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Otto W. Immel QUARLES & BRADY LLP 1395 Panther Lane, Suite 300 Naples, FL 34109 Phone: (239) 659-5041 Fax: (239) 213-5449 [email protected] Admitted Pro Hac Vice Steven B. Sacks, Calif. State Bar No. 98875 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Four Embaccadero Center 17th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: 415-434-9100 CA State Bar No. 98875 Attorneys for Plaintiff Patrick Hansen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

PATRICK HANSEN, Plaintiff, v. CENTIMARK CORPORATION, Defendant.

Case No. C-08-2611-SI Assigned to the Honorable Susan Illston DECLARATION OF MARK SANTACROSE

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I, Mark F. Santacrose, am the President and Chief Executive Officer for Tecta

America Corp. ("Tecta"). Tecta is incorporated in Illinois, and its corporate offices are located in Skokie, Illinois.

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In early 2007, Tecta was approached by BMO Bank of Montreal ("BMO") who

encouraged Tecta to speak with CentiMark Corporation ("CentiMark") about a possible merger of the two entities. 3. Tecta had just one meeting with CentiMark to discuss the possible merger. That

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meeting took place at CentiMark's corporate offices near Pittsburgh. Present for the meeting was myself, two representatives of KRG Capital Partners, LLC (a Tecta investor), two representatives of BMO, Edward Dunlap, and Timothy Dunlap (CentiMark's President). The meeting was short, lasting just an hour and a half. 4. To the best of my recollection, neither Tecta nor CentiMark provided the other

with any confidential information during their discussions surrounding merger. 5. discussions. 6. Attached as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of an email exchange I had with Plaintiff Patrick Hansen was not party to, privy to, or in any way involved in these

CentiMark's President, Timothy M. Dunlap ("Dunlap"), on April 22, 2008.

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Dated: July 31, 2008. s/ Mark Santacrose MARK SANTACROSE

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