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EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Executive Employment Agreement • January 13th, 2011 • Martek Biosciences Corp • Biological products, (no disgnostic substances) • Maryland

• Contract Type
  Executive Employment Agreement
• Filed
  January 13th, 2011
• Company
  Martek Biosciences Corp
• Industry
  Biological products, (no disgnostic substances)
• Jurisdiction
  Maryland

THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 10th day of November, 2006 (“Effective Date”) by and between MARTEK BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION (“Company,” which term shall include all subsidiaries of the Company as the context may require), a Delaware corporation, and Barney Easterling (“Executive”).

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Martek Biosciences Corp • January 13th, 2011 • Biological products, (no disgnostic substances)

• Company
  Martek Biosciences Corp
• Filed
  January 13th, 2011
• Industry
  Biological products, (no disgnostic substances)

On behalf of the board of directors, I am pleased to inform you that on December 20, 2010, Martek Biosciences Corporation (the "Company" or "Martek"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), with Koninklijke DSM N.V., a corporation organized in the Netherlands ("DSM"), and Greenback Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of DSM ("Purchaser").