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Participant hereby acknowledges that he or she has read and understood the terms regarding collection, processing and transfer of Data contained in Section 10 of the Agreement and, by accepting the Performance Option, Participant agrees to such terms.  In this regard, upon request of the Company or the Employer, Participant agrees to provide an executed data privacy consent form to the Employer or the Company, or any other agreements or consents that the Company and/or the Employer may deem necessary to obtain Participant's consent to collect, process or transfer Participant's Data for purposes of administering his or her participation in the Plan under the data privacy laws in Russia, either now or in the future.  Participant understands that he or she will not be able to participate in the Plan if he or she fails to execute any such consent or agreement.
22Consents
This option is granted pursuant to the Plan, a copy of which the Optionee acknowledges having received.  The provisions of the Plan are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference. Capitalized terms are defined in Section 15 of this Agreement or in the Plan.
28Defined Terms
To the extent permitted by law, any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and to the extent permitted by law the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
79Severability
Each of the Parties shall be responsible for their respective expenses and costs incurred in connection with the negotiation, documentation and execution of this Agreement and the other agreements, and documents contemplated herein and therein.
41Expenses
This Agreement, including any exhibits or appendices hereto, contains and comprises the entire understanding and agreement between Executive and Sears (including any Sears Affiliate) and fully supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings between Executive and Sears with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and may be amended only by a writing signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Vice President, Talent & Human Capital Services or Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (or equivalent) of Sears.
38Entire Agreements
The obligations of Business Associate under this Section 7 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
85Survival
All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Note Collateral Agent or the Company hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 109 of the Indenture; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon the Company shall be addressed to the Company at its notice address set forth on Schedule  1 , unless and until the Company shall change such address by notice to the Note Collateral Agent given in accordance with Section 109 of the Indenture.
65Notices
For purposes of this Agreement, (a) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (b) the word “or” is not exclusive; and (c) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole.  Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein: (x) to Articles, Sections, Disclosure Schedules and Exhibits mean the Articles and Sections of, and Disclosure Schedules and Exhibits attached to, this Agreement; (y) to an agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and (z) to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder.  This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted.  The Disclosure Schedules and Exhibits referred to herein shall be construed with, and as an integral part of, this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim herein.
55Interpretations
No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent, and no waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by the Pledgor therefrom, shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
2Amendments
This Agreement and the Amended Note Securities represent the entire agreement and understandings between the parties hereto concerning the Amendment and the other matters described therein and supersedes and replaces any and all prior agreements and understandings.
38Entire Agreements
Neither a Reportable Event nor a failure to meet the minimum funding standards and benefit limitations of Section 412, 430 or 436 of the Code with respect to any Plan (whether or not waived) has occurred. Each Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No termination of a Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during the previous five years. Neither any Borrower, the Guarantor nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and neither any Borrower nor the Guarantor would become subject to any material liability under ERISA if such Borrower, the Guarantor or any Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or, to the Knowledge of any Borrower, Insolvent.
39Erisa
The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to Agent and the Company an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee payable to Agent equal to $3,000; provided, however, that Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to Agent and the Company an Administrative Questionnaire.
7Assignments
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (other than pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section  7.04 ) none of the Borrowers nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
84Successors
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
29Definitions
All notices, demands, statements, designations, approvals or other communications (collectively, " Notices ") given or required to be given by either party to the other hereunder or by law shall be in writing, shall be (A) sent by United States certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested (" Mail "), (B) transmitted by facsimile, if such facsimile is promptly followed by a Notice sent by Mail, (C) delivered by a nationally recognized overnight courier, or (D) delivered personally. Any Notice shall be sent, transmitted, or delivered, as the case may be, to Tenant at the appropriate address set forth in Section 9 of the Summary, or to such other place as Tenant may from time to time designate in a Notice to Landlord, or to Landlord at the addresses set forth in Section 10 of the Summary, or to such other places as Landlord may from time to time designate in a Notice to Tenant. Any Notice will be deemed given (i) three (3) days after the date it is posted if sent by Mail, (ii) the date the telecopy is transmitted, (iii) the date the overnight courier delivery is made, or (iv) the date personal delivery is made or attempted to be made. If Tenant is notified of the identity and address of Landlord's mortgagee or ground or underlying lessor, Tenant shall give to such mortgagee or ground or underlying lessor written notice of any default by Landlord under the terms of this Lease by registered or certified mail, and such mortgagee or ground or underlying lessor shall be given a reasonable opportunity to cure such default prior to Tenant's exercising any remedy available to Tenant.
65Notices
Set forth on Schedule 3.28 hereto is a true, correct and complete summary of all insurance carried by each Loan Party on and as of the Effective Date, with the amounts insured set forth therein.
51Insurances
The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans, and the Letters of Credit, shall be used for general corporate purposes.
92Use Of Proceeds
This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile transmission, “. pdf,” or other electronic transmission) in two or more counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when two or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered (including by facsimile transmission, “. pdf” or other electronic transmission) to the other Parties.
26Counterparts
Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter, upon termination of employment or service during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited; provided, however  , that, except as otherwise provided by Section 10.6, the Committee may (a) provide in any Restricted Stock Award Agreement that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock will be waived in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes, and (b) in other cases waive in whole or in part restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock.
44Forfeitures
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, as such laws are applied to contracts entered into and performed in such State, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions thereof. The Company and the Participant stipulate and consent to personal jurisdiction and proper venue in the state or federal courts of Cook County, Illinois and waive each such party’s right to objection to an Illinois court’s jurisdiction and venue. The Participant and the Company hereby waive their right to jury trial on any legal dispute arising from or relating to this Agreement, and consent to the submission of all issues of fact and law arising from this Agreement to the judge of a court of competent jurisdiction as otherwise provided for above.
94Venues
The Borrower shall pay all of the Lender’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred with respect to with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement.
41Expenses
The Borrower will not request any Loan or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not directly (or knowingly indirectly) use, shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in each case, acting in their capacities as such) shall not directly (or knowingly indirectly) use, the proceeds of any Loan 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, except to the extent permitted for a Person who is required to comply with Sanctions or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
92Use Of Proceeds
Each Loan Party owns, is licensed to use or otherwise has the right to use, all patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, technology, know-how and processes used in or necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted that are material to the business of the Loan Parties (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”) and all such patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, applications therefor, and domain names identified on Schedule 5.17(b) hereto are duly and properly registered, filed or issued in the appropriate office and jurisdictions for such registrations, filings or issuances. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.17(b) hereto, to each Loan Party’s respective knowledge, the use of such Intellectual Property by the Loan Parties does not and has not been alleged by any Person to infringe on the rights of any Person. No Loan Party owes any royalties, honoraria or fees to any Person by reason of its use of the Intellectual Property.
53Intellectual Property
The term (“ Term ”) of this Agreement shall commence from the date of this Agreement through the date that the Shareholders (together with their Affiliates) no longer beneficially own Common Stock (including shares underlying options or warrants) representing, on a fully diluted basis, in the aggregate, at least 20% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock; provided , however , that this Agreement may be terminated or amended at any time by the mutual written consent of the Parties, including the prior written consent of a disinterested majority of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, further , that this Agreement may be terminated by any Party (a) if the stock purchase transactions refered to in the recitals are not closed on or before January 10, 2018 or (b) following six (6) months written notice to the other Parties delivered at any time after July 1, 2020.
88Terminations
The Participant shall become 100% vested in the Stock Units granted hereunder upon the date (the “vesting date”) that is the earliest to occur of (a) the date of Northern’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “regular vesting date”), (b) the date of the Participant’s death, or (c) the date of a Change in Control, provided that the Participant has not incurred a Separation from Service, as defined in Paragraph 7(c) below, prior to the earliest of the foregoing three events.
95Vesting
Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction such that the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion thereof shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.
79Severability
The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Excluded Subsidiaries) to take such action from time to time as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent to effectuate the purposes and objectives of this Agreement and to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of the Security Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, but subject to the 65% limitation in the last paragraph of Section 6.13(a), in the event that any additional Capital Stock shall be is-sued issued by any Domestic Subsidiary or First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary), the Loan Parties agree forthwith to deliver to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement the certificates evidencing such shares of stock (if any) , accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and to take such other action as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall request to perfect the security interest created therein pursuant to the Security Agreement.
45Further Assurances
All books of account, records, systems, correspondence, documents, memoranda, manuals, email, electronic or magnetic recordings or data and any and all other data, in whatever form and any copies thereof, concerning or containing any reference to the works and business of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate shall belong to the Company and shall be given up to the Company whenever the Company requires the Participant to do so. The Participant agrees that the Participant shall not at any time during the term of the Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or at any time thereafter, without the Company’s prior written consent, disclose to any individual, person or entity any information or any trade secrets, plans or other information or data, in whatever form (including, without limitation, (a) any financing strategies and practices, pricing information and methods, training and operational procedures, advertising, marketing, and sales information or methodologies or financial information and (b) any Proprietary Information (as defined below)), concerning the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s or any of their customers’, referral sources’ or clients’ practices, businesses, procedures, systems, plans or policies (collectively, “Confidential Information”), nor shall the Participant utilize any such Confidential Information in any way or communicate with or contact any such customer, referral source or client other than in connection with the Participant’s employment by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate. The Participant hereby confirms that all Confidential Information constitutes the Company’s exclusive property, and that all of the restrictions on the Participant’s activities contained in this Restricted Share Agreement and such other nondisclosure policies of the Company are required for the Company’s reasonable protection. Confidential Information shall not include any information that has otherwise been disclosed to the public not in violation of this Restricted Share Agreement. This confidentiality provision shall survive the termination of this Restricted Share Agreement and shall not be limited by any other confidentiality agreements entered into with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Restricted Share Agreement (or any other Company policy or contract to which the Participant is or was subject) shall be construed to prohibit the Participant from communicating with any federal, state or local governmental agency or commission with oversight of the Company, as provided for, protected under or warranted by applicable law.
20Confidentiality
At the time of distribution pursuant to Section 6 above, and in accordance with any rules or regulations of the Committee then in effect, the Company shall withhold, through an automatic share withholding procedure, Company Stock with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the vesting date) equal to the amount of the federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to the distributions.  To the extent not withheld, the Employee shall pay to the Employing Entity or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld at any time with respect to the Stock Unit Grant and the Employing Entity shall, to the extent permitted or required by law, have the right to deduct from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Employee, federal, state and local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld.
99Withholdings
You will not be allowed to exercise the Option unless you make arrangements acceptable to the Company to pay any taxes, social insurance contributions and other required deductions that may be due as a result of the Option exercise.
87Taxes
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including via facsimile and electronic image scan (PDF), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.
26Counterparts
Each Participant must make appropriate arrangements with the Company for satisfaction of any Federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements, Social Security and other employee tax or other requirements that apply to the Participant’s Accounts. All taxes required to be withheld by the Company with respect to any payment or the Participant’s Accounts shall be deducted from such payment or any other Compensation payable by the Company or its affiliates to the Participant (or Beneficiary).
99Withholdings
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Warrant shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
79Severability
If Landlord shall institute proceedings against Tenant and a compromise or settlement thereof shall be made, the same shall not constitute a waiver of any other covenant, condition or agreement herein contained, nor of any of Landlord’s rights hereunder. No waiver by Landlord of any breach shall operate as a waiver of such covenant, condition or agreement itself, or of any subsequent breach thereof. No payment of Rent by Tenant or acceptance of Rent by Landlord shall operate as a waiver of any breach or default by Tenant under this Lease. No payment by Tenant or receipt by Landlord of a lesser amount than the monthly installment of Rent herein stipulated shall be deemed to be other than a payment on account of the earliest unpaid Rent, nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or communication accompanying a check for the payment of Rent be deemed an accord and satisfaction, and Landlord may accept such check or payment without prejudice to Landlord’s right to recover the balance of such Rent or to pursue any other remedy provided in this Lease. No act, omission, reletting or re-entry by Landlord, and no acceptance by Landlord of keys from Tenant, shall be considered an acceptance of a surrender of this Lease, shall be construed as an actual or constructive eviction of Tenant, or an election on the part of Landlord to terminate this Lease unless a written notice of such intention is given to Tenant by Landlord.
63No Waivers
The descriptive headings and subheadings in this Agreement are included for convenience and identification only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
48Headings
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, with each such counterpart constituting an original and all of such counterparts constituting but one and the same instrument.
26Counterparts
The Holder’s representations and warranties contained in Article II hereof shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing as though made as of the Closing Date. The Holder shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all of its covenants and other obligations contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by the Holder at or prior to the Closing Date.
76Representations
This Third Amendment will be effective beginning on the date you have executed the Amendment and delivered it to the Company and it has become irrevocable pursuant to paragraph 9.
33Effective Dates
RMS has all requisite Approvals and RMS shall have provided evidence, satisfactory to the Purchaser and Agent, that RMS’s Approvals are in good standing.
5Approvals
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of Company, Company ’ s Affiliates, and their respective successors, survivors, and/or assigns, without the need for further action by any party.  Employee consents to assignment of this Agreement to any person or entity that acquires Company, in whole or in part, or that is a successor to Company, in whole or in part.  The parties agree that Employee ’ s services and obligations under this Agreement are personal in nature and cannot be assigned to another person or entity.
7Assignments
This Statement may be amended only by written statement between the Grantee and the Corporation, without the consent of any other person.
2Amendments
During the Agreement Term, the Company will employ Executive as its Executive Vice President of Research & Development to perform the duties and responsibilities inherent in such position and such other duties and responsibilities consistent with such position as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”) shall from time to time reasonably assign to him. On an annual basis, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) in consultation with Executive and the CEO, will set reasonably attainable, specific goals pursuant to the objectives of the Company as in effect from time to time. Executive shall report directly to the CEO and shall be subject to the supervision of, and shall have such authority as is delegated to Executive by, the CEO, which authority shall be sufficient to perform Executive’s duties hereunder. Executive will be based at the Company’s offices in San Diego, California. Subject to Section 4.3 below, the location of Executive’s employment is subject to change during the course of the Agreement Term as determined by the CEO in consultation with the Executive. Executive hereby accepts such employment and agrees to undertake the duties and responsibilities inherent in such position and such other duties as may be reasonably assigned to Executive. Executive shall devote substantially all of his business time, energies and attention in the performance of the foregoing services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude Executive from (i) performing services for such other companies as the Company may designate or permit, (ii) serving, with the prior written consent of the Board, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, as an officer or member of the boards of directors or advisory boards (or their equivalents in the case of a non-corporate entity) of non-competing businesses, (iii) serving as an officer or a member of charitable, educational or civic organizations, (iv) engaging in charitable activities and community affairs, and (v) managing Executive's personal investments and affairs; provided, however, that the activities set out in clauses (i) – (v) shall be limited by Executive so as not to materially interfere, individually or in the aggregate, with the performance of Executive's duties and responsibilities hereunder.
90Titles
The validity, interpretation and effect of this Agreement shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding the “conflict of laws” rules thereof.
47Governing Laws
This section of the letter agreement is a release of legal claims.  In this section, you are agreeing to release all legal claims against the Company and the other releasees defined below that arise up to the date you sign the letter agreement.  Please carefully review this section with your attorney, or other trusted advisor, and do not sign this document unless you understand what this section says.
74Releases
(a) None of the terms or provisions of this Guaranty may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the Guarantor and the Buyer, provided that any provision of this Guaranty may be waived by the Buyer.
63No Waivers
When you join the Company, your position will be Chief Revenue Officer and you will report to Chief Operating Officer Eric Eichmann. You will generally work out of the Company's offices in New York, NY, but will be expected to travel, as required. As a Company employee, you will (i) carry out your duties, as directed by the Company, in a diligent, competent, faithful and professional manner; (ii) work with other employees of the Company in a competent and professional manner; and (iii) generally promote the interests of the Company. Your starting annual, base salary will be $ 450,000 (your " Salary ") less applicable taxes, deductions and withholding. Your Salary will be payable in accordance with the Company's standard payroll practices and subject to annual review. The Company's business is fast-growing and changes quickly. As such, the Company may change your title and duties from time to time to suit its business needs, or change your Salary as it deems appropriate. In addition, the Company may transfer you to another location within the United States.
69Positions
In consideration of the lump sum payment of benefits under The Coca-Cola Company Severance Pay Plan (the “Severance Plan”) and other good and valuable consideration, I, for myself and my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, do hereby knowingly, voluntarily and unconditionally release, hold harmless and forever discharge The Coca-Cola Company (“TCCC”) and its subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, joint venture partners, and benefit plans (collectively with TCCC referred to herein as the “Company”), and their respective current and former directors, officers, administrators, trustees, employees, agents, and other representatives, (collectively with the Company, referred to herein as “Releasees”) from all debts, claims, actions, causes of action (including without limitation claims arising from or in connection with my employment, pay, bonuses, vacation or any other benefits, and/or other terms and conditions of employment or employment practices of Company; claims arising out of or relating to the termination of my employment with the Company or the surrounding circumstances thereof; and any causes of action that I may have under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. ; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. ; and those federal, state, local, and foreign laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on age, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, disability, veteran or marital status, sexual orientation, or any other protected trait or characteristic, or retaliation for engaging in any protected activity, including without limitation the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (“ADEA”), as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, P.L. 101-433; the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 9 U.S.C.§ 206, et seq. ; Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. ; the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981; the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 42 U.S.C. § 1981a; the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. ; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 791 et   seq. ; the Family Medical Leave Act; and comparable state, local, and foreign causes of action, whether statutory or common law, including but not limited to all claims related to wrongful discharge, negligence, defamation, tort and contract), suits, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, covenants, contracts, claims for costs or attorneys’ fees, controversies, agreements, promises, and all liabilities of any kind or nature whatsoever, at law, in equity, or otherwise, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, fixed or contingent, which I (or my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns) ever had, now have, or may have based on facts or events that occur on or prior to the date that I execute this Full and Complete Release and Agreement on Trade Secrets and Confidentiality (“Agreement”).
74Releases
The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP ”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
43Financial Statements
No failure on the part of any party to exercise or delay   in   exercising any right hereunder shall be deemed a waiver thereof or of any other right, nor shall any single or partial exercise preclude any further or other exercise of such right or any other right.
97Waivers
For value received, Cesca Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Boyalife Investment Fund II, Inc., an Illinois corporation, together with its successors and assigns (the “ Lender ”), the principal sum of $5,000,000.00, or such lesser amount as may be outstanding from time to time. This Note is being issued pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated March 6, 2017, by and between Borrower and Lender (the “ Credit Agreement ”) and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
54Interests
(a) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (“ Issuer Information ”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing through J.P. Morgan or any selling Holder, respectively, expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information.
49Indemnifications
Assignor, on demand, shall indemnify and hold Assignee harmless for, from, and against any and all loss, cost, damage, claim, liability or expense, including court costs and attorneys' fees in a reasonable amount, arising out of any breach of the terms, provisions and/or conditions of this Assignment by Assignor or its agents. The foregoing indemnification shall include loss, cost, damage, claim, liability or expense from any injury or damage of any kind whatsoever (including death) to persons or property.
49Indemnifications
Except as otherwise provided in section b below, this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall remain in effect for a period of 3 years from the date hereof (the “Term ”) or until the end of the Contract Period, whichever is later. The Term shall be automatically extended for an additional one year period on the anniversary date hereof (so that the Term is always 3 years) unless, prior to a Change-in-Control, the Personnel and Compensation Committee of Valley notifies the Executive in writing that the Contract is not so extended, in which case the Term shall end at the expiration of then current 3 year Term.
89Terms
Each of the Company and any Subsidiary is authorized to withhold from any Award granted, or any payment relating to an Award under the Plan, including from a distribution of Shares, amounts of withholding and other taxes due or potentially payable in connection with any transaction involving an Award, and to take such other action as the Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company and Participants to satisfy obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any Award. This authority shall include the authority to withhold or receive Shares or other property and to make cash payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of the federal, state, foreign and/or local tax withholding obligations, including payroll tax withholding, with respect to a Participant in amounts up to the maximum statutory rate in the Participant’s relevant tax jurisdiction, as determined in the discretion of the Committee and pursuant to procedures established by the Company.
87Taxes
This Agreement and the Merger Agreement embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
38Entire Agreements
Seller shall hold Buyer harmless from any and all claims arising out of or related to (i) actions taken by Seller in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company prior to the Closing date, or (ii) any lawsuits against the Corporation arising during the period of time prior to the Closing date; (iii) any requests, audits or comment letters issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the period of time prior to the Closing date.
49Indemnifications
The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to Investor by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Agreement will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Agreement, that Investor shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies at law or in equity, and in addition to the penalties assessable herein, to an injunction or injunctions restraining, preventing or curing any breach of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
75Remedies
Each capitalized term which is defined in the Credit Agreement, but which is not defined in this Second Amendment, shall have the meaning ascribed such term in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. Unless otherwise indicated, all section references in this Second Amendment refer to the Credit Agreement.
28Defined Terms
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account (or, so long as the Borrower is a joint and several co-applicant with respect thereto, the account of any Subsidiary), denominated in Dollars and in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the period from the Closing Date to the fifth Business Day prior to the Maturity Date.  The Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Subsidiary as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph, it will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of LC Disbursements, the payment of interest thereon and the payment of fees due under Section 2.8(b) to the same extent as if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit.  Notwithstanding anything contained in any letter of credit application furnished to any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit, (i) all provisions of such letter of credit application purporting to grant Liens in favor of such Issuing Bank to secure obligations in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be disregarded, it being agreed that such obligations shall be secured to the extent provided in this Agreement and in the Security Documents, and (ii) in the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of such letter of credit application and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.  Where reasonably practical the Borrower shall endeavor to allocate requests for Letters of Credit hereunder among the Issuing Banks so that the aggregate outstanding face amount of the Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing Bank are similar in amount.
46General
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if Participant materially violates any provisions of Sections 5 and 6 of the Employment Agreement, whether before, on or after any settlement of an Award under the Plan, then Participant shall promptly pay to Company an amount equal to the aggregate Amount of Gain Realized by Participant on all Common Stock received pursuant to this Award Agreement after a date commencing one (1) year before Participant’s Last Day of Employment. Participant shall pay Company within sixty (60) business days after the date of any written demand by Company to Participant.
75Remedies
Amend, modify or change in any manner any term or condition of the 2017 Convertible Notes, the 2017 Convertible Notes Documents, the 2021 Convertible Notes, the 2021 Convertible Notes Documents or any Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 7.02 , except for (a) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof permitted by Sections 7.02(d) or 7.02(g) , as applicable, (b) with respect to the 2017 Convertible Notes, the 2017 Convertible Notes Documents, the 2021 Convertible Notes and the 2021 Convertible Notes Documents, any amendments or modifications made to (i) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or if the current maturity thereof is on or prior to the maturity hereof, extend the maturity thereof, (ii) evidence or provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or effect any similar immaterial administrative modifications or (iii) supplemental indentures to the 2017 Convertible Notes Documents or the 2021 Convertible Notes Documents made solely to add guarantors, or (c) any amendment, modification or change thereto, provided that (i) the terms of such amendment, modification or change satisfy the requirements of the proviso of Section 7.02(g) and (ii) such amendment, modification or change could not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
2Amendments
The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth in a letter delivered to the Purchaser Designee concurrently herewith. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than issuances of the Company’s equity securities to the Company’s officers, directors, employees or consultants in the ordinary course of business, pursuant to the grant of equity awards or the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option or equity incentive plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. 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. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, outstanding warrants issued in May 2016 and February 2017 as disclosed in the SEC reports, equity securities of the Company issued to officers, directors, employees or consultants in the ordinary course of business as described above in this clause (g) or as set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 24, 2017, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. 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. 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
If any provision of this Agreement shall be found invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be deemed to be modified or restricted to the extent and in the manner necessary to render the same valid and enforceable, or shall be deemed excised from this Agreement, as the case may require, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, as if such provision had been originally incorporated herein as so modified or restricted, or as if such provision had not been originally incorporated herein, as the case may be, provided that the basic intent of the Parties has not thus been rendered incapable of achievement.
79Severability
The provisions of Section 4.2 and Section 14.3 of the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference, and the RSUs are subject to such provisions. Any determination made by the Committee pursuant to such provisions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and shall be final and binding for all purposes of the Plan and this Agreement.
0Adjustments
The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written on formally presented information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (taken as a whole and as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished and other than projections, budgets, forecasts, estimates and other forward looking information or information of a general economic or industry specific nature) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
31Disclosures
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon and after the Executive’s termination by the Board without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason, in either case within 24 months following the occurrence of a Change in Control (or within six (6) months prior to a Change in Control), the Executive shall not be bound by the provisions of Sections 3 , 4 , and 6.5 , and the restrictions, covenants, and limitations therein shall no longer apply and shall be of no force and effect.
17Change In Control
Borrower, as applicable, represents and warrants to Lender that all representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true as of the date hereof, that there has been full compliance with the covenants contained in the Loan Documents and, that as of the date hereof, there exists no default or any condition that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under any of the Loan Documents.
98Warranties
The Borrower will properly maintain its books and records and permit the Lender, by its officers and representatives, to have reasonable access to the officers of the Borrower and examine, at all reasonable times and upon reasonable prior written notice to the Borrower, the Borrower’s properties, minute books and other corporate records and books of account and financial records.
73Records
Notices under this Sublease shall be in writing and shall be effective when actually delivered or two days after depositing in the United States Mails, certified, return receipt requested, directed to the other party at the address first set forth above. Either party may change its address for notices by written notice to the other party. Subtenant shall deliver to Sublandlord a copy of any notice or correspondence to or from Master Landlord, within 5 days after sending it or receiving it.
65Notices
Capitalized terms used herein will have the meanings given to them in this Section 1 .
29Definitions
Subject to Sections 2.1 and 3.3 of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, this Agreement may be amended only by a writing executed by the parties hereto if such amendment would adversely affect Optionee.  Any such amendment shall specifically state that it is amending this Agreement.
2Amendments
During the PIK Interest Accrual Period, interest shall accrue at the rates set forth in Section 2 but no payments of principal or accrued interest shall be due (other than by an acceleration after an Event of Default); provided that upon any prepayment of principal during the PIK Interest Accrual Period, all accrued interest on such principal shall be due on the date of such prepayment and must be paid together with such principal. On the PIK Interest Payment Date, the PIK Interest Accrual Amount shall be paid in kind such that effective as of the PIK Interest Payment Date the PIK Interest Accrual Amount shall be deemed to constitute, and shall be capitalized into, outstanding principal.
68Payments
Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at the earlier to occur of (i) such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the Form 8-K as described in Section 4.6 and (ii) the Cleansing Deadline (such earlier time, the “ Restriction Termination Date ”). Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until the Restriction Termination Date, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Transaction Documents and the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after Restriction Termination Date, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after Restriction Termination Date and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the Restriction Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
20Confidentiality
This Security Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Secured Parties and each Company and their respective successors and assigns; provided , however , that no Company may sell, assign or delegate rights and obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.
7Assignments
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer with respect to each Transaction Unit on the Closing Date that, as of the Cut-Off Date or the Closing Date, as applicable, (i) each Closed-End Lease included in the 2017-A Reference Pool complies with all requirements of Applicable Law in all material respects, (ii) that the information relating to each Transaction Unit set forth on Schedule 1 of the Exchange Note Supplement is true and correct in all material respects, and (iii) that as of the Cut-Off Date each Closed-End Lease with respect to a Transaction Unit allocated to the 2017-A Reference Pool was an Eligible Lease. This Section 2.3(b) shall survive the allocation of the Transaction Units to the 2017-A Reference Pool.
76Representations
Tenant shall cause Subtenant to pay all property taxes and directly as and when due and payable to the applicable taxing authority.
87Taxes
Executive agrees that his breach of any of the provisions of Section 5 above will cause irreparable damage to the Bank and that the recovery by the Bank of money damages will not alone constitute an adequate remedy for such breach.  Accordingly, Executive agrees that such provisions may be specifically enforced against him, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to the Bank on account of any such breach, and Executive hereby waives the defense in any equitable proceeding that there is an adequate remedy at law for any such breach and agrees that injunctive or other equitable relief will not constitute any hardship upon Executive.
75Remedies
On the Effective Date, the Borrower has no (a) direct or indirect Subsidiaries or (b) investments in any Person that would be consolidated, in accordance with GAAP, with the Borrower on the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), except, in each case, as disclosed in Schedule 4.11 . Such Schedule sets forth the ownership interest of the Borrower in each Subsidiary and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Effective Date. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.11 , as of the Effective Date neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor has issued any Disqualified Equity and there are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any class or kind, and there are no agreements, voting trusts or understandings with respect thereto or affecting in any manner the sale, pledge, assignment or other disposition thereof, including any right of first refusal, option, redemption, call or other rights with respect thereto, whether similar or dissimilar to any of the foregoing.
83Subsidiaries
(a) The Loans comprising ABR Borrowings shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
54Interests
The Company will use the net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Shares and Warrants hereunder for general corporate purposes and working capital, subject to the limitations with respect to the Restricted Account Funds, so long as they are held in the Restricted Account, as set forth in Section 4.24. The Company shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation (except for payments pursuant to settlement agreements entered into prior to the date hereof and disclosed in the SEC Reports or in the Disclosure Letter), or (d) in violation of the law, including FCPA or OFAC.
92Use Of Proceeds
Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it, will execute any Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities from the date hereof until the earlier of (x) the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and (y) the date that the Notes are no longer outstanding (provided that this provision shall not prohibit any sales made where a corresponding Notice of Conversion or Notice of Exercise is tendered to the Company and the shares received upon such conversion or exercise are used to close out such sale) (a “ Prohibited Short Sale ”). Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Transaction Documents and the Disclosure Schedules. For sixty (60) days after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not enter into any negotiations for, or accept or consummate any debt or equity financing transactions, without Agent’s (as defined below) express written consent, excluding the bridge financing previously discussed by the parties. The Company agrees that Agent’s (as defined below) damages for breach of the previous sentence shall be liquidated damages in an amount equal to $150,000 payable in cash.
20Confidentiality
The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (A) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (B) those consents, approvals, registrations, filings, or other actions the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate (i) any applicable Law or (ii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Liens permitted by Section 6.2); except with respect to any violation or default referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c) above, to the extent that such violation or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
61No Conflicts
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (and after the expiration of any applicable grace period), the non-Defaulting Party shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to do any or all of the following: (i) terminate this Contract upon thirty (30) days prior notice; (ii) obtain specific performance of a Party’s obligations under this Contract; or (iii) pursue any and all other rights or remedies available hereunder, at law or in equity.
75Remedies
(0) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened against or affecting any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve any Loan Document or the Transactions.
58Litigations
Promptly (and in any event, within three Business Days) upon becoming aware of (a) any actual or potential Conflict of Interest or (b) any lawsuit, claim or arbitration filed against or involving Employee or any trust or vehicle owned or controlled by Employee and relating to acts or omissions in connection with Employee’s employment with the Company or GP Natural Resource Partners LLC, in each case, Employee shall disclose such actual or potential Conflict of Interest or such lawsuit, claim or arbitration to the Company. A “ Conflict of Interest ” shall exist when Employee engages in, or plans to engage in, any activities, associations, or interests that conflict with, or create an appearance of a conflict with, Employee’s duties, responsibilities, authorities, or obligations for and to the NRP Group. During the Term, Employee may seek and obtain employment elsewhere in addition to his employment with Company, so long as Employee continues to abide by the terms of this paragraph and all other terms of this Agreement during such employment elsewhere.
31Disclosures
Except during the transition or “interim” period described in Section 2.1 , above, during the Employment Term, Executive shall devote substantially all of Executive’s business time and attention to the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder and will not engage in any other business, profession or occupation for compensation or otherwise which would conflict or materially interfere with the performance of such services either directly or indirectly without the prior written consent of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive will be permitted to (a) with the prior written consent of the Board (not to be unreasonably withheld) act or serve as a director, trustee, committee member or principal of any type of business, civic or charitable organization as long as such activities are disclosed in writing to the Board in accordance with Company’s conflict of interest policy, and (b) purchase or own less than two percent (2%) of the publicly traded securities of any entity; provided that, such ownership represents a passive investment and that Executive is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group that controls, such entity; and provided further that, the activities described in clauses (a) and (b), in each case and in the aggregate, do not materially interfere with the performance of Executive’s material duties and responsibilities to Company as provided hereunder, including, but not limited to, the obligations set forth in Section 2 hereof. Executive has disclosed all such business, civic and charitable organizations for which he serves as of the date of this Agreement, and the Board has acknowledged that, as of the date of this Agreement, the same do not currently conflict with, and are not expected to interfere with, Executive’s duties hereunder.
32Duties
The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement at the time of the Award that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events shall include, but shall not be limited to, termination of Service for Cause, violation of material Company policies, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company. The Committee may also specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be conditioned upon the Participant making a representation regarding compliance with noncompetition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant and providing that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment on account of a breach of such representation. In addition and without limitation of the foregoing, any amounts paid hereunder shall be subject to recoupment in accordance with The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any implementing regulations thereunder, any “clawback” policy adopted by the Company or as is otherwise required by applicable law or stock exchange listing condition.
76Representations
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
96Waiver Of Jury Trials
If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be fully severable from this Agreement and the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will be liberally construed in order to carry out the provisions and intent of this Agreement or its provisions, as applicable.
79Severability
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO A DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS EXERCISE AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT THERETO.
96Waiver Of Jury Trials
This Note shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York for agreements to be wholly performed therein, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 9 and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Note, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.
47Governing Laws
Except as otherwise provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder or to Product may be assigned by either Party without the prior consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that: (i) either Party may assign this Agreement upon a Change of Control of such Party without the consent of the other Party; and (ii) CDC may provide a security interest in CDC’s interest in Product, Program Data and/or Company Intellectual Property to its lenders and may, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, assign this Agreement, whether in whole or in part, in connection with the sale or other transfer of its right to receive payments under this Agreement without any further required consent. Any attempted assignment in violation hereof shall be void.
7Assignments
I-ON has good and marketable title to all of its properties, interest in properties, and assets, real and personal, free and clear of all liens, pledges, charges, or encumbrances except statutory liens or claims not yet delinquent, those arising in the Ordinary Course of Business, and those disclosed in Schedule 2.12 hereto.
90Titles
The Company shall pay Executive, as compensation for Executive’s services, a base salary at a gross annual rate of $425,000.00, less all required tax withholdings and other applicable deductions, in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll procedures. The annual compensation specified in this subsection (a), together with any modifications in such compensation that the Company may make from time to time, is referred to in this Agreement as the “ Base Salary .” Executive’s Base Salary will be subject to review and adjustments that will be made based upon the Company’s normal performance review practices. Effective as of the date of any change to Executive’s Base Salary, the Base Salary as so changed shall be considered the new Base Salary for all purposes of this Agreement.
11Base Salary
(a) None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the Borrower’s directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of its employees and agents or any directors, officers, employees and agents of any of its Subsidiaries, is a Sanctioned Person. The Borrower, its Subsidiaries, the Borrower’s directors and officers and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its employees and agents and the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries are in compliance with applicable Sanctions in all material respects.
78Sanctions
(i) Restricted Stock awarded to a Participant shall be subject to the following restrictions until the expiration of the Restricted Period and the attainment of any other vesting criteria established by the Committee, and to such other terms and conditions as may be set forth in the applicable Restricted Stock Agreement: (A) if an escrow arrangement is used, the Participant shall not be entitled to delivery of the stock certificate; (B) the Shares shall be subject to the restrictions on transferability set forth in the Restricted Stock Agreement; (C) the Shares shall be subject to forfeiture to the extent provided in the applicable Restricted Stock Agreement and, with respect to a Participant who has not been a member of the Board, if the Participant ceases to be a member of the Board for any reason other than death or Disability prior to the one-year anniversary of his or her initial election to the Board such award shall be forfeited. In the event of any forfeiture, the stock certificates shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such Shares and as a shareholder shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company.
44Forfeitures
Landlord and Tenant each waive the prov1S1ons of Arizona Revised Statutes Section 33-343 and any other applicable existing or future Law permitting the termination of a lease agreement in the event of damage or destruction under any circumstances other than as provided in Sections 12.2 - Landlord’s Right to Terminate and 12.3 - Tenant’s Right to Terminate .
97Waivers
Except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, no Party shall assign its rights or obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, given or withheld in the sole discretion of each Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser shall have the right to assign its rights and obligations in whole, but not in part, under this Agreement to any party controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Purchaser, provided that no such assignment shall relieve SPP LAND, LLC of any liability hereunder.
7Assignments
Except to comply with a domestic relations order defined under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ii), the interest and property rights of any person in the Plan or in any payment to be made under the Plan shall not be subject to option nor be assignable either by voluntary or involuntary assignment or operation of law, including (without limitation) bankruptcy, garnishment, attachment or other creditor’s process, and any act in violation of this Section 10(b) shall be void.
7Assignments
If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
79Severability