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l0 AMIGA, INC., a Delawarecorporation,

No.07-0631-RSM
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SECONDDECLARATIONOF EVERT
l2 V. CARTON REGARDINGSTATUSQUO
ANTE LITEM
1 3 HYPERION VOF, a Belgiancorporation,

l4 Defendant.

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Evert Carton,underpenaltyof perjury, declaresand statesas follows:
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l. I am ManagingPartnerof HyperionVOF. a softw'arecompanylocatedin
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Belgium.I currentlyresidein Belgium.I am Belgianand a US citizen. I am over the ageof 18.
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I have personalknowledgeof the mattersstatedherein and I am competentto testify.
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20 2. AmigaOS4.0, accordingto the specifications,

designgoalsand task list put

2l forwardin Annex I of the originalagreement,

was finalizedby 27 December2004. Pleasesee

22 Exhibit I I to my first declarationfor the official notice of that release.

z) 3. Pursuantto the self-executing

termsof article3.01 of the November2001

24 agreement,Amiga Washingtonor its valid, approvedlegal successors,

if any. had to complete

2 5 paymentof $25,000by June27,2005. If that was not done,"all ownershipand title in the

26 enhancements
of and additionsto the Softwareeffectedby Hyperion and its subcontractors
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SECOND DECLARATION OF EVERT CARTON - I
Wrr-r-reuA. KrNser, PLLC
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I pursuantto this Agreement,shall rest with Hyperion." As I testifiedin my first declaration.

z this paymentwas not made.

3 4. Anotherself-executing
provisionof the 2001Agreementis Article 2.08. It
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statesin relevantpart that if "Amiga decidesto halt developmentof the ClassicAmiga OS for
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the TargetHardware,the Amiga One Partnersare grantedan exclusive,perpetual,worldwide
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right and licenseto develop,use,modify and market the Softwareand OS 4 underthe "Amiga
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OS" trademarkand at their sole expense." Under that provision,Amiga was deemedto have
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halteddevelopmentif it tailed to releasewithin six monthsof completionof OS 4.0 a
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substantially
new versionof the ClassicAmiga OS for the TargetHardware.This provision
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went into eff'ecton June27,2005,as Amiga did not releasea substantially
new versionof
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t2 ClassicAmiga OS.

13 5. Puttingasidefor the momentthe questionof Amiga Washington'sinsolvency

l4 and the properor impropertransferof its interestsunderthe contract,the pendingcontroversy

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22,2005 requestI receivedfrom Mr. Bill McEwen for the source
l6 code. If I understand
the legalconceptof "statusquo antelitem" properly,Amiga Delaware's
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requested
preliminaryinjunctionis improperbecausethe self-executing
provisionsof the
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Novenrber3,2001 contracthad alreadyvestedin Hyperionan exclusive.perpetual,worldwide
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right and licensein the Softwareand oS 4 beforethis dispurebegan.
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I DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS
2l OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND BELGIUM THAT THE
FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.
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