)	 	any Relief, whenever arising, of the Buyer or any member of the Buyer’s
Tax Group other than the Company.

	 	 	Buyer’s Tax Group: the Buyer and any other companies which either are at Completion or
become after Completion, or have within the seven years ending at Completion, been treated
as members of the same group as, or otherwise connected or associated in any way with,
Puricore PLC for any Tax purpose.

	 
	 	 	Degrouping Charge: any Liability for Taxation of the Company as a result of the Company
ceasing to be, or ceasing to be treated as, a member of a group of companies for ICTA 1988
purposes as a result of Completion or of entering into this agreement, or of the
satisfaction of any condition in this agreement.

	 
	 	 	Group Relief: any or all of the following:

	 	(a)	 	relief surrendered or claimed pursuant to Chapter IV Part X ICTA 1988;

	 	(b)	 	advance corporation tax surrendered or claimed pursuant to section 240
of ICTA 1988 (set off of company’s surplus advance corporation tax against
subsidiary’s liability to corporation tax);

	 	(c)	 	a Tax refund relating to an accounting period as defined in section
102(3) of the Finance Act 1989 (surrender of company Tax refund etc. within group)
in respect of which a notice has been given pursuant to section 102(2) of that
statute; and

	 	(d)	 	eligible unrelieved foreign Tax surrendered or claimed pursuant to The
Double Taxation Relief (Surrender of Relievable Tax Within a Group) Regulations
2001.

	 	 	Liability for Taxation: any liability of the Company to make a payment of Tax whether or
not the same is primarily payable by the Company and whether or not the Company has or may
have any right of reimbursement against any other person or persons, and also includes:

	 	(a)	 	the Loss of any Relief (Accounts Relief) where such Relief has been
taken into account in computing and so reducing or eliminating any provision for
deferred Tax which appears in the Accounts (or which but for such Relief would have
appeared in the Accounts) or in circumstances where such loss gives rise to a
liability of the Company to make a payment of Taxation (Loss of an Accounts
Relief), in which case the amount of the Liability for Taxation shall be the amount
of Tax which would (on the basis of Tax rates current at the date of such Loss)
have been saved but for such Loss, assuming for this purpose that the Company had
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	 	(b)	 	the set-off or use against income, profits or gains earned, accrued or
received or against any Tax chargeable in respect of an Event occurring on
or before the Accounts Date of any Relief (Post-Accounts Date Relief) or right to
repayment of Tax (including any repayment supplement) which is not available
before the Accounts Date but arises after the Accounts Date in circumstances
where, but for such set-off or use, the Company would have had a liability to
make a payment of Tax for which the Buyer would have been able to make a claim
against the Seller under this Tax Covenant (Loss of Post-Accounts Date Relief),
in which case the amount of the Liability for Taxation shall be the amount of Tax
saved by the Company as a result of such set-off or use;

	 	 	Loss: any reduction, modification, loss, counteraction, nullification, utilisation,
disallowance or clawback for whatever reason.

	 
	 	 	Overprovision: the amount by which any provision in the Accounts relating to Tax (other
than a provision for deferred Tax) is overstated (except to the extent that such
overstatement results from the utilisation of a Buyer’s Relief, applying the accounting
policies, principles and practices adopted in relation to the preparation of the Accounts
(and ignoring the effect of any change in law made after Completion).

	 
	 	 	Relief: includes any loss, relief, allowance, credit, exemption or set off in respect of
Tax or any deduction in computing income, profits or gains for the purposes of Tax and any
right to a repayment of Tax.

	 
	 	 	Retained Group: the Seller and (as the case may be) any other company or companies (other
than the Company) which either are or become after Completion, or have within the seven
years ending at Completion been, treated as members of the same group, or otherwise
connected or associated in any way with the Seller for Tax purposes.

	 
	 	 	Saving: the reduction or elimination of any liability of the Company to make an actual
payment of tax in respect of which the Seller would not have been liable under paragraph 2,
by the use of any Relief arising as a result of a payment made by the Seller under
paragraph 2 of this Tax Covenant, under the Tax Warranties or under clauses 5.4 [or 9.2.2
of the Agreement (Indemnities)].

	 
	 	 	Seller’s Relief: any Relief other than a Buyer’s Relief arising to the Company as a result
of an Event or Events occurring (or deemed to occur) on or before Completion;

	 
	 	 	Tax Claim: any assessment (including self-assessment), notice, demand, letter or other
document issued or action taken by or on behalf of any Taxation Authority from which it
appears that the Buyer or the Company is or may be subject to a Liability for Taxation or
other liability in respect of which the Seller is or may be liable under this Tax Covenant.

	1.2	 	References to gross receipts, income, profits or gains earned, accrued or received shall
include any gross receipts, income, profits or gains deemed pursuant to the relevant Taxation
Statute to have been or treated or regarded as earned, accrued or received.

	1.3	 	References to a repayment of Tax shall include any repayment supplement or interest in
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	1.4	 	Any reference to something occurring in the ordinary course of business shall, without
prejudice to the generality thereof, be deemed not to include:

	 	(a)	 	anything which involves, or leads directly or indirectly to, any
liability of the Company to Tax that is the primary liability of, or properly
attributable to, or due from another person (other than a member of the Buyer’s Tax
Group) or is the liability of the Company only because some other person (other
than a
member of the Buyer’s Tax Group) has failed to pay it or is the liability of the
Company because it has elected to be regarded as taxable or liable or to be
regarded as having made a disposal; or

	 	(b)	 	anything which relates to or involves the acquisition or disposal of an
asset or the supply of services (including the lending of money, or the hiring or
licensing of tangible or intangible property) in a transaction which is not entered
into on arm’s length terms; or

	 	(c)	 	anything which relates to or involves the making of a distribution for
Tax purposes, the creation, cancellation or re-organisation of share or loan
capital, the creation, cancellation or repayment of any intra-Group debt or the
Company becoming or ceasing to be, or being treated as ceasing to be, a member of a
Group or becoming or ceasing to be associated or connected with any other company
for any Tax purposes; or

	 	(d)	 	anything which relates to a transaction or arrangement which includes,
or a series of transactions or arrangements which include, any step or steps having
no commercial or business purpose apart from the reduction, avoidance or deferral
of a Liability for Taxation; or

	 	(e)	 	anything which gives rise to a Liability for Taxation on deemed (as
opposed to actual) profits or to the extent that it gives rise to a Liability for
Taxation on an amount of profits greater than the difference between the sale
proceeds of an asset and the amount attributable to that asset in the Accounts or,
in the case of an asset acquired since the Accounts Date, the cost of that asset;
or

	 	(f)	 	anything which involves, or leads directly or indirectly to, a change
of residence of the Company for Tax purposes.

	1.5	 	Unless the contrary intention appears, words and expressions defined in this agreement have
the same meaning in this Tax Covenant and any provisions in this agreement concerning matters
of construction or interpretation also apply in this Tax Covenant.

	1.6	 	For the avoidance of doubt, references to any Liability for Taxation of the Company which
results from any gains earned or received on or before Completion or any Event on or before
Completion include a reference to any Liability for Taxation of the Company resulting from the
sale of the Sale Shares pursuant to this agreement (including, without limitation, any
liability arising under section 179 of TCGA 1992).

	2.	 	Covenant

	 	 	The Seller covenants with the Buyer that, subject to the provisions of this Tax Covenant,
the Seller shall pay to the Buyer, by way of repayment of the Purchase Price for the Sale
Shares, an amount equal to any:

	 	(a)	 	Liability for Taxation resulting from or by reference to any Event
occurring on or before Completion or in respect of any gross receipts, income,
profits or gains earned, accrued or received by the Company on or before
Completion;

	 	(b)	 	Liability for Taxation whenever arising which arises solely as a result
of the relationship for Tax purposes of the Company on or prior to Completion with
any person other than a member of the Buyer’s Tax Group;

	 	(c)	 	payment of interest or penalties for which the Company is liable as a
result of the Company failing to make any instalment payment under the
Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998 in any period ending on or
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	 	(d)	 	Liability for Taxation falling within paragraph 1.1(a) [to paragraph
1.1(b)] of the definition of Liability for Taxation; and

	 	(e)	 	costs and expenses referred to in paragraph 12 of this Tax Covenant.

	3.	 	Payment date and interest

	3.1	 	Where the Seller is liable to make any payment under paragraph 2 (including any payment
pursuant to paragraph 2(e)), the due date for the making of that payment (Due Date) shall be
the later of the date falling three months after the Buyer has served a notice on the Seller
demanding that payment and in a case:

	 	(a)	 	that involves an actual payment of Tax by the Company (including any
payment pursuant to paragraph 2(e)) , the date on which the Tax in question would
have had to have been paid to the relevant Taxation Authority in order to prevent a
liability to interest or a fine, surcharge or penalty from arising in respect of
the Liability for Taxation in question; or

	 	(b)	 	that falls within paragraph 1.1(a) of the definition of Liability for
Taxation, the last date on which the Tax is or would have been required to be paid
to the relevant Taxation Authority in respect of the period in which the Loss of
the Relief occurs (assuming for this purpose that the Company had sufficient
profits or was otherwise in a position to use the Relief); or

	 	(c)	 	that falls within paragraph 1.1(b) of the definition of Liability for
Taxation, the date on which the Tax saved by the Company is or would have been
required to be paid to the relevant Taxation Authority; or

	3.2	 	Any dispute as to the amount specified in any notice served on the Seller under paragraph
3.1(b) to paragraph 3.1(c) shall be determined by the auditors of the Company for the time
being, acting as experts and not as arbitrators (the costs of that determination being shared
equally by the Seller and the Buyer).

	3.3	 	If any sums required to be paid by the Seller under this Tax Covenant are not paid on the Due
Date, then, except to the extent that liability of the Seller under paragraph 2 compensates
the Buyer for the late payment by virtue of it extending to interest and penalties, such sums
shall bear interest (which shall accrue from day to day after as well as before any judgment
for the same) at the rate of 4% per annum over the base rate from time to time of Barclays
Bank PLC or (in the absence thereof) at such similar rate as the Buyer shall select from the
day following the Due Date up to and including the day of actual payment of such sums, such
interest to be compounded quarterly.

	4.	 	Exclusions

	 	 	The covenant contained in paragraph 2 shall not apply nor shall there be any liability
under the Tax Warranties to the extent that:

	 	(a)	 	a provision or reserve in respect thereof is made in the Accounts; or

	 	(b)	 	it arises as a result of a transaction in the ordinary course of
business of the Company between the Accounts Date and Completion and is not an
interest or penalty (which expression includes interest or penalties under the
Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998), surcharge or fine in
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	 	(c)	 	it arises or is increased as a result only of any change in the law of
Tax announced and coming into force after Completion (whether relating to rates of
Tax or otherwise) or the withdrawal of any extra-statutory concession previously
made by a Taxation Authority (whether or not the change purports to be effective
retrospectively in whole or in part); or

	 	(d)	 	it would not have arisen but for a change after Completion in the
accounting bases on which the Company values its assets (other than a change made
in order to comply with UK generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)) or a
change to the date to which the Company makes up its accounts; or

	 	(e)	 	the Buyer is compensated for any such matter under any other provision
of this agreement; or

	 	(f)	 	it would not have arisen but for a voluntary act or transaction or
deliberate omission carried out by the Buyer or the Company, after Completion,
being an act which the Buyer was aware or should reasonably have been aware would
give rise to a Liability for Taxation and which:

	 	(i)	 	is not in the ordinary course of business; or

	 
	 	(ii)	 	could reasonably have been avoided; or

	 	(iii)	 	the Company was not legally committed to do under a
commitment that existed on or before Completion; or

	 	(g)	 	the Liability for Taxation is a Degrouping Charge which, whether by
election or otherwise, is treated as accruing not to the Company but to the Seller
or any member of the Retained Group;

	 	(h)	 	the Liability for Taxation would not have arisen or would have been
reduced but for a failure or omission on the part of the Buyer or the Company after
Completion to make any claim or election the making or claiming of which was taken
into account in computing the provision or reserve for Tax in the Accounts

	 	(i)	 	the Liability for Taxation is increased by the failure by the Company
(after Completion) or the Buyer to act in accordance with their respective
obligations under paragraph 9 (Tax Returns) or paragraph 10 (Conduct of Tax Claims)

	 	(j)	 	the income profits or gains in respect of which that Liability for
Taxation arises were actually earned, accrued or received by the Company but were
not reflected in the Accounts; or

	 	(k)	 	the Liability for Taxation would not have arisen but for a disclaimer
of capital allowances or any other Relief or a revision to or revocation of a claim
for it, where such revision or disclaimer is caused or made by the Company after
Completion (other than at the request of the Seller); or

	 	(l)	 	the Liability for Taxation arises or is increased as a result of any
delay or default by the Buyer or the Company in paying over to any tax authority
any amount received from the Seller under this Schedule, or for breach of the Tax
Warranties;

	 	(m)	 	to the extent it has been discharged before Completion;

	 	(n)	 	a Seller’s Relief is available to be used so as to reduce or eliminate
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	 	(o)	 	the Liability for Taxation is a liability to pay stamp duty on the Sale
Shares;

	 	(p)	 	without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing exclusions, the
Liability for Taxation is a liability to corporation tax arising out of a capital
gain on the consideration received (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, on any
market value assessed by a Taxation Authority for the purpose of establishing the
capital gain) made on the sale by the Company of its freehold interest in 175 Kenn
Road, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 6LH.

	5.	 	Overprovisions

	5.1	 	If, on or before the seventh anniversary of Completion, the auditors for the time being of
the Company certify (at the request and expense of the Seller) that any provision for Tax in
the Accounts has proved to be an Overprovision, then:

	 	(a)	 	the amount of any Overprovision shall first be set off against any
payment then due from the Seller under this Tax Covenant;

	 	(b)	 	to the extent that there is an excess, a refund shall be made to the
Seller of any previous payment or payments made by the Seller under this Tax
Covenant (and not previously refunded under this Tax Covenant) up to the amount of
such excess; and

	 	(c)	 	to the extent that such excess referred to in paragraph 5.1(b) is not
exhausted, the remainder of that excess shall be carried forward and set off
against any future payment or payments which become due from the Seller under this
Tax Covenant.

	5.2	 	After the auditors for the Company have produced any certificate under this paragraph 5, the
Seller or the Buyer may, at any time before the seventh anniversary of Completion, request the
auditors for the time being of the Company (as the case may be) to review (at the expense of
the Seller) that certificate in the light of all relevant circumstances, including any facts
of which they were not or it was not aware, and which were not taken into account at the time
when such certificate was produced, and to certify whether, in their opinion, the certificate
remains correct or whether, in light of those circumstances, it should be amended.

	5.3	 	If the auditors make an amendment to the earlier certificate and the amount of the
Overprovision is revised, that revised amount shall be substituted for the previous amount and
any adjusting payment that is required shall be made by or to the Seller (as the case may be)
as soon as reasonably practicable.

	6.	 	Savings

	 
	 	 	If (at the request and expense of the Seller) the auditors for the time being of the
Company determine that the Company has obtained a Saving, the Buyer shall as soon as
reasonably practicable thereafter repay to the Seller the lesser of:

	 	(a)	 	the amount of the Saving (as determined by the auditors) less any costs
reasonably incurred by the Buyer or the Company; and

	 	(b)	 	the amount paid by the Seller under paragraph 2, under the Tax
Warranties or under clauses, 5.4 or 9.2.2 of the Agreement (Indemnities) (as
applicable) which gave rise to the Saving, less any part of that amount previously
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	7.	 	Recovery from third parties

	7.1	 	Where the Seller has paid an amount in full discharge of a liability under paragraph 2 in
respect of any Liability for Taxation and the Buyer or the Company is or becomes entitled to
recover from some other person (not being the Buyer or the Company or any other company within
the Buyer’s Tax Group), any amount in respect of such Liability for Taxation, the Buyer shall
or shall procure that the Company shall:

	 	(a)	 	notify the Seller of its entitlement as soon as reasonably practicable;
and

	 	(b)	 	if required by the Seller and, subject to the Company being indemnified
on demand by the Seller against any Tax that is suffered on receipt of that amount
and any costs and expenses incurred in recovering that amount, take or procure that
the Company takes all reasonable steps to enforce that recovery against the person
in question (keeping the Seller fully informed of the progress of any action taken)
provided that the Buyer shall not be required to take any action pursuant to this
paragraph 7.1.

	7.2	 	The Buyer shall not be required to take any action pursuant to paragraph 7.1 if in its
reasonable opinion, it is likely to harm the commercial relationship (potential or actual) of
the Buyer or the Company with the person against whom recovery is sought, or any other person.

	7.3	 	If the Buyer or the Company recovers any amount referred to in paragraph 7.1, the Buyer shall
account to the Seller for the lesser of:

	 	(a)	 	any amount recovered (including any related interest or related
repayment supplement) less any Tax suffered in respect of that amount and any costs
and expenses incurred in recovering that amount (save to the extent that amount has
already been made good by the Seller under paragraph 7.1(b)); and

	 	(b)	 	the amount paid by the Seller under paragraph 2 in respect of the
Liability for Taxation in question.

	8.	 	Surrender of group relief

	8.1	 	Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph 8, if any liability of the
Seller under this Tax Covenant or in respect of any claim under the Tax Warranties can be
reduced or eliminated by the surrender of Group Relief to the Company by the Seller or any
company other than a member of the Buyer’s Tax Group or a company connected with the Buyer,
the Seller may make or procure the making of such surrender and the Buyer shall procure that
the Company shall co-operate with the Seller in relation to such surrender and make all
necessary returns, claims, consents and notifications required to be made in respect of such
surrender.

	8.2	 	the Company shall not be liable to give any consideration in respect of any surrender of
Group Relief pursuant to paragraph 8.1.

	9.	 	Tax returns

	9.1	 	The Buyer or its duly authorised agent shall, at the Company’s cost and expense, prepare the
tax returns and computations of the Company for all accounting periods ended on or before the
Completion, to the extent that the same have not been prepared before Completion.

	9.2	 	The Buyer shall procure that the returns and computations referred to in paragraph 9.1 shall
be authorised, signed and submitted to the relevant Taxation Authority without amendment
unless manifestly incorrect on the face of the document and shall give the Seller or its agent
all such assistance as may reasonably be required (at cost and expense of the Company) to
agree those returns and computations with the relevant Taxation Authority, provided that the
Buyer shall not be obliged to take any
such action as is mentioned in this paragraph 9.2 in relation to any return which it
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	9.3	 	The Seller or its duly authorised agent shall, at cost and expense of the Company, prepare
all documentation and shall have conduct of all matters (including correspondence) relating to
the corporation tax returns and computations of the Company for all accounting periods ended
on or prior to Completion, provided that the Seller shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Buyer (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), transmit any communication
(written or otherwise) to the relevant Taxation Authority or agree any matter with the
relevant Taxation Authority.

	9.4	 	The Buyer shall procure that the Company, at the cost and expense of the Seller, afford such
access to its books, accounts and records as is necessary and reasonable to enable the Seller
or its duly authorised agent to prepare the corporation tax returns and computations of the
Company for all accounting periods ended on or before Completion and conduct matters relating
to it in accordance with this paragraph 9.

	9.5	 	The Seller shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the tax returns and computations of
the Company for all accounting periods ended on or before Completion are prepared and agreed
with the relevant Taxation Authority as soon as possible.

	9.6	 	In respect of any accounting period commencing prior to Completion and ending after
Completion, (the Straddle Period), the Buyer shall procure that the tax returns of the Company
shall be prepared on a basis which (so far as the Buyer considers lawful and appropriate) is
consistent with the manner in which the tax returns of the Company were prepared in accounting
periods prior to Completion

	9.7	 	The Buyer shall procure that the Company provides to the Seller all tax returns relating to
the Straddle Period no later than 20 Business Days before the date on which such tax returns
are required to be filed with the appropriate tax authority without incurring interest or
penalties. The Buyer shall procure that the Company take the Seller’s reasonable comments
into account before the tax returns are submitted to the appropriate tax authority.

	9.8	 	The Seller will ensure (to the extent permitted by law and for no consideration) that any
Degrouping Charge for which recovery would otherwise be available under this Tax Covenant or
under the Tax Warranty is treated as accruing not to the Company but to the Seller or a member
of the Retained Group and the Buyer will procure that the Company executes all claims,
elections, consents or other documents relevant for that purpose.

	9.9	 	For the avoidance of doubt:

	 	(a)	 	where any matter relating to Tax gives rise to a Tax Claim, the
provisions of paragraph 10 shall take precedence over the provisions of this
paragraph 9; and

	 	(b)	 	where the Buyer carries out its obligations in good faith in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph 9, it shall not prejudice the rights of the
Buyer to make a claim under this Tax Covenant in respect of any Liability for
Taxation.

	10.	 	Conduct of tax claims

	10.1	 	If the Buyer or the Company becomes aware of a Tax Claim, the Buyer shall give notice in
writing, or procure that notice in writing is given, to the Seller as soon as is reasonably
practicable, provided that if the Seller receives any Tax Claim for
whatever reason, it shall notify the Buyer in writing as soon as is reasonably practicable
and the Buyer shall be deemed, on receipt of such notification, to have given the Seller
notice of such Tax Claim in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph 10 provided
always that the giving of such notice shall not be a condition precedent to liability of
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	10.2	 	Provided the Seller indemnifies on demand the Buyer and the Company against all liabilities,
costs, damages or expenses which are incurred thereby including any additional Liability for
Taxation, the Buyer shall take and shall procure that the Company shall take such action as
the Seller may reasonably request by notice in writing given to the Buyer or the Company to
avoid, dispute, defend, resist, appeal or compromise any Tax Claim (such a Tax Claim where
action is so requested being hereinafter referred to as a Dispute), and the Buyer shall
procure that the Seller is promptly provided with copies of any correspondence with the Tax
Authority, and provided that neither the Buyer or the Company shall be obliged to appeal or
procure an appeal against any assessment to Tax raised on any of them if, the Seller having
been given written notice of the receipt of such assessment, the Buyer or the Company have not
within three months of the date of the notice received instructions in writing from the Seller
to do so.

	10.3	 	The Buyer or the Company shall have the conduct of the Dispute absolutely (without prejudice
to its rights under this Tax Covenant) and shall be free to pay or settle the Tax Claim on
such terms as the Buyer or the Company may in its absolute discretion consider fit, if:

	 	(a)	 	the Seller does not request the Buyer or the Company to take any action
under paragraph 10.2 or the Seller fails to indemnify on demand the Buyer or the
Company to the reasonable satisfaction of the Buyer within a period of time
(commencing with the date of the notice given to the Seller) that is reasonable,
having regard to the nature of the Tax Claim and the existence of any time limit in
relation to avoiding, disputing, defending, resisting, appealing or compromising
such Tax Claim, and which period shall not in any event exceed a period of three
months; or

	 	(b)	 	the Seller (or the Company before Completion) has been involved in a
case involving fraudulent conduct or wilful default in respect of the Liability for
Taxation which is the subject matter of the Dispute; or

	 	(c)	 	the Dispute involves an appeal against a determination by the General
or Special Commissioners of the VAT and Duties Tribunal (or the Tax Chamber of the
First-tier Tribunal or the Finance and Tax Chamber of the Upper Tribunal), unless
the Seller has obtained the opinion of Tax counsel of at least five years’ standing
that there is a reasonable prospect that the appeal will succeed.

	10.4	 	Subject to paragraph 10.3, by agreement in writing between the Buyer and the Seller, the
conduct of a Dispute may be delegated to the Seller on such terms as may be agreed from time
to time between the Buyer and the Seller provided that, unless the Buyer and the Seller
specifically agree otherwise in writing, the following terms shall be deemed to be
incorporated into any such agreement:

	 	(a)	 	the Buyer or the Company shall promptly be kept fully informed of all
matters pertaining to a Dispute and shall be entitled to see and keep copies of all
correspondence and notes or other written records of telephone conversations or
meetings and, in the event that there is no written record, shall be given an
immediate report of all telephone conversations with any Taxation Authority to the
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	 	(b)	 	the appointment of solicitors or other professional advisers shall be
subject to the [written] approval of the Buyer, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed;

	 	(c)	 	all material written communications pertaining to the Dispute which are
to be transmitted to the relevant Taxation Authority shall first be submitted to
the Buyer or the Company for approval and shall only be finally transmitted if such
approval is given, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and

	 	(d)	 	the Seller shall make no settlement or compromise of the Dispute or
agree any matter in the conduct of the Dispute which is likely to affect the amount
thereof or the future liability to Tax of the Buyer or the Company without the
prior approval of the Buyer or the Company (as may be appropriate), such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

	10.5	 	The Buyer shall provide and shall procure that the Company provides to the Seller and the
professional advisors to the Seller reasonable access to premises and personnel and to any
relevant assets, documents and records within their power, possession or control for the
purpose of investigating the matter and enabling the Seller to take such action as is referred
to in this paragraph 10.

	10.6	 	Neither the Buyer or the Company shall be subject to any claim by or liability to the Seller
for non-compliance with any of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 10 if the Buyer or
the Company has bona fide acted in accordance with the instructions of the Seller.

	11.	 	Grossing up

	11.1	 	All sums payable by the Seller to the Buyer under this Tax Covenant shall be paid free and
clear of all deductions or withholdings whatsoever unless the deduction or withholding is
required by law. If any deductions or withholdings are required by law to be made from any of
the sums payable under this Tax Covenant, the Seller shall pay to the Buyer such sum as will,
after the deduction or withholding has been made, leave the Buyer with the same amount as it
would have been entitled to receive in the absence of any such requirement to make a deduction
or withholding.

	11.2	 	If the Buyer incurs a taxation liability which results from, or is calculated by reference
to, any sum paid under this Tax Covenant, the amount so payable shall be increased by such
amount as will ensure that, after payment of the taxation liability, the Buyer is left with a
net sum equal to the sum it would have received had no such taxation liability arisen.

	11.3	 	If the Buyer would, but for the availability of a Buyer’s Relief, incur a taxation liability
falling within paragraph 11.2, it shall be deemed for the purposes of that paragraph to have
incurred and paid that liability.

	11.4	 	If the Buyer assigns the benefit of this Tax Covenant or this agreement, the Seller shall not
be liable pursuant to paragraph 11.1 or paragraph 11.2, save to the extent that the Seller
would have been so liable had no such assignment occurred.

	11.5	 	This paragraph 11 shall not apply to the extent that the deduction or withholding or tax
would not have arisen but for the payee not being resident in the UK, or having some
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	12.	 	Costs and Expenses

	 
	 	 	The covenant contained in paragraph 2 of this Tax Covenant shall extend to all costs and
expenses reasonably and properly incurred by the Buyer or the Company in connection with
any matter included successful claim under paragraph 2 of this Tax Covenant and the
successful enforcement of rights under this Tax Covenant.

	13.	 	Value added tax groups

	 
	 	 	The Seller shall notify HM Revenue & Customs, as soon as reasonably practicable after
Completion, that the Company is to be excluded from the value added tax group to which the
Seller belongs, and that such exclusion is sought to have effect from Completion. Unless
the Buyer otherwise requires, the Seller shall co-operate to ensure that the exclusion from
the aforementioned value added tax group is simultaneous with the registration of the
Company is for value added tax purposes or their inclusion in value added tax group to
which the Buyer belongs (as the case may be).

	14.	 	Covenant to Seller

	1.14	 	The Buyer covenants with the Seller to pay to the Seller an amount equivalent to any tax or
any amount on account of tax which any member of the Seller’s group is required to pay as a
result of a failure by the Company or any other member of the Buyer’s group to discharge that
tax after Completion.

	1.15	 	The covenant contained in paragraph 14.1 shall:

	 	(a)	 	Extend to any reasonable costs incurred in connection with such tax or
a claim under paragraph 14.1;

	 	(b)	 	Not apply to tax to the extent that the Buyer could claim payment in
respect of it under paragraph 2, except to the extent a payment has been made
pursuant to paragraph 2 and the tax to which it relates was not paid by the
Company;

	 	(c)	 	Not apply to tax to the extent that it has been recovered under any
relevant statutory provision (and the Seller shall procure that no such recovery is
sought to the extent that payment is made under this paragraph)

	1.16	 	The provisions of paragraphs 3 (date of payment), 11 (grossing up), 7 (recovery from third
parties) and 10 (conduct of tax claims) and 12 (Costs and expenses) shall apply to this
covenant as if references to the “Buyer” were to the “Seller” (and vice versa), where
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Schedule 6 Particulars of the Properties

Part 1. Freehold Properties

There are no freehold properties owned by the Company

Part 2. Leasehold Properties

The Leasehold Properties which the Company has an interest are as follows:-

1. Leasehold: 175 Kenn Road, Kenn, Clevedon

	 	 	 
	Lease:

	 	Lease dated 29 June 2007 between Tesco Stores
Limited (1) Labcaire Systems Limited (2)
	Address:

	 	175 Kenn Road, Kenn, Clevedon, Somerset, BS21

6LH, United Kingdom
	Freehold Owner:

	 	Tesco Stores Limited
	Freehold Title:

	 	Registered with title number AV236252
	Tenant/Occupier:

	 	Labcaire Systems Limited
	Current Use:

	 	As per Lease
	Termination date of lease:

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Schedule 7 — Commission

	1.	 	The Buyer shall, as part consideration for the Sale Shares under clause 3.1.3 and 3.3 of the
agreement, pay to the Seller a commission (the “Commission”) calculated and payable in
accordance with this Schedule 7.

	2.	 	For the purpose of this Schedule 7:

	 	2.1	 	“Chemicals” means any chemical business marketed by the Company directly
associated with the Labcaire AERs specifically for the disinfection of the endoscope.

	 	2.2	 	“Commission Period” means the period commencing on Completion and ending on 31
December 2013.

	 	2.3	 	“Equipment” means ISIS pass through AERs and Labcaire drying cabinets including
any extensions or improvements to such products or product lines.

	 	2.4	 	“Long Term Lease” means a lease for a period of 12 months or more.

	 
	 	2.5	 	“Product” means the Equipment and / or the Chemicals.

	 
	 	2.6	 	“Sales” means:

	 	2.6.1	 	the sale of a Product in respect of which an invoice has
been issued within the Commission Period;

	 	2.6.2	 	the delivery of a Product at least 45 days prior to the
expiry of the Commission Period, pursuant to an order but whether or not
invoiced;

	 	2.6.3	 	the entry on a date during the Commission Period of a Long
Term Lease of a Product.

	 	2.7	 	“Sales Price” means:

	 	2.7.1	 	in respect of Sales of Equipment under paragraph 2.6.1 or
2.6.2, the invoiced sales price (exclusive of VAT) in accordance with the
National Framework Agreement or where such Agreement does not apply the
invoice value or, if on expiry of the Commission Period, an invoice has not
been issued, the normal listed sales price of that Equipment as at the date
of delivery;

	 	2.7.2	 	in respect of Sales of the Chemicals, the invoiced sales
price exclusive of VAT;

	 	2.7.3	 	in respect of Sales of Equipment under paragraph 2.6.3,
the normal listed sales price exclusive of VAT in accordance with the
National Framework Agreement on commencement of the Long Term Lease;

Provided that for the avoidance of doubt fees payable in respect of any service or
maintenance contract shall not qualify for Commission.

	3.	 	The Buyer shall in respect of all Sales of such Products during the Commission Period pay to
the Seller an amount equal to:

	 	(a)	 	8% of the Sales Price of Equipment; and

	 	(b)	 	5% of the Sales Price of Chemicals.

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	5.	 	Each of the Buyer and the Guarantor undertakes, warrants and represents to the Seller that it
shall during the Commission Period use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the business
of the Company shall be carried on and in such a manner as shall both foster Sales of
Equipment and not prejudice the payment of the Commission in accordance with this Agreement.

	6.	 	The Buyer shall within 30 days of the end of each anniversary of this Agreement deliver to
the Seller a statement (the Commission Statement) of Sales made and Commission earned during
each such period.

	7.	 	The Seller shall, within 30 days starting on the day after delivery of the Commission
Statement to them, submit to the Buyer a report stating whether or not they agree with the
Commission Statement (and in the case of disagreement, the areas of dispute).

	8.	 	Each of the Buyer and the Guarantor undertakes to procure that the Company shall keep at its
normal place of business, detailed, accurate and up to date books of account and records
covering all transactions relating to Sales sufficient to ascertain the Commission payable.
During each period referred to in paragraph 6 above and for a period of 30 days thereafter the
Buyer or Guarantor shall upon request make all relevant records available for inspection
during normal business hours to the Seller and its agents and professional accountants for the
purposes of verifying such information. Such professional accountant shall have the right
during each such period, to conduct one examination and audit of such books of account and
records during normal business hours insofar as they relate directly to the calculation of
Commission and shall have full access thereto (including the right to take notes thereof to
the extent reasonably required) only for such purposes. If any audit carried out under this
paragraph 8 reveals an aggregate deficit to the Seller in excess of 10% of Commission properly
due, the Buyer or the Guarantor shall reimburse the Seller for the costs of such audit.

	9.	 	If the Seller’s report confirms that the Seller agrees the Commission Statement, the
Commission Statement shall become final and binding on the parties for the purpose of this
agreement.

	10.	 	If the Seller’s report confirms that it disagrees with the Commission Statement, the parties
shall endeavour to agree any matter in dispute. If the matter in dispute is resolved by
agreement between the parties, the Commission Statement shall become final and binding on the
parties for the purpose of this agreement.

	11.	 	If the parties are unable to resolve any disagreement within 30 days of the delivery of the
Seller’s report to the Buyer, the disagreement shall be referred to an independent accountant
agreed by the parties or (in the absence of agreement) appointed on the application of either
party by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales to determine the level of Commission due. In reaching his determination, the
independent accountant shall act as an expert and not as an adjudicator and the costs of the
independent accountant shall be borne as the independent accountant shall direct.

	12.	 	Commission shall be payable by the Buyer to the Seller in cleared funds to the Seller’s
nominated account within 30 days of the agreement or determination of the Commission
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	Signed by [SIGNING DIRECTOR] for and on behalf
of Misonix Inc

	 	/s/ Michael A. McManus, Jr.
	 
	 	 
	Signed by [SIGNING DIRECTOR] for and on behalf of Puricore
International Limited

	 	/s/ Greg Bosch
	 
	 	 
	Signed by [SIGNING DIRECTOR] for and on behalf of Puricore
Plc

	 	/s/ Greg Bosch

 

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