Subject: FW: [Venezuela] Waters/BD - Transfer of responsibility to McCarter & English
From: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>
To: Isis Echeverria <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:33:52 +0000

Vamos a carga resto en galena por favor

HOB - GL

Guillermo A. López Z.
Attorney at Law
Bolet & Terrero | Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 750 3000 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> | www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve>

From: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
To: "Choo Tung, Greta" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Toms, Keith" <[email-masked]>, "Shannon, Anne" <[email-masked]>, "Strum, Eric" <[email-masked]>, BOSTONTRADEMARKS <[email-masked]>, Luis Henriquez <[email-masked]>, Paula Alfaro <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [Venezuela] Waters/BD - Transfer of responsibility to McCarter & English

Dear Greta,

Following our previous email.

Please find attached the report with the updated information and statuses for the trademarks listed in the name of Becton, Dickenson and Company, we have highlighted in yellow the trademarks due for renewal in 2026 and, in a separate sheet the trademarks that we found from a preliminary search before the VPTO also in the name of Becton, Dickenson and Company.

We have also attached our PoA form with the signatory and entity information, restricted to trademarks. We require the original document sent to our office in Caracas via DHL to the following address:

Bolet & Terrero
Torre Cavendes, Piso 12, oficina 1201
Av. Francisco de Miranda con Primera Av. De Los Palos Grandes
Chacao, Miranda 1060
Caracas, Venezuela

The document must be signed, authenticated, and legalized with Apostille. E-signatures are not acceptable in Venezuela.

In Venezuela is not mandatory to file a change of agent in each file before the VPTO, just by having a PoA and including the trademarks in our surveillance system, we can take responsibility. We appreciate you let us know once the assignment has been completed so we can include the marks in our database in the name of the new owner.

While we understand that Anaqua has been engaged to record the assignment, we remain fully available to assist with the assignment recordal in Venezuela if needed.

We remain attentive to any comment or doubt you may have.

Best regards,
Guillermo

Guillermo A. López Z.
Attorney at Law
Bolet & Terrero | Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 750 3000 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> | www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve>

From: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>
Date: Monday, February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
To: "Choo Tung, Greta" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Toms, Keith" <[email-masked]>, "Shannon, Anne" <[email-masked]>, "Strum, Eric" <[email-masked]>, BOSTONTRADEMARKS <[email-masked]>, Luis Henriquez <[email-masked]>, Paula Alfaro <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [Venezuela] Waters/BD - Transfer of responsibility to McCarter & English

Dear Greta,

Thank you, and thank you as well, Keith, for considering us.

We confirm that we are available and would be pleased to assist with this matter. We will review the attached materials and revert shortly with all the requested information.

Please let us know if there are any additional instructions in the meantime.

Best regards,
Guillermo

Guillermo A. López Z.
Attorney at Law
Bolet & Terrero | Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 750 3000 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> | www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve>

From: "Choo Tung, Greta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Monday, February 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
To: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>, boletyterrero <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Toms, Keith" <[email-masked]>, "Shannon, Anne" <[email-masked]>, "Strum, Eric" <[email-masked]>, BOSTONTRADEMARKS <[email-masked]>
Subject: [Venezuela] Waters/BD - Transfer of responsibility to McCarter & English

CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST

Dear Guillermo,

I work with Keith on the Waters trademark portfolio. Waters Technologies Corporation is in the process of concluding a transaction with Becton Dickenson and Company (“BD”), whereby it will acquire the trademark files listed in the attached spreadsheets next week.  Once the transaction is complete, McCarter will be coordinating this portfolio going forward.  If you are available, we would like for your firm to take over responsibility for the matters listed in the attached spreadsheet once the transaction is complete.  We will follow-up with instructions on when to change the correspondent of record.

To ensure a smooth transition, we would appreciate your assistance in the following:

  1.  If needed, please provide a suitable power of attorney.  We would appreciate it if you could fill out the entity and signatory fields with the information below.
     *   Please restrict the POA to trademark prosecution and trademark enforcement matters only.  If possible, please make the POA effective for the current portfolio and future applications.
  2.  For the POAs, please let us know:
     *   Do you require an original signed document?
     *   Does the POA need to be notarized, apostilled, or legalized?
     *   Are e-signatures (like DocuSign) acceptable?
  3.  Please review the attached list of marks, we would appreciate it if you could add the following information to the attached spreadsheet.  (If you anticipate that confirming this information will cost more that USD $1,000, please let us know in advance and provide an estimate.)
     *   Please confirm the goods covered
     *   For registrations in the attached list, please provide renewal dates or any other maintenance filings that need to be done.
     *   For pending applications in the attached list, if you are able to tell from public records, please confirm the status and whether any deadlines are currently pending or if any office actions have issued.

We note that the predecessor in interest coordinated the portfolio through Anaqua, so we don’t have any visibility on the current counsel of record for these files.

As part of the transaction, Anaqua has also been contracted to record the assignment from any marks owned by Beckton Dickinson and Company to the entity Augusta SpinCo Corporation, so we are not responsible for taking that action.  We understand that you will not be able to formally file to become the representative of record for the Augusta SpinCo entity until the assignment is filed.  Please let us know, however, (1) whether you foresee any concerns with this arrangement, and (2) whether you will be able to file the change of correspondence as soon as the assignment recordation is filed or whether you will have to wait until it is approved.

We note that Waters is not necessarily acquiring all of the trademarks owned by this entity, so we do not require any searching at this time to confirm whether additional applications or registrations exist.

The signatory and entity information for the POAs is as follows:

  *   Augusta SpinCo Corporation
     *   Authorized Signatory: Bryan Smith
     *   Title:  Treasurer
     *   Address: 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801

Please direct future correspondence on this matter to Anne Shannon with a copy to Keith Toms, Eric Strum, me, and docketing [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>.

For any billings for these matters, please send your invoices to [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> and include the client-matter number for the matter.  This will ensure that your invoice gets properly routed into our payment workflow.  Please also copy Keith Toms, Anne Shannon, and Eric Strum on invoicing.

Please let us know if you have any questions or require additional information from us.

Best,

Greta Choo Tung  | Legal Assistant
McCarter & English, LLP
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