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• Sellers’ Representative By execution of this Agreement, the Sellers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appoint Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation as the Sellers’ Representative of all Sellers, as the attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of each such Seller, and irrevocably agree that the taking by the Sellers’ Representative of any and all actions and the making of any decisions required or permitted to be taken by it or by a Seller under this Agreement or any Transaction Documents to which the Sellers are a party are hereby authorized and approved in all respects, including without limitation the exercise of the power to (i) receive from Buyer and disburse to Sellers any payments constituting any part of the Purchase Price and receive and disburse from and to any Party or any Third Party which may be contemplated to be made under the Transaction Documents, (ii) agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of and comply with orders of courts with respect to any indemnification claims or disputes, (iii) resolve any indemnification claims or disputes, and (iv) take all actions necessary in the judgment of the Sellers’ Representative for the accomplishment of the other terms, conditions and limitations of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. The Sellers’ Representative has authority and power to act on behalf of the Sellers with respect to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the disposition, settlement or other handling of all indemnification claims, rights or obligations arising from and taken pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The Sellers irrevocably agree to be bound by all and any such actions taken by the Sellers’ Representative in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Sellers are a party, and Sellers and Buyer shall only be required to acknowledge or act upon written communication signed by the Sellers’ Representative. Each Seller agrees that he, she or it has not, and will not, threaten or commence or join any legal action, which term includes, without limitation, any demand for arbitration proceedings and any complaint to any foreign, federal, state or local agency, court or other tribunal, to assert any claim against the Sellers’ Representative or its advisors for acting in such capacity with respect to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. If any Seller commences or joins any such prohibited legal action against the Sellers’ Representative, such Seller agrees to promptly indemnify Sellers’ Representative and advisers of Sellers’ THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS MARKED WITH [***] AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. Representative for all losses, liabilities, reasonable costs or expenses, including without limitation all reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of attorneys incurred by Sellers’ Representative and/or its advisers in defending such action as well as any monetary judgment obtained against the Sellers’ Representative in such action. The Sellers’ Representative may resign at any time upon 30 days written notice to the Sellers. THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS MARKED WITH [***] AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

• Stockholders’ Representative (a) Each Company Stockholder, by its approval of, or consent to, the Merger and the adoption of this Agreement, its acceptance of any consideration pursuant to this Agreement or delivery of a Letter of Transmittal, hereby irrevocably appoints the Stockholders’ Representative, as of the date of this Agreement, with power of designation and assignment as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, to act solely and exclusively on behalf of, and in the name of, such Company Stockholder, regarding any matter relating to or arising under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Transactions, with the full power, without the consent of such Company Stockholder, to exercise as the Stockholders’ Representative in its sole discretion deems appropriate, the powers that such Company Stockholder could exercise under this Agreement with respect to all of its rights and obligations and to take all actions with respect thereto necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholders’ Representative in connection with this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Transactions. The appointment of the Stockholders’ Representative is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable by any Company Stockholder in any manner or for any reason. Buyer, the Paying Agent and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely exclusively, without independent verification or investigation, upon any notices and other acts of the Stockholders’ Representative relating to the Company Stockholders’ rights and obligations under this Agreement as being legally binding acts of each Company Stockholder individually and collectively, and Buyer, the Paying Agent and the Escrow Agent shall deliver any notice required or permitted under this Agreement to be delivered to the Company Stockholders to the Stockholders’ Representative. No Company Stockholder may take any action with respect to its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the express written consent of the Stockholders’ Representative.

• Shareholders’ Representative Each of the Selling Shareholders (including the Former Company Share Award Holders), by virtue of its, his or her execution and delivery of this Agreement (directly, by proxy or pursuant to a power of attorney), hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Xxxxx Xxxxx, a Principal and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company as of the date of this Agreement (the “Shareholders Representative”), to be such Selling Shareholder’s true and lawful representative, agent and attorney-in-fact to act on such Selling Shareholder’s behalf with respect to any actions permitted to be taken by such Selling Shareholder, or any of them, after the date of this Agreement in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents. In such representative capacity, the Shareholders Representative shall take or refrain from taking, and the Selling Shareholders each agree that the Shareholders Representatives may take or refrain from taking, any and all actions which the Shareholders Representative reasonably believes, acting in good faith, to be necessary or appropriate under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (except as provided above) for and on behalf of the Selling Shareholders, as fully and effectively as if the Selling Shareholders were acting on their own behalf. Each reference in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to an action to be taken by the Selling Shareholders shall, with respect to the Selling Shareholders, be taken by the Shareholders Representative on their behalf pursuant to this Section 7.18. Each Selling Shareholder hereby ratifies and confirms, and agrees to ratify and confirm in the future upon the request of the Shareholders Representative, any action taken by the Shareholders Representative in the exercise of the agency and power of attorney granted to the Shareholders Representative pursuant to this Section 7.18, which agency and power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable and a durable agency and power of attorney and shall survive the death, incapacity or incompetence of such Selling Shareholder. Each of Purchaser and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the directions, instructions and notice of the Shareholders Representative, when it is acting in their capacity as such under this Section 7.18, without being required to undertake any independent investigation or verification, and any notice provided in accordance with this Agreement to or from the Shareholders Representative in its capacity as such shall be conclusively deemed to have been provided to or from each of the Selling Shareholders, as applicable. The Shareholders Representative shall not have any liability to any of the Selling Shareholders arising out of or relating to any action taken or omission made in good faith by the Shareholders Representative (in its capacity as such) pursuant to this Agreement, and each Selling Shareholder shall, severally but not jointly, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Shareholders Representative with respect to all actions so taken or omissions made on behalf of such Selling Shareholder up to the net proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder in connection with the Transactions.

• Seller Representative (a) Each Seller Guarantor and each Seller irrevocably appoints Seller Representative to act as such Seller Guarantor’s and such Seller’s exclusive agent and true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to do on behalf of such Seller Guarantor and such Seller any and all things, including executing any and all documents, which may be necessary, convenient or appropriate to facilitate the consummation of the Stock Purchase, including: (i) receiving and disbursing payments to be made hereunder; (ii) receiving notices and communications pursuant to this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements; (iii) administering this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements, including the initiation and resolution of any disputes or claims; (iv) making determinations to settle any dispute with respect to the purchase price adjustments contemplated by Section 2.3(b); (v) resolving, settling or compromising claims for indemnification asserted against the Seller Guarantors and the Sellers pursuant to Article 12; (vi) agreeing to amendments of this Agreement, waivers of conditions and obligations under this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements; (vii) asserting claims for or defending claims of indemnification under Article 8 and resolving, settling or compromising any such claim; (viii) taking any other actions of the Seller Guarantor and the Sellers under this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements; and (ix) performing all acts, as contemplated by or deemed advisable by the Seller Representative in connection with this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Seller Representative Engagement Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller Representative shall have no obligation to act on behalf of the Sellers, except as expressly provided herein, in the Escrow Agreement, in the Seller Ancillary Agreements and in the Seller Representative Engagement Agreement, and for purposes of clarity, there are no obligations of the Seller Representative in any ancillary agreement, schedule, exhibit or the Company Disclosure Letter. A decision, act, consent or instruction of Seller Representative shall constitute a decision for all of the Seller Guarantors and the Sellers under this Agreement, the Seller Ancillary Agreements, the Escrow Agreement, the Seller Representative Engagement Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Seller Guarantors and Sellers and their successors as if expressly ratified and confirmed in writing, and Acquiror, its Affiliates and Representatives may rely upon any such decision, act, consent or instruction of Seller Representative as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of each of the Seller Guarantors and the Sellers (without investigation) and none of Acquiror or any of its Affiliates or Representatives shall have any liability to any Seller Guarantor or any Seller as a result of such reliance. Any payment by Acquiror to Seller Representative (in such capacity) under this Agreement or any Seller Ancillary Agreement will be considered a payment by Acquiror to the Seller Guarantors and the Sellers. The powers, immunities and rights to indemnification granted to the Seller Representative Group are coupled with an interest and will be irrevocable by any Seller Guarantor or any Seller in any manner or for any reason and survive the death, incompetence, bankruptcy or liquidation of any Seller and shall be binding on any successor thereto, and shall survive the delivery of an assignment by any Seller of the whole or any fraction of his, her or its interest in the Adjustment Escrow Amount.

• Shareholder Representative (a) By the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any letter of transmittal, including counterparts thereof, each of the Shareholders of the Company Group will irrevocably constitute and appoint the Shareholder Representative as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of such Shareholder with full powers of substitution to act in the name, place and stead of such Shareholder with respect to the performance on behalf of such Shareholder under the terms and provisions hereof and to do or refrain from doing all such further acts and things, and to execute all such documents, as the Shareholder Representative shall deem necessary or appropriate in connection with any transaction contemplated hereunder, including the power to: (i) act for such Shareholder with respect to the Indemnification Escrow Amount; (ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of the Transaction Documents in any manner; (iii) employ, obtain and rely upon the advice of legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors as the Shareholder Representative, in the sole discretion thereof, deems necessary or advisable in the performance of the duties of the Shareholder Representative; (iv) act for such Shareholder with respect to all Purchase Price matters referred to herein; (v) incur any expenses, liquidate and withhold assets received on behalf of such Shareholder prior to their distribution to such Shareholder to the extent of any amount that the Shareholder Representative deems necessary for payment of or as a reserve against expenses, and pay such expenses or deposit the same in an interest-bearing bank account established for such purpose, with all such expenses reimbursed to the Shareholder Representative out of amounts received out of the Indemnification Escrow Amount, or if no amounts are received, by reimbursement from the Shareholders in accordance with their pro rata percentage ownership; (vi) receive all notices, communications and deliveries hereunder on behalf of such Shareholder; (vii) do or refrain from doing any further act or deed on behalf of such Shareholder that the Shareholder Representative deems necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the Shareholder Representative, relating to the subject matter hereof as fully and completely as such Shareholder could do if personally present and acting and as though any reference to such Shareholder herein was a reference to the Shareholder Representative; or (viii) direct, authorize or permit any third party paying agent, if applicable, to take any of the foregoing actions; provided, however, that the Shareholder Representative shall have no obligation to act, except as expressly provided herein.

• Stockholder Representative (a) The Company (and pursuant to the terms of the Company Stockholder Consent, each of the Company’s stockholders) irrevocably appoints the Stockholder Representative to act as representative, agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact for the Company Stockholders for all purposes under this Agreement, the Merger and otherwise in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including, without limitation, the full power and authority on each such Company Stockholder’s behalf to: (i) receive notices or service of process, (ii) negotiate, determine, compromise, settle and take any other action permitted or called for by any Company stockholder under this Agreement, (iii) execute and deliver any termination, amendment or waiver to this Agreement in connection therewith, (iv) engage such counsel, experts and other agents and consultants as the Stockholder Representative deems necessary in connection with exercising the powers granted hereunder and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Stockholder Representative, will be entitled to conclusively rely on the opinions and advice of such Persons, (v) receive funds and make or release payments of funds to pay any amounts that the Stockholder Representative has incurred or reasonably expects to incur in connection with the Company stockholders’ obligations under this Agreement, the Merger and otherwise in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including amounts required to pay the fees and expenses of professionals incurred in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, (vi) to execute closing statements, settlement statements and funds flow statements on behalf of the Company’s stockholders and the Company. The Company Stockholders acknowledge that Parent and Merger Sub will be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without independent investigation, any act, notice, instruction or communication of the Stockholder Representative as provided in this Section 10.1 as the acts of the Company Stockholders and will not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any of Parent or Merger Sub’s actions, as applicable, taken or not taken in reliance upon the acts or omissions or communications or writings given or executed by the Stockholder Representative.

• Initial Escrow Amount; Issuance of Escrow Receipts The Escrow Agent hereby directs the Underwriters to, and the Underwriters hereby acknowledge that on the date hereof they shall, irrevocably deliver to the Depositary on behalf of the Escrow Agent, an amount in U.S. dollars ("Dollars") and immediately available funds equal to $56,000,000 for deposit on behalf of the Escrow Agent with the Depositary in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Deposit Agreement. The Underwriters hereby instruct the Escrow Agent, upon receipt of such sum from the Underwriters, to confirm such receipt by executing (by manual or facsimile signature) and delivering to the Pass Through Trustee an Escrow Receipt in the form of Exhibit A hereto (an "Escrow Receipt"), (a) to be affixed by the Pass Through Trustee to each Certificate and (b) to evidence the same percentage interest ("Escrow Interest") in the Account Amounts (as defined below) as the Fractional Undivided Interest in the Pass Through Trust evidenced by the Certificate to which it is to be affixed. The Escrow Agent shall provide to the Pass Through Trustee for attachment to each Certificate newly issued under and in accordance with the Pass Through Trust Agreement an executed Escrow Receipt as the Pass Through Trustee may from time to time request of the Escrow Agent. Each Escrow Receipt shall be registered by the Escrow Agent in a register (the "Register") maintained by the Escrow Agent in the same name and same manner as the Certificate to which it is attached and may not thereafter be detached from such Certificate to which it is to be affixed prior to the distribution of the Final Withdrawal (the "Final Distribution"). After the Final Distribution, no additional Escrow Receipts shall be issued and the Pass Through Trustee shall request the return to the Escrow Agent for cancellation of all outstanding Escrow Receipts.

• Escrow Amount At the Closing, Seller and Buyer shall enter into an escrow agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which Seller shall deposit Three Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars ($347,299) (the “Escrow Amount”) with the Escrow Agent, which shall be held by the Escrow Agent in a segregated account as security for Seller’s indemnification obligations under Section 15 hereof. All interest accruing on the Escrow Amount shall be for the benefit of Seller. In the event Buyer makes a written claim or demand for indemnification under Section 15 hereof (an “Indemnification Claim”), and Seller does not dispute such Indemnification Claim, or is determined to be liable for and in respect of such Indemnification Claim by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the Escrow Agent promptly thereafter shall pay such Indemnification Claim in full to Buyer, all as more particularly provided in the Escrow Agreement. On the date which is six (6) months after the Closing Date (as defined in Section 1.06 hereof), fifty percent (50%) of the Escrow Amount then remaining in escrow under the Escrow Agreement and not then subject to an outstanding Indemnification Claim shall be paid by the Escrow Agent to Seller. The Escrow Agreement shall expire upon the termination of the Survival Period (as defined in Section 15.01 hereof), and immediately thereafter the Escrow Agent shall pay the portion, if any, of the then remaining Escrow Amount not in dispute to Seller; provided, however, that if prior to the expiration of the Survival Period, Buyer shall have made an Indemnification Claim or commenced litigation or any other proceeding on account of any such claim, the term of the Escrow Agreement shall be extended, and the Escrow Agent shall continue to hold in escrow the portion of the then Escrow Amount in dispute, in each case until the final resolution of such Indemnification Claim or litigation or proceeding relating thereto, all as more particularly provided in the Escrow Agreement.

• Purchaser Representative (a) The Purchaser, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby irrevocably appoints Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, in the capacity as the Purchaser Representative, as each such Person’s agent, attorney-in-fact and representative, with full power of substitution to act in the name, place and stead of such Person, to act on behalf of such Person from and after the Closing in connection with: (i) bringing, managing, controlling, defending and settling on behalf of an Indemnified Party any indemnification claims by any of them under Article VI; (ii) acting on behalf of such Person under the Escrow Agreement; (iii) terminating, amending or waiving on behalf of such Person any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents to which the Purchaser Representative is a party or otherwise has rights in such capacity (together with this Agreement, the “Purchaser Representative Documents”); (iv) signing on behalf of such Person any releases or other documents with respect to any dispute or remedy arising under any Purchaser Representative Documents; (v) employing and obtaining the advice of legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors as the Purchaser Representative, in its reasonable discretion, deems necessary or advisable in the performance of its duties as the Purchaser Representative and to rely on their advice and counsel; (vi) incurring and paying reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including fees of brokers, attorneys and accountants incurred pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby, and any other out-of-pocket fees and expenses allocable or in any way relating to such transaction or any indemnification claim; and (vii) otherwise enforcing the rights and obligations of any such Persons under any Purchaser Representative Documents, including giving and receiving all notices and communications hereunder or thereunder on behalf of such Person; provided, that the Parties acknowledge that the Purchaser Representative is specifically authorized and directed to act on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the holders of Purchaser Securities (other than the Seller or the Seller Stockholders immediately prior to the Effective Time and their respective successors and assigns). All decisions and actions by the Purchaser Representative, including any agreement between the Purchaser Representative and the Company, the Seller Representative, the Seller or any Indemnifying Party relating to the defense or settlement of any claims for which an Indemnifying Party may be required to indemnify an Indemnified Party pursuant to Article VI, shall be binding upon the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, and neither they nor any other Party shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. The provisions of this Section 9.16 are irrevocable and coupled with an interest. The Purchaser Representative xxxxxx accepts its appointment and authorization as the Purchaser Representative under this Agreement. 76

• Closing Escrow The Closing shall take place by means of a so called “New York style” escrow (the “Closing Escrow”), and, at or prior to the Closing, the Parties shall enter into a closing escrow agreement with the Escrow Agent with respect to the Closing Escrow in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Seller, Purchaser and the Escrow Agent (the “Closing Escrow Agreement”) pursuant to which (i) the Purchase Price to be paid by Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.3 shall be deposited with Escrow Agent, (ii) all of the documents required to be delivered by Seller and Purchaser at Closing pursuant to this Agreement shall be deposited with Escrow Agent, and (iii) at Closing, the Purchase Price (as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.1) and the Xxxxxxx Money shall be disbursed to Seller and the documents deposited into the Closing Escrow shall be delivered to Seller and Purchaser (as the case may be) pursuant to the Closing Escrow Agreement.