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• Absence of Certain Agreements Neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates has entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding (in each case, whether oral or written), or authorized, committed or agreed to enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding (in each case, whether oral or written), pursuant to which: (i) (A) any stockholder of the Company (other than Parent and its Affiliates) would be entitled to receive consideration of a different amount or nature than the Per Share Merger Consideration, (B) except as set forth in Section 6.13, any stockholder of the Company agrees to vote to adopt this Agreement or the Merger or any stockholder of the Company agrees to vote against any Superior Proposal; or (ii) any current employee of the Company has agreed to (x) remain as an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries following the Effective Time (other than pursuant to any employment Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement), (y) contribute or rollover any portion of such employee’s Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Restricted Stock and/or Phantom Stock Units to the Company or its Subsidiaries or Parent or any of its Affiliates or (z) receive any capital stock or equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent or any of its Affiliates.

• Absence of Certain Payments To its knowledge, neither the Parent nor any of its respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees or agents or other people acting on behalf of any of them have (i) engaged in any activity prohibited by the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or any other similar law, regulation, decree, directive or order of any other country and (ii) without limiting the generality of the preceding clause (i), used any corporate or other funds for unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or entertainment, or made any unlawful expenditures relating to political activity to government officials or others. To its knowledge, neither the Parent nor any of its respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents of other persons acting on behalf of any of them, has accepted or received any unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or expenditures.

• Payment of Certain Expenses The Bank covenants and agrees with SCUSA that the Bank will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Bank’s counsel and the Bank’s accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Pricing Supplements, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and all other amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to SCUSA, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities, including any transfer or similar taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for SCUSA in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to SCUSA incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA"), (v) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (vi) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (vii) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Bank hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Section 9 entitled “Indemnification and Contribution”, SCUSA will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make; provided, however, that the reasonable fees and disbursements of SCUSA’s counsel for the establishment of the Securities shall be paid by the Bank.

• Absence of Certain Events No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default or, to its knowledge, Termination Event with respect to it has occurred and is continuing and no such event or circumstance would occur as a result of its entering into or performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party.

• Absence of Certain Changes From December 31, 1997 until the date hereof, (a) there has not occurred any event, change or development which has had or would be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (b) except as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents or Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and except for the performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company and its Subsidiaries have: (i) conducted its business and operations only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (ii) used reasonable efforts to preserve intact the business organizations, rights, licenses, permits and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries, maintain their existing relationships with customers, suppliers and other Persons having business dealings with them and keep available the services of its officers and employees; (iii) used reasonable efforts to keep in full force and effect adequate insurance coverages and maintain and keep its properties and assets in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted; (iv) not amended or modified its articles of association, certificate of incorporation, by-laws or comparable governing documents; (v) not authorized for issuance, issued, sold, granted, delivered, pledged or encumbered or agreed or committed to issue, sell, grant, deliver, pledge or encumber (to or with any party other than the Company and 7 any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other equity or voting security or equity or voting interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any such shares, securities or interests, or any options, warrants, calls, commitments, subscriptions or rights to purchase or acquire any such shares, securities or interests (other than issuances of Company Shares (i) upon exercise of outstanding Stock Options granted to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company in accordance with the Option Plans as currently in effect and (ii) pursuant to conversion of the TOPrS); (vi) except for conversion of the TOPrS in accordance with their terms, (i) split, combined or reclassified any shares of its capital stock or issued or authorized or proposed the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of, or in substitution for, shares of its capital stock, (ii) in the case of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company that is not wholly-owned by the Company, declared, set aside or paid any dividends on, or made other distributions in respect of, any capital stock or (iii) repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired, or agreed or committed to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any shares of capital stock or other equity or debt securities or equity interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than to fulfill its obligations under the Option Plans as currently in effect); (vii) not amended or otherwise modified the terms of any Stock Options or any Option Plan the effect of which was to make such terms more favorable to the holders thereof or Persons eligible for participation therein, or reserved any additional Company Shares for issuance under any such Plan; (viii) except as required by law or existing written agreements, entered into, adopted or materially amended any incentive, compensation, option or severance plan or arrangement (including, without limitation, any Benefit Plan) for the benefit or welfare of any current or former director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (except for normal increases in the ordinary course of business that are consistent with past practices) increased the compensation or benefits of any persons or pay any benefit not required by any existing plan and arrangement; (ix) not acquired or agreed to acquire (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise) from any Person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or other business organization or division thereof or otherwise acquired or agreed to acquire any assets of another Person other than the purchase of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in an aggregate amount of less than $5,000,000; (x) not sold, leased, licensed, encumbered or otherwise disposed of, or agreed to sell, lease, license, encumber or otherwise dispose of, any material properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as intercompany transactions between the Company and any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or in transactions with any other Person in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and in an aggregate amount of less than $5,000,000. (xi) not made any material change in any of its accounting or financial reporting methods, principles or practices, except as may be required by GAAP; (xii) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, not amended, modified or terminated any Material Contract required to be listed in Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (other than in response to Section 2.16(a)(iii) thereof) or waived, released or assigned any material rights or claims thereunder; (xiii) not adopted a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xiv) not made any loans, advances or capital contributions to any Person other than as required by existing agreements or in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; or 8

• Termination of Certain Agreements On and as of the Closing, the Company shall take all actions necessary to cause the Contracts listed on Schedule 6.04 to be terminated without any further force and effect and without any cost or other liability or obligation to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and there shall be no further obligations of any of the relevant parties thereunder following the Closing.

• Notice of Certain Costs Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 is given by any Lender more than 180 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, tax or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the 181st day prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower.

• Restrictions on Payment of Certain Debt Make any payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement, defeasance or acquisition) with respect to any (a) Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt, except (i) any scheduled payment, or other contractually required payment, as and when due and payable in accordance with the terms of the definitive documentation governing such Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt (including any applicable subordination agreements), (ii) fees and expenses payable to holders of such Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt required under the definitive documentation governing such Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt (including any applicable subordination agreements), (iii) in connection with, and to the extent permitted hereby, any Refinancing Debt in connection with such Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt and (iv) any other payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement, defeasance or acquisition) so long as the Permitted Payment Conditions have been satisfied; or (b) Term Debt, except (i) any scheduled payment, or other contractually required payment, as and when due and payable in accordance with the terms of the definitive documentation governing such Term Debt (including any applicable Intercreditor Agreement), (ii) fees and expenses payable to Term Agent and Term Lenders required under the Term Loan Debt Documents, (iii) in connection with, and to the extent permitted hereby, any Refinancing Debt in connection with such Term Debt and (iii) other payments to the extent expressly permitted in the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) any other payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement, defeasance or acquisition) so long as the Permitted Payment Conditions have been satisfied.

• Treatment of Certain Refunds If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

• Notice of Certain Matters (a) From the date hereof until the Closing, each Party shall promptly notify the other Parties of any occurrence of which it is aware that is reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions set forth in Article VI becoming incapable of being satisfied; provided, however, that any Party’s failure to give notice of any such occurrence as required pursuant to this Section 5.3(a) shall not be (i) deemed to be a breach of the covenant contained in this Section 5.3(a), but instead shall (if applicable) constitute only a breach of the applicable underlying representation, warranty, covenant or agreement, or (ii) taken into account in determining whether the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VI have been satisfied. (b) Without limitation to Section 5.3(a), if there occurs any facts, events or circumstances after the date hereof and before the Closing that constitutes a material breach of any representations or warranties of the Warrantors that are to be repeated at the Closing, the Warrantors shall promptly execute a certificate detailing such facts, events or circumstances and deliver such certificate to Orchid Asia, whereupon the Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to have been updated with such facts, events or circumstances as set forth in such certificate (but such update shall be deemed to qualify only the representations and warranties (other than the Warrantor Fundamental Warranties) that are repeated at the Closing). Upon and after any such update to the Disclosure Schedule, (i) if the Warrantors acknowledge that such facts, events or circumstances are adverse to the interests of the Group Companies or Orchid Asia in a material respect, Orchid Asia shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by written notice to the Company, and (ii) if Orchid Asia and the Warrantors, in their respective reasonable beliefs, disagree as to whether such facts, events or circumstances are adverse to the interests of the Group Companies or Orchid Asia in a material respect, Orchid Asia and the Warrantors shall consult with each other in good faith with a view to resolving such disagreement (including agreeing on any adjustments to the terms of the transactions contemplated hereby that may be necessary) as soon as reasonably practicable, provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Orchid Asia (x) shall not be obligated to proceed with the Closing unless and until Orchid Asia and the Warrantors have resolved such disagreement through mutual consultation, and (y) shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by written notice to the Company at any time after the Long Stop Date if the Closing shall not have occurred as of the Long Stop Date.