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        HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC.</u></font></div>
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        Shares</font></div>
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        Stock</font></div>
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        19, 2005</font></div>
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        19, 2005</font></div>
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        York,
        New York 10171-0026</font></div>
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        and Gentlemen:</font></div>
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        One,
        L.L.C.,</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">a
        Delaware limited liability company (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Selling
        Stockholder</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        proposes to sell to the underwriters named in </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Schedule
        A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        annexed
        hereto (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Underwriters</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        for
        whom you are acting as representatives, an aggregate of 5,295,957 shares
        (the
&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Firm
        Shares</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        of
        common stock, $.01 par value per share (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Common
        Stock</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        of
        The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Company</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;).
        In
        addition, solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, the Selling
        Stockholder proposes to grant to the Underwriters the option to purchase
        from
        the Selling Stockholder up to an additional 794,394 shares of Common Stock
        (the
&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Additional
        Shares</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;).
        The
        Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter sometimes collectively
        referred to as the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Shares</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.&#8221;
The
        Shares are described in the Prospectus which is referred to below.</font></div>
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        Company has prepared and filed, in accordance with the provisions of the
        Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
        (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Act</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        with
        the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Commission</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        a
        registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-130090) under the Act (the
        &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>registration
        statement</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;).
        Amendments to such registration statement, if necessary or appropriate, have
        been similarly prepared and filed with the Commission in accordance with
        the
        Act. Such registration statement, as so amended, has become effective under
        the
        Act.</font></div>
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        where the context otherwise requires, &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Registration
        Statement</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,&#8221;
as
        used herein, means the registration statement, as amended at the time of
        such
        registration statement&#8217;s effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the Act, as
        such section applies to the respective Underwriters (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Effective
        Time</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        including (i) all documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated or deemed
        to
        be incorporated by reference therein, (ii) any information contained or
        incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
        to
        Rule 424(b) under the Act, to the extent such information is deemed, pursuant
        to
        Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act, to be part of the registration statement
        at the Effective Time, and (iii) any registration statement filed to register
        the offer and sale of Shares pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company has furnished to you, for use by the Underwriters and by dealers
        in
        connection with the offering of the Shares, copies of one or more preliminary
        prospectus supplements, and the documents incorporated by reference therein,
        relating to the Shares. &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Pre-</u></font></div><br>
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        Prospectus</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,&#8221;
as
        used herein, means each such preliminary prospectus supplement, in the form
        so
        furnished, including </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">any
        basic
        prospectus (whether or not in preliminary form) furnished to you by the Company
        and attached to or used with such preliminary prospectus supplement</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Basic
        Prospectus</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,&#8221;
as
        used herein, means any such basic prospectus and any basic prospectus furnished
        to you by the Company and attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement
        (as
        defined below).</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Prospectus
        Supplement</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,&#8221;
as
        used herein, means the final prospectus supplement, relating to the Shares,
        filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
        Act
        on or before the second business day after the date hereof (or such earlier
        time
        as may be required under the Act), in the form furnished by the Company to
        you
        for use by the Underwriters and by dealers in connection with the offering
        of
        the Shares.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Prospectus</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,&#8221;
as
        used herein, means the Prospectus Supplement together with the Basic Prospectus
        attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Permitted
        Free Writing Prospectuses</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,&#8221;
as
        used herein, means the documents listed on </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Schedule
        B</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        attached
        hereto and each &#8220;road show&#8221; (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act), if any,
        related to the offering of the Shares contemplated hereby that is a &#8220;written
        communication&#8221; (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) (each such road show, a
&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Road
        Show</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;).</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Disclosure
        Package</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,&#8221;
as
        used herein, means any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or Basic Prospectus, in either
        case together with any combination of one or more of the Permitted Free Writing
        Prospectuses, if any, and a schedule as set forth in </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Schedule
        C</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        indicating certain terms of the offering.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Any
        reference herein to the registration statement, the Registration Statement,
        any
        Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement,
        the
        Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
        to
        and include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference, or deemed to
        be
        incorporated by reference, therein (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Incorporated
        Documents</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any,
        filed
        as exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms
        &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>amend</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,&#8221;
        &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>amendment</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;
or
        &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>supplement</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;
with
        respect to the Registration Statement, any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing
        Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
        Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of
        any
        document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
        and regulations thereunder (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Exchange
        Act</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        on or
        after the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date
        of
        such Basic Prospectus, such Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement,
        the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may
        be,
        and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
        used
        in this Agreement, &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>business
        day</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;
shall
        mean a day on which the Nasdaq National Market (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>NASDAQ</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        is
        open for trading. The terms &#8220;herein,&#8221; &#8220;hereof,&#8221; &#8220;hereto,&#8221; &#8220;hereinafter&#8221; and
        similar terms, as used in this Agreement, shall in each case refer to this
        Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph, sentence
        or
        other subdivision of this Agreement. The term &#8220;or,&#8221; as used herein, is not
        exclusive.</font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters agree as
        follows:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Sale
        and Purchase</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Upon
        the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the terms
        and
        conditions herein set forth, the Selling Stockholder agrees to sell to the
        respective Underwriters and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly,
        agrees to purchase from the Selling Stockholder, the number of Firm Shares
        set
        forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Schedule
        A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        annexed
        hereto, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof,
        at a purchase price of $19.068 per Share. The Selling Stockholder is advised
        by
        you that the Underwriters intend (i) to make a public offering of their
        respective portions of the Firm Shares as soon after the effectiveness of
        this
        Agreement as in your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the
        Firm
        Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus. You may from time to time
        increase or decrease the public offering price after the initial public offering
        to such extent as you may determine, as permitted by law.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
        addition, the Selling Stockholder hereby grants to the several Underwriters
        the
        option (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Over-Allotment
        Option</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        to
        purchase, and upon the basis of the representations and warranties and subject
        to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters shall have
        the
        right to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Selling Stockholder,
        ratably in accordance with the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by each
        of
        them, all or a portion of the Additional Shares as may be necessary to cover
        over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares,
        at the
        same purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters to the Selling
        Stockholder for the Firm Shares. The Over-Allotment Option may be exercised
        by
        the Managing Underwriters on behalf of the several Underwriters at any time
        and
        from time to time on or before the thirtieth day following the date hereof,
        by
        written notice to the Selling Stockholder (with a copy to the Company). Such
        notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to which
        the
        Over-Allotment Option is being exercised and the date and time when the
        Additional Shares are to be delivered (any such date and time being herein
        referred to as an &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>additional
        time of purchase</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;);
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>provided</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>however</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        that no
        additional time of purchase shall be earlier than the time of purchase (as
        defined below) nor earlier than the second business day after the date on
        which
        the Over-Allotment Option shall have been exercised nor later than the tenth
        business day after the date on which the Over-Allotment Option shall have
        been
        exercised. The number of Additional Shares to be sold to each Underwriter
        shall
        be the number which bears the same proportion to the aggregate number of
        Additional Shares being purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth
        opposite the name of such Underwriter on </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Schedule
        A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereto
        bears to the total number of Firm Shares (subject, in each case, to such
        adjustment as the Managing Underwriters may determine to eliminate fractional
        shares), subject to adjustment in accordance with Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof.</font></div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Payment
        and Delivery</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Payment
        of the purchase price for the Firm Shares shall be made to the Selling
        Stockholder by Federal Funds wire transfer against delivery of the certificates
        for the Firm Shares to you through the facilities of The Depository Trust
        Company (&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>DTC</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        for
        the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery shall
        be
        made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on December 23, 2005 (unless another
        time shall be agreed to by you, the Company and the Selling Stockholder or
        unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof).
        The time at which such payment and delivery are to </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">be
        made
        is hereinafter sometimes called the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>time
        of purchase</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.&#8221;
        Electronic transfer of the Firm Shares shall be made to you at the time of
        purchase in such names and in such denominations as you shall
        specify.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Payment
        of the purchase price for the Additional Shares shall be made at the additional
        time of purchase in the same manner and at the same office as the payment
        for
        the Firm Shares. Electronic transfer of the Additional Shares shall be made
        to
        you at the additional time of purchase in such names and in such denominations
        as you shall specify.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Deliveries
        of the documents described in Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof
        with respect to the purchase of the Shares shall be made at the offices of
        Davis
        Polk &amp; Wardwell at 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, at 9:00 A.M.,
        New York City time, on the date of the closing of the purchase of the Firm
        Shares or the Additional Shares, as the case may be.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Representations
        and Warranties of the Company</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        The
        Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters
        that:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Registration Statement has heretofore become effective under the Act or,
        with
        respect to any registration statement to be filed to register the offer and
        sale
        of Shares pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, will be filed with the
        Commission and become effective under the Act no later than 10:00 P.M., New
        York
        City time, on the date of determination of the public offering price for
        the
        Shares; to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, no stop order of the Commission preventing
        or suspending the use of any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
        the
        Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus,
        or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, has been issued, and
        no
        proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by
        the
        Commission;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Registration Statement complied when it became effective, complies as of
        the
        date hereof and, as amended or supplemented, at the time of purchase, each
        additional time of purchase, if any, and at all times during which a prospectus
        is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance
        with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale
        of
        Shares, will comply, in each case, in all material respects, with the
        requirements of the Act; the conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection
        with the offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby have been
        satisfied; the Registration Statement meets, and the offering and sale of
        the
        Shares as contemplated hereby complies with, the requirements of Rule 415
        under
        the Act (including, without limitation, Rule 415(a)(5)); the Registration
        Statement did not, as of the Effective Time, contain an untrue statement
        of a
        material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
        or
        necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; each Pre-Pricing
        Prospectus complied, at the time it was filed with the Commission, and complies
        as of the date hereof, in each case, in all material respects with the
        requirements of the Act; at no time during the period that begins on the
        earlier
        of the date of such Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the date such Pre-Pricing
        Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends at the time of purchase
        did or
        will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include
        an
        untrue statement of a material </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">fact
        or
        omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
        in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
        and at no time during such period did or will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
        as
        then amended or supplemented, together with any combination of one or more
        of
        the then issued Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, include an untrue
        statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
        order
        to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
        they were made, not misleading; each Basic Prospectus complied or will comply,
        at the time it was or will be filed with the Commission, complies as of the
        date
        hereof (if filed with the Commission on or prior to the date hereof) and,
        at the
        time of purchase, each additional time of purchase, if any, and at all times
        during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether
        physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar
        rule) in connection with any sale of Shares, will comply, in all material
        respects, with the requirements of the Act; at no time during the period
        that
        begins on the earlier of the date of such Basic Prospectus and the date such
        Basic Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends at the time of purchase
        did or will any Basic Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include
        an
        untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
        in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
        under
        which they were made, not misleading, and at no time during such period did
        or
        will any Basic Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, together with
        any
        combination of one or more of the then issued Permitted Free Writing
        Prospectuses, if any, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
        to
        state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
        in the
        light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; each
        of
        the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus will comply, as of the date
        that it
        is filed with the Commission, the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the
        time of
        purchase, each additional time of purchase, if any, and at all times during
        which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically
        or
        through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in
        connection with any sale of Shares, in all material respects, with the
        requirements of the Act (in the case of the Prospectus, including, without
        limitation, Section 10(a) of the Act); at no time during the period that
        begins
        on the earlier of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and the date the
        Prospectus Supplement is filed with the Commission and ends at the later
        of the
        time of purchase, the latest additional time of purchase, if any, and the
        end of
        the period during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered
        (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or
        any
        similar rule) in connection with any sale of Shares did or will any Prospectus
        Supplement or the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an
        untrue
        statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
        order
        to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
        they were made, not misleading; at no time during the period that begins
        on the
        date of such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and ends at the time of purchase
        did or will any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus include an untrue statement
        of
        a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make
        the
        statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
        made, not misleading; </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>provided</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>however</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        that
        the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statement
        contained in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
        Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in reliance
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        and
        in conformity with information concerning an Underwriter and furnished in
        writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you to the Company expressly
        for use in the Registration Statement, such Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
        Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; each Incorporated
        Document, at the time such document was filed with the Commission or at the
        time
        such document became effective, as applicable, complied, in all material
        respects, with the requirements of the Exchange Act and did not include an
        untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
        in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
        under
        which they were made, not misleading;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">prior
        to
        the execution of this Agreement, the Company has not, directly or indirectly,
        offered or sold any Shares by means of any &#8220;prospectus&#8221; (within the meaning of
        the Act) or used any &#8220;prospectus&#8221; (within the meaning of the Act) in connection
        with the offer or sale of the Shares, in each case other than the Pre-Pricing
        Prospectuses and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any; the Company
        has not, directly or indirectly, prepared, used or referred to any Permitted
        Free Writing Prospectus except in compliance with Rules 164 and 433 under
        the
        Act; assuming that such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus is so sent or given
        after the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission (and after
        such
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectus was, if required pursuant to Rule 433(d)
        under
        the Act, filed with the Commission), the sending or giving, by any Underwriter,
        of any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus will satisfy the provisions of Rule
        164
        or Rule 433 (without reliance on subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 164);
        the
        conditions set forth in one or more of subclauses (i) through (iv), inclusive,
        of Rule 433(b)(1) under the Act are satisfied, and the registration statement
        relating to the offering of the Shares contemplated hereby, as initially
        filed
        with the Commission, includes a prospectus that, other than by reason of
        Rule
        433 or Rule 431 under the Act, satisfies the requirements of Section 10 of
        the
        Act; the Company is not disqualified, by reason of subsection (f) of Rule
        164
        under the Act, from using, in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares,
        &#8220;free writing prospectuses&#8221; (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) pursuant to
        Rules 164 and 433 under the Act, and such offer and sale in the manner
        contemplated hereby is not an excluded offering within the meaning of subsection
        (g) of Rule 164 under the Act; the Company is not an &#8220;ineligible issuer&#8221; (as
        defined in Rule 405 under the Act) as of the eligibility determination date
        for
        purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering
        of the
        Shares contemplated by the Registration Statement; the parties hereto agree
        and
        understand that the content of any and all &#8220;road shows&#8221; (as defined in Rule 433
        under the Act) related to the offering of the Shares contemplated hereby
        is
        solely the property of the Company;</font></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(d)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Shares have been registered with the Commission on Form S-3 under the Act
        pursuant to the standards for such Form S-3 in effect prior to October 21,
        1992;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(e)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">as
        of the
        date given therein, the Company had an authorized and outstanding capitalization
        as set forth in the sections of the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
        Prospectuses and the Prospectus entitled &#8220;Capitalization&#8221; and &#8220;Description of
        capital stock&#8221; (and any similar sections or information, if any, contained in
        any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus); all of the issued and outstanding
        shares
        of capital stock, </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">including
        the Common Stock, of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued
        and are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with
        all
        applicable securities laws and were not issued in violation of any preemptive
        right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right; the Shares
        are
        duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, on the NASDAQ;
</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(f)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
        in
        good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate
        power
        and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business
        as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses,
        the
        Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, and to execute
        and deliver this Agreement;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(g)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is
        in good
        standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties
        or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where
        the
        failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not, individually or
        in
        the aggregate, reasonably be expected to either (i) have a material adverse
        effect on the business, properties, financial condition or results of operations
        of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) taken as a whole,
        (ii)
        prevent or materially interfere with consummation of the transactions
        contemplated hereby or (iii) result in the delisting of shares of Common
        Stock
        from the NASDAQ (the occurrence of any such effect or any such prevention
        or
        interference or any such result described in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii)
        and
        (iii) being herein referred to as a &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Material
        Adverse Effect</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;);</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(h)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Company has no significant subsidiaries (as defined under Rule 1-02 of
        Regulation S-X of the Act) other than Celestial Seasonings, Inc. (&#8220;Celestial&#8221;);
        the Company owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
        subsidiary (as defined under the Act; collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Subsidiaries</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        except
        as described in the Registration Statement, each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and
        the
        Prospectus, or except (with respect to all Subsidiaries other than Celestial)
        as
        would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and also
        would not be material to an investor in the Shares; other than the capital
        stock
        of the Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any
        shares of stock or any other equity interests or long-term debt securities
        of
        any corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or other entity
        except as described in the Registration Statement, each Pre-Pricing Prospectus
        and the Prospectus, or except as would not be material to an investor in
        the
        Shares; complete and correct copies of the charters and the bylaws of the
        Company and each Subsidiary and all amendments thereto have been made available
        to you, and no changes therein will be made on or after the date hereof through
        and including the time of purchase or, if later, any additional time of
        purchase, except (with respect to all Subsidiaries other than Celestial)
        as
        would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and also
        would not be material to an investor in the Shares; each Subsidiary has been
        duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
        under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with full corporate
        power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct
        its
        business as described in the Registration</font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Statement,
        the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
        Prospectuses, if any, except (with respect to all Subsidiaries other than
        Celestial) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
        Effect
        and also would not be material to an investor in the Shares; each Subsidiary
        is
        duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing
        in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or
        the
        conduct of its business requires such qualification, except as would not
        reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and also would not
        be
        material to an investor in the Shares; except (with respect to all Subsidiaries
        other than Celestial) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
        Adverse Effect and also would not be material to an investor in the Shares,
        all
        of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have
        been
        duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, have
        been
        issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, were not issued
        in
        violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or
        similar right and are owned by the Company subject to no security interest,
        other encumbrance or adverse claims; and no options, warrants or other rights
        to
        purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert
        any obligation into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in the
        Subsidiaries are outstanding, except (with respect to all Subsidiaries other
        than Celestial) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
        Effect and also would not be material to an investor in the Shares;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(i)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Shares have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and are fully paid,
        non-assessable and free of statutory and contractual preemptive rights, resale
        rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights other than rights under
        the
        Investor&#8217;s Agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholder and Irwin D.
        Simon, dated September 24, 1999, that are not applicable or have been duly
        waived as to the transactions contemplated hereby; the Shares are and, after
        they are delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be free
        of
        any restriction upon the voting or transfer thereof pursuant to the Company&#8217;s
        charter or bylaws or any agreement or other instrument to which the Company
        is a
        party;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(j)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        capital stock of the Company, including the Shares, conforms in all material
        respects to each description thereof, if any, contained or incorporated by
        reference in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the
        Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; and the certificates
        for
        the Shares were, when issued to the Selling Stockholder, in due and proper
        form;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(k)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">this
        Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
        Company;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(l)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">neither
        the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of or in
        default under (nor has any event occurred which, with notice, lapse of time
        or
        both, would result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under
        or
        give the holder of any indebtedness (or a person acting on such holder&#8217;s behalf)
        the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a
        part of
        such indebtedness under) (A) its charter or bylaws, or (B) any indenture,
        mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan </font></div><br>
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        credit
        agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract
        or
        other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any
        of
        its properties may be bound or affected, or (C) any federal, state, local
        or
        foreign law, regulation or rule, or (D) any rule or regulation of any
        self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority
        (including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of NASDAQ), or
        (E) any
        decree, judgment or order applicable to it or any of its properties except,
        in
        (B), (C), (D) or (E), as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
        Adverse Effect;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(m)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the sale of the Shares
        pursuant hereto and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
        will not conflict with, result in any breach or violation of or constitute
        a
        default under (nor constitute any event which, with notice, lapse of time
        or
        both, would result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under
        or
        give the holder of any indebtedness (or a person acting on such holder&#8217;s behalf)
        the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a
        part of
        such indebtedness under) or result in the creation or imposition of a lien,
        charge or encumbrance on any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary
        pursuant to (A) the charter or bylaws of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries,
        or (B) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement
        or
        other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other
        agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is
        a
        party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be
        bound
        or affected, or (C) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation
        or
        rule, or (D) any rule or regulation of any self-regulatory organization or
        other
        non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the
        rules
        and regulations of the NASDAQ), or (E) any decree, judgment or order applicable
        to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective
        properties;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(n)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">no
        approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal,
        state,
        local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority
        or agency (including, without limitation, the Federal Trade Commission, the
        Food
        and Drug Administration, the United States Department of Agriculture, and
        the
        Occupational Safety and Health Administration), or of or with any
        self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority
        (including, without limitation, the NASDAQ), or approval of the stockholders
        of
        the Company (other than the Selling Stockholder), is required in connection
        with
        the sale of the Shares by the Selling Stockholder pursuant hereto or the
        consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than (i)
        registration of the Shares under the Act, </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">which
        has
        been effected (or, with respect to any registration statement to be filed
        hereunder pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, will be effected in accordance
        herewith), (ii) any necessary qualification under the securities or blue
        sky
        laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Shares are being offered by
        the
        Underwriters or (iii) under the Conduct Rules of the National Association
        of
        Securities Dealers, Inc. (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>NASD</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;);</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(o)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">except
        as
        described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto),
        each
        Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) no person has the right,
</font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">contractual
        or otherwise, to cause the Company to issue or sell to it any shares of Common
        Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other equity interests of the
        Company, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
        Effect and also would not be material to an investor in the Shares, (ii)
        no
        person has any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal
        or
        other rights to purchase any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other
        capital stock of or other equity interests in the Company and (iii) no person
        has the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company
        in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares; no person has the right,
        contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to register under the Act
        any
        shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock of or other equity
        interests in the Company, except as would not reasonably be expected to have
        a
        Material Adverse Effect and also would not be material to an investor in
        the
        Shares; no person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company
        to include any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock
        of or
        other equity interests in the Company in the Registration Statement or the
        offering contemplated thereby;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(p)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">each
        of
        the Company and the Subsidiaries has all licenses, authorizations, consents
        and
        approvals and has made all filings required under any applicable law, regulation
        or rule, and has obtained all licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
        from other persons, necessary in order to conduct their respective businesses
        except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
        neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of, or in
        default under, or has received notice of any proceedings relating to revocation
        or modification of, any such license, authorization, consent or approval
        or any
        federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, order
        or
        judgment applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, except where
        such
        violation, default, revocation or modification would not, individually or
        in the
        aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
        Effect;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(q)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">there
        are
        no actions, suits, claims, investigations (as to which the Company has
        knowledge) or proceedings pending or, to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, threatened or
        contemplated to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their
        respective directors or officers is or would be a party or of which any of
        their
        respective properties is or would be subject at law or in equity, before
        or by
        any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission,
        board, body, authority or agency, or before or by any self-regulatory
        organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without
        limitation, the NASDAQ), except any such action, suit, claim, investigation
        or
        proceeding which, if resolved adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary,
        would
        not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
        Adverse Effect;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(r)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ernst
        &amp; Young LLP, whose report on the consolidated financial statements of the
        Company and the Subsidiaries is included or incorporated by reference in
        the
        Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectus,
        are
        independent registered public accountants as required by the Act and by the
        rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(s)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
        Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
        Writing Prospectus, together with the related notes and schedules, present
        fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
        the
        Company and the Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated
        results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders&#8217; equity of the
        Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance with
        the
        requirements of the Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with U.S. generally
        accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods
        involved; the other financial data contained or incorporated by reference
        in the
        Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectus are accurately and fairly presented and
        prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and
        records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or
        pro
        forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the
        Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus that
        are
        not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company and the
        Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct
        or
        contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in
        the
        Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing
        Prospectus and the Prospectus; and all disclosures contained or incorporated
        by
        reference in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
        Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus regarding &#8220;non-GAAP
        financial measures&#8221; (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the
        Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of
        Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(t)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">subsequent
        to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
        Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted
        Free
        Writing Prospectuses, if any, in each case excluding any amendments or
        supplements to the foregoing made after the execution of this Agreement,
        except
        as otherwise describe therein (exclusive of any amendment thereof or supplement
        thereto occurring after the execution and delivery hereof) there has not
        been
        (i) any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
        material adverse change, in the business, properties, management, financial
        condition or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken
        as
        a whole, (ii) any transaction which is material to the Company and the
        Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iii) any obligation or liability, direct
        or
        contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the
        Company or any Subsidiary, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries
        taken as a whole, (iv) any material change in the capital stock or outstanding
        indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiaries or (v) any dividend or
        distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the
        Company or any Subsidiary;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(u)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Company has obtained for the benefit of the Underwriters the agreement (a
        &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Lock-Up
        Agreement</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        in
        the form set forth as </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Exhibit
        A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereto,
        of each of the persons listed on Exhibit A-1 hereto;</font></div><br>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(v)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">neither
        the Company nor any Subsidiary is, and at no time during which a prospectus
        is
        required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance
        with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale
        of
        Shares will either of them be, and, after giving effect to the offering and
        sale
        of the Shares, neither of them will be, an &#8220;investment company&#8221; or an entity
&#8220;controlled&#8221; by an &#8220;investment company,&#8221; as such terms are defined in the
        Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Investment
        Company Act</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;);</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(w)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Company and each of the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all
        property (real and personal) described in the Registration Statement, any
        Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
        as being owned by any of them, free and clear of all liens, claims, security
        interests or other encumbrances, except as would not, individually or in
        the
        aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all
        the
        property described in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
        the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as being held under
        lease by the Company or a Subsidiary is held thereby under valid, subsisting
        and
        enforceable leases, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
        reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(x)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Company and the Subsidiaries own, or have obtained valid and enforceable
        licenses for, or other rights to use, the inventions, patent applications,
        patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), tradenames, copyrights,
        trade secrets and other proprietary information described in the Registration
        Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
        Writing Prospectus as being owned or licensed by them and which are necessary
        for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted or
        as
        proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to own, license or have
        such
        rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
        to
        have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Intellectual
        Property</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;);
        except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
        to
        have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, there are no
        third parties who have established or will be able to establish rights to
        any
        Intellectual Property, except for, and to the extent of, the ownership rights
        of
        the owners of the Intellectual Property which the Registration Statement
        (excluding the exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus
        disclose is licensed to the Company; (ii) to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, there is
        no infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property; (iii) there
        is no
        pending or, to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or
        claim by others challenging the Company&#8217;s rights in or to any Intellectual
        Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable
        basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim; (iv) there is no pending
        or, to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by
        others challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any Intellectual
        Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable
        basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim; (v) there is no pending
        or, to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by
        others that the Company or any Subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates
        any
        patent, trademark, tradename, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary
        rights of others, and the Company is unaware </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">of
        any
        facts which could form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding
        or claim; (vi) to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, the Company and the Subsidiaries have
        complied with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual
        Property has been licensed to the Company or any Subsidiary, and all such
        agreements are in full force and effect; (vii) to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, there
        is no patent or patent application that contains claims that interfere with
        the
        issued or pending claims of any of the Intellectual Property or that challenges
        the validity, enforceability or scope of any of the Intellectual Property;
        and
        (viii) to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, there is no prior art that may render any
        patent application within the Intellectual Property unpatentable that has
        not
        been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(y)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">except
        for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
        be
        expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Company nor any
        of
        the Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice, (ii) there is (A)
        no
        unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the Company&#8217;s knowledge,
        threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries before the National
        Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising
        out of
        or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or, to the Company&#8217;s
        knowledge, threatened, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage
        pending or, to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of
        the Subsidiaries and (C) to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, no union representation
        dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Company or any
        of the
        Subsidiaries, (iii) to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, no union organizing activities
        are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company or any
        of the
        Subsidiaries and (iv) to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, there has been no violation of
        any federal, state, local or foreign law relating to discrimination in the
        hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws or
        any
        provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>ERISA</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        or the
        rules and regulations promulgated thereunder concerning the employees of
        the
        Company or any of the Subsidiaries;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(z)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective properties, assets and
        operations are in compliance with, and the Company and each of the Subsidiaries
        hold all permits, authorizations and approvals required for its current
        operations under, Environmental Laws (as defined below), except to the extent
        that failure to so comply or to hold such permits, authorizations or approvals
        would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
        a
        Material Adverse Effect; there are no past, present or, to the Company&#8217;s
        knowledge, reasonably anticipated future events, conditions, activities,
        practices or actions that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any
        material costs or liabilities to the Company or any Subsidiary under, or
        to
        prevent compliance by the Company or any Subsidiary with, Environmental Laws;
        except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
        to
        have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries
        (i) to the knowledge of the Company, is the subject of any investigation,
        (ii)
        has received any notice or claim, (iii) is a party to any pending or, to
        the
        Company&#8217;s knowledge, threatened action, suit or proceeding, (iv) is bound by any
        judgment, decree or order or (v) has entered into any agreement, in each
        case
        relating to any alleged violation of any Environmental Law or </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">any
        actual or alleged release or threatened release or cleanup at any location
        of
        any Hazardous Materials (as defined below) (as used herein, &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Environmental
        Law</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;
means
        any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation,
        order, decree, judgment, injunction, permit, license or authorization, or
        common
        law, relating to the protection, cleanup or restoration of the environment
        or
        natural resources, or human health (to the extent relating to exposure to
        Hazardous Materials), including those relating to the distribution, processing,
        generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, other handling
        or
        release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials, and &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Hazardous
        Materials</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;
means
        any material (including, without limitation, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous
        or toxic substances or wastes) that is regulated by or gives rise to liability
        under any Environmental Law);</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(aa)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">in
        the
        ordinary course of their business and as reasonably appropriate for their
        business, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries conduct periodic reviews
        of
        the effect of the Environmental Laws on their respective businesses, operations
        and properties, in the course of which they identify and evaluate any associated
        costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating
        expenditures required for cleanup, closure of properties or compliance with
        the
        Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints
        on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third
        parties);</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(bb)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">all
        tax
        returns required to be filed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries have
        been
        timely filed, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether
        imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest, additions
        to
        tax or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such entities
        have been timely paid, other than those being contested in good faith and
        for
        which adequate reserves have been provided;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(cc)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintain insurance covering their
        respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses as the Company
        reasonably deems adequate; such insurance insures against such losses and
        risks
        to an extent which is adequate in accordance with customary industry practice
        to
        protect the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective businesses;
        all
        such insurance is fully in force on the date hereof and will be fully in
        force
        at the time of purchase and any additional time of purchase; neither the
        Company
        nor any Subsidiary has reason to believe that it will not be able to renew
        any
        such insurance as and when such insurance expires or replace with comparable
        insurance at comparable rates;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(dd)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">neither
        the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the
        last
        audited consolidated financial statements of the Company included or
        incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
        Prospectuses and the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business
        from
        fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
        or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
        except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect;</font></div><br>
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        the Company nor any Subsidiary has sent or received any communication regarding
        termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements
        specifically identified in any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or
        any
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or specifically identified in, or filed
        as an
        exhibit to, the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document, and
        no such
        termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Company or any Subsidiary
        or, to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, any other party to any such contract or
        agreement;</font></div>
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        Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
        controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions
        are
        executed in accordance with management&#8217;s general or specific authorization; (ii)
        transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
        statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and
        to
        maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only
        in
        accordance with management&#8217;s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
        recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
        reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
        differences;</font></div>
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          </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(gg)</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;the
          Company has established and maintains and evaluates &#8220;disclosure controls and
          procedures&#8221; (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the
          Exchange Act) and &#8220;internal control over financial reporting&#8221; (as such term is
          defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure
          controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information
          relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
          known
          to the Company&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by
          others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures
          are
          effective to perform the functions for which they were established; </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
          Company&#8217;s independent auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
          of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies,
          if any,
          in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect
          the
          Company&#8217;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and
          (ii) all fraud, if any, whether or not material, that involves management
          or
          other employees who have a role in the Company&#8217;s internal controls; </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">all
          material weaknesses, if any, in internal controls have been identified
          to the
          Company&#8217;s independent auditors; since the date of the most recent evaluation of
          such disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls, there have
          been
          no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
          significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions
          with
          regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
          the
          principal executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial
          officers (or their equivalents) of the Company have made all certifications
          required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Sarbanes-Oxley
          Act</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
          and
          any related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, and the
          statements contained in each such certification are complete and correct;
          the
          Company, the Subsidiaries and the Company&#8217;s directors and officers are each in
          compliance in all material respects with all applicable effective provisions
          of
          the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
          and the
          NASDAQ promulgated thereunder;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(hh)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">each
        &#8220;forward-looking statement&#8221; (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act or
        Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in
        the
        Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed with a reasonable
        basis and in good faith;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(ii)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">all
        statistical or market-related data included or incorporated by reference
        in the
        Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that
        the
        Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained
        the
        written consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent
        required;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(jj)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">neither
        the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Company&#8217;s
        knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary has made
        any
        payment of funds of the Company or any Subsidiary or received or retained
        any
        funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without
        limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt
        or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the
        Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the
        Prospectus;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(kk)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">no
        Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
        dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such
        Subsidiary&#8217;s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances
        to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such
        Subsidiary&#8217;s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
        Company, except as described in the Registration Statement (excluding the
        exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, or except
        as
        would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and also
        would not be material to an investor in the Shares;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(ll)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        sale
        of the Shares will not cause any holder of any shares of capital stock,
        securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock
        or
        options, warrants or other rights to purchase capital stock or any other
        securities of the Company to have any right to acquire any shares of preferred
        stock of the Company;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(mm)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Company has not received any notice from the NASDAQ regarding the delisting
        of
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        the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any
        finder&#8217;s or broker&#8217;s fee or agent&#8217;s commission in connection with the execution
        and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
        contemplated hereby or by the Registration Statement;</font></div>
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        the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor any of their respective directors,
        officers, affiliates or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly,
        any action designed, or which has constituted or might reasonably be expected
        to
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        security of the </font></div><br>
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        member of the NASD and (ii) the Company or any of the Company&#8217;s officers,
        directors or 5% or greater security holders (except no representation is
        made
        with respect to the Selling Stockholder) or any beneficial owner of the
        Company&#8217;s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on or
        after the 180th day immediately preceding the date the Registration Statement
        was initially filed with the Commission, except as disclosed in the Registration
        Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses
        and the
        Prospectus.</font></div>
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        addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of
        the
        Subsidiaries and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters
        at the time of purchase or any additional time of purchase in connection
        with
        the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty
        by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.</font></div>
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        and Warranties of the Selling Stockholder</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        The
        Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters
        that:</font></div>
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        Selling Stockholder now is and, at the time of delivery of such Shares (whether
        the time of purchase or any additional time of purchase, as the case may
        be),
        will be the lawful owner of the Shares and has and, at the time of delivery
        of
        such Shares, will have good and valid title to such Shares, and upon delivery
        of
        and payment for such Shares (whether at the time of purchase or any additional
        time of purchase, as the case may be), the Underwriters will acquire good
        and
        valid title to such Shares free and clear of all adverse claims (as defined
        in
        Section 8-102 of the U.C.C. as in effect in the State of New York);</font></div>
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        Selling Stockholder has and, at the time of delivery of the Shares (whether
        the
        time of purchase or any additional time of purchase, as the case may be),
        will
        have full legal right, power and capacity, and all authorizations and approvals
        required by law (other than those imposed by the Act and state securities
        or
        blue sky laws), to (i) enter into this Agreement and the Custody Agreement
        (as
        defined below), (ii) sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares in the
        manner
        provided in this Agreement and (iii) make the representations, warranties
        and
        agreements made by the Selling Stockholder herein;</font></div>
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        Agreement and the custody agreement (the &#8220;Custody Agreement&#8221;), dated December 9,
        2005 between Continental Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, as custodian (the
&#8220;Custodian&#8221;), and the Selling Stockholder have each been duly authorized,
        executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder, and each is a legal, valid
        and binding agreement of the Selling Stockholder enforceable in accordance
        with
        its terms;</font></div>
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        Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Time, contain an untrue
        statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
        be
        stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
        at no
        time during the </font></div><br>
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        that begins on the earlier of the date of each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and
        the
        date such Pre-Pricing Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends at
        the
        time of purchase did or will any such Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as then amended
        or
        supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
        a
        material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
        of
        the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and at no time
        during such period did or will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as then amended
        or
        supplemented, together with any combination of one or more of the then issued
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, include an untrue statement of a material
        fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
        therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
        misleading; at no time during the period that begins on the earlier of the
        date
        of the Prospectus and the date the Prospectus is filed with the Commission
        and
        ends at the later of the time of purchase, the latest additional time of
        purchase, if any, and the end of the period during which a prospectus is
        required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance
        with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale
        of
        Shares did or will the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include
        an
        untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
        in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
        under
        which they were made, not misleading; at no time during the period that begins
        on the date of such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and ends at the time
        of
        purchase did or will any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, include an untrue
        statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
        order
        to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
        they were made, not misleading, provided that the Selling Stockholder makes
        such
        representation and warranty only with respect to any statements or omissions
        made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the
        Selling
        Stockholder furnished to the Company in writing expressly for use in the
        Registration Statement, Pre-Pricing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing
        Prospectus or Prospectus;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(e)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        sale
        of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is not prompted by any material
        information concerning the Company or any Subsidiary which is not set forth
        in
        the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), any Pre-Pricing
        Prospectus or the Prospectus;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(f)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">neither
        the Selling Stockholder nor any of its affiliates has taken, directly or
        indirectly, any action designed to, or which has constituted or would reasonably
        be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the
        price
        of the Shares in violation of Regulation M under the Act;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(g)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">there
        are
        no affiliations or associations between any member of the NASD and the Selling
        Stockholder, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement (excluding
        the
        exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus; none of
        the
        proceeds received by the Selling Stockholder from the sale of the Shares
        pursuant to this Agreement will be paid to a member of the NASD or any affiliate
        of (or person &#8220;associated with,&#8221; as such terms are used in the Rules of the
        NASD) such member;</font></div><br>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(h)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">at
        the
        time of purchase and each additional time of purchase, all stock transfer
        or
        other taxes (other than income taxes), if any, that are required to be paid
        in
        connection with the sale and transfer of the Shares to the several Underwriters
        hereunder will be fully paid or provided for by the Selling Stockholder,
        and all
        laws imposing such taxes will be fully complied with;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(i)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">no
        approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal,
        state,
        local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority
        or agency, or of or with any self-regulatory organization or other
        non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the
        NASDAQ), is required in connection with the sale of the Shares pursuant to
        this
        Agreement or the consummation by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions
        contemplated hereby or by the Custody Agreement other than (i) registration
        of
        the Shares under the Act, which has been effected (or, with respect to any
        registration statement to be filed hereunder pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
        the
        Act, will be effected in accordance herewith), (ii) any necessary qualification
        under the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which
        the
        Shares are being offered by the Underwriters or (iii) under the Conduct Rules
        of
        the NASD;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(j)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Selling Stockholder has not, prior to the execution of this Agreement, offered
        or sold any Shares by means of any &#8220;prospectus&#8221; (within the meaning of the Act),
        or used any &#8220;prospectus&#8221; (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the
        offer or sale of the Shares, in each case other than the then most recent
        Pre-Pricing Prospectus; and</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(k)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">pursuant
        to the Custody Agreement, certificates in negotiable form for the Shares
        to be
        sold by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement have been placed
        in
        custody for the purpose of making delivery of such Shares in accordance with
        this Agreement; the Selling Stockholder agrees that (i) such Shares represented
        by such certificates are for the benefit of, and coupled with and subject
        to the
        interest of, the Custodian, the Underwriters and the Company, (ii) the
        arrangements made by the Selling Stockholder for custody and for the appointment
        of the Custodian and the are irrevocable, and (iii) the obligations of the
        Selling Stockholder hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law,
        or by
        the occurrence of any event (each, an &#8220;Event&#8221;) (including the bankruptcy,
        insolvency, liquidation or dissolution of the Selling Stockholder or any
        other
        event); if an Event occurs before the delivery of the Shares hereunder,
        certificates for the Shares shall be delivered by the Custodian in accordance
        with the terms and conditions of the Custody Agreement and this Agreement,
        and
        actions taken by the Custodian pursuant to such Custody Agreement shall be
        as
        valid as if such Event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the
        Custodian shall have received notice thereof; and</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(l)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">neither
        the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Custody
        Agreement nor the sale by the Selling Stockholder of the Shares nor the
        consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will conflict
        with, result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default under
        (or
        constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time or both would result
        in
        any breach or violation of or </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">constitute
        a default under) (i) the limited liability company agreement or other
        organizational instruments of the Selling Stockholder, (ii) any indenture,
        mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence
        of
        indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument
        to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which the Selling Stockholder
        or any of its properties may be bound or affected, (iii) any federal, state,
        local or foreign law, regulation or rule, (iv) or any rule or regulation
        of any
        self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority,
        or
        (v) any decree, judgment or order applicable to the Selling Stockholder or
        any
        of its properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii) through (v) above
        that
        would not have any material adverse effect on the Selling Stockholder or
        any
        adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
        or
        result in any liability for the Company, the Underwriters or any purchaser
        of
        Shares.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Certain
        Covenants of the Company</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        The
        Company hereby agrees:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        furnish such information as may be reasonably required and otherwise to
        cooperate in qualifying the Shares for offering and sale under the securities
        or
        blue sky laws of such states or other jurisdictions as you may designate
        and to
        maintain such qualifications in effect so long as you may request for the
        distribution of the Shares; </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>provided</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>however</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        that
        the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation, to
        consent to the service of process under the laws of any such jurisdiction
        (except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of the Shares)
        or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction it is not otherwise so
        subject; and to promptly advise you of the receipt by the Company of any
        notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares
        for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of
        any
        proceeding for such purpose;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        make
        available to the Underwriters in New York City, as soon as practicable after
        this Agreement becomes effective, and thereafter from time to time to furnish
        to
        the Underwriters, as many copies of the Prospectus (or of the Prospectus
        as
        amended or supplemented if the Company shall have made any amendments or
        supplements thereto after the effective date of the Registration Statement)
        as
        the Underwriters may request for the purposes contemplated by the Act; in
        case
        any Underwriter is required to deliver (whether physically or through compliance
        with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule), in connection with the
        sale of
        the Shares, a prospectus after the nine-month period referred to in Section
        10(a)(3) of the Act, or after the time a post-effective amendment to the
        Registration Statement is required pursuant to Item 512(a) of Regulation
        S-K
        under the Act, the Company will prepare, at its expense, promptly upon request
        such amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
        as
        may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3)
        of the Act or Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K under the Act, as the case may
        be;</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">if,
        at
        the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary for a
        post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a Registration
        Statement </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">under
        Rule 462(b) under the Act, to be filed with the Commission and become effective
        before the Shares may be sold, the Company will use its commercially reasonable
        efforts to cause such post-effective amendment or such Registration Statement
        to
        be filed and become effective as soon as possible, and the Company will advise
        you promptly and, if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing,
        (i)
        when such post-effective amendment or such Registration Statement has become
        effective, and (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act is used, when the Prospectus
        is
        filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (which the
        Company agrees to file in a timely manner in accordance with such
        Rules);</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(d)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        advise
        you promptly, confirming such advice in writing, of any request by the
        Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any
        Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
        or for additional information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution
        of proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order, suspending the effectiveness
        of the Registration Statement and, if the Commission should enter a stop
        order
        suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to use its
        commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such
        order
        as soon as possible; to advise you promptly of any proposal to amend or
        supplement the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the
        Prospectus, and to provide you and Underwriters&#8217; counsel copies of any such
        documents for review and comment a reasonable amount of time prior to any
        proposed filing and to file no such amendment or supplement to which you
        shall
        object in writing;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(e)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">subject
        to Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5(d)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof,
        to file promptly all reports and documents and any preliminary or definitive
        proxy or information statement required to be filed by the Company with the
        Commission in order to comply with the Exchange Act for so long as a prospectus
        is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance
        with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale
        of
        Shares; and to provide you, for your review and comment, with a copy of such
        reports and statements and other documents to be filed by the Company pursuant
        to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during such period a reasonable
        amount of time prior to any proposed filing, and to promptly notify you of
        such
        filing;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(f)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">if
        necessary or appropriate, to file a registration statement pursuant to, and
        in
        accordance with, Rule 462(b) under the Act and pay the applicable fees in
        accordance with the Act;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(g)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        advise
        the Underwriters promptly of the happening of any event within the period
        during
        which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically
        or
        through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in
        connection with any sale of Shares, which event could require the making
        of any
        change in the Prospectus then being used so that the Prospectus would not
        include an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material
        fact
        necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
        circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and, during such
        time,
        subject to Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5(d)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof,
        to prepare and furnish, at the Company&#8217;s expense, to the Underwriters promptly
        such amendments or </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">supplements
        to such Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect any such change;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(h)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        make
        generally available to its security holders, and to deliver to you, an earnings
        statement of the Company (which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a)
        of
        the Act) covering a period of twelve months beginning with the first fiscal
        quarter of the Company occurring after the effective date of the Registration
        Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act) as soon as is reasonably
        practicable after the termination of such twelve-month period;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(i)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        furnish to you three copies of the Registration Statement, as initially filed
        with the Commission, and of all amendments thereto (including all exhibits
        thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and sufficient copies
        of the foregoing (other than exhibits) for distribution of a copy to each
        of the
        other Underwriters;</font></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(j)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        furnish to you as early as practicable prior to the time of purchase and
        any
        additional time of purchase, as the case may be, a copy of the latest available
        unaudited interim and monthly consolidated financial statements, if any,
        of the
        Company and the Subsidiaries which have been read by the Company&#8217;s independent
        registered public accountants, as stated in their letter to be furnished
        pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(k)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        comply
        with Rule 433(g) under the Act;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(l)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">beginning
        on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date that is 60 days
        after
        the date hereof (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Lock-Up
        Period</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        without the prior written consent of the Managing Underwriters, not to (i)
        sell,
        offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any
        option
        to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or
        indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate
        or
        decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the
        Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
        thereunder, with respect to, any Common Stock or securities convertible into
        or
        exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights
        to
        purchase Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that are
        substantially similar to Common Stock, (ii) file or cause to become effective
        a
        registration statement under the Act relating to the offer and sale of any
        shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or
        exchangeable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to purchase Common
        Stock or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar
        to
        Common Stock, (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers
        to
        another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership
        of
        Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
        for Common Stock, or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or
        any
        such securities, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery
        of
        Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iv) publicly
        announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i),
        (ii) or
        (iii), except, in each case, for (A) the registration of the offer and sale
        of
        the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement, (B) issuances of Common Stock
        upon
        the exercise of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in the Registration
        Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and
        </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Prospectus, (C) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during
        the Lock-Up Period, or restricted shares of Common Stock that are not
        transferable by the recipient thereof during the Lock-Up Period, pursuant
        to
        compensation plans described in the Registration Statement (excluding the
        exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, and the
        filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to any such plan,
        (D) the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to that certain Agreement
        and Plan of Merger, dated August 23, 2005, between the Company and Spectrum
        Organic Products, Inc., (E) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection
        with the acquisition of any company or business, in an aggregate amount not
        to
        exceed 1% of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof,
        so
        long as the recipient of any such shares delivers a Lock-Up Agreement to
        the
        Managing Underwriters, duly executed by such recipient, substantially in
        the
        form set forth in Exhibit A hereto and (F) upon five business days advance
        notice to the Managing Underwriters, the filing of a registration statement
        on
        Form S-3 covering up to 100,482 shares of Common Stock issued to Yeo Hiap
        Seng
        Limited and Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) Berhad, so long as no sales of Common
        Stock
        are permitted to occur pursuant to such registration statement on Form S-3
        during the Lock-Up Period and such restriction is disclosed in such registration
        statement on Form S-3 and in any press release or Form 8-K issued or filed
        by
        the Company with respect thereto; </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>provided</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>however</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        that if
        (a) during the period that begins on the date that is fifteen (15) calendar
        days
        plus three (3) business days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period and
        ends
        on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release
        or
        material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (b)
        prior
        to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will
        release earnings results during the sixteen (16) day period beginning on
        the
        last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions imposed by this Section
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5(l)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        shall
        continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is fifteen (15) calendar
        days plus three (3) business days after the date on which the issuance of
        the
        earnings release or the material news or material event occurs;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>provided
        further</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>however</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        that
        the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply if (i) the safe harbor
        provided by Rule 139 under the Act is available in the manner contemplated
        by
        Rule 2711(f)(4) of the NASD and (ii) within the 3 business days preceding
        the
        15th calendar day before the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Company
        delivers to the Managing Underwriters a certificate, signed by the Chief
        Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifying on
        behalf of the Company that the Company&#8217;s shares of Common Stock are &#8220;actively
        traded securities&#8221; within the meaning of Rule 2711(f)(4) of the
        NASD.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(m)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">prior
        to
        the time of purchase or any additional time of purchase, as the case may
        be, to
        issue no press release or other communication directly or indirectly and
        hold no
        press conferences with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, the financial
        condition, results of operations, business, properties, assets, or liabilities
        of the Company or any Subsidiary, or the offering of the Shares, without
        advising you thereof at least two business days in advance or, if not
        practicable, as far in advance as practicable (it being agreed by the
        Underwriters</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        to keep
        the fact of any such proposed press release, press conference, or other
        communication and, in each case, the substance thereof, confidential until
        the
        public release of such information by the Company);</font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(n)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">not,
        at
        any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to offer to sell any
        Shares by means of any &#8220;prospectus&#8221; (within the meaning of the Act), or use any
&#8220;prospectus&#8221; (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or
        sale of the Shares, in each case other than the Prospectus;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(o)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">not,
        and
        will cause its Subsidiaries not to, take, directly or indirectly, any action
        designed, or which will constitute, or has constituted, or might reasonably
        be
        expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price
        of
        any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
        Shares;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(p)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        use
        its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Common Stock to be listed
        for
        quotation on the NASDAQ and to maintain such listing; and</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(q)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of
        incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Stock.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">6.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Certain
        Covenants of the Selling Stockholder</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        The
        Selling Stockholder hereby agrees:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">not,
        during the Lock-Up Period, to offer or sell any Shares by means of any
&#8220;prospectus&#8221; (within the meaning of the Act), or use any &#8220;prospectus&#8221; (within
        the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares,
        in
        each case other than the Prospectus;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">not
        to
        take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or which will constitute,
        or has constituted, or would reasonably be expected to cause or result in
        the
        stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares in violation of
        Regulation M under the Act;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
        pay or
        cause to be paid all taxes, if any, on the transfer and sale of the
        Shares;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(d)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">during
        the Lock-Up Period, without the prior written consent of the Managing
        Underwriters, not to (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell,
        hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of
        or
        agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put
        equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within
        the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
        of
        the Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to, any Common Stock
        or
        securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock
        or
        warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock, (ii) make any demand for,
        or
        exercise any right with respect to, the registration of Common Stock or any
        securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock,
        or
        warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any such securities,
        (iii)
        enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole
        or
        in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Common Stock or
        any
        securities convertible </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">into
        or
        exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or warrants or other rights
        to
        purchase Common Stock or any such securities, whether any such transaction
        is to
        be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash
        or
        otherwise or (iv) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction
        specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), except, in each case, for transactions
        involving the offer and sale of the Firm Shares and Additional Shares as
        contemplated by this Agreement; </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>provided</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>however</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        that if
        (a) during the period that begins on the date that is fifteen (15) calendar
        days
        plus three (3) business days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period and
        ends
        on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release
        or
        material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (b)
        prior
        to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will
        release earnings results during the sixteen (16) day period beginning on
        the
        last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions imposed by this Section
        shall continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is fifteen
        (15)
        calendar days plus three (3) business days after the date on which the issuance
        of the earnings release or the material news or material event occurs;
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>provided
        further</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>however</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        that
        the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply if (i) the safe harbor
        provided by Rule 139 under the Act is available in the manner contemplated
        by
        Rule 2711(f)(4) of the NASD and (ii) within the 3 business days preceding
        the
        15th calendar day before the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Company
        delivers to the Managing Underwriters a certificate, signed by the Chief
        Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifying on
        behalf of the Company that the Company&#8217;s shares of Common Stock are &#8220;actively
        traded securities&#8221; within the meaning of Rule 2711(f)(4) of the NASD;
        and</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(f)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">prior
        to
        or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, to execute
        and deliver to the Underwriters the Custody Agreement. </font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Covenant
        to Pay Costs</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        (a)
        Without prejudice to any agreement between the Company and the Selling
        Stockholder relating to their obligations to one another for the payment
        of
        costs, expenses, fees and taxes in connection with the matters contemplated
        hereby, the Company and the Selling Stockholder agree to pay all costs,
        expenses, fees and taxes in connection with (i) the preparation and filing
        of
        the Registration Statement, each Basic Prospectus, each Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
        the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Permitted Free Writing
        Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and
        furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and to dealers
        (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the registration, issue,
        sale
        and delivery of the Shares including any stock or transfer taxes and stamp
        or
        similar duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares
        to the
        Underwriters, (iii) the producing, word processing and/or printing of this
        Agreement, any Agreement Among Underwriters, any dealer agreements, any Custody
        Agreements and any closing documents (including compilations thereof) and
        the
        reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to
        the
        Underwriters and (except closing documents) to dealers (including costs of
        mailing and shipment), (iv) the qualification of the Shares for offering
        and
        sale under state or foreign laws and the determination of their eligibility
        for
        investment under state or foreign law (including the legal fees and filing
        fees
        and other disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters) and the printing
        and
        furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys or legal investment surveys
        to the
        Underwriters and to dealers, (v) any listing of </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
        Shares on any securities exchange or qualification of the Shares for quotation
        on the NASDAQ and any registration thereof under the Exchange Act, (vi) any
        filing for review of the public offering of the Shares by the NASD, including
        the legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel to the
        Underwriters relating to NASD matters, (vii) the fees and disbursements of
        any
        transfer agent or registrar for the Shares, (viii) the costs and expenses
        of the
        Company and the Selling Stockholder relating to presentations or meetings
        undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering and sale of the
        Shares to prospective investors and the Underwriters&#8217; sales forces, including,
        without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show
        slides
        and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection
        with
        the road show presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred
        by the
        officers of the Company or by the Selling Stockholder and any such consultants,
        and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">and
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(ix)
        the
        performance of the Company&#8217;s and the Selling Stockholder&#8217;s other obligations
        hereunder</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Underwriters agree to reimburse the Selling Stockholder for up to $700,000
        of
        its expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including
        any such expenses of the Company that the Selling Stockholder has agreed
        to
        reimburse the Company, as described in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the
        Prospectus).</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Reimbursement
        of Underwriters&#8217; Expenses</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Without
        prejudice to any agreement between the Company and the Selling Stockholder
        relating to their obligations to one another for the payment of costs, expenses,
        fees and taxes in connection with the matters contemplated hereby, if the
        Shares
        are not delivered for any reason other than the termination of this Agreement
        pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof
        or the default by one or more of the Underwriters in its or their respective
        obligations hereunder, the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall, in
        addition to paying the amounts described in Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof,
        reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including
        the fees and disbursements of their counsel.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Conditions
        of Underwriters&#8217; Obligations</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy
        of
        the respective representations and warranties on the part of the Company
        and the
        Selling Stockholder on the date hereof, at the time of purchase and, if
        applicable, at the additional time of purchase, the performance by the Company
        and the Selling Stockholder of each of their respective obligations hereunder
        and to the following additional conditions precedent:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company shall furnish to you at the time of purchase and, if applicable,
        at the
        additional time of purchase, an opinion of Cahill Gordon &amp; Reindel LLP,
        counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriters, and dated the time
        of
        purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, with executed
        copies for each of the other Underwriters, and in form and substance
        satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, in the form set forth in </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Exhibit
        B</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereto</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Selling Stockholder shall furnish to you at the time of purchase and, if
        applicable, at the additional time of purchase, an opinion of Theodore N.
        Bobby,
        Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Selling Stockholder,
        addressed to the </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Managing
        Underwriters, and dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase,
        as the case may be, with executed copies for each of the other Underwriters,
        and
        in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, in the form
        set
        forth in </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Exhibit
        C</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereto.
</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">You
        shall
        have received from Ernst &amp; Young LLP letters dated, respectively, the date
        of this Agreement, the time of purchase and, if applicable, the additional
        time
        of purchase, and addressed to the Underwriters (with executed copies for
        each of
        the Underwriters) in the forms approved by the Managing Underwriters, which
        letters shall cover, without limitation, the various financial disclosures,
        if
        any, contained in the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(d)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">You
        shall
        have received at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at the additional
        time
        of purchase, the favorable opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell, counsel for the
        Underwriters, dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase,
        as
        the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managing
        Underwriters.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(e)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">No
        Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
        Prospectus shall have been filed to which you shall have objected in
        writing.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(f)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Registration Statement and any registration statement required to be filed,
        prior to the sale of the Shares, under the Act pursuant to Rule 462(b) shall
        have been filed and shall have become effective under the Act. The Prospectus
        Supplement shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
        under the Act at or before 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on the second full
        business day after the date of this Agreement (or such earlier time as may
        be
        required under the Act).</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(g)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Prior
        to
        the time of purchase, and, if applicable, the additional time of purchase,
        (i)
        no stop order with respect to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
        shall have been issued under the Act or proceedings initiated under Section
        8(d)
        or 8(e) of the Act; (ii) the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto
        shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
        a
        material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
        therein not misleading; (iii) none of the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses or the
        Prospectus, and no amendment or supplement thereto, shall include an untrue
        statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
        order
        to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
        they are made, not misleading; (iv) no Disclosure Package, and no amendment
        or
        supplement thereto, shall include an untrue statement of a material fact
        or omit
        to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
        in
        the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;
        and
        (v) none of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, shall include
        an
        untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
        in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
        under
        which they are made, not misleading.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(h)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company will, at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at the
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">additional
        time of purchase, deliver to you a certificate of its Chief Executive Officer
        and its Chief Financial Officer, dated the time of purchase or the additional
        time of purchase, as the case may be, in the form attached as </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Exhibit
        D</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereto.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(i)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Selling Stockholder will, at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at
        the
        additional time of purchase, deliver to you a certificate signed by the Selling
        Stockholder, dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase,
        as
        the case may be, in the form attached as </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Exhibit
        E</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereto.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(j)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">You
        shall
        have received each of the signed Lock-Up Agreements referred to in Section
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3(u)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof,
        and each such Lock-Up Agreement shall be in full force and effect at the
        time of
        purchase and the additional time of purchase, as the case may be.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(k)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company and the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to you such other
        documents and certificates as to the accuracy and completeness of any statement
        in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus
        or any
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as of the time of purchase and, if applicable,
        the additional time of purchase, as you may reasonably request.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(l)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Shares shall have been approved for quotation on the NASDAQ, subject only
        to
        notice of issuance at or prior to the time of purchase or the additional
        time of
        purchase, as the case may be.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(m)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        NASD
        shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or
        reasonableness of the underwriting, or other arrangements of the transactions,
        contemplated hereby.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 90pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.3; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(n)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
          </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
          Selling Stockholder shall have delivered to you a duly executed copy of
          the
          Custody Agreement<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
&#160;in&#160;&#160;form and substance satisfactory to the Managing
          Underwriters. </font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Effective
        Date of Agreement; Termination</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        This
        Agreement shall become effective when the parties hereto have executed and
        delivered this Agreement.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to
        termination in the absolute discretion of the Managing Underwriters, if (1)
        since the time of execution of this Agreement or the earlier respective dates
        as
        of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
        Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses,
        if
        any, there has been any material adverse change or any development involving
        a
        prospective material adverse change in the business, properties, management,
        financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries
        taken as a whole, which would, in the sole judgment of the Managing
        Underwriters, make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
        offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner
        contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses,
        the
        Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or (2) since
        the
        time of execution of this Agreement, there shall have occurred: (A) a suspension
        or material limitation in </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">trading
        in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
        Exchange or the NASDAQ; (B) a suspension or material limitation in trading
        in
        the Company&#8217;s securities on the NASDAQ; (C) a general moratorium on commercial
        banking activities declared by either federal or New York State authorities
        or a
        material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance
        services in the United States; (D) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities
        or
        acts of terrorism involving the United States or a declaration by the United
        States of a national emergency or war; or (E) any other calamity or crisis
        or
        any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States
        or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (D) or
        (E), in
        the sole judgment of the Managing Underwriters, makes it impracticable or
        inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares
        on
        the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the
        Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
        Prospectuses, if any, or (3) since the time of execution of this Agreement,
        there shall have occurred any downgrading, or any notice or announcement
        shall
        have been given or made of: (A) any intended or potential downgrading or
        (B) any
        watch, review or possible change that does not indicate an affirmation or
        improvement in the rating accorded any securities of or guaranteed by the
        Company or any Subsidiary by any &#8220;nationally recognized statistical rating
        organization,&#8221; as that term is defined in Rule 436(g)(2) under the
        Act.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
        the
        Managing Underwriters elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this
        Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        the
        Company, the Selling Stockholder and each other Underwriter shall be notified
        promptly in writing.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
        the
        sale to the Underwriters of the Shares, as contemplated by this Agreement,
        is
        not carried out by the Underwriters for any reason permitted under this
        Agreement, or if such sale is not carried out because the Company or the
        Selling
        Stockholder, as the case may be, shall be unable to comply with any of the
        terms
        of this Agreement, the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall not be under
        any obligation or liability under this Agreement (except to the extent provided
        in Sections </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        and
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        hereof),
        and the Underwriters shall be under no obligation or liability to the Company
        or
        the Selling Stockholder under this Agreement (except to the extent provided
        in
        Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof)
        or to one another hereunder.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Increase
        in Underwriters&#8217; Commitments</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Subject
        to Sections </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        and
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof,
        if any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to take up and pay for
        the
        Firm Shares to be purchased by it hereunder (otherwise than for a failure
        of a
        condition set forth in Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof
        or a reason sufficient to justify the termination of this Agreement under
        the
        provisions of Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof)
        and if the number of Firm Shares which all Underwriters so defaulting shall
        have
        agreed but failed to take up and pay for does not exceed 10% of the total
        number
        of Firm Shares, the non-defaulting Underwriters (including the Underwriters,
        if
        any, substituted in the manner set forth below) shall take up and pay for
        (in
        addition to the aggregate number of Firm Shares they are obligated to purchase
        pursuant to Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof)
        the number of Firm Shares agreed to be purchased by all such defaulting
        Underwriters, as hereinafter provided. Such Shares shall be taken up and
        paid
        for by such non-defaulting Underwriters in such amount or amounts as you
        may
        designate with the consent of each Underwriter so designated or, in the event
        no
        such designation is made, such Shares shall be taken up and paid for by all
        non-defaulting Underwriters pro rata in proportion to the aggregate number
        of
        Firm Shares set forth opposite the </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">names
        of
        such non-defaulting Underwriters in </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Schedule
        A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Without
        relieving any defaulting Underwriter from its obligations hereunder, the
        Selling
        Stockholder agrees with the non-defaulting Underwriters that it will not
        sell
        any Firm Shares hereunder unless all of the Firm Shares are purchased by
        the
        Underwriters (or by substituted Underwriters selected by you with the approval
        of the Company or selected by the Company with your approval).</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
        a new
        Underwriter or Underwriters are substituted by the Underwriters or by the
        Company for a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters in accordance with the
        foregoing provision, the Company or you shall have the right to postpone
        the
        time of purchase for a period not exceeding five business days in order that
        any
        necessary changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and other
        documents may be effected.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        term
&#8220;Underwriter&#8221; as used in this Agreement shall refer to and include any
        Underwriter substituted under this Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        with
        like effect as if such substituted Underwriter had originally been named
        in
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Schedule
        A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereto.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
        the
        aggregate number of Firm Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
        agreed to purchase exceeds 10% of the total number of Firm Shares which all
        Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, and if neither the non-defaulting
        Underwriters nor the Company shall make arrangements within the five business
        day period stated above for the purchase of all the Firm Shares which the
        defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, this
        Agreement shall terminate without further act or deed and without any liability
        on the part of the Company or the Selling Stockholder (except to the extent
        provided in Sections </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        and
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        hereof)
        to any Underwriter and without any liability on the part of any non-defaulting
        Underwriter to the Company or to the Selling Stockholder. Nothing in this
        paragraph, and no action taken hereunder, shall relieve any defaulting
        Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter
        under
        this Agreement.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Indemnity
        and Contribution</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Underwriter, its
        partners, directors and officers, and any person who controls any Underwriter
        within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
        Act,
        and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and
        against
        any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost
        of
        investigation) which, jointly or severally, any such Underwriter or any such
        person may incur under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise,
        insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or
        is
        based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
        fact contained in the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement
        as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Company) or arises
        out
        of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material
        fact
        required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
        not
        misleading, except insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or
        claim
        arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
        of a material fact </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">contained
        in, and in conformity with information concerning such Underwriter furnished
        in
        writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you to the Company expressly
        for use in, the Registration Statement or arises out of or is based upon
        any
        omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in the Registration
        Statement in connection with such information, which material fact was not
        contained in such information and which material fact was required to be
        stated
        in such Registration Statement or was necessary to make such information
        not
        misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
        material fact included in any Prospectus (the term Prospectus for the purpose
        of
        this Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        being
        deemed to include any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
        Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to
        the
        foregoing), in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in any &#8220;issuer
        information&#8221; (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) of the Company or in any
        Prospectus together with any combination of one or more of the Permitted
        Free
        Writing Prospectuses, if any, or arises out of or is based upon any omission
        or
        alleged omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
        statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
        made, not misleading, except, with respect to such Prospectus or Permitted
        Free
        Writing Prospectus, insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability
        or
        claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
        statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information
        concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of such
        Underwriter through you to the Company expressly for use in, such Prospectus
        or
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">arises
        out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material
        fact in such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in connection
        with
        such information, which material fact was not contained in such information
        and
        which material fact was necessary in order to make the statements in such
        information, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
        not
        misleading.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Selling Stockholder agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company,
        its directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement and each
        Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers, and any person who controls
        any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
        of the
        Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons,
        from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including
        the
        reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, any such
        Underwriter or any such person may incur under the Act, the Exchange Act,
        the
        common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability
        or
        claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
        untrue
        statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or
        in the
        Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof
        by the
        Company), as such Registration Statement relates to the Selling Stockholder,
        or
        arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state
        a
        material fact required to be stated therein relating to the Selling Stockholder
        or necessary to make the statements therein relating to the Selling Stockholder
        not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
        a
        material fact included in any Prospectus, in any Permitted Free Writing
        Prospectus or in any Prospectus together with any combination of one or more
        of
        the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or arises out of or is based
        upon </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">any
        omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary in order
        to make
        the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
        were
        made, not misleading</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        but
        only insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out
        of, or
        is based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
        or
        omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating
        to
        the Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company in writing by the Selling
        Stockholder expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that
        the
        only such information furnished by the Selling Stockholder consists of such
        information contained in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the
        Registration Statement under the captions &#8220;Selling Stockholder&#8221; (except for the
        dollar amounts of transactions described under &#8220;&#8212;Transactions between Heinz and
        us in the last three years,&#8221; inasmuch as such amounts are not separately tracked
        in the accounting systems of the Selling Stockholder and its affiliates),
        &#8220;Underwriting,&#8221; &#8220;Plan of Distribution,&#8221; &#8220;Item 14.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        - Other
        Expenses of Issuance and Distribution,&#8221; and the statements in the revised
        definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on October
        31, 2005 under the caption &#8220;Certain Relationships&#8221; (except as aforesaid with
        respect to the dollar amounts of transactions described in the third paragraph
        thereunder) relating to the Selling Stockholder.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each
        Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company,
        its directors, officers, employees and agents, the Selling Stockholder and
        any
        person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act
        or
        Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of
        the
        foregoing persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability
        or
        claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or
        severally, the Company, the Selling Stockholder or any such person may incur
        under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as
        such
        loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon
        (i) any
        untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
        in,
        and in conformity with information concerning such Underwriter furnished
        in
        writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you to the Company expressly
        for use in, the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement
        as
        amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Company), or arises
        out
        of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material
        fact in
        such Registration Statement in connection with such information, which material
        fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was required
        to be stated in such Registration Statement or was necessary to make such
        information not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
        statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information
        concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of such
        Underwriter through you to the Company expressly for use in, a Prospectus
        or a
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or arises out of or is based upon any
        omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Prospectus
        or
        Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in connection with such information, which
        material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact
        was
        necessary in order to make the statements in such information, in the light
        of
        the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.</font></div><br>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(d)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
        any
        action, suit or proceeding (each, a &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Proceeding</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        is
        brought against a person (an &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>indemnified
        party</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        in
        respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company, the Selling
        Stockholder or an Underwriter (as applicable, the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>indemnifying
        party</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        pursuant to subsection </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        or
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        respectively, of this Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        such
        indemnified party shall promptly notify such indemnifying party in writing
        of
        the institution of such Proceeding and such indemnifying party shall assume
        the
        defense of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably
        satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses;
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>provided</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>however</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        that
        the omission to so notify such indemnifying party shall not relieve such
        indemnifying party from any liability which such indemnifying party may have
        to
        any indemnified party or otherwise. The indemnified party or parties shall
        have
        the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees
        and
        expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party
        or
        parties unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized
        in
        writing by the indemnifying party in connection with the defense of such
        Proceeding or the indemnifying party shall not have, within a reasonable
        period
        of time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to defend such
        Proceeding or such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded
        that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from,
        additional to or in conflict with those available to such indemnifying party
        (in
        which case such indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the
        defense of such Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties),
        in
        any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by such indemnifying
        party and paid as incurred (it being understood, however, that such indemnifying
        party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel
        (in
        addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related
        Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties
        who
        are parties to such Proceeding). The indemnifying party shall not be liable
        for
        any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent but,
        if
        settled with its written consent, such indemnifying party agrees to indemnify
        and hold harmless the indemnified party or parties from and against any loss
        or
        liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence,
        if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying
        party
        to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as
        contemplated by the second sentence of this Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12(d)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        then
        the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement
        of any
        Proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
        entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by such indemnifying
        party
        of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have fully
        reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to
        the
        date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given
        the
        indemnifying party at least 30 days&#8217; prior notice of its intention to settle. No
        indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
        party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect
        of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity
        could
        have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement
        includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability
        on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not include
        an
        admission of fault or culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of
        such
        indemnified party.</font></div><br>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(e)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
        the
        indemnification provided for in this Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        is
        unavailable to an indemnified party under subsections </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        and
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        of this
        Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        or
        insufficient to hold an indemnified party harmless in respect of any losses,
        damages, expenses, liabilities or claims referred to therein, then each
        applicable indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
        by
        such indemnified party as a result of such losses, damages, expenses,
        liabilities or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
        the
        relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder on
        the one
        hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares
        or
        (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
        applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
        the
        relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault
        of
        the Company and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and of the Underwriters
        on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
        in
        such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other
        relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
        Company
        and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
        shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total proceeds
        from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before
        deducting expenses) received by the Selling Stockholder, and the total
        underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, bear
        to the
        aggregate public offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the
        Company
        and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the
        other
        shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
        statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
        omission relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling
        Stockholder or by the Underwriters and the parties&#8217; relative intent, knowledge,
        access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement
        or
        omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses,
        damages, expenses, liabilities and claims referred to in this subsection
        shall
        be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred
        by
        such party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending
        any Proceeding.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        The
        provisions of this subsection (e) are without prejudice to any agreement
        between
        the Company and the Selling Stockholder with respect to their obligations
        to one
        another. </font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(f)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters agree that it would
        not be
        just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        were
        determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated
        as one
        entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not
        take
        account of the equitable considerations referred to in subsection </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(e)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        above.
        Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        no
        Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
        by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by such Underwriter
        and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount
        of
        any damage which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason
        of such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
        omission</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">No
        person
        guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f)
        of
        the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
        of
        such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters&#8217; obligations to contribute
        pursuant to this Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        are
        several in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments
</font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">and
        not
        joint.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(g)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        and the
        covenants, warranties and representations of the Company and the Selling
        Stockholder contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
        regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter,
        its
        partners, directors or officers or any person (including each partner, officer
        or director of such person) who controls any Underwriter within the meaning
        of
        Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf
        of
        the Company or the Selling Stockholder, their respective directors or officers
        or any person who controls the Company or the Selling Stockholder within
        the
        meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and shall
        survive any termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of
        the
        Shares. The Company, the Selling Stockholder and each Underwriter agree promptly
        to notify each other of the commencement of any Proceeding against it and,
        in
        the case of the Company or the Selling Stockholder, against any of their
        officers or directors in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares,
        or
        in connection with the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
        the
        Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">13.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Information
        Furnished by the Underwriters</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        The
        statements set forth under the captions &#8220;Underwriting&#8212;Commissions and discounts&#8221;
and &#8220;Underwriting&#8212;Price stabilization, short positions, passive market making&#8221;
in the Prospectus, only insofar as such statements relate to the amount of
        selling concession and reallowance or to over-allotment and stabilization
        activities that may be undertaken by the Underwriters, constitute the only
        information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters, as such information
        is referred to in Sections </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        and
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">14.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Notices</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Except
        as otherwise herein provided, all statements, requests, notices and agreements
        shall be in writing or by telegram or facsimile and, if to the Underwriters,
        shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to UBS Securities
        LLC,
        299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171-0026, Attention: Syndicate Department,
        if to
        the Company, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to
        the
        Company at the offices of the Company at 58 South Service Road, Melville,
        NY
        11747, Attention: Irwin D. Simon, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
        Executive Officer, and, if to the Selling Stockholder, shall be sufficient
        in
        all respects if delivered or sent to the Selling Stockholder at USX Tower,
        600
        Grant St., 60</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>th</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        Floor,
        Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (facsimile: 412-456-6102), Attention: General
        Counsel.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">15.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Governing
        Law; Construction</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        This
        Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or nature
        whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement
        (&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Claim</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        directly or indirectly, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
        with,
        the laws of the State of New York. The section headings in this Agreement
        have
        been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not a part
        of this
        Agreement.</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">16.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Submission
        to Jurisdiction</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Except
        as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in
        any
        court other than the courts of the State of New York </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">located
        in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court
        for
        the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over
        the
        adjudication of such matters, and the Company and the Selling Stockholder
        each
        consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect
        thereto. Each Underwriter, the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent
        permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates)
        and
        the Selling Stockholder (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by
        applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) each waives
        all
        right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether
        based
        upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to
        this
        Agreement. The Company and the Selling Stockholder each agrees that a final
        judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such
        court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and the Selling
        Stockholder and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of
        which
        the Company or the Selling Stockholder is or may be subject, by suit upon
        such
        judgment.</font></div>
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        The
        Agreement herein set forth has been and is made solely for the benefit of
        the
        Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholder and to the extent provided
        in Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        hereof
        the controlling persons, partners, directors and officers referred to in
        such
        Section, and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal
        representatives and executors and administrators. No other person, partnership,
        association or corporation (including a purchaser, as such purchaser, from
        any
        of the Underwriters) shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of
        this
        Agreement.</font></div>
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        The
        Company and the Selling Stockholder each hereby acknowledges that the
        Underwriters are acting solely as underwriters in connection with the purchase
        and sale of the Company&#8217;s securities. The Company and the Selling Stockholder
        each further acknowledges that the Underwriters are acting pursuant to a
        contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on
        an
        arm&#8217;s length basis, and in no event do the parties intend that the Underwriters
        act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company or the Selling Stockholder,
        their respective management, stockholders or creditors or any other person
        in
        connection with any activity that the Underwriters may undertake or have
        undertaken in furtherance of the purchase and sale of the Company&#8217;s securities,
        either before or after the date hereof. The Underwriters hereby expressly
        disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company or the Selling
        Stockholder, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
        Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Company
        and
        the Selling Stockholder each hereby confirms its understanding and agreement
        to
        that effect. The Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters agree
        that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments
        with
        respect to any such transactions and that any opinions or views expressed
        by the
        Underwriters to the Company or the Selling Stockholder regarding such
        transactions, including, but not limited to, any opinions or views with respect
        to the price or market for the Company&#8217;s securities, do not constitute advice or
        recommendations to the Company or the Selling Stockholder. The Company and
        the
        Selling Stockholder each hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
        permitted by law, any claims that the Company or the Selling Stockholder
        may
        have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach
        of
        any fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or the Selling Stockholder in
        connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters
        leading up to such transactions.</font></div><br>
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        This
        Agreement may be signed by the parties in one or more counterparts which
        together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the
        parties.</font></div>
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        and Assigns</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        This
        Agreement shall be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling
        Stockholder and their successors and assigns and any successor or assign
        of any
        substantial portion of the Company&#8217;s, the Selling Stockholder&#8217;s and any of the
        Underwriters&#8217; respective businesses and/or assets.</font></div>
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        UBS
        Securities LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of UBS AG, is not a
        bank
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        of
        UBS AG. Because UBS Securities LLC, and each of the other Managing Underwriters,
        is a separately incorporated entity, it is solely responsible for its own
        contractual obligations and commitments, including obligations with respect
        to
        sales and purchases of securities. Securities sold, offered or recommended
        by
        UBS Securities LLC (or any other Underwriter) are not deposits, are not insured
        by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, are not guaranteed by a branch
        or
        agency, and are not otherwise an obligation or responsibility of a branch
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        agency.</font></div>
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        the
        foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the Company, the Selling
        Stockholder and the several Underwriters, please so indicate in the space
        provided below for that purpose, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance
        shall constitute a binding agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholder
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        A</u></strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="bottom" width="65%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Underwriter</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="3%">&#160;</td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Number
                  of Firm Shares</font></div>
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              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="65%">
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                  SECURITIES LLC</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="3%">&#160;</td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1,853,585</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">BANC
                  OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="3%">&#160;</td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1,853,585</font></div>
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              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="65%" style="border-bottom: #ffffff thin solid;">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">J.P.
                  MORGAN SECURITIES INC.</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="3%">&#160;</td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1,588,787</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="65%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Total</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="3%">&#160;</td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="13%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5,295,957</font></div>
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        B</u></strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">PERMITTED
        FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">None.</font></div>
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        C</u></strong></font></div>
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                  Price: </font></div>
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        A</u></strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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        Agreement</u></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">December
        __, 2005</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">UBS
        Securities LLC</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Banc
        of
        America Securities LLC</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">J.P.
        Morgan Securities Inc.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>as
        Managing Underwriters</em></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Together
        with the other Underwriters</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">named
        in
        Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">referred
        to herein</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">c/o
        UBS
        Securities LLC</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">299
        Park
        Avenue</font></div>
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        York,
        New York 10171-0026</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ladies
        and Gentlemen:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
        Lock-Up Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed
        Underwriting Agreement (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Underwriting
        Agreement</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        to be
        entered into by The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
        &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Company</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        the
        Selling Stockholder named therein and you and the other underwriters named
        in
        Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement, with respect to the public offering
        (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Offering</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        of
        common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Common
        Stock</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;).</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
        order
        to induce you to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned agrees
        that, for a period (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Lock-Up
        Period</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date that
        is 60
        days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not,
        without the prior written consent of the Managing Underwriters, (i) sell,
        offer
        to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option
        to
        purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly,
        or file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Commission</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        in
        respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate
        or
        decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
        of
        the Commission promulgated thereunder (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Exchange
        Act</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        with
        respect to, any Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable
        or exchangeable for Common Stock, or warrants or other rights to purchase
        Common
        Stock or any such securities, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement
        that
        transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences
        of
        ownership of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable
        or
        exchangeable for Common Stock, or warrants or other rights to purchase Common
        Stock or any such securities, whether any such transaction is to be settled
        by
        delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or
        (iii)
        publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause
        (i)
        or (ii). The </font></div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">foregoing
        sentence shall not apply to (a) bona fide gifts, provided the recipient thereof
        agrees in writing with the Underwriters to be bound by the terms of this
        Lock-Up
        Agreement or (b) dispositions to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit
        of
        the undersigned and/or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided
        that
        such trust agrees in writing with the Underwriters to be bound by the terms
        of
        this Lock-Up Agreement. For purposes of this paragraph, &#8220;immediate family&#8221; shall
        mean the undersigned and the spouse, any lineal descendent, father, mother,
        brother or sister of the undersigned.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
        addition, the undersigned hereby waives any rights the undersigned may have
        to
        require registration of Common Stock in connection with the filing of a
        registration statement relating to the Offering. The undersigned further
        agrees
        that, for the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned will not, without the prior
        written consent of the Managing Underwriters, make any demand for, or exercise
        any right with respect to, the registration of Common Stock or any securities
        convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or warrants
        or
        other rights to purchase Common Stock or any such securities.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Notwithstanding
        the above, if (a) during the period that begins on the date that is fifteen
        (15)
        calendar days plus three (3) business days before the last day of the Lock-Up
        Period and ends on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues
        an
        earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company
        occurs; or (b) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company
        announces that it will release earnings results during the sixteen (16) day
        period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions
        imposed by this Lock-Up Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration
        of the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days plus three (3) business days
        after the date on which the issuance of the earnings release or the material
        news or material event occurs; </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>provided</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>however</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        that
        this paragraph shall not apply if (i) the safe harbor provided by Rule 139
        under
        the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is available in the manner contemplated
        by Rule 2711(f)(4) of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
        (the
&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>NASD</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;);
        and
        (ii) within the 3 business days preceding the 15th calendar day before the
        last
        day of the Lock-Up Period, the Company delivers (in accordance with the notice
        provisions of the Underwriting Agreement) to the Managing Underwriters a
        certificate, signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer
        of
        the Company, certifying on behalf of the Company that the Company&#8217;s shares of
        Common Stock are &#8220;actively traded securities,&#8221; within the meaning of Rule
        2711(f)(4) of the NASD.</font></div>
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        undersigned hereby confirms that the undersigned has not, directly or
        indirectly, taken, and hereby covenants that the undersigned will not, directly
        or indirectly, take, any action designed, or which has constituted or will
        constitute or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the
        stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
        to
        facilitate the sale or resale of shares of Common Stock.</font></div>
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        (i)
        the Company notifies you in writing that it does not intend to proceed with
        the
        Offering, (ii) the registration statement filed with the Commission with
        respect
        to the Offering is withdrawn or (iii) for any reason the Underwriting Agreement
        shall be terminated prior to the &#8220;time of purchase&#8221; (as defined in the
        Underwriting Agreement), this Lock-Up Agreement shall be terminated and the
        undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder.</font></div>
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        very truly,</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
        ____________________________<br></div>
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        OF
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">December
        23, 2005</font></div>
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        Securities LLC</font></div>
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        of
        America Securities LLC</font></div>
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        Morgan Securities Inc.</font></div>
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        Managing Underwriters</em></font></div>
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        UBS
        Securities LLC</font></div>
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        Park
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        York,
        New York 10171-0026</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ladies
        and Gentlemen:</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
                  corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
                  with
                  full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
                  properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration
                  Statement, the preliminary prospectus of the Company, dated December
                  13,
                  2005, relating to the Shares (including the basic prospectus attached
                  thereto and the documents incorporated by reference therein, the
                  &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Pre-Pricing
                  Prospectus</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
                  the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses attached
                  hereto
                  as </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Annex
                  A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
                  to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and to perform
                  its
                  obligations thereunder.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Celestial
                  has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
                  in
                  good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full
                  corporate
                  power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
                  to
                  conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement,
                  the
                  Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
                  Prospectuses attached hereto as </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Annex
                  A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
              </td>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div>
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            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  Company and Celestial are each duly qualified to do business as
                  a foreign
                  corporation and are in good standing in each jurisdiction where
                  the
                  ownership or leasing of their respective properties or the conduct
                  of
                  their respective businesses requires such qualification, except
                  where the
                  failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not, individually
                  or
                  in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
                  Effect.</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
                  by
                  the Company</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
              </td>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
                  paid and
                  non-assessable</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
              </td>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">6.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
                  of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
                  have
                  been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable
                  and are free of statutory preemptive rights and, to our knowledge,
                  contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights
                  </font></div>
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        </table>
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      </div><br>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">of
        first
        refusal and similar rights;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
                  of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Celestial have been
                  duly
                  authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable
                  and,
                  except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement (excluding
                  the
                  exhibits thereto), the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus,
                  are
                  owned by the Company, subject to no security interest, other encumbrance
                  or adverse claim; the Shares are duly listed, and admitted and
                  authorized
                  for trading, on the NASDAQ.</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  capital stock of the Company, including the Shares, conforms in
                  all
                  material respects to the description thereof, if any, contained
                  in the
                  Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
                  Prospectus</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                  and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses attached hereto as
                  </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Annex
                  A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus
                  (except as to the financial statements and schedules, and other
                  financial
                  data derived therefrom, contained in the Registration Statement,
                  the
                  Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, as to which we express
                  no
                  opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements
                  of the Act (including, in the case of the Prospectus, Section 10(a)
                  of the
                  Act); the conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with
                  the
                  offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated by the Underwriting
                  Agreement have been satisfied; the Registration Statement meets,
                  and the
                  offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated by the Underwriting
                  Agreement complies with, the requirements of Rule 415 under the
                  Act
                  (including, without limitation, Rule 415(a)(5)); and each Incorporated
                  Document, at the time such document was filed with the Commission
                  or at
                  the time such document became effective, as applicable, complied
                  as to
                  form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange
                  Act
                  (except as to the financial statements and schedules, and other
                  financial
                  data derived therefrom, contained in such document, as to which
                  we express
                  no opinion).</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">To
                  our knowledge, the Company is not an &#8220;ineligible issuer&#8221; (as defined in
                  Rule 405 under the Act) as of the eligibility determination date
                  for
                  purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the
                  offering
                  of the Shares contemplated by the Registration
                  Statement.</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div>
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            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and,
                  to our
                  knowledge, no stop order proceedings with respect thereto are pending
                  or
                  threatened under the Act, and any required filing of the Prospectus
                  and
                  any supplement thereto pursuant to Rule 424 or Rule 430B under
                  the Act has
                  been made in the manner and within the time period required by
                  such Rule
                  424</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                  and in compliance with Rule 430B under the
                  Act.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div>
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            <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">No
                  approval, authorization, consent or order under any federal law,
                  the laws
                  of the State of New York or under the Delaware General Corporation
                  Law or
                  approval, authorization, consent of or filing with any New York
                  or
                  Delaware governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority
                  or
                  agency, or approval of the stockholders of the Company, is required
                  in
                  connection with the sale of the Shares or with the consummation
                  of the
                  transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement other than
                  registration of the Shares under the Act (except that we express
                  no
                  opinion as to any necessary qualification under the state
                  </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div><br>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">securities
        or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Shares are being
        offered by the Underwriters or as to the rules and regulations of the NASD
        applicable to its members).</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">13.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement
                  by the
                  Company, the sale of the Shares pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement
                  and
                  the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting
                  Agreement do not and will not result in any breach or violation
                  of or
                  constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which, with
                  notice,
                  lapse of time or both, would result in any breach or violation
                  of or
                  constitute a default under or give the holder of any indebtedness
                  (or a
                  person acting on such holder&#8217;s behalf) the right to require the
                  repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a part of such indebtedness
                  under) (or result in the creation or imposition of a lien, charge
                  or
                  encumbrance on any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary
                  pursuant to) (i) the charter or bylaws of the Company or any of
                  the
                  Subsidiaries, or (ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank
                  loan or
                  credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license,
                  lease,
                  contract or other agreement or instrument (collectively, &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Agreements
                  and Instruments</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
                  which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any
                  Incorporated Document, or (iii) federal laws, the laws of the State
                  of New
                  York or the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) any decree,
                  judgment
                  or order applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or
                  any of
                  their respective properties, which decree, judgment or order is
                  known by
                  us except, in (iii) or (iv) as would not reasonably be expected
                  to have a
                  Material Adverse Effect.</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
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              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">14.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">To
                  our knowledge, there are no contracts, licenses, agreements, leases
                  or
                  documents of a character which are required to be described in
                  the
                  Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus
                  or to
                  be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any Incorporated
                  Document which have not been so described or filed as
                  required.</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">15.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">To
                  our knowledge, (i) the Company is not a party to any legal or governmental
                  action or proceeding that challenges the validity or enforceability,
                  or
                  seeks to enjoin the performance, of the Underwriting Agreement;
                  and (ii)
                  there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings
                  pending, threatened or contemplated to which the Company or any
                  of the
                  Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers is
                  or would
                  be a party or to which any of their respective properties is or
                  would be
                  subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local
                  or
                  foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority
                  or
                  agency which are required to be described in the Registration Statement,
                  the Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus but are not so described
                  as
                  required.</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">16.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Neither
                  the Company nor Celestial is and, after giving effect to the offering
                  and
                  sale of the Shares, neither will be an &#8220;investment company&#8221; or an entity
                  &#8220;controlled&#8221; by an &#8220;investment company,&#8221; as such terms are defined in the
                  Investment Company Act.</font></div>
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      </div>
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              <td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">17.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  statements in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus
                  and
                  the Prospectus under the headings &#8220;Description of Capital Stock,&#8221; and
                  &#8220;Underwriting&#8221; insofar as such statements constitute summaries of
                  documents or legal proceedings or refer to matters of law or legal
                  conclusions, are accurate and complete in all material respects
                  and
                  present fairly the information purported to be shown</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">No
                  person has the right, pursuant to the terms of any contract, agreement
                  or
                  other instrument described in or filed as an exhibit to the Registration
                  Statement or any Incorporated Document or otherwise known to us,
                  to cause
                  the Company to register under the Act any shares of Common Stock
                  or shares
                  of any other capital stock or other equity interest in the Company
                  (other
                  than the filing of a registration statement for 100,482 shares
                  of Common
                  Stock issued to Yeo Hiap Seng Limited and Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia)
                  Berhad)
                  or to include any such shares or interest in the Registration Statement
                  or
                  the offering contemplated thereby.</font></div>
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        We
        have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives
        of the
        Company, representatives of the independent registered public accounting
        firm
        for the Company and representatives of the Underwriter at which the contents
        of
        the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the documents specified in
        Annex
        A hereto (the &#8220;General Disclosure Documents&#8221;) and related matters were
        discussed.&#160; Although we have made certain inquiries and investigations in
        connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
        and the General Disclosure Documents, the limitations inherent in the role
        of
        outside counsel are such that we cannot and do not&#160; assume any
        responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
        contained in such documents, except as provided in paragraph 17 of our opinion
        to you of even date herewith.&#160; Subject to the foregoing, we advise you
        that, in connection with our work on this matter, no facts have come to our
        attention that lead us to believe that (i)&#160;the Registration Statement,
        including the documents incorporated therein by reference, at the Effective
        Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
        any
        material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
        therein not misleading, (ii)&#160;the Prospectus, as of its date or as of the
        date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact
        or
        omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
        statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
        made, not misleading or (iii)&#160;the General Disclosure Documents, as of 4:30
        pm (Eastern time) on the date of the Underwriting Agreement, contained or
        contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state
        a
        material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
        of
        the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being
        understood that we express no comment with respect to the financial statements,
        including the notes thereto, or any other financial data included in or
        incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
        or the
        General Disclosure Documents).</font></div>
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        terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed
        to them in the Underwriting Agreement.</font></div><br>
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        Pre-Pricing Prospectus dated as of December 13, 2005</font></div>
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        Schedule C attached to the Underwriting Agreement</font></div>
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        23, 2005</font></div>
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        Morgan Securities Inc.</font></div>
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        Managing Underwriters</font></div>
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        Securities LLC</font></div>
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        Park
        Avenue</font></div>
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        York,
        New York 10171-0026</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
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        and Gentlemen:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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        am the
        Senior Vice President and General Counsel of H.J. Heinz Company, and I have
        acted as counsel for HJH One, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
        (the
&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Selling
        Stockholder</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        in
        connection with the Underwriting Agreement dated December 19, 2005 (the
&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Underwriting
        Agreement</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        among
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        the
        Selling Stockholder and you, as representatives of the several underwriters
        named in Schedule A thereto (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Underwriters</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;).
        Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Selling Stockholder proposes
        to
        sell, and you severally propose to purchase, an aggregate of 5,295,957 shares
        (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Shares</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        of the
        Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share. This opinion is delivered
        pursuant to Section 9(b) of the Underwriting Agreement at the request of
        the
        Selling Stockholder.</font></div>
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        have
        examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my
        satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public
        officials and other instruments as I have deemed necessary for the purposes
        of
        rendering this opinion. I have assumed the genuineness of all
        signatures.</font></div>
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        terms used but not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the
        Underwriting Agreement.</font></div>
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        Selling Stockholder has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
        limited
        liability company in good standing under the laws of Delaware, with full
        power
        and authority to conduct its business.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(ii)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each
        of
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        executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder. The Custody Agreement
        is a
</font></div>
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        insolvency or similar laws affecting creditor&#8217;s rights generally and equitable
        principles of general applicability. </font></div>
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        execution, delivery and performance by the Selling Stockholder of the Custody
        Agreement and Underwriting Agreement, and the sale of the Shares to be sold
        by
        the Selling Stockholder, will not result in a breach or violation of (A)
        any of
        the terms or provisions of its limited liability company agreement, (B) any
        other agreement to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which its
        assets are bound or (C) any provision of United States federal or New York
        state
        law or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in our experience
        is
        normally applicable to limited liability companies in relation to transactions
        of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, provided that I express
        no opinion as to any United States federal or state securities
        laws.</font></div>
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        consent, approval, authorization or order of any governmental agency or body
        under United States federal or New York state law that in my experience is
        normally applicable to limited liability companies in relation to transactions
        of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement is required to be
        obtained or made by the Selling Stockholder for the execution, delivery and
        performance of the Underwriting Agreement or in connection with the sale
        to the
        Underwriters of the Shares sold by the Selling Stockholder, except such as
        have
        been obtained and such as may be required under federal or state securities
        laws, as to which I express no opinion.</font></div>
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        payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters
        as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the delivery of such Shares to
        Cede
&amp; Co. (&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Cede</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        or
        such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company
        (&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>DTC</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        the
        registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and
        the
        crediting of such Shares on the records of DTC to security accounts in the
        name
        of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any of the Underwriters
        has
        notice of any adverse claim (as such phrase is defined in Section 8-105 of
        the
        Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>UCC</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;))
        to
        such Shares or any security entitlement in respect thereof), (A) DTC shall
        be a
&#8220;protected purchaser&#8221; of such Shares within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the
        UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a
        security entitlement in respect of such Shares and (C) to the extent governed
        by
        Article 8 of the UCC, no action based on any &#8220;adverse claim&#8221; (as defined in
        Section 8-102 of the UCC) to such Shares may be asserted against the
        Underwriters; it being understood that for purposes of this opinion, we have
        assumed that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (x) such Shares
        will have been registered in the name of Cede or such other nominee as may
        be
        designated by DTC, in each case on the Company&#8217;s share registry in accordance
        with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC
        will
        be registered as a &#8220;clearing corporation&#8221; within the meaning of Section 8-102 of
        the UCC and (z) appropriate entries to the securities account or accounts
        in the
        names of the Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant
        to
        the UCC.</font></div>
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        statements included in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the
        Registration Statement, in each case, under the captions &#8220;Selling Stockholder&#8221;
(with your permission, except with respect to the dollar amounts of transactions
        described under &#8220;&#8212;</font></div>
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        Distribution,&#8221; &#8220;Item 14 - Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution,&#8221; and the
        statements in the revised definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed
        with
        the Commission on October 31, 2005 under the caption &#8220;Certain Relationships&#8221;
(except as aforesaid with respect to dollar amounts in the third paragraph
        thereof) to the extent that they relate to the Selling Stockholder, H.J.
        Heinz
        Company and each affiliate of H.J. Heinz Company (other than the Company)
        were
        and are true and correct in all material respects at the Effective Time,
        as of
        the date of the Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, the date of the
        Underwriting Agreement or the date hereof.</font></div>
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        am a
        member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the foregoing opinion
        is limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware
        Limited
        Liability Company Act and the federal laws of the United States. As to all
        matters related to New York law, I have relied, with your permission, on
        the
        opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell delivered to the Selling Stockholder of
        even date herewith, a copy of which is attached hereto. </font></div>
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        have
        assumed (except as expressly set forth above with respect to the Selling
        Stockholder) that each party to each of the Custody Agreement and the
        Underwriting Agreement has been duly organized and is validly existing and
        in
        good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. In addition,
        I
        have assumed (except as expressly set forth above with respect to the Selling
        Stockholder) that the execution, delivery and performance by each party thereto
        of each such agreement to which it is a party, (1) are within its corporate
        or
        limited liability company powers, (2) do not contravene, or constitute a
        default
        under, the constitutive documents of such party, (3) require no action by
        or in
        respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official and
        (4) do
        not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable
        law
        or regulation or any judgment, injunction, order or decree or any agreement
        or
        other instrument binding upon such party.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
        opinion is rendered solely to you and the other several Underwriters in
        connection with the Underwriting Agreement. This opinion may not be relied
        upon
        by you for any other purpose or relied upon by any other person (including
        any
        person acquiring Shares from the several Underwriters) or furnished to any
        other
        person without our prior written consent.</font></div>
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                  truly yours,</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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        D</u></strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">OFFICERS&#8217;
        CERTIFICATE</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each
        of
        the undersigned, Irwin D. Simon, President, in his capacity as Chief Executive
        Officer and Chairman of the Board of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., a Delaware
        corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Company</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;),
        and
        Ira J. Lamel, in his capacity as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
        Officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company, does hereby certify pursuant
        to Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9(h)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        of that
        certain Underwriting Agreement dated December 19, 2005 (the &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Underwriting
        Agreement</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)
        among
        the Company, the Selling Stockholder named therein and, on behalf of the
        several
        Underwriters named therein, UBS Securities LLC, Banc of America Securities
        LLC
        and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., that as of December 23, 2005:</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">He
                  has reviewed the Registration Statement, each Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
                  the
                  Prospectus and each Permitted Free Writing
                  Prospectus.</font></div>
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              <td>
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                  representations and warranties of the Company as set forth in the
                  Underwriting Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof
                  and as
                  if made on the date hereof.</font></div>
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              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  Company has performed all of its obligations under the Underwriting
                  Agreement as are to be performed at or before the date
                  hereof.</font></div>
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              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                  conditions set forth in paragraph </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(g)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                  of
                  Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                  of
                  the Underwriting Agreement have been
                  met.</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Attached
                  hereto as </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Exhibit
                  A</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                  is
                  a schedule setting forth the derivation from the Company&#8217;s audited
                  financial statements as of June 30, 2005 and 2004 and for the three
                  years
                  ended June 30, 2005 of the &#8220;non-GAAP&#8221; financial figures included in the
                  Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
                  2005, which were not subsequently included in the Company&#8217;s Form 10-K/A
                  for such fiscal year. The undersigned have reviewed such schedule
                  and
                  confirm that such figures were derived as set forth in such
                  schedule.</font></div>
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        terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed
        to them in the Underwriting Agreement.</font></div>
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        Witness Whereof,</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        the
        undersigned have hereunto set their hands on this 23rd day of December,
        2005.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="40%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 63pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">________________________________</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 63pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Name:&#160;&#160;
                  </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Irwin
                  D. Simon</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 63pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Title:&#160;&#160;&#160;
                  </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">President,
                  Chief Executive Officer<br>and Chairman of the
                  Board</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="40%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 63pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">_______________________________</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 63pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Name:&#160;&#160;
                  </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ira
                  J. Lamel</font></div>
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                  </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Executive
                  Vice President and<br>Chief Financial
                  Officer</font></div>
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        E</u></strong></font></div>
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        undersigned, Leonard A. Cullo, Jr., on behalf of the Selling Stockholder
        (as
        defined in the Underwriting Agreement referred to below), does hereby certify
        pursuant to Section </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9(i)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        of that
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        among
        the Company, the Selling Stockholder named therein, and the Underwriters
        named
        therein, that as of December 23, 2005:</font></div>
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                  representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder as set
                  forth in
                  the Underwriting Agreement are true and correct as of the date
                  hereof and
                  as if made on the date hereof except for representations and warranties
                  that we made as of a specific date, which shall be true at and
                  as of such
                  specific date. </font></div>
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                  Selling Stockholder has performed all of its obligations under
                  the
                  Underwriting Agreement as are to be performed at or before the
                  date
                  hereof.</font></div>
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      personal care products company, today announced the pricing of a secondary
      offering of 5,295,957 shares of its common stock held by an affiliate of H.
      J.
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      granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 794,394 additional
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      other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale, would be unlawful
      prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state
      or jurisdiction. Copies of the final prospectus for the offering can be obtained
      by contacting UBS Securities LLC, Prospectus Department, 299 Park Avenue, New
      York, NY 10171 or by calling 212-821-3000, Banc of America Securities LLC (by
      email at dg.prospectus_distribution@bofasecurities.com), or J.P. Morgan
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      risks and uncertainties, which could cause our actual results to differ
      materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks
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      ability to implement business and acquisition strategies, integrate
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      risks detailed from time-to-time in the Company's reports filed with the
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