Thermo Vision Colorado recognizes the importance of providing our customers with products that will continue to function correctly during the Year 2000 and beyond.

Our Products. It is our goal to ensure that our customers can continue to use our Current Products and our Discontinued Products (as defined below) during and after the Year 2000. Accordingly, all products sold are Year 2000 Compliant.

As part of our Year 2000 Program, Thermo Vision Colorado will work with past customers who are using our Obsolete Products (defined below) to find appropriate solutions to Year 2000 compliance issues. We will provide our customers with information regarding each product's compliance status, as well as guidance regarding upgrades or alternative solutions, where possible.

Our Stand-Alone Products. Certain of our products can be used either on a stand-alone basis or as part of a system. If we have indicated that a pr oduct is compliant on a stand-alone basis, you should not assume that it is necessarily compliant when used as part of a system. If you are using a stand-alone product as part of a system, you should check the compliance status of the entire system.

Our Internal Business Systems. Thermo Vision Colorado is evaluating its internal business systems for Year 2000 compliance. All required upgrades or modifications have been completed. In addition, Thermo Vision Colorado is contacting its key vendors/suppliers to assess their YEAR 2000 readiness.

Third Party Hardware and Software. The Year 2000 compliance status of any hardware, software or firmware not manufactured by Thermo Vision Colorado is your responsibility (they were not included in our evaluation) and you should contact the manufacturer directly. However, specific details regarding full compliance and future year limits should be addressed directly with the manufacturer.

Customer Commitment. We recognize the importance of this issue to our customers. If you have any additional questions, please contact our Technical Support Department. Also, we hope you are taking steps to assure that you too will be ready to do business in the 21st Century.

Nothing in this statement is intended to modify rights and obligations under any agreement or to create any new rights or obligations between Thermo Vision Colorado and our customers. The information available from Thermo Vision Colorado concerning the Year 2000 is provided for the sole purpose of assisting our customers in their planning for the transition to the Year 2000.

DEFINITIONS

Year 2000 Compliant. Thermo Vision Colorado has adopted the following definition of Year 2000 compliance as set forth by the British Standards Institution in DISC PD2000-1. A Definition of Year 2000 Conformity Requirements (available on the Internet at http://www.bsi.org.uk/disc/year2000/2000.html), with the qualification that the upper limit for compliance is the year 2035:

Year 2000 conformity shall mean that neither performance nor functionality is affected by dates prior to, during, and after year 2000.

In particular.

Rule 1: No value for current date will cause any interruption in operation.

Rule 2: Date-based functionality must behave consistently for dates prior to, during, and after year 2000.

Rule 3: In all interfaces and data storage, the century in any date must be specified either explicitly or by unambiguous algorithms or inferencing rules.

Rule 4: Year 2000 must be recognized as a leap year.

Current Product. A product still being manufactured and fully supported by Thermo Vision Colorado

Discontinued Product. A product supported by the Thermo Vision Colorado Support Organizations but no longer in manufacture.

Obsolete Product. A product no longer manufactured or fully supported by Thermo Vision Colorado