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• Regulatory Matters (a) VFL and Purchaser shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all consents, approvals and agreements of, and to give and make all notices and filings with, any Governmental Entity necessary to authorize, approve or permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Related Agreements and any other agreements contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, as set forth on Schedule 3.04 and Schedule 4.04. Purchaser and VFL will provide each other and their counsel the opportunity to review in advance and comment on all such filings with any Governmental Entity. Purchaser and VFL will keep each other informed of the status of matters relating to obtaining the regulatory approvals specified in Schedule 3.04 and Schedule 4.04. It is expressly understood by the parties hereto that each party hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that representatives of both Purchaser and VFL shall have the right to attend and participate in any hearing, proceeding, meeting, conference or similar event before or with a Governmental Entity or other organization relating to this Agreement or a Related Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, Purchaser and VFL shall provide each other reasonable advance notice of any such hearing, proceeding, meeting, conference or similar event. The notice required to be given under this Section 5.04 shall be given to representatives of VFL or Purchaser entitled to receive notices hereunder. (b) VFL and Purchaser shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all other approvals and consents to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements, including the consents of third parties under Assigned Contracts. In the event and to the extent that VFL is unable to obtain any required approval or consent of non-governmental authorities to any agreement to be assigned to Purchaser hereunder, (i) VFL shall use commercially reasonable efforts in cooperation with Purchaser to (A) provide or cause to be provided to Purchaser the benefits of any such agreement, (B) cooperate in any arrangement, reasonable and lawful as to VFL and Purchaser, designed to provide such benefits to Purchaser and (C) enforce for the account of Purchaser any rights of VFL arising from such agreements, including the right to elect to terminate in accordance with the terms thereof on the advice of Purchaser and (ii) Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to perform the obligations of VFL arising under such agreements and licenses, to the extent that, by reason of the transactions consummated pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, Purchaser has control over the resources necessary to perform such obligations. If and when any such approval or consent shall be obtained or such agreement or license shall otherwise become assignable, VFL shall promptly assign all of its rights and obligations thereunder to Purchaser without the payment of further consideration and Purchaser shall, without the payment of any further consideration therefor, assume such rights and obligations and VFL shall be relieved of any and all obligation or liability hereunder.

• Reports; Regulatory Matters (a) Each of the Companies and their Subsidiaries have timely filed or furnished, as applicable, all reports, registrations, statements and certifications, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file or furnish, as applicable, since January 1, 2006 with (i) any state regulatory authority, (ii) the SEC, (iii) any foreign regulatory authority, and (iv) any self-regulatory authority, (collectively, “Regulatory Agencies”) and with each other applicable Governmental Entity, and all other reports and statements required to be filed or furnished by them since January 1, 2006, including any report or statement required to be filed pursuant to the laws, rules or regulations of the United States, any state, any foreign entity, or any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity, and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except as set forth in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity has initiated since January 1, 2006 or has pending any proceeding, enforcement action or, to the knowledge of Seller, investigation into the business, disclosures or operations of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries. Since January 1, 2006, no Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity has resolved any proceeding, enforcement action or, to the knowledge of Seller, investigation into the business, disclosures or operations of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no unresolved, or, to Seller’s knowledge, threatened criticism, comment, exception or stop order by any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations or inspections of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries. Since January 1, 2006, there have been no formal or informal inquiries by, or disagreements or disputes with, any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity with respect to the business, operations, policies or procedures of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries (other than normal inquiries made by a Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity in the Companies’ ordinary course of business). (b) No Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any cease-and-desist or other order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any order or directive by, or has been ordered to pay any civil money penalty by, or has been since January 1, 2006 a recipient of any supervisory letter from, or since January 1, 2006 has adopted any policies, procedures or board resolutions at the request or suggestion of, any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity that currently restricts or affects in any material respect the conduct of its business (or to Seller’s knowledge that, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, would restrict in any material respect the conduct of the business of either Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries), or that in any material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk management or compliance policies, its internal controls, its management or its business, other than those of general application that apply to similarly situated companies or their Subsidiaries (each item in this sentence, a “Company Regulatory Agreement”), nor has any of the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries been advised since January 1, 2006 by any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Company Regulatory Agreement. (c) Seller has previously made available to Buyers an accurate and complete copy of each (i) final registration statement, prospectus, report, schedule and definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC by Seller pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since January 1, 2006 (the “Seller SEC Reports”) and prior to the date of this Agreement and (ii) communication mailed by Seller to its shareholders since January 1, 2006 and prior to the date of this Agreement. No such Seller SEC Report or communication, at the time filed or communicated (or, if amended prior to the date hereof, as of the date of such amendment), with respect to the Companies and their Subsidiaries only, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. To the knowledge of Seller, other than as set forth in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Seller SEC Reports is the subject of any ongoing review or investigation by the SEC or any other Governmental Entity and there are no unresolved SEC comments with respect to any of such documents.

• Certain Regulatory Matters Except as set forth on Section 2.24 of the Disclosure Schedules: (a) No member of the Seller Group is in receipt of notice of, or is subject to any investigation, adverse inspection observation, finding of deficiency, fine, reprimand, sanction, assessment, finding of non-compliance, regulatory, untitled or warning letter, FDA form 483, safety alert, mandatory or voluntary recall, other reportable corrective or remedial action, or other compliance or enforcement action (“Regulatory Actions”), in each case relating to the Business Products or to the facilities in which the Business Products are prepared, assembled, tested, packaged, labeled, stored or handled, issued by any applicable Governmental Authority, and/or commercialization activities conducted by or on behalf of any member of the Seller Group, or alleging that any member of the Seller Group was or is the subject of any pending, threatened or anticipated Action or Regulatory Action by any Governmental Authority, or that there are circumstances currently existing which might reasonably be expected to lead to any loss of or refusal to renew any of the Regulatory Licenses held by any member of the Seller Group. To Sellers’ Knowledge, there is no act, omission, event, or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Regulatory Action against any member of the Seller Group. No member of the Seller Group has received any written notification from the FDA or any other applicable Governmental Authority indicating that any of the Business Products or components thereof is misbranded or adulterated. (b) No member of the Seller Group has made any false statements on, or material omissions from, any applications, certifications, reports or other submissions to any applicable Governmental Authority or in or from any other records and documentation prepared or maintained to comply with the requirements of any Governmental Authority relating to the Business Products. There has not been any violation of any laws by any member of the Seller Group in prior product development efforts, submissions or reports to any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to require investigation, corrective action or enforcement action by any member of the Seller Group with respect to the Business Products. (c) No member of the Seller Group: (i) has made an untrue statement of material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA, United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) or any other Governmental Authority with respect to any product produced sold by any member of the Seller Group, or (ii) has failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA, USDA or any other Governmental Authority. (d) No member of the Seller Group: (i) has made or offered any payment, gratuity or other thing of value that is prohibited by any Law to personnel of the FDA, USDA or any other Governmental Authority or any other Person; (ii) has been convicted of any crime under any applicable Laws; (iii) while acting in such capacity, is considered a restricted individual under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (“PACA”), has been required to post a surety bond in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding, or is under PACA employment restrictions; (iv) is involved in a business dispute, including informal or formal complaint, mediation, or is aware of any threatened complaints or disputes by any applicable Governmental Authority or other third parties under PACA; (v) used any funds to make, any unlawful contribution, gift, bribe, payoff, kickback or other unlawful payment to any Government Official or has violated any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”); (vi) discovered any potential or actual violation of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption Law; (vii) received any written communication from any Governmental Authority alleging that any member of the Seller Group, or any director, officer, agent or employee acting on behalf of any member of the Seller Group was in violation of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption Law; (viii) not been in compliance with the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption Law. (e) During the 24 months immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, no Business Product has been recalled, whether voluntary or otherwise and no member of the Seller Group has received notice, either completed or pending, of any proceeding seeking a recall, removal, or corrective action of any Business Product. No member of the Seller Group has filed a report under the FDA’s Reportable Food Registry or been restrained in its ability to produce, market, test, or other corrective action, sell, distribute, or promote any Business Product. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, there are no facts, including product quality complaints that would be reasonably likely to result in a voluntary or mandatory product recall or expansion of recall. (f) No member of the Seller Group is a party to any corporate integrity agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, or similar agreements with or imposed by any Governmental Authority.

• Tax and Regulatory Matters No Buyer Entity or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action, and Buyer does not have any Knowledge of any agreement, plan or other circumstance, that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (ii) materially impede or delay receipt of any of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals.

• License Grants The licenses granted in this Section 2 are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this XXXX: a. Subject to Section 2(b), you may install and use the Software on a single computer; OR install and store the Software on a storage device, such as a network server, used only to install the Software on your other computers over an internal network, provided you have a license for each separate computer on which the Software is installed and run. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2(b), a license for the Software may not be shared, installed or used concurrently on different computers. b. In addition to the single copy of the Software permitted in Section 2(a), the primary user of the computer on which the Software is installed may make a second copy of the Software and install it on either a portable computer or a computer located at his or her home for his or her exclusive use, provided that: A. the second copy of the Software on the portable or home computer (i) is not used at the same time as the copy of the Software on the primary computer and (ii) is used by the primary user solely as allowed for such version or edition (such as for educational use only), B. the second copy of the Software is not installed or used after the time such user is no longer the primary user of the primary computer on which the Software is installed. c. In the event the Software is distributed along with other PremiumSoft software products as part of a suite of products (collectively, the "Studio"), the license of the Studio is licensed as a single product and none of the products in the Studio, including the Software, may be separated for installation or use on more than one computer. d. You may make one copy of the Software in machine-readable form solely for backup purposes. You must reproduce on any such copy all copyright notices and any other proprietary legends on the original copy of the Software. You may not sell or transfer any copy of the Software made for backup purposes. e. You agree that PremiumSoft may audit your use of the Software for compliance with these terms at any time, upon reasonable notice. In the event that such audit reveals any use of the Software by you other than in full compliance with the terms of this Agreement, you shall reimburse PremiumSoft for all reasonable expenses related to such audit in addition to any other liabilities you may incur as a result of such non-compliance. f. Your license rights under this XXXX are non-exclusive.

• Regulatory Matters and Approvals Each of the Parties will give any notices to, make any filings with, and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any necessary authorizations, consents, and approvals of governments and governmental agencies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

• ROYALTIES AND PATENTS The Contractor shall pay all royalties and license fees. The Contractor shall defend all suits or claims for infringement of any patent rights and shall save the State harmless from loss on account thereof, except that the State shall be responsible for all such loss when a particular design, process or the product of a particular manufacturer or manufacturers is specified, but if the Contractor has reason to believe that the design, process or product specified is an infringement of a patent, The Contractor shall be responsible for such loss unless he promptly gives such information to the Architect.

• License Grant If Products include software, firmware or documentation, Supplier grants to DXC a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, display, prepare derivative works of the documentation and distribute such works, software, firmware or documentation directly or as integrated into DXC products, and to sublicense such rights to third parties. Supplier shall identify all licenses and deliver to DXC all materials required to meet the requirements of any licenses for third party software that is included in the Products. Supplier shall deliver to DXC the source code for any software licensed under a license that has a source availability requirement (such as the GNU General Public License). If the source code is not included with the material that Supplier has previously delivered, Supplier shall deliver within seven (7) days after DXC’s request the source code for any software licensed under an open source license that has a source availability requirement. Supplier grants DXC the right to duplicate and distribute the materials as necessary.

• Sublicense Grant Licensee will be entitled to grant Sublicenses to third parties under the license granted pursuant to Section 2.1 subject to the terms of this Section 2.3. Any such Sublicense shall be on terms and conditions in compliance with and not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. The grant of a Sublicense shall not in any way diminish or alter Licensee’s obligations under this Agreement.

• Accounting, Tax and Regulatory Matters Each Owner and the Company, -------------------------------------- jointly and severally, represents and warrants to Premiere that neither the Company, any Owner nor any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action or has any knowledge of any fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger from qualifying for pooling-of-interests accounting treatment or as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, or (ii) materially impede or delay receipt of any consents referred to in Section 5.6 of the Uniform Terms or result in the imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in the last sentence of such Section.