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1 ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE, Court File No. CV THE HONOURABLE MADAM )~~ DAy,THEGi~DAY JUSTICE LEITCH ) OF a.-~,2015 BETWEEN: "HI! NEIGHBOR" FLOOR COVERING CO. LIMITED Plaintiffs and HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, VALLE FOAM INDUSTRIES (1995), INC., DOMFOAM INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE CARPENTER CO., CARPENTER CANADA CO., WOODBRIDGE FOAM CORPORATION, FLEXIBLE FOAM PRODUCTS, INC., FOAMEX INNOVATIONS, INC., FUTURE FOAM, INC., LEGGETT & PLATT, INC., VITAFOAM PRODUCTS CANADA LIMITED, VITAFOAM, INC., DEAN BRAYIANNIS, BRUCE SCHNEIDER, ROBERT. MAGEE and MICHAEL LAJAMBE Defendants Proceeding Under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992 Court File No. CV ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE BETWEEN: "HI! NEIGHBOR" FLOOR COVERING CO. LIMITED Plaintiffs and HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, VALLE FOAM INDUSTRIES (1995), INC., DOMFOAM INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE CARPENTER CO., CARPENTER CANADA CO., FLEXIBLE FOAM PRODUCTS, INC., FOAMEX INNOVATIONS, INC., FUTURE FOAM, INC., LEGGETT & PLATT, INC., MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC., VITAFOAM PRODUCTS CANADA LIMITED, VIT AFOAM, INC., WOODBRIDGE FOAM CORPORATION, DAVID CARSON, LOUlS CARSON, DEAN BRAYIANNIS, BRUCE SCHNEIDER, MICHAEL LAJAMBE and ROBERT MAGEE Defendants Proceeding Under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992 ORDER Settlement Approval (Carpenter Settlement Agreement)

2 2 THIS MOTION made by the Ontario Plaintiff for an order approving the settlement agreement which forms part of this Order, was heard on October 29,2015, at the Court House, 80 Dundas Street, London, Ontario; ON READING the materials filed, including the Settlement Agreement, attached to this Order as Schedule "A" (the "Settlement Agreement"); AND WHEREAS the deadline for opting out ofthe Ontario Proceedings has passed, and no Ontario Settlement Class Member has validly opted out; AND ON HEARING the submissions ofcounsel for the Ontario Plaintiff, the Settling Defendants and counsel for the Non-Settling Defendants in the Ontario Proceedings; AND ON BEING ADVISED that the Ontario Plaintiff and the Settling Defendants consent to this Order; 1. THIS COURT ORDERS that the definitions set out in the Settlement Agreement attached as Schedule "A" apply to and are incorporated into this Order. 2. THIS COURT ORDERS that the Settlement Agreement is fair, reasonable and in the best interests of the Ontario Settlement Class in each Ontario Proceeding.

3 ., 3 3. THIS COURT ORDERS that the Settlement Agreement is approved pursuant to s. 29 ofthe Class Proceedings Act, 1992, S , c. 6, as amended, and shall be implemented in accordance with its terms. 4. THIS COURT ORDERS that the Settlement Agreement is incorporated by reference into and forms part ofthis Order. 5. THIS COURT ORDERS that this Order, including the Settlement Agreement, is binding upon the representative plaintiff and each and every Ontario Settlement Class Member in the Ontario Proceedings, including those persons who are minors or mentally incapable, and the requirements of Rules 7.04(1) and 7.08(4) ofthe Ontario Rules ofcivil Procedure are dispensed with in respect ofthe Ontario Proceedings. 6. THIS COURT ORDERS that, upon the Effective Date, each Ontario Settlement Class Member in the Ontario Proceedings shall consent and shall be deemed to have consented to the dismissal as against the Releasees of any Other Actions he, she or it has commenced, without costs and with prejudice. 7. THIS COURT ORDERS that, upon the Effective Date, the Ontario Individual Action and any Other Action commenced in Ontario by any Ontario Settlement Class Member shall be and is hereby dismissed against the Releasees, without costs and with prejudice.

4 4 8. THIS COURT ORDERS that instead ofreleasing the claims against the Releasees, upon the Effective Date, in accordance with Section 5.2 ofthe Settlement Agreement, each Releasor resident in any province or territory where the release ofone tortfeasor is a release ofall tortfeasors covenants not to sue and undertakes not to make any claim in any way nor to threaten, commence, or continue any proceeding in any jurisdiction against the Releasees in respect ofor in relation to the Released Claims, except for the continuation ofthe Ontario Proceedings against the Non-Settling Defendants or named or unnamed co-conspirators who are not Releasees. The use ofthe terms "Releasors", "Releasees" and "Released Claims" in this Order is a matter ofform only for consistency with the Settlement Agreement. 9. THIS COURT ORDERS that each Releasor shall not now or hereafter institute, continue, maintain or assert, either directly or indirectly, whether in Canada or elsewhere, on their own behalf or on behalf ofany class or any other person, any action, suit, cause ofaction, claim or demand against any Releasee or any other person who may claim contribution or indemnity, or other claims over for relief, from any Releasee in respect of any Released Claim or any matter related thereto, except for the continuation ofthe Ontario Proceedings against the Non-Settling Defendants or named or unnamed co-conspirators who are not Releasees. 10. THIS COURT ORDERS that all claims for contribution, indemnity or other claims over, whether asserted, unasserted or asserted in a representative capacity, inclusive ofinterest, taxes and costs, relating to the Released Claims, which were or could have been brought in the Ontario Proceedings, or otherwise, by any Non-Settling

5 5 Defendant, any named or unnamed co-conspirators who are not Releasees or any other person or party, against a Releasee, or by a Releasee against a Non-Settling Defendant, or any named or unnamed co-conspirators who are not Releasees, are barred, prohibited and enjoined in accordance with the terms of this Order. 11. THIS COURT ORDERS that if, in the absence ofparagraph 10 hereof, the Court determines that there is a right ofcontribution and indemnity or other claim over, whether in equity or in law, by statute or otherwise: (a) the Ontario Plaintiff and the Ontario Settlement Class Members shall not be entitled to claim or recover from the Non-Settling Defendants and/or named or unnamed co-conspirators who are not Releasees that portion of any damages (including punitive damages, ifany), restitutionary award, disgorgement of profits, interest and costs (including investigative costs claimed pursuant to s. 36 ofthe Competition Act) that corresponds to the Proportionate Liability ofthe Releasees proven at trial or otherwise; and (b) this Court shall have full authority to determine the Proportionate Liability ofthe Releasees at the trial or other disposition ofthe relevant Ontario Proceedings, whether or not the Releasees remain in the relevant Ontario Proceedings or appear at the trial or other disposition, and the Proportionate Liability ofthe Releasees shall be determined as ifthe Releasees are parties to the relevant Ontario Proceedings and any determination by this Court in respect ofthe Proportionate Liability ofthe Releasees shall only apply in the relevant Ontario Proceedings and shall not be binding 011 the Releasees in any other proceedings.

6 .. 6 " 12. THIS COURT ORDERS that if, in the absence ofparagraph 10 hereof, the Non-Settling Defendants would have the right to make claims for contribution and indemnity or other claims over, whether in equity or in law, by statute or otherwise, from or against the Releasees, then nothing in this Order is intended to or shall limit, restrict or affect any arguments which the Non-Settling Defendants may make regarding the reduction ofany assessment ofdamages, restitutionary award, disgorgement of profits or judgment against them in the relevant Ontario Proceedings. 13. THIS COURT ORDERS that a Non-Settling Defendant may, on motion to this Court determined as ifthe Settling Defendant(s) remained a party to the relevant Ontario Proceedings and on at least sixty (60) days' notice to counsel for the Settling Defendant(s), and not to be brought unless and until the relevant Ontario Proceedings against the Non-Settling Defendants has been certified and all appeals or times to appeal have been exhausted, seek orders for discovery from the Settling Defendant(s) as provided for and in accordance with the Ontario Rules ofcivil Procedure. 14. THIS COURT ORDERS that the Settling Defendants retain all rights to oppose such motions brought under paragraph THIS COURT ORDERS that notwithstanding any provision in this Order, on any motion brought pursuant to paragraph 13, the Court may make such orders as to costs and other terms as it considers appropriate.

7 7 16. THIS COURT ORDERS that to the extent that such an order is granted and discovery is provided to a Non-Settling Defendant, a copy ofall discovery provided, whether oral or documentary in nature, shall timely be provided by the Settling Defendant(s) to the Plaintiff and Class Counsel to the extent and on the terms set out in the order. 17. THIS COURT ORDERS that to the extent that such an order is granted and discovery is provided to a Non-Settling Defendant, the Court will retain an ongoing supervisory role over the discovery process and the Settling Defendant(s) in the Ontario Proceedings. 18. THIS COURT ORDERS that a Non-Settling Defendant may effect service ofthe motion(s) referred to in paragraph 13 above on the Settling Defendant(s) by service on counsel of record for the Settling Defendant( s) in the relevant Ontario Proceedings. 19. THIS COURT ORDERS that for purposes ofadministration ofthis Order, this Court will retain an ongoing supervisory role and the Settling Defendants acknowledge the jurisdiction ofthis Court for the purpose ofimplementing, administering and enforcing the Settlement Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Settlement Agreement. 20. THIS COURT ORDERS that except as provided herein, this Order does not affect any claims or causes of action that any Ontario Settlement Class Member has

8 i 8 or may have against the Non-Settling Defendants or named or unnamed co-conspirators who are not Releasees in the relevant Ontario Proceedings. 21. THIS COURT ORDERS that, after the Effective Date, the Settling Defendants shall have no responsibility or liability relating to the administration, investment, or distribution ofthe Trust Account. 22. THIS COURT ORDERS that Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman shall hold the Settlement Amount, plus any accrued interest, in trust and make only such payments therefrom as provided for in the Settlement Agreement, pending further orders ofthe Courts. 23. THIS COURT ORDERS that approval ofthe Settlement Agreement is contingent upon approval by the B.c. Court and the Quebec Court in the Proceedings in their jurisdictions, and the terms ofthis Order shall not be effective unless and until such approval orders are made. 24. THIS COURT ORDERS that this Order shall be declared null and void on subsequent motion made on notice in the event that the Settlement Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. 25. THIS COURT ORDERS that except as aforesaid, the Ontario Proceedings are hereby dismissed against the Settling Defendants without costs and with prejudice.

9 9 26. THIS COURT ORDERS that nothing in this Order shall amend, vary or alter any ofthe terms ofthe orders ofthis Court dated February 11,2014 relating to the approval ofthe settlement agreement with Valle Foam Industries (1995) Inc. (now known as Canada Ltd.), Domfoam International Inc. (now known as Canada Ltd.), A-Z Sponge & Foam Products Ltd. and other persons in the Ontario Proceedings. JUSTICE

10 .. SCHEDULE A CANADIAN POLYURETHANE FOAM CLASS ACTIONS NATIONAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Made as ofjune Between "m! NEIGHBOR" FLOOR COVERING CO. LIMITED, MAJESTIC MATTRESS MFG. LTD, TRILLIUM PROJECT MANAGEMENT LTD., and OPTION CONSOMMA TEURS and CARPENTER CO. and CARPENTER CANADA CO. and MICHAEL LAJAMBE { I }

11 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS SECTION 2 - SEITLEMENT APPROVAL Best Efforts...", Motions Approving Notice and Seeking Certification or Authorization Motions for Approval ofthe Settlement Pre~Motion Confidentiality Sequence ofmotions... "... "'..., SECTION 3 - SEITLEMENT CONSIDERATION Payrn.ent ofsettlement Amount Taxes and Interest Cooperation...20 SECTION 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF me SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS Distribution Protocol No Responsibility for Administration or Fees...24 SECTION 5 - RELEASES AND DISMISSALS Release ofreleasees Covenant Not To Sue Release ofunknown Claims No Further Claims Dismissal ofthe Proceedings Dismissal ofthe Individual Action Dismissal of Other Actions against the Releasees Impact ofdiscontinuance and Dismissals Releases and Covenants Not to Sue...28 SECTION 6 ~ BAR ORDER, WAIVER OF SOLIDARITY ORDER AND OTHER CLAIMS British Columbia and Ontario Bar Orders Quebec Waiver or Renunciation of Solidarity Order Material Term...31 SECTION 7 - EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT No Admission ofliability Agreement Not Evidence No Further Litigation..., {l002()"()() j 21 -i

12 . TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page SECTION 8 - CERTIFICATION OR AUTHORIZATION FOR SETTLEMENT ONLY Settlement Class and Common Issue Certification or Authorization Without Prejudice in the Event of Termination...33 SECTION 9 - NOTICE TO SETfLEMENT CLASS Notice Required Form, Publication and Distribution ofnotice Notice ofdistribution...34 SECTION 10 - ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Mechanics ofadministration...35 SECTION 11 - CLASS COUNSEL FEES AND ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES Class Counsel Fees and Administration Expenses SECTION 12 - TERMINATION OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Right ofterrtlination..._ If Settlement Agreement is Terminated Allocation ofmonies in the Trust Account Following Termination Survival ofprovisions After Termination SECTION 13 - MISCELLANEOUS Releasees Have No Liability for Administration Motions for Directions Headings, etc Computation oftime Ongoing Jurisdiction Governing Law..."...,...,...,... ".,... ", Entire Agreement Amendments Binding Effect..."...,...,..., Counte'tparts... "'II', Negotiated Agreement Language...,... "..., Transaction Recitals Schedules Acknowledgements Authorized Signatures Notice Date ofexecution...47 {I002()'()()11OO } -ii

13 II -3 RECITALS CANADIAN POLYURETHANE FOAM CLASS ACTIONS NATIONAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT A. WHEREAS the Plaintiffs have commenced the Proceedings which allege that the Defendants, including the Carpenter Defendants, participated in an unlawful conspiracy to raise, fix, maintain and/or stabilize the price of Foam Products in Canada and/or to allocate territories, markets and customers for the sale of Foam Products in Canada, contrary to Part VI of the Competition Act, common law and/or Quebec civil law; B. AND WHEREAS the Ontario Plaintiff has also named the Lajambe Defendant, an employee of Carpenter Canada Co., one of the Carpenter Defendants, as an individual defendant in the Ontario Proceedings; C. AND WHEREAS the Settling Defendants enter into this Settlement Agreement without admission of any liability or any facts alleged in the Proceedings, deny all allegations of wrongdoing made in the Proceedings, believe that they are not liable in respect of the claims as alleged in the Proceedings, and believe that they have good and reasonable grounds to oppose certification/authorization of the Proceedings as class proceedings and have good and reasonable defences in respect ofthe merits ofthe Proceedings; D. AND WHEREAS the Settling Defendants assert that they would actively pursue and vindicate their defences in respect of certification/authorization and the merits during the course ofthe certification/authorization process, during the course ofdiscovery and during the course of trial ifthe Plaintiffs continued the Proceedings against them in the respective Courts; E. AND WHEREAS, despite their belief that they have good and reasonable grounds to oppose certification/authorization of the Proceedings as class proceedings, and have good and reasonable defences in respect ofthe merits, the Settling Defendants have negotiated and entered into this Settlement Agreement to avoid the further expense, inconvenience, and burden of the Proceedings and any other present or future litigation arising out of the facts that gave rise to the Proceedings and to achieve a resolution of all claims asserted or which could have been asserted against them by the Plaintiffs on their own behalf and on behalf ofthe Settlement Class they seek (IOO20"()Oll )

14 -4 to represent, and to avoid the risks inherent in uncertain, complex and protracted litigation, and thereby to put to rest this controversy involving the Settling Defendants; F. AND WHEREAS as part of this resolution, the Carpenter Defendants have agreed to cooperate with the Plaintiffs and Class Counsel by providing certain information related to the purchase, sale and distribution offoam Products in Canada; O. AND WHEREAS counsel for the Parties have engaged in extensive arm's-length settlement discussions and negotiations; H. AND WHEREAS as a result of these settlement discussions and negotiations, the Parties have entered into this Settlement Agreement, which embodies all of the terms and conditions of the Settlement between the Settling Defendants and the Plaintiffs, both individually and on behalf ofthe Settlement Class, subject to approval ofthe Courts; I. AND WHEREAS the Plaintiffs and Class Counsel have reviewed and fully understand the terms of this Settlement Agreement and, based on their analyses of the facts and law applicable to the Plaintiffs' claims, and having regard to the value of the Settlement Amount to be paid by the Carpenter Defendants, the value of cooperation to be provided by the Carpenter Defendants, the burdens and expense in prosecuting the Proceedings against the Settling Defendants, including the risks and uncertainties associated with trials and appeals and the risks associated with recovery and collectability of any potential judgment. the Plaintiffs and Class Counsel have concluded that this Settlement Agreement is fair. reasonable and in the best interests ofthe Plaintiffs and the Settlement Class they seek to represent in the Proceedings; J. AND WHEREAS the Settling Defendants are entering into this Settlement Agreement in order to achieve resolution of all claims asserted in the Proceedings or which could have been asserted by purchasers of Foam Products, directly or indirectly, resident anywhere and everywhere in Canada, as well as claims by them or their various world-wide parents, subsidiaries and affiliated Persons and entities, or Persons claiming by way or through any of them in any capacity whatsoever, relating to the purchase or sale of Foam Products, and to avoid the further expense, inconvenience and the distraction ofburdensome and protracted litigation; {I J2 J

15 -5 K. AND WHEREAS the Parties therefore wish to, and hereby do, finally resolve on a nationwide basis, without any admission ofliability, all ofthe claims and possible claims against the Releasees relating to or arising from allegations that prices for Foam Products were unlawfully or artificially fixed, stabilized or maintained, or that customers, markets or territories for Foam Products were unlawfully divided or allocated, or that the Releasees, alone or in concert with any other Person, otherwise undertook or engaged in unfair, deceptive or anticompetitive acts or practices in the purchase or sale offoam Products; L. AND WHEREAS for the purposes of settlement only, and contingent on approvals by the Courts as provided for in this Settlement Agreement, the Parties have consented to certification or authorization of the Proceedings as class proceedings for settlement purposes only, and have consented to the Settlement Class and a Common Issue in each ofthe Proceedings; M. AND WHEREAS for the purposes ofsettlement only, and contingent on approvals by the Courts as provided for in this Settlement Agreement, the B.C. and Ontario Plaintiffs have agreed to consent to a dismissal of the B.C. and Ontario Proceedings, with prejudice, as against the Carpenter Defendants, and the Quebec Petitioner has agreed to the settlement out of court of the Quebec Proceeding with the Carpenter Defendants, subject to the terms of this Settlement Agreement and subject to the Final Orders; N. AND WHEREAS for the purposes of settlement only, and contingent on the approvals by the Courts as provided for in this Settlement Agreement, the Ontario Plaintiff has agreed to consent to a dismissal of the Ontario Proceedings as against the Lajambe Defendant, with prejudice, in the Ontario Court subject to the terms of this Settlement Agreement and subject to the Final Orders; O. AND WHEREAS the Plaintiffs assert that they are collectively adequate class representatives for their respective Settlement Class and will seek to be appointed representative plaintiffs oftheir Settlement Class in the respective Proceedings; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration ofthe covenants, agreements and releases set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, it is agreed by the Plaintiffs, for themselves and on behalf of their { }

16 .. ~6- respective Settlement Class, that the B.C. and Ontario Proceedings shall be dismissed with prejudice as to the Carpenter Defendants and the Ontario Proceedings shall be dismissed with prejudice as to the Lajambe Defendant (being the only Proceeding in which Lajambe is named as a Defendant), without costs and that the Quebec Proceeding shall be settled out of court, without costs, subject to the approval ofthe Courts, on the following terms and conditions: SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS For the purpose ofthis Settlement Agreement only, including the Recitals and Schedules hereto: (1) Administration Expenses mean all fees, disbursements, expenses, costs, taxes and any other amounts incurred or payable by the Plaintiffs, Class Counsel, the Settlement Class or otherwise for the approval, implementation and operation of this Settlement Agreement, including the costs ofnotices, and claims administration, but excluding Class Counsel Fees. (2) B.C. Class Counsel means Branch MacMaster LLP and Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman. (3) B.C. Class Proceedings Act means the Class Proceedings Act, RSBC 1996, c. 50. (4) B.C. Court means the Supreme Court ofbritish Columbia. (5) B.C. Plaintiffs mean Majestic Mattress Mfg. Ltd. and Trillium Project Management Ltd. (6) B.C. Proceedings mean the proceedings commenced by Majestic Mattress Mfg. Ltd. in the form ofa Notice of Civil Claim filed in the B.C. Court (Vancouver Registry), Court File No. VLC-S-S , filed on September 24,2010, and by Trillium Project Management Ltd. in the form of a Notice of Civil Claim filed in the B.C. Court (Vancouver Registry), Court File No. S , filed on September 15, (7) B.C. Settlement Class means all Persons resident in British Columbia who purchased Foam Products in Canada during the Settlement Class Period, except Excluded Persons. {1002()'()()1I l2}

17 -7 (8) B.C. Settlement Class Member means a member of the B.C. Settlement Class who has not validly opted out of the B.C. Proceedings in accordance with the order of the B.C. Court made July 30,2013 in the B.C. Proceedings. (9) Canadian Polyurethane Foam Class Actions National Settlement means the nationwide settlement contemplated by this Settlement Agreement. (10) Carpenter Defendants means Carpenter Co. and Carpenter Canada Co. (11) Carpenter Released Parties means the Carpenter Defendants, their respective predecessors and successors and their respective past and current, direct and indirect, world-wide parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees, partners, principals, members, insurers, heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, representatives, agents, lawyers, and assigns of all such persons or entities, as well as any Person or entity acting on behalfofor through any ofthem in any capacity whatsoever, jointly, severally and solidarity. As used in this paragraph, "affiliates" means entities controlling, controlled by or under common ownership or control, in whole or in part, with any of the Carpenter Released Parties, including but not limited to Carpenter S.A.S., Carpenter GmbH, Carpenter Belgium NV, Carpenter Limited, E. R. Carpenter, L.P. and Carpenter Holdings, Inc. (12) Civil Code ofquebec means the Civil Code ofquebec, S.Q. 1991, c.64, as amended. (13) Claims Administrator means the Person proposed by Class Counsel and appointed by the Courts to administer this Settlement Agreement, including the claims process, in accordance with the provisions ofthis Settlement Agreement and the Distribution Protocol, and any employees or agents ofsuch Person. (14) Class Counsel means B.C. Class Counsel, Quebec Class Counsel and Ontario Class Counsel who act as class counsel in the Proceedings. (15) Class Counsel Fees include the fees, disbursements, costs, interest, and/or charges of Class Counsel, and any HST and/or GST, and other applicable taxes or charges thereon, including any amounts payable by Class Counselor the Settlement Class Members to any other body or person, including the Fonds d'aide aux recours collectifs in Quebec. { J / }

18 . - 8 (16) Common Issue in each Proceeding means: Did the Settling Defendants conspire to hann the Settlement Class Members during the Settlement Class Period? If so, what damages, if any, are payable by the Settling Defendants to the Settlement Class Members? (17) Competition Act means the Competition Act, RSC 1985, c. C-34, as amended. (18) Confidentiality Order means any order with respect to confidentiality or the sealing of information that is issued by the Ontario Court, the Quebec Court and/or the B.C. Court, and any amendments thereto, and any other confidentiality order and undertaking relating to the Proceedings. (19) Counselfor the Carpenter Defendants means Aird & Berlis LLP and Woods LLP. (20) Court or Courts mean the Ontario Court, the Quebec Court and/or the B.C. Court. (21) Defendants mean the individuals and entities named as defendants in the Proceedings as set out in Schedule "A", as well as any named or unnamed co-conspirator who may be added as a defendant in the Proceedings in the future. (22) Distribution Protocol means the plan developed by Class Counsel for holding or distributing the Settlement Proceeds, in whole or part, for or to the Settlement Class, or any of them, as approved by the Courts. (23) Documents mean all papers, computer or electronic records, or other materials within the scope of Rule 1.03(1) and Rule 30.01(1) ofthe Ontario Rules ofcivil Procedure and any copies, reproductions or summaries ofthe foregoing, including microfilm copies and computer images. (24) Effective Date means the date when the Final Orders have been issued and entered. (25) Excluded Person means each Defendant, the directors and officers of each Defendant, the parents, subsidiaries or other affiliates ofeach Defendant, and the legal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns of each ofthe foregoing. (26) Execution Date means the date that this Settlement Agreement is first fully executed by all Parties as indicated on the cover page ofthis Settlement Agreement. {JOO20-00l/ }

19 . -9 (27) Final Order means the later of a final order or judgment made by each of the Courts in respect of the approval of this Settlement Agreement once the time to appeal such order or judgment has expired without any appeal being taken, if an appeal lies, or once there has been affirmation ofthe approval ofthis Settlement Agreement upon a final disposition of all appeals. (28) Foam Products mean flexible polyurethane foam and any and all products that contain flexible polyurethane foam, including carpet underlay. (29) Individual Action means the proceeding commenced by "Hi! Neighbor" Floor Covering Co. Limited by Notice of Action issued August 1,2012 in the Ontario Court (Windsor Registry), Court File No. CV and Statement ofclaim filed on August 31, (30) Lajambe Defendant means Michael Lajambe. (31) Lajambe Released Parties means the Lajambe Defendant together with his heirs, beneficiaries, administrators, executors, devisees, representatives, insurers, lawyers, agents and assigns, as well as any Person or entity acting on behalf or through any of them in any capacity whatsoever; (32) Non-Settiing Defendant or Non-Settling Defendants mean, as applicable, any Defendant(s) that is not a Settling Defendant or a Settled Defendant, and includes any Settled Defendant that terminates its own settlement agreement in accordance with its terms or whose settlement agreement fails to take effect for any reason, whether or not such settlement agreement is in existence at the Date of Execution, but does not include any of the Settling Defendants, the Carpenter Released Parties or the Lajambe Released Parties. (33) Notices mean the Pre-Approval Notice, any notice required by Section 9 of this Settlement Agreement, and any other notices that may be required by law or ordered by the Courts. (34) Ontario Class Counsel means Sutts, Strosberg LLP and Andrew J. Morganti. (35) Ontario Class Proceedings Act means the Class Proceedings Act, S.O. 1992, c. 6. (36) Ontario Court means the Ontario Superior Court ofjustice. { I J J 2)

20 (37) Ontario Plaintif/means "Hi! Neighbor" Floor Covering Co. Limited. (38) Ontario Proceedings mean the proceeding commenced by "Hi! Neighbor" Floor Covering Co. Limited by Notice of Action issued August 19, 2010 in the Ontario Court (Windsor Registry). Court File No. CV-IO and Statement ofclaim filed on September 15, 2010 and the proceeding commenced by "Hi! Neighbor" Floor Covering Co. Limited by Statement ofclaim issued on December 30,2011 in the Ontario Court (Windsor Registry), Court File No. CV-Il-I7279. (39) Ontario Settlement Class means all Persons resident in Canada who purchased Foam Products in Canada during the Settlement Class Period, except those Persons included in the B.C. Proceedings, the Quebec Proceeding and Excluded Persons. For greater certainty, any legal person established for a private interest, partnership or association, resident in Quebec, which at any time between October 1, 2009 and October 1,2010 had under its direction or control more than 50 persons bound to it by contract of employment or that is not dealing at arm's length with Option Consommateurs, is included in the Ontario Settlement Class. (40) Ontario Settlement Class Member means a member ofthe Ontario Settlement Class who has not validly opted out ofthe Ontario Proceedings in accordance with the orders ofthe Ontario Court made July 24, 2013 in the Ontario Proceedings. (41) Other Actions mean actions or proceedings, other than the Proceedings and the Individual Action, relating to the Released Claims commenced by any of the Releasors either before or after the Effective Date. (42) Part)' and Parties mean the Settling Defendants, the Plaintiffs, for themselves and as representatives of, where necessary, the Settlement Class Members. (43) Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability corporation, professional corporation, limited liability partnership, partnership, limited partnership, association, joint stock company, estate, legal representative, trust, unincorporated association, municipality, province, provincial agency, any entity that is a creature of any province, any government or any political subdivision, authority, office, bureau, or agency of any government, and any business or legal { I l }

21 entity and any spouses, heirs, predecessors, successors, representatives or assignees ofany ofthe foregoing. (44) Plaintiff or Plaintiffs mean, as applicable, "Hi! Neighbor" Floor Covering Co. Limited, Majestic Mattress Mfg. Ltd, Trillium Project Management Ltd., and Option consommateurs individually and collectively. (45) Pre-Approval Notice means the form or forms of notice, reasonably agreed to by the Plaintiffs and the Settling Defendants, as approved by the Courts, which informs the Settlement Class of: (i) the certification or authorization of the Proceedings as class proceedings for settlement purposes and certification or authorization of the Settlement Class; (ii) the principal elements of this Settlement Agreement; (iii) the dates and locations of the hearings for the approval of this Settlement and this Settlement Agreement; and (iv) otherwise complies with all requirements of the Ontario Class Proceedings Act, the B. C. Class Proceedings Act and the Quebec Code ofcivil Procedure. (46) Proceeding or Proceedings mean, as applicable, the B.C. Proceedings, the Ontario Proceedings and the Quebec Proceeding. (47) Proportionate Liability means the proportion ofany judgment that, had they not settled, a Court would have apportioned to any ofthe Releasees and shall also be deemed to include any amount that a Releasee would have been liable to pay a Non-Settling Defendant as contribution or indemnification in the absence ofthis Settlement and the bar orders contained herein. (48) Quebec Class Counsel means Belleau Lapointe LLP. (49) Quebec Code ofcivil Procedure means the Code ofcivil Procedure ofquebec, RSQ, c. C-25. (50) Quebec Court means the Superior Court ofquebec. (51) Quebec Other Action means an action or proceeding, other than the Proceedings and the Individual Action, relating to the Released Claims filed by any Person in Quebec who purchased Foam Products in Canada during the Settlement Class Period (except Excluded Persons and any legal person established for a private interest, partnership or association which at any time {IOO2()"()()1! }

22 , between October 1, 2009 and October I, 2010 had under its direction or control more than 50 persons bound to it by contract of employment or that is not dealing at arm's length with Option consommateurs) who has validly opted out ofthe Quebec Proceeding. (52) Quebec Petitioner means Option consommateurs. (53) Quebec Proceeding means the proceeding commenced by Karine Robillard, who was then the petitioner and who is now the designated person, in the form of a motion for authorization to institute a class proceeding (Requete pour autorisation d'exercer un recours collectif) in the Quebec Court, Court File No , flied on October 1,2010 and as amended on or about July 10, 2012 and served on or about July 30, 2012, whereby Option consommateurs became the petitioner and Karine Robillard became the designated person. (54) Quebec Settlement Class means all Persons resident in Quebec who purchased Foam Products in Canada during the Settlement Class Period except Excluded Persons and any legal person established for a private interest, partnership or association which at any time between October I, 2009 and October I, 2010 had under its direction or control more than 50 persons bound to it by contract of employment or that is not dealing at arm's length with Option consommateurs. (55) Quebec Settlement Class Member means a member of the Quebec Settlement Class who has not validly opted out of the Quebec Proceeding in accordance with the order of the Quebec Court made July 9, 2013 in the Quebec Proceeding. (56) Released Claims means any and all manner ofclaims, demands, actions, causes ofaction, suits and proceedings, whether class, individual or otherwise, whether personal or subrogated, and any losses, remedies, liabilities or damages of any kind whenever incurred, including compensatory, punitive or other damages, as well as interest, costs, expenses, class administration expenses (including Administration Expenses), penalties, fines and fees, including experts' and lawyers' fees (including Class Counsel Fees), known or unknown, asserted or nonasserted, direct or indirect, accrued or non-accrued, suspected or unsuspected, foreseen or unforeseen, actual or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether in law, at common law, under statute, or in equity or otherwise, in contract, tort, warranty, strict liability or otherwise, {10020-QOlIOO J2}

23 . -13 that the Releasors, or any of them, jointly, severally and/or solidarily, directly, indirectly, derivatively, or in any other capacity, ever had, now have, or hereafter can, shall, or may have, claim or assert, directly or indirectly, relating to or arising from any conduct or activity occurring anywhere in the world, from the beginning oftime to the Effective Date, relating to the purchase, sale, pricing, discounting, marketing, distributing, promotion of or compensation for Foam Products purchased, sold or delivered in Canada, including the conduct alleged (or which could have been alleged) in the Proceedings, the Individual Action or the Other Actions, or any such claims which have been or could have been asserted, directly or indirectly, whether in Canada or elsewhere, arising from or related to any allegation that the Releasees, or any ofthem, conspired, concerted, agreed or undertook to unlawfully or artificially fix, stabilize or maintain prices of Foam Products purchased, sold or delivered in Canada, or to allocate or divide customers, markets or territories for Foam Products purchased, sold or delivered in Canada or otherwise engaged in unfair, deceptive, unlawful or anti competitive acts or practices regarding the purchase, sale, pricing, discounting, marketing, distribution, promotion of or compensation for Foam Products purchased, sold or delivered in Canada. However, nothing herein shall be construed to release breach ofwarranty or product liability claims arising in the normal course of business between the Releasors and the Releasees provided such claims are unrelated to, do not arise from, relate to or involve allegations or claims ofthe type of conduct and activities alleged, or which could have been alleged, in the Proceedings, the Individual Action or the Other Actions. (57) Releasees mean, jointly, severally and solidarily, individually and collectively, the Carpenter Released Parties and the Lajambe Released Parties, but specifically excluding the Non-Settling Defendants. (58) Releasors mean, jointly, severally and solidarily, collectively and individually, the Plaintiffs, the Settlement Class, including, for greater certainty, each Settlement Class Member, jointly, severally and solidarily, and their respective predecessors and successors, and their respective past and current, direct and indirect, world-wide parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees, partners, principals, members, insurers, heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, representatives, agents, lawyers, and assigns of all such persons or entities, as well as any Person or entity claiming by or through { / }

24 any of them in any capacity whatsoever, jointly, severally and solidarily. For purposes of this paragraph "affiliates" means entities controlling, controlled by or under common ownership or control, in whole or in part, with any ofthe Releasors. (59) Round 1 Ordel'S mean the orders certifying or authorizing the Proceedings as class proceedings in accordance with the Ontario Class Proceedings Act, the B. C. Class Proceedings Act and the Quebec Code ofcivil Procedure, as applicable, and approving the form of the Pre Approval Notice to be given to the Settlement Class. (60) Round 2 Ordel'S mean the orders approving the Settlement provided for in this Settlement Agreement in accordance with the Ontario Class Proceedings Act, the B. C. Class Proceedings Act and the Quebec Code ofcivil Procedure, as applicable. (61) Settled Defendant or Settled Defendants mean, as applicable, Domfoam International, Inc., Valle Foam Industries (1995) Inc., and A-Z Sponge & Foam Products Ltd. (62) Settlement means the settlement with the Releasees in respect of the Proceedings, the Individual Action or the Other Actions, and any claims made or which could have been made in the Proceedings, the Individual Action or the Other Actions, including any related or similar proceeding filed by or on behalf of any of the Releasors, as well as claims relating to or arising from allegations that the Releasees, or any ofthem, conspired, concerted, agreed or undertook to fix, stabilize or maintain prices, or allocate or divide customers, markets or territories for Foam. Products, or otherwise engaged in unfair, deceptive, unlawful or anticompetitive acts or practices in connection with the purchase, sale, pricing, discounting, marketing, distribution, promotion of or compensation for Foam Products. (63) Settlement Agreement or Agreement means this Agreement, including the recitals and schedules, all ofwhich shall be deemed operative provisions ofthis Agreement. (64) Settlement Amount means the sum of twenty-three million Canadian dollars (CAD $23,000,000). {IOO OO l2}

25 (65) Settlement Class means collectively the B.C. Settlement Class and all ofits members, the Ontario Settlement Class and all of its members, and the Quebec Settlement Class and all of its members. (66) Settlement Class Member means a B.C. Settlement Class member, a Ontario Settlement Class members or a Quebec Settlement Class member who has not validly opted out of a Proceeding, as applicable, in accordance with the orders ofthe Courts. (67) Settlement Class Period means the period from January 1, 1999 to January 10,2012. (68) Settlement Proceeds means the Settlement Amount plus any interest that may accrue and be payable to the Settlement Class pursuant to this Agreement. (69) Settling Defendant or Settling Defendants mean, as applicable, the Carpenter Defendants and/or the Lajambe Defendant. (70) Trust Account means an interest bearing trust account at a Canadian Schedule 1 bank under the control of Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman for the benefit of Settlement Class Members. (71) U.S. Proceedings mean the class action proceedings pending before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio under the caption In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation, Master File No.: 1O-MLS-2196 (]Z), MDL No. 2196, and including all class and individual actions transferred by the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation for coordination, all actions pending such transfer, all actions that may be transferred in the future and any other actions involving similar allegations relating to Foam Products that are pending or that may be commenced before the federal or state courts ofthe United States. SECTION 2 - SETTLEMENT APPROVAL 2.1. Best Efforts (l) The Parties respectively shall take all reasonable steps to expeditiously effectuate this Settlement and secure the prompt, complete and final dismissal with prejudice of the B.C. Proceedings and Ontario Proceedings as against the Settling Defendants, and a prompt, complete {loo oo }

26 and final declaration of settlement out of Court of the Quebec Proceeding as against the Settling Defendants, and cooperate in the Plaintiffs' efforts to obtain any approvals or orders required from the Courts regarding the approval or implementation of this Settlement Agreement, including orders certifying or authorizing the Proceedings as class proceedings for settlement purposes, and approving the Settlement Class, this Agreement and the form and distribution of the Notices contemplated by Section 9 ofthis Agreement Motions Approving Notice and Seeking Certification or Authorization (1) The Plaintiffs shall bring motions before the Courts, as soon as practicable after this Settlement Agreement is executed, for the Round 1 Orders approving the Pre-Approval Notice described in Section 9.1, and certifying or authorizing each of the Proceedings commenced in their respective jurisdictions as a class proceeding as against the Settling Defendants for settlement purposes. (2) The B.C. Round 1 Order, together with the Pre-Approval Notice, and the plan of dissemination of the Pre-Approval Notice, shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule "B". (3) The British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario Round 1 Orders shall be in the form reasonably agreeable to the Plaintiffs and the Carpenter Defendants Motions for Approval of the Settlement (1) As soon as practicable after the Round 1 Orders are granted, and after the Pre-Approval Notice has been published, the Plaintiffs shall bring motions before the Courts for the Round 2 Orders approving the Settlement and this Settlement Agreement. (2) The B.C. Round 2 Order shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule "C". (3) The Ontario and Quebec Round 2 Orders shall be agreed upon by the Plaintiffs and the Carpenter Defendants and shall mirror the substance and, where possible, the form of the B.C. Round 2 Order. { OO467344,12}

27 (4) The failure of any Court to enter Final Orders approving or authorizing this Settlement, this Settlement Agreement, or the Settlement Class, the failure to enter any of the orders or Notices required to implement this Settlement substantially as contemplated herein, or the entry of orders approving or authorizing the Settlement, Settlement Agreement or the Settlement Class in materially modified form, shall give rise to a right of termination by the Parties pursuant to Section 12 ofthis Settlement Agreement Pre-Motion Confidentiality Until the Plaintiffs serve and file the materials for the first ofthe motions required by Section 2.2 of this Settlement Agreement, the Parties shall keep all of the terms of this Settlement Agreement, and any information or Documents related thereto, confidential and shall not disclose them without the prior written consent of Counsel for the Carpenter Defendants and Class Counsel, as the case may be, except as required for the purposes of financial reporting or the preparation of financial records (including tax returns and financial statements) or as otherwise required by law Sequence of Motions (1) The Plaintiffs in Quebec and Ontario shall not proceed with the respective hearings ofthe motions for Round 1 Orders unless and until the B.C. Court issues its Round 1 Order. The motions for Round 1 Orders may be filed in Quebec and Ontario, but, ifnecessary, Quebec Class Counsel and Ontario Class Counsel will seek an adjournment oftheir hearings to permit the B.C. Court to render its decision in respect of the Round 1 Order. The Carpenter Defendants may agree to waive this provision. (2) The Plaintiffs in Quebec and Ontario shall not proceed with the respective hearings of motions for Round 2 Orders unless and until the B.C. Court issues its Round 2 Order. The motions for Round 2 Orders may be filed in Quebec and Ontario, but, ifnecessary, Quebec Class Counsel and Ontario Class Counsel will seek an adjournment oftheir hearings to permit the B.C. Court to render its decision in respect of the Round 2 Order. The Carpenter Defendants may agree to waive this provision. { / }

28 (3) Notwithstanding Sections 2.5(1) and 2.5(2) of this Settlement Agreement, in the event that the Plaintiffs and Carpenter Defendants reasonably agree, and the Courts detennine that it is appropriate to conduct coordinated or simultaneous hearings in respect of the Proceedings and this Settlement before each ofthe Courts, the motions for Round 1 Orders and/or the motions for Round 2 Orders may be heard in a coordinated or simultaneous manner by the Courts. SECTION 3 - SETTLEMENT CONSIDERATION 3.1. Payment of Settlement Amount (1) The Carpenter Defendants shall pay the Settlement Amount to Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogennan for deposit into the Trust Account as follows: (a) (b) Within thirty (30) days after the Execution Date, an amount equal to 50 per cent ofthe Settlement Amount; and within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date an amount equal to the remaining 50 per cent ofthe Settlement Amount. (2) The payment referenced in Section 3.1(1) herein constitutes the entire payment due from the Settling Defendants under this Settlement Agreement. Such payment represents all sums payable by the Settling Defendants, including payment of the alleged damages, lawyer or expert fees, interest, notice costs, costs of administration and costs of any kind, in the Proceedings, the Individual Action or the Other Actions. The Parties agree and acknowledge that none of the Settlement Amount paid under this Settlement Agreement shall be deemed to be, in any way, a penalty or a fine ofany kind. (3) The Plaintiffs, Settlement Class and the other Releasors shall be entitled solely to the Settlement Proceeds for full and final settlement and satisfaction against the Releasees for the Released Claims, and shall not be entitled to any other payment or relief from the Releasees. (4) Except as provided in Sections 11.1(1) and 11.1(5), the Plaintiffs, the Settlement Class, and the other Releasors will be reimbursed and indemnified, if at all, solely out of the Settlement Proceeds, on a pro-rata basis with the proceeds from any other settlements that may be reached with other settling defendants, for all costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, the costs {I )