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• Related Matters Executive further acknowledges and agrees that as a condition to receipt of any severance benefits, Executive must (i) comply with Executive’s obligations under Executive’s At-Will Employment, Confidential Information, Invention Assignment and Arbitration Agreement; and (ii) resign from all officer and director positions with the Company and/or any affiliate (unless otherwise requested by the Company).

• No Agency Relationship Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or empower either party to act as agent for the other party to this Agreement, or to conduct business in the name, or for the account, of the other party to this Agreement.

• Authority Relative to Agreements Subject to Seller's receipt of shareholder approval ("Shareholder Approval") for the sale of Shares in the Second Closing, Seller has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and all Ancillary Documents, and to carry out their obligations hereunder and hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document, and the consummation of the transactions provided for herein and therein, have been duly authorized by the unanimous consent of the Board of Directors of Seller and does not violate any provision of the respective Certificates of Incorporation or Bylaws of Seller or its Subsidiaries. The execution by Seller of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document, and, subject to the receipt of Shareholder Approval, the consummation of the transactions provided for hereby and thereby, will not conflict with or effect a breach, violation, default, or cause an event of default, under any mortgage, lease, or other material agreement or instrument, or any statute, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which Sellers are a party or by which they are bound, or any law or governmental regulation applicable to Seller, or require the consent of any Person (other than the parties to this Agreement). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except for Seller's receipt of Shareholder Approval and the filing with the SEC and delivery to Seller's stockholders of the required proxy/information statement, no notices, reports or other filings are required to be made by Seller with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by Seller from, any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative authority or agency, domestic or foreign (each, a "Governmental Entity"), in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Seller and the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents. This Agreement and the Ancillary Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting rights of creditors generally and general principles of equity, whether applied at law or in equity.

• Corporate Authority Relative to this Agreement; No Violation (a) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and, assuming the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.25 are true and correct and the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, to consummate the Transactions, including the Merger. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by the Company Board of Directors and, assuming the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.25 are true and correct, except for the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the DSOS, no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company or any Company Subsidiary are necessary to authorize the consummation of the Transactions other than, with respect to the Merger, obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company Board of Directors unanimously (x) resolved that this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Merger, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and the stockholders of the Company, (y) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, in accordance with the requirements of the DGCL and (z) has adopted a resolution to make the Company Board Recommendation and to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in each case subject to Section 5.3. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

• Authority Relative to this Agreement The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to approval of this Agreement by the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding Shares in accordance with the MBCL, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (other than, with respect to the Merger, the approval of this Agreement by the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding Shares in accordance with the MBCL). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Parent and Newco, constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement hereof may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Company has taken, or will take in accordance with Section 6.14, all action necessary to ensure that, so long as this Agreement shall not have been terminated pursuant to Article VIII hereof, no "Rights" (as that term is defined in that certain Rights Agreement dated as of September 23, 1993 (the "Rights Agreement"), between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, a New York corporation) are issued or required to be issued to the stockholders of the Company by virtue of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Textron Voting Agreement. The Company and each Company Subsidiary have taken all necessary action to exempt the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Textron Voting Agreement from, or if necessary to challenge the validity or applicability of, any applicable "moratorium," "fair price," "business combination," "control share" or other state anti- takeover Laws (collectively, "Takeover Laws"), including, without limitation, Chapters 110C, 110D, 110E and 110F of the Massachusetts General Laws. Each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary has taken all action so that the entering into of this Agreement and the Textron Voting Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Textron Voting Agreement do not and will not result in the grant of any rights to any person under the Articles of Organization or Articles or Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws or other governing instruments of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or restrict or impair the ability of Parent or any of its subsidiaries to vote, or otherwise to exercise the rights of a shareholder with respect to, shares of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that may be directly or indirectly acquired or controlled by it or to otherwise engage in transactions with the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

• Liens and Related Matters A. PROHIBITION ON LIENS. Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income or profits under the Uniform Commercial Code of any State or under any similar recording or notice statute, except:

• Other Related Activities (a) The Administrator and Affiliates thereof shall have the right to engage in the following activities (subject to compliance with laws and intellectual property rights of third parties) in exchange for the payment of an annual royalty of $10.00 per annum:

• Agency Relationship Nothing herein shall be construed as constituting the Sub-Advisor as an agent of the Trust or the Fund, except as otherwise contemplated herein.

• Employment Related Matters Except as set forth in Schedule 3.16, (a) Seller is not a party to any contract or agreement with any labor organization or other representative of its employees; (b) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened against Seller; (c) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage or other labor controversy in effect or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened against or otherwise affecting Seller; (d) Seller has not experienced any labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage or similar labor controversy within the past three years; (e) no representation question has been raised respecting any employees of Seller working within the past three years, nor, to the best knowledge of Seller, are there any campaigns being conducted to solicit authorization from any employees of Seller to be represented by any labor organization; (f) no collective bargaining agreement relating to any employees of Seller is being negotiated other than extensions or renewals of existing agreements set forth in Schedule 3.16; (g) no action, suit, complaint, charge, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any court, governmental agency, administrative agency or commission brought by or on behalf of any employee, prospective employee, former employee, retiree, labor organization or other representative of Seller's employees, is pending or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened against Seller; (h) Seller is not a party to, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, citation or order by, any Governmental Body relating to their employees or employment practices relating to the employees; (i) Seller is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, policies, procedures, agreements and contracts, relating to employment, employment practices, wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment; (j) Seller has paid in full to all of its employees all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits and other compensation due and payable to such employees on or prior to the date hereof.

• Authority Relative to Agreement (a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and, subject (in the case of the Merger) to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Company, and (in the case of the Merger, except for the (i) receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval and (ii) filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State) no other corporate action or proceeding on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that (A) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and (B) the remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any Proceeding therefor may be brought.