EASTERN VAUD DISTRICT COURT Case postale 496 Rue du Simplon 22 1800 Vevey 1 2012/051 JO11.

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JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT entered by the CHAIR OF THE CIVIL COURT on 26 September 2012 in the case Union Cycliste Internationale, MCQUAID Patrick and VERBRUGGEN Henricus versus LANDIS Floyd Cease and desist order OPERATIVE PROVISIONS

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Chair: Mrs Catherine PIGUET Clerk: L. Huser

The Chair of the Court, ruling immediately in a closed hearing: I. upholds in large part the petition of 29 April 2011 lodged by the Union Cycliste Internationale, Patrick McQuaid and Henricus Verbruggen against Floyd Landis; forbids Floyd Landis to state that the Union Cycliste Internationale, Patrick (Pat) McQuaid and/or Henricus (Hein) Verbruggen have concealed cases of doping, received money for doing so, have accepted money from Lance Armstrong to conceal a doping case, have protected certain racing cyclists, concealed cases of doping, have engaged in manipulation, particularly of tests and races, have hesitated and delayed publishing the results of a positive test on Alberto Contador, have accepted bribes, are corrupt, are terrorists, have no regard for the rules, load the dice, are fools, do not have a genuine desire to restore discipline to cycling, are full of shit, are clowns, their words are worthless, are liars, are no different to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, or to make any similar other allegations of that kind; orders Floyd Landis to publish at his own expense the present operative provisions in the following media: - Wall Street Journal (New York, USA); - LEquipe (Paris, FR); - Le Temps (Geneva, CH); - NYVelocity.com (New York, USA); - Cyclingnews.com (UK); - Velonation.com (Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA); - Velonews.com (USA); - De Volksrant (Amsterdam, NL); notes that the prohibition under II above and the order under III above shall be subject to a fine in accordance with article 292 of the Swiss Criminal Code in the event of failure to comply with a decision by the competent authority; under the provision, anyone who fails to comply with a decision of which he/she has been notified, under threat of the penalty provided by the present article, by a competent authority or official, shall be punishable by a fine; orders Floyd Landis to pay Patrick (Pat) McQuaid and Henricus (Hein) Verbruggen the sum of CHF 10,000 (ten thousand Swiss francs) each, with interest of 5% per year from the time that the judgment becomes final and binding; sets costs at CHF 2,100 (two thousand one hundred Swiss francs) payable by Floyd Landis, offset by the expenses advanced by the petitioners, and notes that the balance shall be returned to the said petitioners;

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notes that Floyd Landis owes the International Cycling Union, Patrick (Pat) McQuaid and Henricus (Hein) Verbruggen jointly the sum of CHF 4,600 (four thousand six hundred Swiss francs), including disbursements and VAT, by way of expenses, to wit: - CHF 2,100 (two thousand one hundred Swiss francs) for court costs; - CHF 2,500 (two thousand five hundred Swiss francs), including disbursements and VAT, as a contribution to the fees and disbursements of their legal counsel; notes that if no request for grounds for the present judgment is presented within the legally established time frame, the costs payable by Floyd Landis under VI above shall be reduced to CHF 1,680 (one thousand six hundred and eighty Swiss francs), and the expenses granted under VII above shall consequently be reduced to CHF 4,180 (four thousand one hundred and eighty Swiss francs), including disbursements and VAT, payable by Floyd Landis; rejects any and all further findings.

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The Chair

The Clerk

C. Piguet

L. Huser

On the same day The foregoing judgment, entered in the form of operative provisions, dates from today. Copies of the judgment shall be conveyed to the petitioners through the intermediary of their legal counsel, and to the respondent by means of publication in the official gazette. The parties may request the grounds of the judgment within ten days of receipt of the present operative provisions, failing which the judgment shall become final and binding.

Certified copy Clerk

First Clerk G. Ruffieux