Document:

EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

NUTRANOMICS, INC.

AND

SOUTHRIDGE PARTNERS II, LP

Dated

December 9, 2013

 

THIS EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT entered into as of the 9th day of December, 2013 (this "AGREEMENT"), by and between SOUTHRIDGE PARTNERS II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("INVESTOR"), and NUTRANOMICS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "COMPANY").

     WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to Investor, from time to time as provided herein, and Investor shall purchase up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined below); and

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.1 DEFINED TERMS as used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings specified or indicated (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined)

"AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

"BY-LAWS" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.7.

"CLAIM NOTICE" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a).

“CLEARING DATE” shall be the date in which the Estimated Put Shares (as defined in Section

2.2(a)) have been deposited into the Investor’s brokerage account..

     "CLOSING" shall mean one of the closings of a purchase and sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.3.

"CLOSING CERTIFICATE" shall mean the closing certificate of the Company in the form of

Exhibit B hereto.

     "COMMITMENT PERIOD" shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date, and ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which Investor shall have purchased Put Shares pursuant to this Agreement for an aggregate Purchase Price of the Maximum Commitment Amount, or (ii) the date occurring twenty four (24) months from the date of commencement of the Commitment Period.

     "COMMON STOCK" shall mean the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and any shares of any other class of common stock whether now or hereafter authorized, having the right to participate in the distribution of dividends (as and when declared) and assets (upon liquidation of the Company).

     "COMMON STOCK EQUIVALENTS" shall mean any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or any options or other rights to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or any such convertible or exchangeable securities.

"COMPANY" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.

     "DAMAGES" shall mean any loss, claim, damage, liability, cost and expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements and costs and expenses of expert witnesses and investigation).

"DISPUTE PERIOD" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a).

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     "DOLLAR VOLUME" shall mean the product of (a) the Closing Price multiplied by (b) the trading volume on the Principal Market on a Trading Day.

"DTC" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3.

"DWAC" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3.

"EFFECTIVE DATE" shall mean the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective by

the SEC.

“ESTIMATED PUT SHARES” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a)

     "EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

"FAST" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3.

"FINRA" shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

“FLOOR PRICE” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2(c). "INDEMNIFIED PARTY" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a). "INDEMNIFYING PARTY" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a). "INDEMNITY NOTICE" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(b).

     "INVESTMENT AMOUNT" shall mean the dollar amount to be invested by Investor to purchase Put Shares with respect to any Put as notified by the Company to Investor in accordance with Section 2.2.

"INVESTOR" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.

"LEGEND" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.1.

     "MARKET PRICE" shall mean the average of the lowest three (3) daily VWAP prices on the Principal Market for any Trading Day during the Valuation Period, as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.

     "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" shall mean any effect on the business, operations, properties, or financial condition of the Company that is material and adverse to the Company and/or any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or otherwise materially interfere with the ability of the Company to enter into and perform its obligations under any of this Agreement.

"MAXIMUM COMMITMENT AMOUNT" shall mean Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000).

“PAR VALUE PAYMENT” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).

     "PERSON" shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

     "PRINCIPAL MARKET" shall mean any of the national exchanges (i.e. NYSE, NYSE AMEX, Nasdaq), OTCQX, the OTC Bulletin Board, or other principal exchange which is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock.

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     "PURCHASE PRICE" shall mean 90% of the Market Price on such date on which the Purchase Price is calculated in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

     "PUT" shall mean the right of the Company to require the Investor to purchase shares of Common Stock, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

     "PUT DATE" shall mean any Trading Day during the Commitment Period that a Put Notice is deemed delivered pursuant to Section 2.2(b).

     "PUT NOTICE" shall mean a written notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, to Investor setting forth the Investment Amount with respect to which the Company intends to require Investor to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

     "PUT SHARES" shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to a Put that has been exercised or may be exercised in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

     "REGISTERED SECURITIES" shall mean the (a) Put Shares, and (b) any securities issued or issuable with respect to any of the foregoing by way of exchange, stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise. As to any particular Registered Securities, once issued such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to a Registration Statement, (ii) such Registrable Securities have been sold under circumstances under which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 are met, (iii) such time as such Registrable Securities have been otherwise transferred to holders who may trade such shares without restriction under the Securities Act or (iv) in the opinion of counsel to the Company, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to Investor, such Registrable Securities may be sold without registration under the Securities Act or the need for an exemption from any such registration requirements and without any time, volume or manner limitations pursuant to Rule 144(b)(i) (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act.

     "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall mean the Company’s effective registration statement on file with the SEC, and any follow up registration statement or amendment thereto.

"REGULATION D" shall mean Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

     "RULE 144" shall mean Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act.

"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"SECURITIES ACT" shall have the meaning specified in the recitals of this Agreement.

     "SEC DOCUMENTS" shall mean, as of a particular date, all reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the Company's then most recently completed and reported fiscal year as of the time in question (provided that if the date in question is within ninety days of the beginning of the Company's fiscal year, the term shall include all documents filed since the beginning of the preceding fiscal year).

     “SHORT SALES” shall mean all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).

     "SUBSCRIPTION DATE" shall mean the date on which this Agreement is executed and delivered by the Company and Investor.

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"THIRD PARTY CLAIM" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a).

“TRADING DAY” shall mean a day on which the Principal Market shall be open for business.

“TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS” shall mean this Agreement and the Registration Rights

Agreement.

     "TRANSFER AGENT" shall mean the transfer agent for the Common Stock (and to any substitute or replacement transfer agent for the Common Stock upon the Company's appointment of any such substitute or replacement transfer agent).

     "UNDERWRITER" shall mean any underwriter participating in any disposition of the Registered Securities on behalf of Investor pursuant to the Registration Statement.

     "VALUATION EVENT" shall mean an event in which the Company at any time during a Valuation Period takes any of the following actions:

	(a)     	
subdivides or combines the Common Stock;

	(b)     	
pays a dividend in shares of Common Stock or makes any other distribution of

shares of Common Stock, except for dividends paid with respect to any series of preferred stock authorized by the Company, whether existing now or in the future;

     (c) issues any options or other rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock other than pursuant to this Agreement, and other than options or stock grants issued or issuable to directors, officers and employees pursuant to a stock option program, whereby the price per share for which shares of Common Stock may at any time thereafter be issuable pursuant to such options or other rights shall be less than the Closing Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance;

     (d) issues any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock and the consideration per share for which shares of Common Stock may at any time thereafter be issuable pursuant to the terms of such convertible or exchangeable securities shall be less than the Closing Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance;

     (e) issues shares of Common Stock otherwise than as provided in the foregoing subsections (a) through (d), at a price per share less, or for other consideration lower, than the Closing Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance, or without consideration; or

     (f) makes a distribution of its assets or evidences of indebtedness to the holders of Common Stock as a dividend in liquidation or by way of return of capital or other than as a dividend payable out of earnings or surplus legally available for dividends under applicable law or any distribution to such holders made in respect of the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets (other than under the circumstances provided for in the foregoing subsections (a) through (e).

     "VALUATION PERIOD" shall mean the period of ten (10) Trading Days immediately following the Clearing Date associated with the applicable Put Notice during which the Purchase Price of the Common Stock is valued; provided, however, that if a Valuation Event occurs during any Valuation Period, a new Valuation Period shall begin on the Trading Day immediately after the occurrence of such Valuation Event and end on the tenth (10th) Trading Day thereafter. Investor shall notify the Company in writing of the occurrence of the Clearing Date associated with a Put Notice. The Valuation Period shall begin the first Trading Day following such written notice from Investor.

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     "VWAP" shall mean the daily volume weighted average price for the Company’s common stock on the Principal Market on a Trading Day as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK

Section 2.1

INVESTMENTS.

     (a) PUTS. Upon the terms and conditions set forth herein (including, without limitation, the provisions of Article VII), on any Put Date the Company may exercise a Put by the delivery of a Put Notice. The number of Put Shares that Investor shall purchase pursuant to such Put shall be determined by dividing the Investment Amount specified in the Put Notice by the Purchase Price with respect to such Put Notice.

     (b) PROMISSORY NOTE. As a condition for the execution of this Agreement by the Investor, the Company shall issue to the Investor a promissory note in the principal amount equal to $50,000.00 (the “Note”) on the Subscription Date. The Note shall have no registration rights.

Section 2.2

MECHANICS.

     (a) PUT NOTICE. At any time and from time to time during the Commitment Period, the Company may deliver a Put Notice to Investor, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 7.2; provided, however, that the Investment Amount identified in the applicable Put Notice, when taken together with all prior Put Notices, shall not exceed the Maximum Commitment Amount. On the Put Date the Company shall deliver to Investor’s brokerage account estimated put shares equal to the Investment Amount indicated in the Put Notice divided by the Closing Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Put Date, multiplied by one hundred twenty five percent (125%) (the “Estimated Put Shares”). On the Trading Date immediately following delivery of the Estimated Put Shares, Investor shall deliver payment by check or wire transfer to the Company an amount equal to the par value of the Estimated Put Shares (“Par Value Payment”).

     (b) DATE OF DELIVERY OF PUT NOTICE. A Put Notice shall be deemed delivered on (i) the Trading Day it is received by facsimile or otherwise by Investor if such notice is received on or prior to 12:00 noon New York time, or (ii) the immediately succeeding Trading Day if it is received by facsimile or otherwise after 12:00 noon New York time on a Trading Day or at any time on a day which is not a Trading Day.

     (c) FLOOR PRICE. In the event that, during a Valuation Period, the VWAP on any Trading Day falls more than twenty percent (20%) below the average of the VWAP prices for the ten (10) trading days immediately preceding the date of the Company’s Put Notice (a “Low VWAP Price”), for each such Trading Day, the parties shall have no right to sell and shall be under no obligation to purchase one tenth (1/10th) of the Investment Amount specified in the Put Notice, and the Investment Amount shall accordingly be deemed reduced by such amount. In the event that during a Valuation Period there exists a Low VWAP Price for any three (3) Trading Days—not necessarily consecutive—then the balance of each party’s right and obligation to sell and purchase the Investment Amount under such Put Notice shall terminate on such third Trading Day (“Termination Day”), and the Investment Amount shall be adjusted to include only one-tenth (1/10th) of the initial Investment Amount for each Trading Day during the Valuation Period prior to the Termination Day that the VWAP equals or exceeds the Low VWAP Price.

     Section 2.3 CLOSINGS. At the end of the Valuation Period the Purchase Price shall be established and the number of Put Shares shall be determined for a particular Put. If the number of Estimated Put Shares initially delivered to Investor is greater than the Put Shares purchased by Investor pursuant to such Put, then immediately after the Valuation Period the Investor shall deliver to Company any excess Estimated Put Shares associated with such Put. If the number of Estimated Put Shares delivered to Investor is less than the Put Shares purchased by Investor pursuant to a Put, then immediately after the Valuation Period the Company shall deliver to Investor the difference between the Estimated Put Shares and the Put Shares issuable pursuant to such Put. The

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Closing of a Put shall occur upon the first Trading Day following the completion of the Valuation Period, whereby Investor shall deliver the Investment Amount specified in the Put Notice, less the Par Value Payment, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company. In lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the Common Stock issuable in accordance with clause (a) of this Section 2.3, and provided that the Transfer Agent then is participating in the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer ("FAST") program, upon request of Investor, but subject to the applicable provisions of Article VIII hereof, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Transfer Agent to electronically transmit, prior to the applicable Closing Date, the applicable Put Shares by crediting the account of the Investor's prime broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission ("DWAC") system, and provide proof satisfactory to the Investor of such delivery. In addition, on or prior to such Closing Date, each of the Company and Investor shall deliver to each other all documents, instruments and writings required to be delivered or reasonably requested by either of them pursuant to this Agreement in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated herein.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR

Investor represents and warrants to the Company that:

     Section 3.1 INTENT. Investor is entering into this Agreement for its own account and Investor has no present arrangement (whether or not legally binding) at any time to sell the Registered Securities to or through any person or entity; provided, however, that Investor reserves the right to dispose of the Registered Securities at any time in accordance with federal and state securities laws applicable to such disposition.

     Section 3.2 NO LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE COMPANY. The Investor acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. The Investor is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any jurisdiction.

     Section 3.3 SOPHISTICATED INVESTOR. Investor is a sophisticated investor (as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation D) and an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D), and Investor has such experience in business and financial matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Registered Securities. Investor acknowledges that an investment in the Registered Securities is speculative and involves a high degree of risk.

     Section 3.4 AUTHORITY. (a) Investor has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with its terms; (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action and no further consent or authorization of Investor or its partners is required; and (c) this Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by Investor and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Investor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors' rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

		
	Section 3.5	NOT AN AFFILIATE. Investor is not an officer, director or "affiliate" (as that term is
	defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) of the Company.

 

     Section 3.6 ORGANIZATION AND STANDING. Investor is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Investor is

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duly qualified and in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, other than those in which the failure so to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on Investor.

     Section 3.7 ABSENCE OF CONFLICTS. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other document or instrument contemplated hereby, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance with the requirements hereof and thereof, will not (a) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on Investor, (b) violate any provision of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which Investor is a party or is subject, or by which Investor or any of its assets is bound, or conflict with or constitute a material default thereunder, (c) result in the creation or imposition of any lien pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement, or constitute a breach of any fiduciary duty owed by Investor to any third party, or (d) require the approval of any third-party (that has not been obtained) pursuant to any material contract, instrument, agreement, relationship or legal obligation to which Investor is subject or to which any of its assets, operations or management may be subject.

     Section 3.8 DISCLOSURE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION. Investor had an opportunity to review copies of the SEC Documents filed on behalf of the Company and has had access to all publicly available information with respect to the Company.

     Section 3.9 MANNER OF SALE. At no time was Investor presented with or solicited by or through any leaflet, public promotional meeting, television advertisement or any other form of general solicitation or advertising.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

The Company represents and warrants to Investor that, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents:

     Section 4.1 ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, other than those in which the failure so to qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 4.2 AUTHORITY. (a) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to issue the Put Shares; (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and no further consent or authorization of the Company or its Board of Directors or stockholders is required; and (c) each of this Agreement and has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors' rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

     Section 4.3 CAPITALIZATION. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 750,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of which 46,505,544 shares were issued and outstanding as of December 3, 2013, and no shares of preferred stock authorized, issued or outstanding as of December 3, 2013.

Except as otherwise disclosed in the SEC Documents or on Schedule 4.3, there are no outstanding

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securities which are convertible into shares of Common Stock, whether such conversion is currently exercisable or exercisable only upon some future date or the occurrence of some event in the future.

     All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

     Section 4.4 COMMON STOCK. The Company is in full compliance with all reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the Company has maintained all requirements for the continued listing or quotation of the Common Stock, and such Common Stock is currently listed or quoted on the Principal Market which is presently the OTCQX.

     Section 4.5 SEC DOCUMENTS. The Company may make available to Investor true and complete copies of the SEC Documents (including, without limitation, proxy information and solicitation materials). To the Company’s knowledge, the Company has not provided to Investor any information that, according to applicable law, rule or regulation, should have been disclosed publicly prior to the date hereof by the Company, but which has not been so disclosed. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and other federal laws, rules and regulations applicable to such SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents comply as to form and substance in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except (a) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto or (b) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).

     Section 4.6 VALID ISSUANCES. When issued and paid for as herein provided, the Put Shares shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable. The sales of the Put Shares pursuant to this Agreement, and the Company's performance of its obligations hereunder, shall not (a) result in the creation or imposition of any liens, charges, claims or other encumbrances upon the Put Shares, or any of the assets of the Company, or (b) entitle the holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock to preemptive or other rights to subscribe to or acquire the Common Stock or other securities of the Company. The Put Shares shall not subject Investor to personal liability, in excess of the subscription price by reason of the ownership thereof.

     Section 4.7 NO CONFLICTS. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation the issuance of the Put Shares, do not and will not (a) result in a violation of theCompany’s Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or (b) conflict with, or constitute a material default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a material default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, indenture, instrument or any "lock-up" or similar provision of any underwriting or similar agreement to which the Company is a party, or (c) result in a violation of any federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect) nor is the Company otherwise in violation of, conflict with or in default under any of the foregoing. The business of the Company is not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except for possible violations that either singly or in the aggregate do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not required under federal, state or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its

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obligations under this Agreement or issue and sell the Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof (other than any SEC, FINRA or state securities filings that may be required to be made by the Company subsequent to any Closing, any registration statement that may be filed pursuant hereto); provided that, for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Company is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of Investor herein.

		
	Section 4.8	NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE. Since June 30, 2013 no event has occurred that
	would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

     Section 4.9 LITIGATION AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS. Except as disclosed in the Company’s SEC filings, there are no lawsuits or proceedings pending or to the knowledge of the Company threatened, against the Company, nor has the Company received any written or oral notice of any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. No judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree or award has been issued by or, so far as is known by the Company, requested of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 4.10 DILUTION. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable as Put Shares may increase substantially in certain circumstances, including, but not necessarily limited to, the circumstance wherein the trading price of the Common Stock declines during the period between the Effective Date and the end of the

Commitment Period. The Company’s executive officers and directors have studied and fully understand the nature of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and recognize that they have a potential dilutive effect. The board of directors of the Company has concluded in its good faith business judgment that such issuance is in the best interests of the Company. The Company specifically acknowledges that, subject to Section 2.2(c), its obligation to issue the Put Shares is binding upon the Company and enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders of the Company.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS OF INVESTOR

     Section 5.1 COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; TRADING IN SECURITIES. Investor's trading activities with respect to shares of the Common Stock will be in compliance with all applicable state and federal securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules and regulations of FINRA and the Principal Market on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.

     Section 5.2 SHORT SALES AND CONFIDENTIALITY. Neither Investor nor any affiliate of the Investor acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the period from the date hereof to the end of the Commitment Period. For the purposes hereof, and in accordance with Regulation SHO, the sale after delivery of a Put Notice of such number of shares of Common Stock reasonably expected to be purchased under a Put Notice shall not be deemed a Short Sale.

     Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, Investor has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     Section 6.1 RESERVATION OF COMMON STOCK. The Company will, from time to time as needed in advance of a Closing Date, reserve and keep available until the consummation of such Closing, free of preemptive rights sufficient shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy its obligation to issue the Put Shares to be issued in connection therewith. The number of shares so reserved from time to time, as theretofore increased or reduced as hereinafter provided, may be reduced by the number of shares

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actually delivered hereunder.

     Section 6.2 LISTING OF COMMON STOCK. If the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Principal Market, it shall include in such application the Put Shares, and shall take such other action as is necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of Investor to cause the Common Stock to be listed on such other Principal Market as promptly as possible. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing and trading of the Common Stock on the Principal Market (including, without limitation, maintaining sufficient net tangible assets) and will comply in all respects with the Company's reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the FINRA and the Principal Market.

     Section 6.3 CERTAIN AGREEMENTS. From the date of this Agreement to the earlier to occur of (a) the expiration of the Commitment Period or (b) the date in which the Company has put to the Investor at least $5,000,000 worth of Put Shares, the Company covenants and agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Investor, enter into any other equity line of credit agreement with a third party during the Commitment Period having terms and conditions substantially comparable to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in the Transaction Documents shall restrict, or require the Investor's consent for, any agreement providing for the issuance or distribution of (or the issuance or distribution of) any equity securities pursuant to any agreement or arrangement that is not commonly understood to be an "equity line of credit."

ARTICLE VII

CONDITIONS TO DELIVERY OF

PUT NOTICES AND CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

Section 7.1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY TO ISSUE

AND SELL COMMON STOCK. The obligation hereunder of the Company to issue and sell the Put Shares to Investor is subject to the satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth below.

     (a) ACCURACY OF INVESTOR'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and warranties of Investor shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of each such Closing as though made at each such time.

     (b) PERFORMANCE BY INVESTOR. Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by Investor at or prior to such Closing.

     (c) PRINCIPAL MARKET REGULATION. The Company shall not issue any Put Shares, and the Investor shall not have the right to receive any Put Shares, if the issuance of such shares would exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market (the “EXCHANGE CAP”).

     Section 7.2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY TO DELIVER A PUT NOTICE AND THE OBLIGATION OF INVESTOR TO PURCHASE PUT SHARES. The right of the Company to deliver a Put Notice and the obligation of Investor hereunder to acquire and pay for the Put Shares is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

     (a) EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement thereto, shall remain effective for the sale by Investor of the Registered Securities subject to such Put Notice, and (i) neither the Company nor Investor shall have received notice that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop order with respect to such Registration Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or intends or has threatened to do so and (ii) no other suspension of the use or withdrawal of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or related prospectus shall exist.

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(b) ACCURACY OF THE COMPANY'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for representations and warranties specifically made as of a particular date), except for any conditions which have temporarily caused any representations or warranties herein to be incorrect and which have been corrected with no continuing impairment to the Company or Investor.

     (c) PERFORMANCE BY THE COMPANY. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company.

     (d) NO INJUNCTION. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or adopted by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits or directly and materially adversely affects any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no proceeding shall have been commenced that may have the effect of prohibiting or materially adversely affecting any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     (e) ADVERSE CHANGES. Since the date of filing of the Company's most recent SEC Document, no event that had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred.

     (f) NO SUSPENSION OF TRADING IN OR DELISTING OF COMMON STOCK. The trading of the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC, the Principal Market or the FINRA and the Common Stock shall have been approved for listing or quotation on and shall not have been delisted from the Principal Market.

	(g)     	
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

	(h)     	
TEN PERCENT LIMITATION. On each Closing Date, the number of Put Shares then to

be purchased by Investor shall not exceed the number of such shares that, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock then owned by Investor beneficially or deemed beneficially owned by Investor, would result in Investor owning more than 9.99% of all of such Common Stock as would be outstanding on such Closing Date, as determined in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section, in the event that the amount of Common Stock outstanding as determined in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder is greater on a Closing Date than on the date upon which the Put Notice associated with such Closing Date is given, the amount of Common Stock outstanding on such Closing Date shall govern for purposes of determining whether Investor, when aggregating all purchases of Common Stock made pursuant to this Agreement, would own more than 9.99% of the Common Stock following such Closing Date.

     (i) Principal Market Regulation. The Company shall not issue any Put Shares, and the Investor shall not have the right to receive any Put Shares, if the issuance of such shares would exceed the Exchange Cap.

     (j) NO KNOWLEDGE. The Company shall have no knowledge of any event more likely than not to have the effect of causing such Registration Statement to be suspended or otherwise ineffective (which event is more likely than not to occur within the fifteen (15) Trading Days following the Trading Day on which such Put Notice is deemed delivered).

     (k) NO VIOLATION OF SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL REQUIREMENT. The issuance of shares of Common Stock with respect to the applicable Closing, if any, shall not violate the shareholder approval requirements of the Principal Market.

(l) NO VALUATION EVENT. No Valuation Event shall have occurred since the Put Date.

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     (m) OTHER. On the date of delivery of each Put Notice, Investor shall have received a certificate in substantially the form and substance of Exhibit B hereto, executed by an executive officer of the Company and to the effect that all the conditions to such Closing shall have been satisfied as at the date of each such certificate.

ARTICLE VIII

LEGENDS

		
	Section 8.1	NO STOCK LEGEND OR STOCK TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. No legend shall be
	placed on the share certificates representing the Put Shares.

 

     Section 8.2 INVESTOR'S COMPLIANCE. Nothing in this Article VIII shall affect in any way Investor's obligations under any agreement to comply with all applicable securities laws upon the sale of the Common Stock.

							
	 	 	ARTICLE IX	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NOTICES; INDEMNIFICATION	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 9.1	NOTICES.	All notices, demands, requests,	consents,	approvals,	and	other

 

communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (a) personally served, (b) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (c) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (d) transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, facsimile, or email as a PDF, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice given in accordance herewith. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (i) upon hand delivery or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the transmitting facsimile machine, or email as a PDF, at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (ii) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service or on the fifth business day after deposited in the mail, in each case, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur.

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The addresses for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

NUTRANOMICS, INC.

11487 South 700 East

Salt Lake City, UT 84020

Attn: Tracy Gibbs

Chief Executive Officer

Copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Brunson Chandler & Jones, PLLC

175 S. Main Street, 15th Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Tel: 801-303-5730

Fax: 801-355-5005

If to Investor:

Southridge Partners II, LP

90 Grove Street

Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877

Tel: 203-431-8300

Fax: 203-431-8301

Either party hereto may from time to time change its address or facsimile number for notices under this Section 9.1 by giving at least ten (10) days' prior written notice of such changed address or facsimile number to the other party hereto.

     Section 9.2 INDEMNIFICATION. Each party (an “Indemnifying Party”) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the other party along with its officers, directors, employees, and authorized agents, and each Person or entity, if any, who controls such party within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any Damages, joint or several, and any action in respect thereof to which the Indemnified Party becomes subject to, resulting from, arising out of or relating to (i) any misrepresentation, breach of warranty or nonfulfillment of or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, or (iv) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, as such Damages are incurred, except to the extent such Damages result primarily from Indemnified Party's failure to perform any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or Indemnified Party's negligence, recklessness or bad faith in performing its obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any Damages of an Indemnified Party to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made by an Indemnifying Party in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Indemnifying Party by the Indemnified Party expressly for use in the Registration

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Statement, any post-effective amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus (as amended or supplemented).

     Section 9.3 METHOD OF ASSERTING INDEMNIFICATION CLAIMS. All claims for indemnification by any Indemnified Party (as defined below) under Section 9.2 shall be asserted and resolved as follows:

     (a) In the event any claim or demand in respect of which an Indemnified Party might seek indemnity under Section 9.2 is asserted against or sought to be collected from such Indemnified Party by a person other than a party hereto or an affiliate thereof (a "THIRD PARTY CLAIM"), the Indemnified Party shall deliver a written notification, enclosing a copy of all papers served, if any, and specifying the nature of and basis for such Third Party Claim and for the Indemnified Party's claim for indemnification that is being asserted under any provision of Section 9.2 against an Indemnifying Party, together with the amount or, if not then reasonably ascertainable, the estimated amount, determined in good faith, of such Third Party Claim (a "CLAIM NOTICE") with reasonable promptness to the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnified Party fails to provide the Claim Notice with reasonable promptness after the Indemnified Party receives notice of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall not be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party Claim to the extent that the Indemnifying Party's ability to defend has been prejudiced by such failure of the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party as soon as practicable within the period ending thirty (30) calendar days following receipt by the Indemnifying Party of either a Claim Notice or an Indemnity Notice (as defined below) (the "DISPUTE PERIOD") whether the Indemnifying Party disputes its liability or the amount of its liability to the Indemnified Party under Section 9.2 and whether the Indemnifying Party desires, at its sole cost and expense, to defend the Indemnified Party against such Third Party Claim.

     (i) If the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period that the Indemnifying Party desires to defend the Indemnified Party with respect to the Third Party Claim pursuant to this Section 9.3(a), then the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, such Third Party Claim by all appropriate proceedings, which proceedings shall be vigorously and diligently prosecuted by the Indemnifying Party to a final conclusion or will be settled at the discretion of the Indemnifying Party (but only with the consent of the Indemnified Party in the case of any settlement that provides for any relief other than the payment of monetary damages or that provides for the payment of monetary damages as to which the Indemnified Party shall not be indemnified in full pursuant to Section 9.2). The Indemnifying Party shall have full control of such defense and proceedings, including any compromise or settlement thereof; provided, however, that the Indemnified Party may, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnified Party, at any time prior to the Indemnifying Party's delivery of the notice referred to in the first sentence of this clause (i), file any motion, answer or other pleadings or take any other action that the Indemnified Party reasonably believes to be necessary or appropriate to protect its interests; and provided further, that if requested by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party will, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, provide reasonable cooperation to the Indemnifying Party in contesting any Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party elects to contest. The Indemnified Party may participate in, but not control, any defense or settlement of any Third Party Claim controlled by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this clause (i), and except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Indemnified Party shall bear its own costs and expenses with respect to such participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnified Party may takeover the control of the defense or settlement of a Third Party Claim at any time if it irrevocably waives its right to indemnity under Section 9.2 with respect to such Third Party Claim.

     (ii) If the Indemnifying Party fails to notify the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period that the Indemnifying Party desires to defend the Third Party Claim pursuant to Section 9.3(a), or if the Indemnifying Party gives such notice but fails to prosecute vigorously and diligently or settle the Third Party Claim, or if the Indemnifying Party fails to give any notice whatsoever within the Dispute Period, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to defend, at the sole cost and expense of the

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Indemnifying Party, the Third Party Claim by all appropriate proceedings, which proceedings shall be prosecuted by the Indemnified Party in a reasonable manner and in good faith or will be settled at the discretion of the Indemnified Party(with the consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld). The Indemnified Party will have full control of such defense and proceedings, including any compromise or settlement thereof; provided, however, that if requested by the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party will, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, provide reasonable cooperation to the Indemnified Party and its counsel in contesting any Third Party Claim which the Indemnified Party is contesting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause (ii), if the Indemnifying Party has notified the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period that the Indemnifying Party disputes its liability or the amount of its liability hereunder to the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party Claim and if such dispute is resolved in favor of the Indemnifying Party in the manner provided in clause (iii) below, the Indemnifying Party will not be required to bear the costs and expenses of the Indemnified Party's defense pursuant to this clause (ii) or of the Indemnifying Party's participation therein at the Indemnified Party's request, and the Indemnified Party shall reimburse the Indemnifying Party in full for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnifying Party in connection with such litigation. The Indemnifying Party may participate in, but not control, any defense or settlement controlled by the Indemnified Party pursuant to this clause (ii), and the Indemnifying Party shall bear its own costs and expenses with respect to such participation.

     (iii) If the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party that it does not dispute its liability or the amount of its liability to the Indemnified Party with respect to the Third Party Claim under Section 9.2 or fails to notify the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period whether the Indemnifying Party disputes its liability or the amount of its liability to the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party Claim, the amount of Damages specified in the Claim Notice shall be conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party under Section 9.2 and the Indemnifying Party shall pay the amount of such Damages to the Indemnified Party on demand. If the Indemnifying Party has timely disputed its liability or the amount of its liability with respect to such claim, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall proceed in good faith to negotiate a resolution of such dispute; provided, however, that if the dispute is not resolved within thirty (30) days after the Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to institute such legal action as it deems appropriate.

     (b) In the event any Indemnified Party should have a claim under Section 9.2 against the Indemnifying Party that does not involve a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall deliver a written notification of a claim for indemnity under Section 9.2 specifying the nature of and basis for such claim, together with the amount or, if not then reasonably ascertainable, the estimated amount, determined in good faith, of such claim (an "INDEMNITY NOTICE") with reasonable promptness to the Indemnifying Party. The failure by any Indemnified Party to give the Indemnity Notice shall not impair such party's rights hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party demonstrates that it has been irreparably prejudiced thereby. If the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party that it does not dispute the claim or the amount of the claim described in such Indemnity Notice or fails to notify the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period whether the Indemnifying Party disputes the claim or the amount of the claim described in such Indemnity Notice, the amount of Damages specified in the Indemnity Notice will be conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party under Section 9.2 and the Indemnifying Party shall pay the amount of such Damages to the Indemnified Party on demand. If the Indemnifying Party has timely disputed its liability or the amount of its liability with respect to such claim, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall proceed in good faith to negotiate a resolution of such dispute; provided, however, that if the dispute is not resolved within thirty (30) days after the Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to institute such legal action as it deems appropriate.

     (c) The Indemnifying Party agrees to pay the Indemnified Party, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any reasonable legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim.

(d) The indemnity provisions contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action

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or similar rights of the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the Indemnifying Party may be subject to.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 10.1 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. Each of the Company and Investor hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Federal and state courts located in New York with respect to any dispute arising under this Agreement, the agreements entered into in connection herewith or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

     Section 10.2 JURY TRIAL WAIVER. The Company and the Investor hereby waive a trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim brought by either of the parties hereto against the other in respect of any matter arising out of or in connection with the Transaction Documents.

     Section 10.3 ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and Investor and their respective successors. Neither this Agreement nor any rights of Investor or the Company hereunder may be assigned by either party to any other person.

     Section 10.4 THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the Company and Investor and their respective successors, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

     Section 10.5 TERMINATION. The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time by written notice to the Investor. Additionally, this Agreement shall terminate at the end of Commitment Period or as otherwise provided herein; provided, however, that the provisions of Articles IX, and Sections 10.1 and 10.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for a period of twenty four (24) months.

     Section 10.6 ENTIRE AGREEMENT, AMENDMENT; NO WAIVER. This Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the Company and Investor with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

     Section 10.7 FEES AND EXPENSES. The Company agrees to pay its own expenses in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and performance of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall pay all stamp or other similar taxes and duties levied in connection with issuance of the Put Shares pursuant hereto.

     Section 10.8 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which may be executed by less than all of the parties and shall be deemed to be an original instrument which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be delivered to the other parties hereto by facsimile transmission or email of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the parties so delivering this Agreement.

     Section 10.9 SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of this Agreement becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without said provision; provided that such severability shall be ineffective if it materially changes the economic benefit of this Agreement to any party.

Section 10.10 FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and

performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates,

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instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

     Section 10.11 NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

     Section 10.12 EQUITABLE RELIEF. The Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to Investor. The Company therefore agrees that Investor shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

		
	Section 10.13	TITLE AND SUBTITLES. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for
	the convenience of reference and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

     Section 10.14 REPORTING ENTITY FOR THE COMMON STOCK. The reporting entity relied upon for the determination of the Closing Price for the Common Stock on any given Trading Day for the purposes of this Agreement shall be Bloomberg Finance L.P. or any successor thereto. The written mutual consent of Investor and the Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.

     Section 10.15 PUBLICITY. The Company and Investor shall consult with each other in issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no party shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the prior written consent of the other parties, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that no prior consent shall be required if such disclosure is required by law, in which such case the disclosing party shall provide the other parties with prior notice of such public statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of Investor without the prior written consent of such Investor, except to the extent required by law. Investor acknowledges that this Agreement and all or part of the Transaction Documents may be deemed to be "material contracts" as that term is defined by Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K, and that the Company may therefore be required to file such documents as exhibits to reports or registration statements filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. Investor further agrees that the status of such documents and materials as material contracts shall be determined solely by the Company, in consultation with its counsel.

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[SIGNATURE PAGE]

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Equity Purchase Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

SOUTHRIDGE PARTNERS II LP

			
	 	By:	Southridge Advisors II LLC
	 
	 
	 
		
By: /s/ Stephen Hicks

Name: Stephen Hicks Title: Manager

 

NUTRANOMICS, INC.

			
	 	By:	 /s/ Tracy Gibbs
	 	 	Name: Tracy Gibbs
	 	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Schedule 4.3 – Outstanding Securities

	
September 27, 2013 Convertible Note with Desjardins Compagnie SA (Bahamas) for $250,000 (no conversion discount)

	
October 18, 2013 Convertible Note with Desjardins Compagnie SA (Bahamas) for $125,000 (no conversion discount)

	
November 22, 2013 Convertible Note with Desjardins Compagnie SA (Bahamas) for $150,000 (no conversion discount)

 

EXHIBITS

		
	EXHIBIT A	Put Notice
	EXHIBIT B	Closing Certificate

 

 

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF PUT NOTICE

TO: SOUTHRIDGE PARTNERS II, LP

We refer to the Equity Purchase Agreement dated December 9, 2013 (the “Agreement”) entered into by NUTRANOMICS, INC. (the “Company”) and you. Capitalized terms defined in the Agreement shall, unless otherwise defined, have the same meaning when used herein.

We hereby:

	1.     	
Give you notice that we require you to purchase $_________ (the “Investment Amount”) in Put Shares;

	2.     	
Determine the Floor Price for this Put, as defined in Section 2.2(c) of the Agreement, to be $___________; and

	3.     	
Certify that, as of the date hereof, to the best of our knowledge, the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 of the Agreement are satisfied.

Date: _____________, 20__

NUTRANOMICS, INC.

By: ______________________

Name:

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF

CERTIFICATE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

OF

NUTRANOMICS, INC.

     Pursuant to Section 7.2(m) of that certain Equity Purchase Agreement dated December 9, 2013 (the “Agreement”) by and between the Company and Southridge Partners II, LP (the “Investor”), the undersigned, in his capacity as the Chief Executive Officer of NUTRANOMICS, INC. (the “Company”), and not in his individual capacity, hereby certifies, as of the date hereof (such date, the “Condition Satisfaction Date”), the following:

     1. The representations and warranties of the Company are true and correct in all material respects as of the Condition Satisfaction Date as though made on the Condition Satisfaction Date (except for representations and warranties specifically made as of a particular date) with respect to all periods, and as to all events and circumstances occurring or existing to and including the Condition Satisfaction Date, except for any conditions which have temporarily caused any representations or warranties of the Company set forth in the Agreement to be incorrect and which have been corrected with no continuing impairment to the Company or Investor; and

     2. All of the Company’s conditions to Closing set forth in Section 7.2 of the Agreement have been satisfied as of the Condition Satisfaction Date.

     Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto affixed his hand as of the ___ day of

____________, 20__.

By:

_______________Chief Executive OfficerB EX 10.1 03.31.2014

EXHIBIT 10.1

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT, is made by and between Barnes Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and [_______________________] (the "Executive"), to be effective as of [______________] (the "Effective Date").

WHEREAS, the Company considers it essential to the best interests of its shareholders to foster the continued employment of key management personnel; and

WHEREAS, the Board recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a Change in Control exists and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its shareholders; and

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company's management, including the Executive, to their assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change in Control;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows:

1.  Defined Terms.  The definitions of capitalized terms used in this Agreement are provided in the last Section hereof.

2.  Term of Agreement.  The Term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in effect through December 31, [____] provided, however, that commencing on January 1, [____] and each January 1 thereafter, the Term shall automatically be extended for one (1) additional year unless, not later than September 30 of the preceding year, the Company or the Executive shall have given notice not to extend the Term; and further provided, however, that if a Change in Control shall have occurred during the Term, the Term shall expire no earlier than twenty‐four (24) months beyond the month in which such Change in Control occurred.

3.  Company's Covenants Summarized.  In order to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Company and in consideration of the Executive's covenants set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Company agrees, under the conditions described herein, to pay the Executive the Severance Payments and the other payments and benefits described herein.  Except as provided in Section 9.1 hereof, no Severance Payments shall be payable under this Agreement unless the Executive has a Separation from Service following a Change in Control and during the Term and such Separation from Service is described in the first sentence of Section 6.1.  This Agreement shall not be construed as creating an express or implied contract of employment and, 

except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Executive and the Company, the Executive shall not have any right to be retained in the employ of the Company.

4.  The Executive's Covenants.  The Executive agrees that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control during the Term, the Executive will remain in the employ of the Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is six (6) months from the date of such Potential Change of Control, (ii) the date of a Change in Control, (iii) the date of termination by the Executive of the Executive's employment for Good Reason or by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, or (iv) the termination by the Company of the Executive's employment for any reason.

5.  Compensation Other Than Severance Payments.

5.1  Following a Change in Control and during the Term, during any period that the Executive fails to perform the Executive's full‐time duties with the Company as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness, the Company shall pay the Executive's full salary to the Executive at the rate in effect at the commencement of any such period, together with all compensation and benefits payable to the Executive under the terms of any compensation or benefit plan, program or arrangement maintained by the Company during such period, until the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for Disability; provided, however, that the amounts received under this Section 5.1 shall be reduced by any amounts received by the Executive with respect to the same period of time under any long term disability plan of the Company.  For the avoidance of doubt, payments pursuant to this Section 5.1 are contingent on the Executive's continued full-time employment until such time as (a) a Change in Control occurs during the Term, and (b) the Executive fails to perform full-time duties as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness, and are payable only for so long as the Executive continues to fail to perform full-time duties as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness or, if sooner, until the earlier of (i) the end of the Term, or (ii) the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for Disability.

5.2  For the Executive's services following a Change in Control and during the Term, the Company shall pay the Executive's full salary to the Executive through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control or, if higher, the rate in effect from time to time after the Change in Control and prior to any reduction thereof, together with all compensation and benefits payable to the Executive through the Date of Termination under the terms of the Company's compensation and benefit plans, programs or arrangements as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect from time to time after the Change in Control and prior to any reduction thereof.

5.3  If the Executive has a Separation from Service following a Change in Control and during the Term, and such Separation from Service is (A) an involuntary Separation from Service (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(n)(1)) by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, or (B) a Separation from Service by the Executive for Good Reason, the Company shall pay to the Executive after the Separation from Service the 

Executive's normal post‐termination compensation and benefits as such payments become due.  Such post‐termination compensation and benefits shall be determined under, and paid in accordance with, the Company's retirement, insurance and other compensation or benefit plans, programs and arrangements as in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect immediately prior to any adverse change therein after the Change in Control; provided that nothing in this Section 5.3 shall alter the terms of any stock option or any equity-based award.  Nothing herein shall reduce or otherwise adversely affect any compensation and benefits to which the Executive may be entitled after Separation from Service under any of the Company's retirement, insurance and other compensation or benefit plans, programs and arrangements as in effect from time to time before or after a Change in Control.

5.4  In the event that a Change in Control occurs during the Term, (A) the Company shall, within five (5) days after such Change in Control, pay to the Executive a lump sum cash amount equal to the product of (i) the target annual bonus or incentive award applicable to the Executive under each of the Company's annual bonus or incentive compensation plans (such target award to be determined pursuant to the provisions of each such plan or, if no such provisions exist in the case of any such plan, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board, as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control, in its sole discretion), in respect of the year in which such Change in Control occurs and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of months (including fractions thereof) from the first day of the year in which the Change in Control occurs to the date on which the Change in Control occurs, unless the Change in Control occurs during the year in which the Executive's first day of employment by the Company occurs, in which case the numerator shall be the number of months (including fractions thereof) from the first day of employment by the Company to the date on which the Change in Control occurs, and the denominator of which shall be twelve (12); and (B) all options held by the Executive to acquire Company stock shall immediately become vested and exercisable in full, and all other Company stock‐based awards held by the Executive shall vest and be paid at such time or times on or after the date on which such Change in Control occurs, and to such extent, as shall be set forth in the award agreement documenting such awards (it being understood and agreed that any stock-based award agreements will provide for vesting and payment of such awards in connection with a Change in Control at such time or times and on such terms and conditions as the Committee deems advisable to comply with or qualify for an exclusion from Section 409A of the Code).  The lump sum cash amount payable pursuant to Section 5.4(A) above shall be credited against any annual bonus or incentive award to which the Executive may be entitled for the year in which the Change in Control occurs pursuant to the Performance-Linked Bonus Plan for Selected Executive Officers or any other annual bonus or incentive plan in which the Executive participates in such year, provided that such annual bonus or incentive award qualifies (or will qualify) for treatment as a short-term deferral under Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4) or is otherwise not subject to Section 409A of the Code, it being the intention hereof that, between Section 5.4(A) above and any annual bonus or incentive award plan pursuant to which the Executive is entitled to an annual bonus or incentive award for the year in which the Change in Control occurs, the Executive will receive any annual bonus or incentive award to which the Executive may be entitled for the year in which the Change in Control occurs but not less than the lump sum cash amount payable pursuant to Section 5.4(A) above. 

6.  Severance Payments.

6.1  Subject to Section 6.2 and Section 12(B) hereof, if the Executive has a Separation from Service following a Change in Control and during the Term, and such Separation from Service is an involuntary Separation from Service (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(n)(1)) by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, or is a Separation from Service by the Executive for Good Reason, then the Company shall pay the Executive the amounts, and provide the Executive the benefits, described in this Section 6.1 ("Severance Payments"), in addition to any payments and benefits to which the Executive is entitled under Section 5 hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be eligible to receive any payment or benefit provided for in this Section 6.1 unless the Executive shall have executed and delivered to the Company within 45 days after the Separation from Service a release (substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto) in favor of the Company and others set forth on said Exhibit A, relating to all claims or liabilities of any kind relating to the Executive's employment and termination of employment with the Company, and the Executive shall not have revoked such release within 7 days after executing it.  Subject to Section 12(B) hereof, any payments and benefits that, but for the preceding sentence, may be paid or provided pursuant to the provisions below of this Section 6.1 before the 56th day following the Separation from Service shall be paid or provided on the 56th day following the Separation from Service, unless such payment or benefit may be paid or provided pursuant to the provisions below of this Section 6.1 within a designated period following the Separation from Service that ends more than 56 days following the Separation from Service, in which case such payment or benefit shall be paid or provided within the portion of such designated period that begins on the 56th day following the Separation from Service and ends on the last day of such designated period, provided in each case that the Executive executed the release and delivered it to the Company within the aforementioned 45-day period and did not revoke the release within 7 days after executing it.

(A)  Cash Severance Payments. 

(i)   The Company shall pay to the Executive an amount, in cash, equal to the severance pay to which the Executive would be entitled under the Barnes Group Inc. Executive Separation Pay Plan as amended on December 31, 2008 (the "Executive Separation Pay Plan") if the Separation from Service were a Separation from Service for which severance benefits were payable under that Plan and the provisions of Sections 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 thereof did not apply.  For the avoidance of doubt, the severance pay to which the Executive would be entitled if the Separation from Service were a Separation from Service for which severance benefits were payable under the Executive Separation Pay Plan and the provisions of Sections 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 thereof did not apply is twelve months of base salary as in effect immediately prior to the Separation from Service. Such amount shall be paid at the same times at which it would be paid under the Executive Separation Pay Plan if the provisions of Sections 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 thereof did not apply, and in the same installments.  However, if the Separation from Service for which the amount described in this Section 6.1(A)(i) is payable takes place during the two years following the occurrence of a "change in control event" with respect to the 

Executive (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(i) & (ii)), then in that event the Company shall pay the Executive the aforementioned amount in a lump sum within five (5) days of such Separation from Service; and 

(ii)  The Company shall pay to the Executive within five (5) days of such Separation from Service a lump sum amount, in cash, equal to the excess of (a) over (b) where (a) is 2 times the sum of (I) the Executive's annual base salary as in effect immediately prior to the Separation from Service or, if higher, in effect immediately prior to any reduction thereof, and (II) the highest of (A) the average annual bonus earned by the Executive in respect of the three fiscal years ending immediately prior to the fiscal year in which occurs the Separation from Service, or, if the Executive was not employed by the Company throughout that three fiscal year period, the average annual bonus earned by the Executive in respect of the portion of such three fiscal year period during which the Executive was employed by the Company (annualizing any bonus earned for less than a full fiscal year of employment), (B) the average annual bonus earned by the Executive in respect of the three fiscal years ending immediately prior to the fiscal year in which occurs the Change in Control, or, if the Executive was not employed by the Company throughout that three fiscal year period, the average annual bonus earned by the Executive in respect of the portion of such three fiscal year period during which the Executive was employed by the Company (annualizing any bonus earned for less than a full fiscal year of employment), or (C) the target bonus in respect of the fiscal year in which occurs the Separation from Service, and (b) is the amount payable pursuant to Section 6.1(A)(i) above. 

(B)  Pro-Rata Bonus for Year of Termination.  Within five (5) days of such Separation from Service, the Company shall pay to the Executive a lump sum cash amount (the "Pro‐Rata Bonus") equal to the product of (i) the target annual bonus or incentive award applicable to the Executive under each of the Company's annual bonus or incentive compensation plans (such target award to be determined pursuant to the provisions of each such plan or, if no such provisions exist in the case of any such plan, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion), in respect of the year in which such Separation from Service occurs and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of months (including fractions thereof) from the first day of the year during which such Separation from Service occurs to the date on which such Separation from Service occurs, unless the Separation from Service occurs during the year in which the Executive's first day of employment by the Company occurs, in which case the numerator shall be the number of months (including fractions thereof) from the first day of employment by the Company to the date on which the Separation from Service occurs, and the denominator of which shall be twelve (12); provided, however, that if such Separation from Service occurs during the same year in which the Change in Control occurs, the Pro Rata Bonus shall be offset by any payments received by the Executive pursuant to Section 5.4(A) hereof.

(C)  Vesting of Unvested Non-Qualified Plan Accruals Prior to the Date of Termination.  If the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Date of 

Termination or the Change in Control in any of the Company's non-qualified defined contribution employee pension benefit plans (including without limitation the Company's Retirement Benefit Equalization Plan, but excluding any severance pay plan) and on the Date of Termination was not fully vested in benefits accrued through the Date of Termination under any such plan in which s/he was so participating, then the Executive shall be entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 6.1(C) benefits equal to the benefits accrued by the Executive under those plans prior to the Date of Termination that are not vested on that date that would vest under those plans if the Executive's age and service credit for vesting purposes were equal to the Executive's age and service credit as calculated under the provisions of such plans as of the Date of Termination plus 24 months. The intent of this provision is to give the Executive 24 months of age and service credit for vesting under such non-qualified defined contribution employee pension benefit plans, disregarding any investment gains or losses and any plan amendment or termination that may occur after the Date of Termination, in excess of the Executive's actual age and service credit as of the Date of Termination as determined under such plans, if and to the extent that such plans do not otherwise give the Executive age and service credit for vesting for the 24 month period following the Date of Termination. Any benefits resulting from the additional age and service credit for vesting provided hereby shall be payable at the time and in the form of payment applicable to the Executive's benefits under the non-qualified defined contribution employee pension benefit plan(s) in question, and to the person or persons to whom such benefits would be paid under such plan(s). 

(D)  Payments in Respect of Unvested Account Balances as of the Date of Termination under Qualified Defined Contribution Plans. If the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Date of Termination or the Change in Control in any of the Company's qualified defined contribution employee pension benefit plans (including without limitation a 401(k) plan or a qualified profit-sharing plan) and on the Date of Termination was not fully vested in any amount (including without limitation investment gains and losses) that had been credited to the Executive through the Date of Termination (the "Unvested Account Balance") under any such plan in which s/he was so participating, then, on March 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs, the Company shall pay the Executive, if s/he is then surviving, an amount equal to the portion of the Unvested Account Balance that would vest during the 24 month period following the Date of Termination (and that will not in fact vest under the qualified defined contribution plan in question), if such plan were to remain in effect during such 24 month period and the Executive were able to and did continue to earn age credit and service credit for vesting purposes under such plan until the last day of such 24 month period. However, the Company shall not pay an amount pursuant to the preceding sentence equal to any portion of the Executive's Unvested Account Balance under a 401(k) plan that is attributable to (i) the Executive's elective contributions (as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.401(k)-6) under that plan, or to (ii) employer contributions that were conditioned (directly or indirectly) upon the Executive's electing to make or not to make elective contributions under that plan, or to (iii) income, expenses, gains and losses on such elective contributions and employer contributions, 

(such amount being hereafter referred to as a "Potentially Contingent Amount") unless the Executive made the maximum elective deferrals under Section 402(g) of the Code or the maximum elective contributions permitted under the terms of such 401(k) plan (a) in the year(s) in which the Executive made such elective contributions, or in the year(s) (if any) in which such employer contributions were conditioned upon the Executive's electing to make or not to make elective contributions under that plan, or (b) in such other or additional year(s) (or other period(s)) as may be necessary for the Potentially Contingent Amount to not be  treated as contingent for purposes of Treasury Regulation 1.401(k)-1(e)(6) by reason of the application of the second sentence of Treasury Regulation 1.401(k)-1(e)(6)(iii). The intent of this provision is to pay the Executive an amount equal to the portion of the Unvested Account Balance that, disregarding any investment gains or losses and any plan amendment or termination that may occur after the Date of Termination, would vest if the Executive were able to and did continue to earn age credit and vesting service credit under the qualified defined contribution plan in question during the 24 month period following the Date of Termination, provided that the Executive survives to the March 1 payment date set forth above in this Section 6.1(D) and, in the case of any Unvested Account Balance in a 401(k) plan, provided that the exclusion from the contingent benefit rule set forth in Treasury Regulation section 1.401(k)-1(e)(6) for deferred compensation that is dependent on an employee's having made the maximum elective deferrals under Code section 402(g) or the maximum elective contributions permitted under the terms of the plan is satisfied. Nothing herein shall alter any qualified defined contribution employee pension benefit plan or any rights the Executive may have under any such plan.
 

(E)    Defined Contribution Plan Accruals for 24 Months After Date of Termination.  If the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Date of Termination or the Change in Control in any of the Company's qualified or non-qualified defined contribution employee pension benefit plans (including without limitation a 401(k) plan or a qualified profit-sharing plan), then, on March 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs, the Company shall pay the Executive, if s/he is then surviving, an amount equal to the employer contributions (if any) that would have been credited to the Executive and would have vested during the 24 month period following the Date of Termination (but are not so credited or vested) under any qualified or non-qualified defined contribution employee pension benefit plan in which the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control, if (i) the Executive were able to and did continue to earn age credit, service credit and compensation credit for benefit accrual and vesting purposes under such plan during that 24 month period, and (ii) the Executive's compensation during the 24 month period following the Date of Termination for purposes of that plan consisted of salary equal to 2 times the amount referred to in Section 6.1(A)(ii)(a)(I) hereof earned and paid ratably over that 24 month period and bonus (if and to the extent that bonuses are eligible for employer contributions under such plan) equal to 2 times the amount referred to in Section 6.1(A)(ii)(a)(II) hereof earned and paid ratably over that 24 month 

period, and (iii) in the case of any contributory defined contribution employee pension benefit plan such as a 401(k) plan, the Executive were able to and did contribute the maximum matchable employee contributions to the plan during the 24 month period after the Date of Termination, and (iv) the same employer contributions were made to the plan during that 24 month period as a percentage of Compensation and, in the case of a contributory plan, as a percentage of employee contributions, as were made in respect of the last full plan year preceding the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, preceding the Change in Control, and (v) the same qualified plan limits on compensation, contributions and benefits that applied in respect of such last full plan year continued to apply during the 24 months following the Date of Termination. No payment shall be made pursuant to the preceding sentence in respect of the employer contributions that would have been credited to the Executive and would have vested under a 401(k) plan unless the Executive made the maximum elective deferrals under Section 402(g) of the Code or the maximum elective contributions permitted under the terms of the 401(k) plan in which the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control, in the year in which the Date of Termination occurs  (or in such portion of such year as will result in the payment being not treated as contingent pursuant to the second sentence of Treasury Regulation 1.401(k)-1(e)(6)(iii)) or, if the 401(k) plan in which the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Change in Control was more favorable to the Executive than the 401(k) plan in which the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Date of Termination, in the year in which the Change in Control occurred.  The preceding sentence is intended to apply only if and to the extent the preceding sentence is necessary to comply with the contingent benefit rule set forth in Treasury Regulation section 1.401(k)-1(e)(6), and it shall be administered, interpreted and construed accordingly.

(F)  Health Care Benefits. For the twenty-four month period immediately following the Date of Termination or until the earlier death of the Executive (the "Benefits Period"), the Company shall continue to provide the Executive with the same medical and dental coverage which the Executive was receiving immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control (the "Health Care Benefits").  For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for the same medical and dental expenses which were subject to payment or reimbursement under the medical and dental insurance coverage which the Executive was receiving immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control. The Health Care Benefits shall be provided in such a manner that such benefits will be excluded from the Executive's income for federal income tax purposes.  The receipt of the Health Care Benefits shall be conditioned on the Executive continuing to pay the applicable premiums for such Health Care Benefits during the Benefits Period. The applicable monthly premium shall be the monthly COBRA premium as in effect at the Company from time to time with respect to the coverage provided under Section 4980B of the Code. Except as permitted by Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(i)(4)

(B), the amount of medical and dental expenses that are subject to Section 409A of the Code and not excluded therefrom as involuntary separation pay or otherwise and that are subject to reimbursement pursuant to this Section 6.1(F) during any taxable year of the Executive may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and shall be reimbursed at the time required by the plan applicable to the Executive immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control but in no event later than the last day of the Executive's taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. 

(G)  Additional Payments. During the Benefits Period, and subject to Section 12(B) below (relating to the six month delay applicable to Specified Employees), the Company shall pay to the Executive an amount equal to the monthly premium cost set forth in Section 6.1(F) above, minus an amount equal to the monthly employee contribution rate that is paid by Company employees for the applicable level of such coverage immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control, which payment shall be paid in advance on the first payroll day of each month, commencing with the first such payroll day that coincides with or next follows the Date of Termination.  Each month, when the Company pays the amount required by the preceding sentence, the Company shall also pay the Executive a tax gross-up on the amount paid pursuant to the preceding sentence, i.e., an amount sufficient after taxes on the tax gross-up paid pursuant to this sentence to reimburse the Executive for any Federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed upon the Executive as a result of the Company's payment of the amount required by the preceding sentence.  For purposes of determining the amount of the tax gross-up to be paid pursuant to this Section 6.1(G) or pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement or any other plan or arrangement pursuant to which the Executive is entitled to receive a tax gross-up after a Change in Control and during the Term, the Executive shall notify the Company from time to time of the highest effective marginal rates at which the Executive's income is taxed under any applicable Federal, state, local and foreign laws and such rates shall be conclusive on the Company for purposes of determining the amount of the tax gross-up to be paid, and in no event shall the Executive be required to disclose his tax returns to the Company or otherwise for the purpose of determining the amount of the tax gross-up to be paid.

(H)  EGTLIP Benefits. If the Executive was a participant in the Company's Executive Group Term Life Insurance Program (“EGTLIP”) immediately prior to the Date of Termination or the Change in Control,  then during the Benefits Period the Company shall provide the Executive with the same benefits, if any, under the EGTLIP as in effect immediately prior to the Separation from Service or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control, at the same times, that the Company would have provided if the EGTLIP had remained in effect and the Executive's active employment and participation in the EGTLIP had continued (and no Separation from Service had occurred) until the end of the Benefits Period and the Executive's annual base salary during the Benefits Period for purposes of the EGTLIP had been equal to the amount referred to in Section 6.1(A)(ii)(a)(I) hereof. In no event 

shall this Section 6.1(H) entitle the Executive to benefits that duplicate any EGTLIP benefits that the Executive is entitled to receive at the same time other than pursuant to this Section 6.1(H).  If any premiums that would be payable by the Company pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 6.1(H) during the six month period following the Separation from Service are not paid during that six month period due to the six month delay imposed by Section 12(B) hereof, then (i) the Company shall timely provide the Executive with the opportunity to pay the EGTLIP premiums during that six month period and, if the Executive chooses to do so, the Company shall cooperate as needed to enable the Executive to do so, and (ii) at the time provided by Section 12(B) hereof (i.e., the first day of the seventh month following the Separation from Service) the Company shall pay such premiums in accordance with the EGTLIP. Premiums eligible for reimbursement pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 6.1(H) during the Executive's taxable year may not affect the premiums eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and any in-kind benefits provided pursuant to this Section 6.1(H) or otherwise during a taxable year of the Executive may not affect the in-kind benefits to be provided pursuant to this Section 6.1(H) or otherwise in any other taxable year. 

(I)  Death and Disability Benefits. During the Benefits Period, the Company shall cause the Executive to continue to participate in all death benefit plans (other than the EGTLIP, which is already addressed above) and disability benefit plans in which the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Separation from Service or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control; provided that to the extent such participation in any such plan is barred or otherwise not feasible, the Company shall arrange to provide substantially similar benefits to the Executive (and, if applicable, the Executive's dependents) outside such plan. 

(J)  Tax-Free Benefits. If immediately prior to the Date of Termination or the Change in Control the Executive was participating in any welfare benefit plan or perquisite plan not addressed above (including without limitation the Executive Health Exams Policy), and during the Benefits Period benefits may be provided to the Executive under such plan as in effect immediately prior to the Separation from Service or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control, (or may be provided to the Executive outside of such plan), that would be excludable from income when and if received, then the Company shall continue to provide such benefits to the Executive during the Benefits Period.

(K)  In-Kind Benefit and Reimbursement Plans and Tax Gross-Ups. If immediately prior to the Separation from Service or the Change in Control the Executive was receiving in-kind benefits within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(p) or reimbursements pursuant to any Company plan not addressed above in this Section 6.1, other than reimbursements of direct business expenses (such as automobile mileage and travel, entertainment and other business expenses), or was receiving tax gross-ups within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(1)(v) under any Company plan not addressed above in this Section 6.1, then in accordance with such plan (other than continued service requirements) as in effect immediately prior to 

the Separation from Service or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control, the Executive shall continue to receive in-kind benefits, and reimbursements for expenses incurred, during the Benefits Period and to receive tax gross-ups for taxes incurred during the Benefits Period; provided that, with respect to any such in-kind benefits and reimbursements, other than reimbursements that pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) or otherwise do not provide for a deferral of compensation that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided, during the Executive's taxable year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other taxable year (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv)), and the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made on or before (a) the last day of the Executive's taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred, or (b) such earlier date as the reimbursement plan may require, and any such tax gross-up shall be paid by the end of the Executive's taxable year next following the Executive's taxable year in which the Executive remits the related taxes or by such earlier date as the plan which provides for such  tax gross-up may require. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this agreement the term "plan" shall include the Company's perquisite policies (including, without limitation, the Financial Planning Assistance Policy) and any other "plan" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(c)(1).

(L)  Other Welfare Plans, Benefits and Perquisites. If immediately prior to the Date of Termination or the Change in Control the Executive participated in any welfare benefit plan not addressed above (other than a severance pay plan) or was receiving benefits or perquisites not addressed above, and the Executive is not otherwise entitled to participate in such welfare benefit plan or to receive such benefits or perquisites during the Benefits Period, then during the Benefits Period the Executive shall continue to participate in the welfare benefit plan in which s/he was participating or to receive the benefits or perquisites s/he was receiving immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately prior to the Change in Control, in accordance with the terms of such welfare benefit plan or plan providing such benefits or perquisites (other than continued service requirements); provided that if the Executive's continued participation in such welfare benefit plan or in the plan providing such benefits or perquisites is barred or otherwise not feasible, the Company shall provide such benefits outside the plan; and, provided further, that this sentence shall not apply if and to the extent that any payments to be made and benefits to be provided pursuant to this sentence would not qualify for an exclusion from Section 409A of the Code (including without limitation an exclusion provided by Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(9)) or comply with Section 409A of the Code. 

Neither the Company nor any Affiliate shall be required by any of the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.1 to grant stock options or other stock‐based awards to the Executive after the Date of Termination.  Benefits receivable by the Executive pursuant to Sections 6.1(E) through (L) hereof shall be forfeited to the extent benefits of the same type are made available to the Executive during the twenty‐four (24) month period following the Date of Termination, other 

than by the Company or an Affiliate, in connection with the Executive's performance of services for an enterprise (including without limitation a non-profit enterprise) not affiliated with the Company (and any such benefits made available to the Executive shall be reported to the Company by the Executive). In the event that payment is made pursuant to Section  6.1(E) hereof and benefits of the same type are thereafter made available to the Executive during the twenty‐four (24) month period following the Date of Termination, other than by the Company or an Affiliate, in connection with the Executive's performance of services for an enterprise not affiliated with the Company, the Executive shall repay to the Company the portion of the payment previously made in respect of benefits of the same type, that corresponds to the portion of the 24 month period during which benefits of the same type are so made available to the Executive. 

6.2    (A)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive's employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any Person whose actions result in a Change in Control or any Person affiliated with the Company or such Person) (all such payments and benefits, including the Severance Payments, being hereinafter called "Total Payments") would be subject (in whole or part), to the Excise Tax, then,  the Total Payments shall be reduced in the following order: (i) cash payments that are not deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, (ii) non-cash payments and benefits, other than payments pursuant to Section 5.4(B) above, that are not deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, (iii) the payments pursuant to Section 5.4(B) above that are not deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, (iv) cash payments that are deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, (v) non-cash payments and benefits, other than payments pursuant to Section 5.4(B) above, that are deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, and (vi) the payments pursuant to Section 5.4(B) above that are deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, to the extent necessary so that no portion of the Total Payments is subject to the Excise Tax, but only if (A) is greater than or equal to (B), where (A) equals the reduced amount of such Total Payments minus the aggregate amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments and (B) equals the unreduced amount of such Total Payments minus the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments and (2) the amount of Excise Tax to which the Executive would be subject in respect of such unreduced Total Payments; provided, however, that within each of the foregoing categories (i) through (vi) the first payment or benefit to be reduced shall be the payment or benefit the highest percentage of which is included in the aggregate present value of all payments in the nature of compensation to or for the benefit of the Executive that are contingent on the change in ownership or control within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.280G-1 (i.e., is included in such aggregate present value for purposes of determining whether such aggregate present value equals or exceeds 3 times the Executive's base amount), and the last payment or benefit to be reduced shall be the payment or benefit the lowest percentage of which is included in such aggregate present value, and, provided further, that the Executive may elect to change the order in which any of the payments or benefits in categories (i), (ii) and (iii) is reduced as long as both payments and benefits being changed (I) are short-term deferrals within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4) the "applicable 

21⁄2  month period" of which (within the meaning of that Treasury Regulation) end on the same date, or (II) are not short-term deferrals but are otherwise not deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code (whether due to Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(9) or otherwise), and as long as such change in order does not affect the time at which any payment that constitutes deferred compensation that is subject to Section 409A of the Code would be reduced or the amount by which any payment that constitutes deferred compensation that is subject to Section 409A of the Code would be reduced at any time. 
 
(B)  For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax, (i) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Executive shall have waived at such time and in such manner as not to constitute a "payment" within the meaning of section 280G(b) of the Code shall be taken into account, (ii) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of tax counsel ("Tax Counsel") reasonably acceptable to the Executive and selected by the accounting firm (the "Auditor") which was, immediately prior to the Change in Control, the Company's independent auditor, does not constitute a "parachute payment" within the meaning of section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including by reason of section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and, in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of Tax Counsel, constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the Base Amount allocable to such reasonable compensation, and (iii) the value of any non‐cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Auditor in accordance with the principles of sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.

(C)  At the time that payments are made under this Agreement, the Company shall provide the Executive with a written statement setting forth the manner in which such payments were calculated and the basis for such calculations including, without limitation, any opinions or other advice the Company has received from Tax Counsel, the Auditor or other advisors or consultants (and any such opinions or advice which are in writing shall be attached to the statement).  

6.3  The payments provided in subsections (A)(ii) and (B) of Section 6.1 hereof and, if applicable, the last sentence of subsection (A)(i) of Section 6.1 hereof, shall be made on the fifth (5th) day following the Separation from Service or, if such 5th day is a weekend or a holiday, on the next business day; provided, however, that if the amounts of such payments, and the limitation on such payments set forth in Section 6.2 hereof, cannot be finally determined on or before such day, the Company shall pay to the Executive on such day an estimate, as determined in good faith by the Company of the minimum amount of such payments to which the Executive is clearly entitled and shall pay the remainder of such payments (together with interest on the unpaid remainder (or on all such payments to the extent the Company fails to make such payments when due) at 120% of the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as soon as the amount thereof can be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the Separation from Service.  In the event that the amount of the estimated payments exceeds the amount subsequently determined to have been due, such excess shall constitute a loan by the Company to the Executive, payable on the fifth (5th) business day after 

demand by the Company (together with interest at 120% of the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code).

7.  Termination Procedures and Compensation During Dispute.

7.1  Notice of Termination.  After a Change in Control and during the Term, any termination of the Executive's employment (other than by reason of death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination from one party hereto to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 10 hereof.  For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive's employment under the provision so indicated.  Further, a Notice of Termination for Cause is required to include a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three‐quarters (3/4) of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board which was called and held for the purpose of considering such termination (after reasonable notice to the Executive and an opportunity for the Executive, together with the Executive's counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive was guilty of conduct set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of Cause herein, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. In the event of an involuntary Separation from Service (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(n)(1)) by the Company other than for Cause or Disability following a Change in Control and during the Term, the Company will provide the Executive with a Notice of Termination at least thirty (30) days in advance of the Date of Termination and, if it fails to do so, will pay the Executive's salary in lieu of notice on the Date of Termination or within ten (10) days thereafter, in addition to all other amounts payable to the Executive hereunder. In the event of a Separation from Service by the Executive following a Change in Control and during the Term, the Executive will provide the Company with a Notice of Termination at least fifteen (15) days and not more than sixty (60) days in advance of the Date of Termination.

7.2  Date of Termination.  "Date of Termination" means the date on which the Executive has a Separation from Service.

7.3  Certain Disputes Concerning Termination.  

If the Executive has a Separation from Service following a Change in Control and during the Term, and such Separation from Service is (a) an involuntary Separation from Service (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(n)(1)) by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, or (b) a Separation from Service by the Executive for Good Reason, and, in the case of (a), the Company disputes by its Notice of Termination or otherwise (including without limitation by its conduct or inaction) that the Executive has had an involuntary Separation from Service (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(n)(1)) by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, or, in the case of (b), the Company disputes by written notice or otherwise (including without limitation by its conduct or inaction) that the Executive has had a Separation from Service for Good Reason, and the Executive pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence, then in that event during the period from the Date of Termination until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Term ends, or (ii) the date on 

which the dispute is finally resolved, either by mutual written agreement of the parties or by a final judgment, order or decree of an arbitrator (the "Continuation Period"), the Company shall continue to pay the Executive the salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination, on the same payroll schedule that was in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination, and shall pay the Executive on the first business day of each calendar month during the Continuation Period a bonus amount equal to one-twelfth of the amount described in Section 6.1(A)(ii)(a)(II) above, ), and shall make monthly payments on the first payroll day of each month, commencing with the first such payroll day that coincides with or next follows the Date of Termination, equal to the monthly payments the Company is obligated to provide pursuant to Section 6.1(G) above.  In addition, for a period immediately following the Benefits Period equal to the length of the Continuation Period, (A) the Company shall continue to provide the Executive with the Health Care Benefits described in Section 6.1(F) above, (B) the Company shall provide the Executive with the same benefits, if any, under the EGTLIP, at the same times , that the Company would have provided if the EGTLIP had remained in effect and the Executive's active employment and participation in the EGTLIP had continued (and no Separation from Service had occurred) until the end of the period immediately following the Benefits Period equal to the length of the Continuation Period and the Executive's annual base salary during that period for purposes of the EGTLIP had been equal to the Executive's annual base salary as in effect immediately prior to the Separation from Service or, if higher, in effect immediately prior to any reduction thereof, and (C) the Company shall continue to provide the Executive with the death and disability coverage described in Section 6.1(I) above, the tax-free benefits described in Section 6.1(J) above, and the in-kind benefits and reimbursements and tax gross-ups described in Section 6.1(K) above, in each case on the same terms and conditions as apply during the Benefits Period. Amounts to be paid and benefits and perquisites to be provided under this Section 7.3 are in addition to all other amounts, benefits and perquisites due under this Agreement (including amounts, benefits and perquisites due under Section 6.1) and shall not be offset against or reduce any other amounts, benefits or perquisites due under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each payment to be made and benefit to be provided under the first sentence of this Section 7.3 is contingent on there having been, prior to the date on which the payment is to be made or the benefit is to be provided, (A) an involuntary Separation from Service (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(n)(1)) of the Executive by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, or a Separation from Service by the Executive for Good Reason, (B) a dispute by the Company as described above, (C) the Executive's pursuit of the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence, and (D) no final resolution of such dispute, either by mutual written agreement of the parties or by a final judgment, order or decree of an arbitrator.

8.  No Mitigation.  The Company agrees that, if the Executive's employment with the Company terminates during the Term, the Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company pursuant to Section 6 hereof or Section 7.1 or 7.3 hereof.  Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement (other than Sections 6.1(E) through (L) hereof) shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise.

9.  Successors; Binding Agreement.

9.1  In addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor to the Company, during the Term the Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession during the Term shall be a material breach of this Agreement by the Company and, if such failure occurs before the Executive has a Separation from Service, shall entitle the Executive to compensation, benefits and perquisites from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as the Executive would be entitled to hereunder if the Executive had an involuntary Separation from Service (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(n)(1)) by the Company other than for Cause or Disability following a Change in Control and during the Term, provided that (A) the Executive notifies the Company that such failure has occurred within 90 days of the initial occurrence of such failure or, if later, within 90 days after the Executive first knows or should know of such failure (which notification may but need not be in the form of a Notice of Termination given in respect of such failure), (B) such failure is not corrected within 30 days after the Executive so notifies the Company, and (C) the Executive terminates employment (i.e., has a Separation from Service) after such 30 day period, within 2 years following the initial occurrence of such failure, and before the expiration of the Term.

9.2  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  If the Executive shall die while any amount would still be payable to the Executive hereunder (other than amounts which, by their terms, terminate upon the death of the Executive) if the Executive had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the executors, personal representatives or administrators of the Executive's estate.

10.  Notices.  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed, if to the Executive, to the address inserted below the Executive's signature on the final page hereof and, if to the Company, to the address set forth below, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon actual receipt:

To the Company:

Barnes Group Inc.
123 Main Street
Bristol, CT  06010

Attention: Dawn N. Edwards
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

11.  Miscellaneous.  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the Executive and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Company may unilaterally amend this Agreement in whole or in part before a Change in Control or Potential Change in Control occurs, in such respects as the Company may determine to be to be necessary, advisable or expedient to plan for, respond to, comply with or reflect Section 409A of the Code, and the Executive hereby consents to any amendments that the Company may make pursuant to this sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence is not intended to authorize or constitute the Executive's consent to any amendment that would constitute a modification or extension of a stock option within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v), and, if and to the extent that, notwithstanding the foregoing, anything therein would be interpreted or construed to authorize or constitute the Executive's consent to any such amendment, then to that extent the authorization or consent is hereby rescinded. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or of any lack of compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  This Agreement supersedes any other agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof which have been made by either party; provided, however, that this Agreement shall supersede any agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of the Executive's employment with the Company only in the event that the Executive has a Separation from Service following a Change in Control, and such Separation from Service is an involuntary Separation from Service (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(n)(1)) by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, or is a Separation from Service by the Executive for Good Reason.  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut.  All references to sections of the Exchange Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to such sections.  Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law and any additional withholding to which the Executive has agreed.  The obligations of the Company and the Executive under this Agreement which by their nature may require either partial or total performance after the expiration of the Term (including, without limitation, those under Sections 6 and 7 hereof) shall survive such expiration.

12. Code Section 409A.    

(A)    The Executive's right to any series of payments, including without limitation taxable benefits, that are to be paid or provided under this Agreement and that is eligible to be treated as a right to a series of separate payments under Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii), including in particular but not limited to the Executive's right to the series of benefits under Sections 6.1(F) through 6.1(L), shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, including without limitation for purposes of the short-term deferral rule set forth in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4).

(B)    Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive is a Specified Employee on the date of a Separation from Service, any payment or benefit to be paid or provided pursuant to this Agreement that constitutes deferred compensation that is subject to Section 409A of the Code and that is payable due to a Separation from Service during the six month period following the Separation from Service shall not be paid before the date that is six months after the date of Separation from Service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the Executive) and shall instead be accumulated and paid on the first day of the seventh month following the date of the Separation from Service (or, if earlier, within 14 days after the death of the Executive), in accordance with Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(i)(2)(ii).  The preceding sentence shall apply to any amount or benefit (and only to any amount or benefit) to be paid or provided pursuant to this Agreement to which Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) (relating to Specified Employees) applies, and shall not apply to any amount or benefit if and to the extent that such amount or benefit is not subject to Section 409A of the Code as a result of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(a)(5) (relating to welfare benefit plans), Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (relating to short-term deferrals), Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) (relating to separation pay plans), or otherwise.  

(C)    If at any time during the 12-month period ending on any "specified employee identification date", which shall be December 31, the Executive is in Salary Grade 20 or above or meets the requirements of Code section 416(i)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) (applied in accordance with the Treasury Regulations thereunder and disregarding Code section 416(i)(5)), then the Executive shall be treated as a Specified Employee for purposes of Section 12(B) above for the entire 12-month period beginning on the "specified employee effective date", which shall be the January 1 that immediately follows such specified employee identification date, unless the Board or the Committee at any time prescribes a different method of identifying service providers who will be subject to the six month delay required by Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (the "Six Month Delay") in accordance with Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(i) or the transition rules and official guidance under Code Section 409A (a "Different Identification Method") or elects a different specified employee identification date or specified employee effective date or makes any other election that may be made in accordance with Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(i) or the transition rules and official guidance under Code Section 409A (a "Different Election"), in which case whether the Executive shall be treated as a Specified Employee for purposes of Section 12(B) above shall be determined in accordance with any such Different Identification Method so prescribed and any such Different Election so made by the Board or Committee. The Executive hereby irrevocably (i) consents to any such Different Identification Method that the Board or Committee may prescribe at any time and any such Different Election that the Board or Committee may make at any time for purposes of identifying the service providers who will be subject to the Six Month Delay with respect to payments under this Agreement, and (ii) agrees that the Executive's consent to any such Different Identification Method or Different Election shall be as effective as if such Different Identification Method or Different Election were fully set forth herein, and (iii) waives any right he or she may have to consent to the Different Identification Method or Different Election in question if for any reason the Executive's consent to such Different Identification Method or Different Election is not legally effective.

 (D) Any payments that may be made and benefits that may be provided pursuant to this Agreement are intended to qualify for an exclusion from Section 409A of the Code (including without limitation the exclusion for certain welfare benefits under Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(a)(5), the exclusion for short-term deferrals under Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4), and the exclusions for separation pay plans under Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(9)), and/or are intended to meet the requirements of Section 409A(a)(2), (3) and (4) of the Code, so that none of the payments that may be made and benefits that may be provided pursuant to this Agreement will be includible in the Executive's federal gross income pursuant to Section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code.  This Agreement shall be administered, interpreted and construed to carry out such intentions, and any provision of this Agreement that cannot be so administered, interpreted and construed shall to that extent be disregarded.  However, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company does not represent, warrant or guarantee that the payments and benefits that may be paid or provided pursuant to this Agreement will not be includible in the Executive's federal gross income pursuant to Section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code, nor does the Company make any other representation, warranty or guaranty to the Executive as to the tax consequences of this Agreement. 

13.  Validity.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

14.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

15.  Settlement of Disputes; Arbitration. 

15.1  All claims by the Executive for benefits under this Agreement shall be directed to and determined by the Board and shall be in writing.  Any denial by the Board of a claim for benefits under this Agreement shall be delivered to the Executive in writing and shall set forth the specific reasons for the denial and the specific provisions of this Agreement relied upon.  The Board shall afford a reasonable opportunity to the Executive for a review of the decision denying a claim and shall further allow the Executive to appeal to the Board a decision of the Board within sixty (60) days after notification by the Board that the Executive's claim has been denied.

15.2  Any further dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Hartford, Connecticut in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect; provided, however, that the evidentiary standards set forth in this Agreement shall apply.  The arbitrator shall have the authority to require that the Company reimburse the Executive for the payment of all or any portion of the reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by the Executive during the Term of this Agreement or at any time within ten years thereafter in connection with such dispute or controversy.  The amount of legal fees and expenses eligible for reimbursement during a taxable year of the Executive may not affect the legal fees and expenses eligible for reimbursement in 

any other taxable year. Unless the arbitrator provides otherwise, any legal fees and expenses incurred by the Executive that the arbitrator requires the Company to reimburse shall be reimbursed on or before the last day of the Executive's taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred.  Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Executive shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the Executive's right to be paid amounts and benefits due under this Agreement during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

16.  Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

(A)  "Affiliate" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b‐2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

(B)  "Auditor" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 hereof.

(C)  "Base Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in section 280G(b)(3) of the Code.

(D)  "Beneficial Owner" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d‐3 under the Exchange Act.
        
(E)  "Benefits Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(F) hereof. 

(F)  "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(G)  "Cause" for termination by the Company of the Executive's employment shall mean (i) the willful and continued failure by the Executive to substantially perform the Executive's duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason by the Executive pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive's duties, (ii) the engaging by the Executive in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company or its subsidiaries, monetarily or otherwise or (iii) the Executive's conviction for the commission of (a) a felony or (b) any other crime involving moral turpitude.  For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of this definition, no act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company.

(H)  A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if the event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:

(I)  any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (i) of paragraph (III) below; or

(II)  the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two‐thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

(III)  there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, at least 60% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or

(IV)  the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets to an entity, at least 60% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

(I)  "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

(J)  "Committee" shall mean the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board or a successor committee of the Board.

(K)  "Company" shall mean Barnes Group Inc. and, except in determining under Section 16(H) hereof whether or not any Change in Control of the Company has occurred, shall include any successor to its business and/or assets which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

(L)  "Date of Termination" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2 hereof.

(M)  "Disability" shall be deemed the reason for a Separation from Service, if, as a result of the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness, the Executive shall have been absent from the full‐time performance of the Executive's duties with the Company for a period of six (6) consecutive months, the Company shall have given the Executive a Notice of Termination for Disability, and, within thirty (30) days after such Notice of Termination is given, the Executive shall not have returned to the full‐time performance of the Executive's duties.

(N)  "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

(O)  "Excise Tax" shall mean any excise tax imposed under section 4999 of the Code.

(P)  "Executive" shall mean the individual named in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

(Q)  "Good Reason" for a Separation from Service by the Executive shall mean the occurrence (without the Executive's express written consent) after any Change in Control, of any one of the following acts by the Company, or failures by the Company to act, if the Executive notifies the Company that such act or failure to act has occurred within 90 days of the initial occurrence of such act or failure to act (which notification may but need not be in the form of a Notice of Termination given in respect of such act or failure to act), and if such act or failure to act is not corrected within 30 days after the Executive so notifies the Company:

(I)  the assignment to the Executive of any duties materially inconsistent with the Executive's status as an executive officer of the Company, or a material adverse alteration in the nature or status of the Executive's responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control;

(II)  a reduction by the Company in the Executive's annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time, by five percent (5%) or more or by $20,000 or more;

(III)  the relocation of the Executive's principal place of employment to a location more than 50 miles from the Executive's principal place of employment immediately prior to the Change in Control, provided that such relocation increases the Executive's round trip commuting time by 25% or more, or the Company's requiring the Executive to be based anywhere other than such principal place of employment (or permitted relocation thereof) except for required travel on the Company's business to an extent substantially consistent with the Executive's present business travel obligations;

(IV)  any termination of the Executive's employment for Cause which is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1 hereof.

The Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any act or failure to act constituting Good Reason hereunder.

(R)  "Notice of Termination" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 hereof.

(S)  "Person" shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) any member of the Barnes family (by blood or marriage) or any entity for the benefit of, or controlled by, a member of the Barnes family (by blood or marriage), (ii) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iv) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (v) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

(T)  "Potential Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if the event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:

(i)  the Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control;

(ii)  the Company or any Person publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which, if consummated, would constitute a Change in Control;

(iii)  any Person becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 15% or more of either the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates); or

(iv)  the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has occurred.

(U)  "Retirement" shall be deemed the reason for the termination by the Executive of the Executive's employment if such employment is terminated in accordance with the Company's retirement policy, including early retirement, generally applicable to its salaried employees.

(V) "Separation from Service" means a "separation from service with the employer" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h), where the "employer" means Barnes Group Inc. and all corporations and trades or businesses with which Barnes Group Inc. would be considered a single employer under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code (as determined in accordance with the first sentence of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(h)(3)). 

(W)  "Severance Payments" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.

(X)  "Specified Employee" shall mean a specified employee within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i), as determined in accordance with Section 12(C) above.

(Y)  "Tax Counsel" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 hereof.

(Z)  "Term" shall mean the period of time described in Section 2 hereof (including any extension, continuation or termination described therein).

(AA)  "Total Payments" shall mean those payments so described in Section 6.2 hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on [_____] __, [__], effective as of the date and year first above written.

BARNES GROUP INC.

By: __________________________________    
Name:   
Title:     

    
Name: _________________________________   
EXECUTIVE

Address: (Home)
                        

Home Address according to the records                             
of the Company on the day of notice     
(Please print carefully): 

    

EXHIBIT A ‐ COMPLETE AND PERMANENT RELEASE

TO:         ________________ (the "Executive")

DATE:     _________________

The Executive is hereby offered severance payments and benefits in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Severance Agreement between the Executive and the Company (the "Agreement") dated as of [______] ___, [____], in consideration of the Executive's execution and return of this Complete and Permanent Release (the "Release").  

The Executive's severance payments and benefits pursuant to the Agreement will be paid and provided only if the Executive executes this release and returns the signed release to the Company within 45 days after the Date of Termination as defined in the Agreement, and if the Executive does not revoke the release.  The severance payments and benefits will commence on the 8th day after the execution and return to the Company of this Release (or, if such 8th day is on a weekend or a holiday, on the next business day), provided that the Executive has not revoked this Release as hereinafter described.  The Executive has seven (7) calendar days from the date that the Executive signs this Release to revoke this Release by giving written notice of the Executive's intent to do so to the Company. This Release shall not become effective or enforceable until this seven (7) day period has expired.  If the Executive revokes this Release, the Executive will not receive the severance payments and benefits described in the Agreement.

By signing below, the Executive agrees that execution of this Release operates to, and hereby does, release the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, its (and its subsidiaries' and affiliates') present or former employees, officers, directors, shareholders, representatives and agents (the "Released Parties") from all claims or demands (the "Claims") the Executive has had, presently has or may have, based on the Executive's employment with the Company or the termination of that employment, including any rights or claims the Executive may have based on any facts or events, whether known or unknown by the Executive, including, without limitation, a release of any rights or claims the Executive may have based on the Civil Rights Act of 1966, as amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1991, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Equal Pay Act of 1963; any and all laws of any state concerning wages, employment and discharge; any state or local municipality  fair employment statutes or laws; or any other law, rule, regulation or ordinance pertaining to employment, terms and conditions of employment, or termination of employment; provided, however, that execution of this Release shall not adversely affect (i) the Executive's rights to receive benefits under the employee benefit plans and arrangements of the Company, following termination of the Executive's employment or Separation from Service (as defined in the Agreement); (ii) the Executive's rights under the Agreement; or (iii) the Executive's rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or by‐laws of the Company, any agreement between the Executive and the Company, or the Company's officers' and directors' liability insurance policies.  The Executive is advised to consult with an attorney before signing the Release.

The Executive has forty-five (45) calendar days from the date of Separation from Service (as defined in the Agreement) in which to sign and return this Release to the Company.   

For the Company:

_______________________
_______________________
_______________________

ACCEPTED THIS ____ DAY OF ___________, _______

_______________________
Executive

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