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Seller agrees to indemnify Purchaser and save it harmless against any suits, claims, liabilities, demands and expenses, including but not limited to, any loss arising out of the assertion of any Avoidance Claim, and shall pay to Purchaser on demand the amount thereof including attorneys’ fees and expenses, resulting from or arising under this Agreement. With respect to an Avoidance Claim, Seller shall notify Purchaser within two (2) business days of Seller’s becoming aware of the assertion of an Avoidance Claim. This provision shall survive termination of this Agreement.
49Indemnifications
No Loan Party shall, or shall cause or permit any ERISA Affiliate to, cause or permit to occur an ERISA Event to the extent such ERISA Event would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
39Erisa
For purposes of this Agreement, the Company and its subsidiaries shall be deemed not to be Affiliates or Associates of the Shareholder.
55Interpretations
This Agreement and the documents executed pursuant hereto supersede all negotiations, agreements and understandings among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof(except for anyconfidentiality agreements signed between any of the Parties before execution of this Agreement, which the Parties agree will terminate as of the Closing) and constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect thereto.
52Integration
This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the tenth anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (ii) the date as of which (A) all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder) or (B) the Holders of all Registrable Securities are permitted to sell the Registrable Securities under Rule 144 (or any similar provision) under the Securities Act without limitation on the amount of securities sold or the manner of sale. The provisions of  Section 3.5  and  Article IV  shall survive any termination.
89Terms
MORTGAGOR HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MORTGAGE OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LOAN DOCUMENTS. MORTGAGOR HERETO CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF MORTGAGEE OR ANY OTHER SECURED PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT MORTGAGEE OR SUCH OTHER SECURED PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER.
96Waiver Of Jury Trials
This Agreement contains all of the agreements of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and no prior agreement, understanding, or representation pertaining to any such matter shall be effective for any purpose. No provision of this Agreement may be amended except by an express agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto or their respective successors in interest. Except as is expressly modified or amended herein, the provisions, conditions and terms of the Lease shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
38Entire Agreements
Schedule 4.18  sets forth a true, correct, and complete list of all of the Company’s U.S. and foreign (i) issued patents and patent applications, (ii) trademark registrations and applications and material unregistered trademarks, (iii) copyright registrations and applications and material unregistered copyrights, and (iii) design registrations and applications and material unregistered designs. Immediately following the consummation of the Transactions, the Company will be the sole and exclusive beneficial and record owner of all of the Intellectual Property registrations and applications set forth in Schedule 4.18 , and all such Intellectual Property is valid and enforceable. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Business as currently conducted does not require or use any Intellectual Property not owned by or licensed pursuant to a valid and enforceable license to, or with otherwise good title to, the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Intellectual Property owned by the Company nor the conduct of the Business as currently conducted infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any Person’s Intellectual Property rights, nor has any Person given notice to the Company to the contrary.
53Intellectual Property
(i) All fees, costs, and expenses of Wells Fargo and its affiliates for which invoices have been presented (including legal fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) to be paid on the Closing Date shall have been paid, and (ii) the Borrower shall have paid the fees agreed to pursuant to the terms of the Fee Letters.
42Fees
This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the parties, including, without limitation, each Eligible Employee, present and future, and any successor to the Employer. If a Severed Employee shall die while any amount would still be payable to such Severed Employee under the Plan if the Severed Employee had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Plan to the executor, personal representative or administrators of the Severed Employee’s estate.
84Successors
Wherever possible, each provision of this Bill of Sale will be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Bill of Sale is found to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Bill of Sale.
79Severability
ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK .  BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AMENDMENT, EACH CREDIT PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (A) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (B) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1 OF THE AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT; (D) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (C) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (E) AGREES THAT AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
56Jurisdictions
The Shares are all of the issued and outstanding equity interests in Pride. All of the Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof, and are owned of record and beneficially by the Pride Shareholders. All of the Shares were issued in compliance with applicable Laws. None of the Shares were issued in violation of any agreement, arrangement or commitment to which the Pride Shareholders or Pride is a party or is subject to or in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any Person. There are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants or other rights of any kind relating to the sale, issuance or voting of any Shares or any securities convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any Shares. Pride does not own any shares of capital stock of or equity interests in (including any securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into capital stock of or other voting or equity interests in) any other Person.
16Capitalization
Notwithstanding the establishment of the JSC, but subject to Section 3.5, Incyte shall have the sole right to prepare and approve the Detailing Plan and Global Branding Strategy, including any amendments thereto.
5Approvals
The issuance and transfer of shares of Common Stock shall be subject to compliance by the Company and the Participant with all applicable requirements of federal and state securities laws and with all applicable requirements of any stock exchange on which the Company’s shares of Common Stock may be listed. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued or transferred unless and until any then applicable requirements of state and federal laws and regulatory agencies have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Company and its counsel. The Participant understands that the Company is under no obligation to register the shares of Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission or any stock exchange to effect such compliance.
19Compliance With Laws
After giving effect to the Transactions and any contribution provisions contained in any Loan Document, the Credit Parties and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
80Solvency
In addition to the Salary, Employee shall be entitled to the benefits, and participation in the benefit plans, as are provided to or available to the Company’s employees (collectively, the “Benefits”).
12Benefits
Subject to the limitations and other provisions of this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and shall remain in full force and effect until the date that is two (2) years from the Closing Date; provided, however, that (i) the representations and warranties in Section 3.01 , Section 3.02 and Section 3.03 shall survive indefinitely, and (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 3.16 , Section 3.20 , Section 3.21 , Section 3.22 , Section 3.27 and Section 3.29 shall survive for the full period of all applicable statutes of limitations (giving effect to any waiver, mitigation or extension thereof) plus 60 days. All covenants and agreements of the parties contained herein shall survive the Closing indefinitely or for the period explicitly specified therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the non-breaching party to the breaching party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of the relevant representation or warranty and such claims shall survive until finally resolved.
85Survival
If any provision of this Note becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, portions of such provision, or such provision in its entirety, to the extent necessary, shall be severed from this Note, and such court will replace such illegal, void or unenforceable provision of this Note with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the same economic, business and other purposes of the illegal, void or unenforceable provision. The balance of this Note shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
79Severability
All payments made by the Company under this Agreement shall be reduced by any amounts in respect of income, social security, FICA and other similar taxes at the then-prevailing rates required to be withheld by the Company under applicable law.
99Withholdings
The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) . Other than pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement, no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Other than the Shareholders Agreement, there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
16Capitalization
Except as may be otherwise provided by the Plan or determined by the Administrator, any written notices provided for in this Agreement or the Plan shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently given if either hand delivered or if sent by fax or overnight courier, or by postage paid first class mail. Notices sent by mail shall be deemed received three business days after mailed but in no event later than the date of actual receipt. Notices shall be directed, if to the Participant, at the Participant’s address indicated on Schedule A (or such other address as may be designated by the Participant in a manner acceptable to the Administrator), or if to the Company, at the Company’s principal office, attention Chief Financial Officer, Akoustis Technologies, Inc. Notice may also be provided by electronic submission, if and to the extent permitted by the Administrator.
65Notices
Except as set forth in Section 3.1(kk) of the Disclosure Schedules, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries or any Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has issued any shares of Common Stock or shares of any series of preferred stock or other securities or instruments convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise entitling the holder thereof to acquire shares of Common Stock which would be integrated with the sale or exchange of the Securities to the Purchaser for purposes of the Securities Act or of any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of The NASDAQ Stock Market, nor will the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliates take any action or steps that would require registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings if any such integration would cause the issuance of the Securities hereunder to fail to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act as provided in Section 3.10 above or cause the transactions contemplated hereby to contravene the rules and regulations of The NASDAQ Stock Market. The Company is eligible to register the Underlying Shares for resale by the Purchaser using Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.
52Integration
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in (or by reference in) Appendix A ( Definitions ).
28Defined Terms
The Subject Party agrees that from and after the Closing Date until the second (2 nd ) anniversary of the end of the Restricted Period, the Subject Party and its Controlled Affiliates will not, directly or indirectly engage in any conduct that involves the making or publishing (including through electronic mail distribution or online social media) of any written or oral statements or remarks (including the repetition or distribution of derogatory rumors, allegations, negative reports or comments) that are disparaging, deleterious or damaging to the integrity, reputation or good will of one or more Covered Parties or their respective management, officers, employees, independent contractors or consultants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 3 below, the provisions of this Section 2(c) shall not restrict the Subject Party from providing truthful testimony or information in response to a subpoena or investigation by a Governmental Authority or in connection with any legal action by the Subject Party against any Covered Party under this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any other Ancillary Document that is asserted by the Subject Party in good faith.
64Non-Disparagement
If, as of the expiration of the Cure Period, the Parties cannot agree upon (a) the existence of a Title Defect, the adequacy of any Title Defect curative materials submitted to Buyer, or the Title Defect Amount with respect to any Title Defect (each, a “ Disputed Title Matter ”) or (b) the existence of an Environmental Defect, the adequacy of any Environmental Defect curative actions taken by Seller, or the Environmental Defect Amount with respect to any Environmental Defect (each, a “ Disputed Environmental Matter ” and, together with any Disputed Title Matter, a “ Disputed Matter ”) then the Disputed Matter shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of Article XI .
90Titles
The ONEM Shareholders has the right, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement to which such ONEM Shareholders is a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to perform such ONEM Shareholder’s obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized and approved, executed and delivered by the ONEM Shareholders. Assuming this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto other than such ONEM Shareholders, this Agreement is duly authorized, executed and delivered by the ONEM Shareholders and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the ONEM Shareholders, enforceable against the ONEM Shareholders in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement is limited by general equitable principles, or by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
9Authority
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement are defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2017, among Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-B, as Issuer, Ford Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC, as Depositor, and Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, as Servicer.  Appendix A also contains usage rules that apply to this Agreement.  Appendix A is incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
29Definitions
The Company, acting through the Committee or through the Board, may amend this Agreement at any time for any purpose determined by the Company in its sole discretion that is consistent with the Plan, including but not limited to an amendment to accelerate the vesting schedule set forth in Paragraph 1, or to permit transfers of this Option to certain individuals specified by the Participant. All amendments must be in writing. The Company may not amend this Agreement, however, without the Participant’s express agreement to any amendment that could adversely affect the material rights of the Participant.
2Amendments
Executive shall execute and deliver to the Company a release agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Release ”) within twenty-one days (or such longer period of time as may be required by applicable law in order to make it enforceable) following the Date of Termination and that Executive not revoke such Release during any applicable revocation period. The form of the Release may be modified as needed to reflect changes in applicable law or regulations that are needed to provide a legally enforceable and binding release of the scope contemplated by the Release at the time of execution.
74Releases
In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall for any reason be held to be unenforceable in any respect under applicable law, such unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such unenforceable provision or provisions had never been contained herein.
79Severability
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings as in the Facility B Agreement and the Credit Agreement.
29Definitions
The forfeiture provision detailed in Section 5.4 hereof shall not be enforceable following a Change in Control.
17Change In Control
All representations, warranties and covenants under this Agreement shall survive the delivery of this Agreement.
98Warranties
The Award Notice and this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Award Notice and this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts of Colorado, to resolve any and all issues that may arise out of or relate to the Incentive Plan, the Award Notice or this Agreement.
47Governing Laws
No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lenders in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided in this Guaranty, the other Loan Documents and any agreements relating to the other Guaranteed Obligations shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
63No Waivers
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Transaction Documents, each Party shall bear its own costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution, amendment or modification of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Closing Transactions.
41Expenses
In addition to (but without duplication of) Salary and any bonuses payable to Executive pursuant to Section 3, Executive shall be entitled to participate at his sole discretion in all of the Company’s employee benefit programs for which employees of the Company are generally eligible, subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility requirements of such plans and benefits.
12Benefits
Either the Executive or the Company may terminate the Executive's employment under this Agreement for any reason upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice.
88Terminations
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, between or on behalf of the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Distribution Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.
38Entire Agreements
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Committee in its discretion; provided , however , that this Agreement may not be modified in a manner that would have a materially adverse effect on the Award Shares as determined in the discretion of the Committee, except as provided in the Plan, this Agreement, the Employment Agreement or in any other written document signed by you and the Company.
2Amendments
Except as otherwise set forth in Section 12(b) , in the event the Executive prevails on any material issue in connection with any controversy, dispute or claim which arises out of or relates to this Agreement, any other agreement or arrangement between the Executive and the Company, the Executive’s employment with the Company, or the termination thereof, then the Company shall reimburse the Executive (and his beneficiaries) for any and all costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees and other charges of counsel) incurred by the Executive (or any of his beneficiaries) in connection with such controversy, dispute or claim.
46General
Lessor is represented by David Stokes of Cushman & Wakefield NorthMarq (“Lessor’s Broker”) and Lessee is represented by Mark Sims and Charlie Merwin of Cushman & Wakefield NorthMarq (“Lessee’s Broker”). Lessor shall pay a commission to Lessor’s Broker pursuant to a separate agreement. Lessor’s Broker may share the commission with Lessee’s Broker.
15Brokers
It is the parties’ intent that each of the Covenants be read and interpreted with every reasonable inference given to its enforceability. However, it is also the parties’ intent that if any term, provision or condition of the Covenants is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. Finally, it is also the parties’ intent that if it is determined that any of the Covenants are unenforceable for any reason, then such Covenant shall be modified so as to make it reasonable and enforceable under the prevailing circumstances.
79Severability
This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Corporation and Director hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the State of Nevada (the “ Nevada Court ”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Nevada Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, and (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Nevada Court and (iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Nevada Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
47Governing Laws
The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a fee for the Loan in the amount of one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the Loan amount ($24,300), payable upon closing the Loan. The Lender acknowledges receipt from the Borrower of Ten Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($10,000.00), for application to the Lender’s third-party costs incurred in connection with the Loan (including without limitation fees of appraisers, consultants and legal counsel), any unused balance of which may be applied to the foregoing Loan fee.
42Fees
The Seller expressly and irrevocably releases each Buyer Party, its affiliates and their respective current and former officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons from any and all claims, demands and liabilities arising from or in respect of any claim, demand or liability based on Tiptree’s possession, use or non-disclosure of the Information (collectively, the “ Released Claims ”), and the Seller agrees to make, and to cause its affiliates to make, no claim against each Buyer Party, its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons in connection with the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 4 , the Released Claims shall not include, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall affect any claims with respect to (a) the right to receive payment of the purchase price contemplated herein and (b) any breach of this Agreement, Each party hereto acknowledges that (i) it is relying on the representations, warranties, acknowledgments and agreements in this Agreement of the other parties hereto as a condition to proceeding with the Transaction; and (ii) without such representations, warranties, acknowledgments and agreements, such party would not enter into this Agreement or engage in the Transaction.
74Releases
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania applicable to contracts made and performed wholly therein without regard to rules governing conflicts of law.
47Governing Laws
All fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses.
41Expenses
The Parties agree and covenant that they will not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum any defamatory remarks, comments or statements concerning Lindberg or Quantum or their businesses, or any of their employees, officers, and existing and prospective customers, suppliers, investors and other associated third parties, subject to the disclosure requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933.
64Non-Disparagement
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined pursuant to the Governing Law provision of the 2015 Purchase Agreement.
47Governing Laws
Each Seller has the corporate or other power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform its obligations under each Transaction Document to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions herein and therein contemplated and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated and to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.  Except for filings with respect to the disclosure of the Transaction Documents pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (all of which filings shall be made at or prior to the time required by applicable law), no consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required with respect to such Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of the Transaction Documents to which such Seller is a party.  This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Seller is, or is to become, a party has been or will be, as applicable, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Seller.  This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Seller is, or is to become, a party constitutes or will constitute, as applicable, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Seller enforceable against such Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
10Authorizations
This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective personal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns.
85Survival
The terms set forth in Section 14 of the Employment Agreement shall apply to this Release, provided that the word "Release" shall take the place of the word "Agreement" in such Sections, where applicable.
23Construction
Each of Borrower and the other Obligated Parties is Solvent and has not entered into any transaction with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud a creditor.
80Solvency
This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the Closing Date and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings, the Borrower, the Agent, the Issuing Banks and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Agent and the Lenders (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).
13Binding Effects
Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrower shall have the option to (i) convert at any time, and from time to time, following the third Business Day after the Closing Date all or any portion of any outstanding Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Market Index Rate Loans into one or more LIBOR Rate Loans and (ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period, (x) convert all or any part of its outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Market Index Rate Loans or (y) continue such LIBOR Rate Loans as LIBOR Rate Loans. The Borrower shall give the Lender prior written notice in the form attached as Exhibit C (a “ Notice of Conversion/Continuation ”) not later than 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days before the day on which a proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be effective. If the Borrower fails to give a timely Notice of Conversion/Continuation prior to the end of the Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan, then the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan shall be continued as a LIBOR Rate Loan for the same Interest Period.
65Notices
TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH PURCHASER AND THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVE, AND COVENANT THAT NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR SUCH PURCHASER WILL ASSERT, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY ON ANY ISSUE IN ANY PROCEEDING, WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE, IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF SUCH PURCHASER AND THE COMPANY HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING AND WHETHER IN TORT OR CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE. The Company acknowledges that it has been informed by such Purchaser that the provisions of this Section 6.10 constitute a material inducement upon which such Purchaser is relying and will rely in entering into this Agreement. Such Purchaser or the Company may file an original counterpart or a copy of this Section 6.10 with any court as written evidence of the consent of such Purchaser and the Company to the waiver of the right to trial by jury.
96Waiver Of Jury Trials
Restricted Stock Units shall vest in such manner, on such date or dates, or upon such conditions, in each case as may be determined by the Committee and set forth in an RSU Agreement. Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Committee, the vesting of a Restricted Stock Unit shall occur only while the Participant is employed by or rendering services to the Service Recipient, and all vesting shall cease upon a Participant’s Termination for any reason.
95Vesting
No term, covenant or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof shall be deemed waived, except with the written consent of the party against whom the waiver is claimed, and any waiver of any such term, covenant, condition or breach shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach of the same or any other term, covenant, condition or breach.
97Waivers
This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective permitted successors and permitted assigns.
13Binding Effects
From and after the date of this Agreement, neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates will, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that no Person acting on their behalf will, directly or indirectly, make any offers or sales of any security or solicit any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would (i) require registration of the offer and sale of any of the Securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings by the Company in a manner that would require stockholder approval pursuant to the rules of the Principal Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated, unless in the case of this clause (ii), stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction in accordance with the rules of such Principal Market.
52Integration
The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, use the proceeds of any Loans, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
92Use Of Proceeds
The Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, ignoring any conflicts-of-law provisions.
47Governing Laws
No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof and no Default or Event of Default will exist immediately after giving effect to this Amendment.
62No Defaults
Employee does hereby unconditionally, irrevocably and absolutely release and discharge Mast, its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, stockholders, insurers, divisions, affiliates, successors and assigns, and any related holding, parent, sister or subsidiary corporations from any and all loss, liability, claims, demands, causes of action or suits of any type, whether in law and/or in equity, related directly or indirectly, or in any way connected with any transactions, affairs or occurrences between them to date, including, but not limited to, Employee’s employment with Mast and the termination of said employment.  This Agreement specifically applies, without limitation, to any and all wage claims, claims for unpaid expenses, contract claims, tort claims, claims for wrongful termination, and claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the California Family Rights Act, the California Labor Code, the California Business and Professions Code, and any and all federal or state statutes or laws governing wages and/or discrimination in employment.  In addition, this Agreement specifically applies to any claims for age discrimination harassment or retaliation in employment, including any claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act or any other statutes or laws which govern age discrimination in employment.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to mean that Employee is releasing or waiving claims to enforce this Agreement, workers’ compensation claims, claims for unemployment insurance benefits, claims for any vested retirement or claims that, by law, cannot be waived.
74Releases
Any issuance of shares of Stock to the Grantee pursuant to this Award shall be subject to any applicable tax withholding requirements. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the transfer of shares of Stock pursuant to this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax or other applicable withholding tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee for payment of any Federal, state, local, non U.S., or other taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required minimum tax withholding amount to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from shares of Stock to be issued to the Grantee a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy such minimum withholding obligation.
86Tax Withholdings
The Company shall withhold all applicable federal, state and local taxes and social security and such other amounts as may be required by law from all amounts payable to the Employee under this Section 4.
99Withholdings
You agree that this Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.  In the event of any conflict, the terms of the Plan shall control.  Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Agreement.
46General
Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, non-public information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides material non-public information to the Holder that is not simultaneously filed in a Current Report on Form 8-K and the Holder has not agreed to receive such material non-public information, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents with respect to, or a duty to any of the foregoing not to trade on the basis of, such material non-public information. Nothing contained in this Section 23 shall limit any obligations of the Company, or any rights of the Holder, under Section 4(i) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
31Disclosures
A Participant will be entitled to receive payment, if any, under an Award if the Participant’s Employment continues through December 31, 2019, subject to this Section 6 and Section 7.  A Participant will receive an Award in the manner and at the times set forth in Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and Section 7.
46General
This Gordmans Amendment shall not be changed, modified or amended except in writing and signed by both of the Parties hereto. The provisions of this Gordmans Amendment shall be considered a part of the Agreement. Except as specifically amended in this Gordmans Amendment, the provisions of the Agreement, as amended, remain unaffected and in full force and effect. The provisions of this Gordmans Amendment shall prevail in the event of any conflict between the provisions hereof and the provisions of the Agreement.
46General
This Guaranty may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
26Counterparts
The Borrower shall not request any Loan or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities, businesses or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
92Use Of Proceeds
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to the conflicts of law provisions thereof.
47Governing Laws
The terms and conditions of this Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all previous communications or agreements, either oral or written, between the parties. There are no understandings, representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever, except as expressly set forth herein.
38Entire Agreements
Except as is otherwise provided in the Plan, where applicable, the provisions of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
47Governing Laws
Each Loan Party shall promptly furnish to Agent and the Lenders from time to time such statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) or the Required Lenders may reasonably request by prior written notice, all in reasonable detail. The Loan Parties shall take such further actions as Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) or the Required Lenders may reasonably request to perfect or maintain Agent’s security interest granted in this Loan Agreement or to otherwise further the purposes of this Loan Agreement.
45Further Assurances
The Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States Of America.
4Applicable Laws
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and governed in all respects by, the laws of the State of Nevada. The federal and state courts located in Clark County, Nevada shall have sole and exclusive subject matter jurisdiction over this Agreement and the parties expressly consent to personal jurisdiction in Nevada for the purpose of resolving any dispute related to the making or interpretation of this Agreement.
47Governing Laws
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Employee, harmless from and against any past, present or future claim, action, demand, loss, cost, expense, liability or other damage arising from, and including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, amounts, expenses, incurred by or imposed against the Employee and arising out of or relating to any past, present or future claim, action, demand, loss, cost, expense, liability or other damage due to Employee’s employment hereunder.
49Indemnifications
All headings, titles or captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
48Headings
Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days), together with all interest, if any, that has accrued on such amount, following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by (x) the cure or waiver of the relevant Event of Default in respect of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to Section 8.02 and (y) the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.06(b) ), (ii) as provided in Section 2.17(a)(iii) (solely to the extent described therein) or (iii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided , however , (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers (including any interest thereon) shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.17 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.03 during the continuance of an Event of Default), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuers, Swing Line Lenders or Alternative Currency Fronting Lenders, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral (including any interest thereon) shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
74Releases
Any legal action or proceeding with respect to any Related Document shall be brought exclusively in the courts of the State of New York located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Borrower and each other Transaction Party executing this Agreement hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its Property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall limit the right of Administrative Agent to commence any proceeding in the federal or state courts of any other jurisdiction to the extent Administrative Agent determines that such action is necessary or appropriate to exercise its rights or remedies under the Related Documents. The parties hereto (and, to the extent set forth in any other Related Document, each other Transaction Party) hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such jurisdictions.
82Submission To Jurisdiction
No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
63No Waivers
I agree that during and after my employment or relationship with the Company ends for any reason, I will not make any false, disparaging or derogatory statement(s) to any media outlet, industry group, financial institution, current or former employee, consultant, client or customer of the Company, or any other entity or person, which are adverse to the interests, products, services or personnel of the Company or its and their customers or vendors. I further agree that I will not take any action that may reasonably cause the Company, its customers or its vendors embarrassment or humiliation, and I will not otherwise directly or indirectly cause the Company, its customers or its vendors to be held in disrepute.
64Non-Disparagement
Any Subsidiary Guarantor, upon written request of the Company to the Administrative Agent, shall be released from its obligations under the Subsidiaries Guaranty; provided that, in each case: (i) immediately before and after giving effect to such release, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) no amount is then due and payable under the Subsidiaries Guaranty by such Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) such Subsidiary Guarantor no longer guaranties the Senior Notes or any other senior unsecured Indebtedness of the Company (or is simultaneously being released as such thereunder) and (iv) such request by the Company shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the foregoing effect and setting forth information reasonably required to establish compliance with the foregoing requirements.
74Releases
This Guaranty contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto.
38Entire Agreements
Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.06(b)(vi) )) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided , however , (x) Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower shall not be released during the continuance of a Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.16 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.03 ), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuers may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
74Releases
If requested by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party agrees to cooperate with the Indemnifying Party and its counsel in contesting any Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party elects to contest or, if appropriate, in making any counterclaim against the Person asserting the Third Party Claim, or any cross-complaint against any Person, and the Indemnifying Party will reimburse the Indemnified Party for any expenses incurred by it in so cooperating. At no cost or expense to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall cooperate with the Indemnified Party and its counsel in contesting any Third Party Claim.
24Cooperation
The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota and is in good standing under such laws.  The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets, and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.  The Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property or the nature of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, operations or conditions (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).
66Organizations
(a) The Company is not in violation of its governing documents, and (b) no other Debtor is in violation of its respective charter or bylaws, certificate of formation or limited liability company operating agreement or similar organizational document in any material respect. None of the Debtors is or has been at any time since January 1, 2014 in violation of any Law or Order, except for any such violations that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
19Compliance With Laws
All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit Agreement, and this Patent Security Agreement shall be subject to the rules of construction set forth in Section 1(b)  of the Security Agreement, which rules of construction are incorporated herein by this reference, mutatis mutandis .
28Defined Terms
There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (including “cease and desist” letters or invitations to take patent license) against, nor any outstanding judgment, order, writ or decree against, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets before or by any Governmental Entity which individually or in the aggregate have, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Entity.
58Litigations
This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the signature on each such counterpart were upon the same instrument.
26Counterparts
The Borrower will use the proceeds of (i) the Term B-1 Loans for general corporate purposes, including to repurchase, redeem or defease any of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ existing indebtedness and to pay the fees, premiums, expenses and other transaction costs incurred in connection therewith and in connection with Increase Joinder No. 1 and the arrangement and funding of the Term B-1 Loans thereunder (the transactions in this clause (i), the “ Increase Joinder Transactions ”), (ii) any Incremental Term Loans for the purposes specified in the Increase Joinder and (iii) the Revolving Loans for general corporate purposes, including working capital and Securitization Transactions permitted hereunder as well as one or more acquisitions or Asset Exchanges; provided that in the case of this clause (iii) no such proceeds of Revolving Loans shall be used directly or indirectly in connection with any Hostile Acquisition.
92Use Of Proceeds
No Default or Event of Default exists or would result from the incurring of any Obligations by the Company or the grant or perfection of Liens on the Collateral.  The Company is not in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation in any respect which, individually or together with all such defaults, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
62No Defaults
Subject to the provisions of this Article V and Section 6.3 hereof, each Holder shall be entitled to convert, at any time and from time to time, at the option and election of such Holder, any or all outstanding Preferred Shares held by such Holder into such number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or Reference Property) as set out in Section 5.3.
46General
The Executive will be entitled to twenty (20) vacation days per calendar year, prorated for partial years.  In all other respects, the Executive’s vacation will be governed by the Company’s vacation policy as will be adopted by the Company, and amended from time to time at its sole discretion from time to time.
93Vacations
This Agreement shall continue in force as to each Stockholder until such time as that Stockholder owns Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock in an amount equal to zero percent (0.0%) of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock.
89Terms