EXHIBIT 10.1 ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENTAsset Purchase Agreement • August 11th, 1999 • Opta Food Ingredients Inc /De • Miscellaneous food preparations & kindred products • Massachusetts
BETWEENPurchase and Sale Agreement • January 18th, 2000 • Opta Food Ingredients Inc /De • Miscellaneous food preparations & kindred products • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG OPTA FOOD INGREDIENTS, INC., STAKE TECHNOLOGY LTD. AND STAKE ACQUISITION CORP. Dated as of October 25, 2002Agreement and Plan of Merger • November 5th, 2002 • Opta Food Ingredients Inc /De • Miscellaneous food preparations & kindred products • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”), made and entered into as of the 25th day of October, 2002, by and among Stake Technology Ltd., a Canada corporation (“ACQUIROR”), Stake Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Acquisition Subsidiary”), and Opta Food Ingredients, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“OPTA”).
STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENTStockholders’ Agreement • November 4th, 2002 • Opta Food Ingredients Inc /De • Miscellaneous food preparations & kindred products • Delaware
STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT, dated as of October 25, 2002 (the “Agreement”), between Stake Technology Ltd. (“ACQUIROR”), a Canada corporation, Stake Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of ACQUIROR (“Acquisition Subsidiary”), and the Stockholders of OPTA (as defined below) whose names appear on Schedule I hereto (each, a “Stockholder” and collectively, the “Stockholders”).
EXHIBIT 10.36 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of December 8, 1998, is made by and between OPTA FOOD INGREDIENTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and LEWIS C. PAINE, III (the "Employee"). 1. FREEDOM TO CONTRACT. The Employee...Employment Agreement • March 24th, 1999 • Opta Food Ingredients Inc /De • Miscellaneous food preparations & kindred products • Massachusetts
OPTA LETTERHEAD]Opta Food Ingredients Inc /De • November 4th, 2002 • Miscellaneous food preparations & kindred products
This letter will confirm our understanding and agreement regarding your employment compensation in the event of a Change in Control of Opta Food Ingredients, Inc. (the “Company”), an Involuntary Termination of your Employment or a termination of your employment by you for Good Reason (each as hereinafter defined). The terms of our agreement are as follows:
