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During the Term and thereafter, the Executive agrees to reasonably assist and cooperate with the Company and/or any Affiliate (and their outside counsel) at mutually convenient times and places in connection with the defense or prosecution of any claim that may be made or threatened against or by the Company or any Affiliate, or in connection with any ongoing or future investigation or dispute or claim of any kind involving the Company or any Affiliate, including any proceeding before any arbitral, administrative, judicial, legislative, or other regulatory body or agency, including preparing for and testifying in any proceeding to the extent such claims, investigations or proceedings materially relate to services performed or required to be performed by the Executive, or pertinent knowledge possessed by the Executive, in each case, other than any such proceeding in which the Executive and the Company and/or its Affiliates are adverse parties to one another or are reasonably likely to be or which relate to matters exclusively related to the period after termination of the Executive's employment with the Company. Upon presentment to the Company of appropriate documentation, the Company will pay directly or reimburse the Executive for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred as a result of such cooperation.
24Cooperation
Employee agrees to cooperate with the Company in the investigation, review, audit, or assessment, whether internal or external, of any matters involving Dollar General as well as the defense or prosecution of any claims or other causes of action made against or on behalf of the Company, including any claims or actions against its affiliates, officers, directors and employees. Employee’s cooperation in connection with such matters includes, without limitation, being available (upon reasonable notice and without unreasonably interfering with his/her other professional obligations) to meet with the Company and its legal or other designated advisors regarding any matters in which Employee has been involved; to prepare for any proceeding (including, without limitation, depositions, consultation, discovery or trial); to provide truthful affidavits; to assist with any audit, inspection, proceeding or other inquiry; and to act as a witness to provide truthful testimony in connection with any legal proceeding affecting the Company. Employee further agrees that if Employee is contacted by any person or entity regarding matters Employee knows or reasonably should know to be adverse to the Company, Employee shall promptly (within 48 hours) notify the Company in writing by sending such notification to the General Counsel, Dollar General Corporation, 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072; facsimile (615) 855-5517. The Company agrees to reimburse Employee for any reasonable documented expenses incurred in providing such cooperation.
24Cooperation
Each notice relating to this Agreement must be in writing and delivered in person or by registered mail to the Corporation at its office, 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 700, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, attention of the Secretary, or at such other place as the Corporation has designated by notice. All notices to the Grantee or other person or persons succeeding to his or her interest will be delivered to the Grantee or such other person or persons at the Grantee's address as specified in a notice filed with the Corporation.
65Notices
During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in performing services hereunder, including all expenses of travel and living expenses while away from home on business or at the request of and in the service of the Company, provided that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Company.
41Expenses
Because of the highly personal and confidential nature of the Retention Award, it is important that you do not disclose the details of this Award Agreement to any other employee, or discuss its contents with anyone other than your supervisor, your Human Resources representative, your immediate family and your legal counsel and personal tax advisors. Failure to comply with this requirement may render you ineligible to receive the Retention Award.
20Confidentiality
This Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreement, the Representative Side Letter, the exhibits to this Agreement, the Seller Disclosure Schedules, the Bolt Schedule , the Parent Indemnity Schedule , the Efforts Schedule and any documents delivered by the parties hereto in connection herewith, including the Debt Commitment Letter, the Equity Commitment Letter and the Sponsor Guarantee, constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect thereto.
38Entire Agreements
At the Closing, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell to each Purchaser acquiring Securities hereunder at such Closing, and such Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, (a) a Convertible Note with such principal amount as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the column entitled “Note Principal Amount” on Schedule I attached hereto for a purchase price equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, and (b) a Warrant to purchase up to such number of shares of Common Stock as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the column entitled “Number of Warrants” on Schedule I attached hereto, subject to adjustment as provided therein. At the Closing, (i) each Purchaser acquiring Securities hereunder at such Closing shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer of immediately available funds, such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, (ii) the Company shall deliver to such Purchaser such Purchaser’s Convertible Note and Warrant, and (iii) the Company and such Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2.
18Closings
The Agent and the Lender shall have received duly executed signature pages for this Second Amendment to Fifth Amendment and Waiver signed by the Borrowers, each other Credit Party, the Agent and the Lender.
1Agreements
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and accrue to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
84Successors
Each Fixed Rate Note Holder agrees to keep confidential all non- public information provided to it by the Borrower or any Fixed Rate Note Holder pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement that is designated by the provider thereof as confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Fixed Rate Note Holder from disclosing any such information (a) to any other Fixed Rate Note Holder or any affiliate thereof, (b) to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates, (c) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (d) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirements of Law, (e) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (f) that has been publicly disclosed, (g) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or the SVO, or, in each case, any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Fixed Rate Note Holder’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Fixed Rate Note Holder, (h) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Note Document, or (i) if agreed by the Borrower in its sole discretion, to any other Person.
20Confidentiality
This Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted under, and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice-of-law provisions thereof that would compel the application of the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.
47Governing Laws
This Agreement may be executed by the parties in separate counterparts (including facsimile and electronic transmission counterparts), each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be an original, but all of which, when taken as a whole, shall constitute one and the same instrument.
26Counterparts
For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three postal delivery days after it has been mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement, or to such other address as any Party may have furnished to the other Parties in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
65Notices
The Company shall pay all sales, transfer, documentary stamp and other similar taxes resulting from the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
87Taxes
No waiver of any provision shall be deemed to have occurred unless memorialized in writing signed by the waiving party.  If either party should waive any breach of any provision of this Agreement, Executive or the Company will not thereby be deemed to have waived any preceding or succeeding breach of the same or any other provision of this Agreement.
97Waivers
Each Participant shall be fully (100%) vested in his or her Compensation Deferrals, and earnings thereon, at all times. The vested percentage of any matching contributions credited as Ralcorp Amounts or Company Matching Contributions as described under the terms of this Plan prior to its restatement on August 15, 2012 and earnings thereon shall be determined in accordance with Appendix A, as applicable to such Ralcorp Amounts or Company Matching Contributions, respectively. Upon a Participant’s Separation from Service, the amount credited to the Participant’s Account that is not vested shall be forfeited.
95Vesting
EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NO DEFENSE, COUNTERCLAIM, OFFSET, CROSS COMPLAINT, CLAIM OR DEMAND OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER THAT CAN BE ASSERTED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE ALL OR ANY PART OF ITS LIABILITY TO REPAY THE OBLIGATIONS OR TO SEEK AFFIRMATIVE RELIEF OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE LENDERS. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY RELEASES AND FOREVER DISCHARGES ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “ RELEASED PARTIES ”), FROM ALL POSSIBLE CLAIMS, DEMANDS, ACTIONS, CAUSES OF ACTION, DAMAGES, COSTS, EXPENSES, AND LIABILITIES WHATSOEVER, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ANTICIPATED OR UNANTICIPATED, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, ASSERTED OR UNASSERTED, FIXED, CONTINGENT, OR CONDITIONAL, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, ORIGINATING IN WHOLE OR IN PART ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THIS AMENDMENT IS EXECUTED, WHICH SUCH LOAN PARTY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER (WHETHER OR NOT PRESENTLY SUSPECTED, CONTEMPLATED OR ANTICIPATED) HAVE AGAINST ANY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES, IF ANY, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ANY SUCH CLAIMS ARISE OUT OF CONTRACT, TORT, VIOLATION OF LAW OR REGULATIONS, OR OTHERWISE, AND ARISING FROM THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND/OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CONTRACTING FOR, CHARGING, TAKING, RESERVING, COLLECTING OR RECEIVING INTEREST IN EXCESS OF THE HIGHEST LAWFUL RATE APPLICABLE, THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND NEGOTIATION FOR AND EXECUTION OF THIS AMENDMENT.
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) or 15(d) thereof, for the twelve months 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, together with the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, 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 Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. 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 and its consolidated Subsidiaries 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
The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, to Executive a base salary (the “ Base Salary ”) as established by or pursuant to authority granted by the Board. Executive’s initial Base Salary shall be $225,000 per year. The Base Salary shall be reviewed annually by or pursuant to authority granted by the Board in connection with its annual review of executive compensation to determine if such Base Salary should be increased (but not decreased) for the following year in recognition of services to the Company. The Base Salary shall be payable at such intervals in conformity with the Company’s prevailing practice as such practice shall be established or modified from time to time.
11Base Salary
For purposes of this Section 3.2 , the term “Bank” includes any Fronting Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
28Defined Terms
No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in a writing signed by Executive and an officer of the Company (other than Executive) duly authorized by the Board to execute such amendment, waiver or discharge. No waiver by either Party of any breach of the other Party of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.
97Waivers
Neither the Company nor any other Person authorized by the Company to act on its behalf has retained, utilized or been represented by any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement whose fees the Purchasers would be required to pay, other than as previously disclosed in writing to Purchasers.
15Brokers
The Parties are entering into this Agreement and any Terminal Service Order in reliance upon and shall fully comply with all Applicable Law which directly or indirectly affects the Products hereunder, or any receipt, throughput delivery, transportation, handling or storage of Products hereunder or the ownership, operation or condition of Storage Facility II. Each Party shall be responsible for compliance with all Applicable Laws associated with such Party’s respective performance hereunder and the operation of such Party’s facilities. In the event any action or obligation imposed upon a Party under this Agreement and any Terminal Service Order shall at any time be in conflict with any requirement of Applicable Law, then this Agreement and any Terminal Service Order, shall immediately be modified to conform the action or obligation so adversely affected to the requirements of the Applicable Law, and all other provisions of this Agreement and any Terminal Service Order shall remain effective.
4Applicable Laws
Al aceptar las Unidades de Accion Restringida, usted reconoce y acuerda que cualquier modification del Plan o su terminacion no constituye un cambio o desmejora de los terminos y condiciones de empleo.
60Modifications
If Executive is required by law or governmental regulation or by subpoena or other valid legal process to disclose any Proprietary Information or Third Party Information to any Person, Executive will immediately provide the Company with written notice of the applicable law, regulation or process so that the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy. Executive will cooperate fully with the Company and the Company’s Representatives in any attempt by the Company to obtain any such protective order or other remedy. If the Company elects not to seek, or is unsuccessful in obtaining, any such protective order or other remedy in connection with any requirement that Executive disclose Proprietary Information or Third Party Information, and if Executive furnishes the Company with a written opinion of reputable legal counsel acceptable to the Company confirming that the disclosure of such Proprietary Information or Third Party Information is legally required, then Executive may disclose such Proprietary Information or Third Party Information to the extent legally required; provided, however, that Executive will use his reasonable best efforts to ensure that such Proprietary Information is treated confidentially by each Person to whom it is disclosed.
31Disclosures
Within five Business Days following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall reimburse the Kanen Group, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, for expenses incurred by the Kanen Group in connection with the execution and effectuation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, legal and other advisory costs.
41Expenses
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute only one instrument.
26Counterparts
Each Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law is bei ng contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
19Compliance With Laws
The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
7Assignments
All payments on account of principal and interest shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of the Lender, or such other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate in writing to the Borrower.  All payments by the Borrower under this Note shall be applied first to any fees and expenses due and payable hereunder, then to the accrued interest due and payable hereunder and the remainder, if any, to the outstanding principal.
68Payments
This Agreement shall become effective on the Closing Date and, subject to Section 12.7, shall continue in full force and effect for so long as any Obligations remain outstanding or DPW has any obligation to make Credit Extensions under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, DPW shall have the right to terminate its obligation to make Credit Extensions under this Agreement immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. After August 21, 2019, DPW will not be obligated to make any further Advances.
89Terms
The Loan Documents are enforceable by Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent (or any subsequent holder thereof) in accordance with their respective terms, subject to principles of equity and bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws generally applicable to creditors’ rights and the enforcement of debtors’ obligations. The Loan Documents are not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense by Borrower or Guarantor, including the defense of usury, nor would the operation of any of the terms of the Loan Documents, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Loan Documents unenforceable (subject to principles of equity and bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and the enforcement of debtors’ obligations), and neither Borrower nor Guarantor has asserted any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense with respect thereto.
36Enforceability
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement, and all rights and obligations of the parties to this Agreement provided herein, shall terminate, and be of no further force or effect, (i) upon the failure of the Closing to occur on or prior to the sixtieth (60 th ) day following the date hereof, or (ii) upon the Closing of a Qualifying Transaction; provided , that, in each of the foregoing events, no such termination shall relieve any party hereto of liability for any breach or default under this Agreement by such party that occurred prior to such termination; provided , further , Section 6.12 of this Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
88Terminations
Use the proceeds of any loan made hereunder for any purpose other than for working capital and general corporate purposes (including at the Borrower’s option but subject to the other terms of this Agreement, for financing the repurchase of the PIK Toggle Notes and for financing the repurchase of the Notes to the extent permitted under this Agreement); provided that, no part of the proceeds of the loans made to Borrower will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock or for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve.
92Use Of Proceeds
This document, together with its attached exhibits, constitutes the final, complete, and exclusive embodiment of the entire agreement and understanding between the parties related to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior or contemporaneous understandings, agreements, or representations by or between the parties, written or oral. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, this Agreement does not supersede or preempt the Shareholders Agreement, the Agreement Among Principals, the Exchange Agreement, the exempted limited partnership agreement of AP Professional Holdings, L.P., the exempted limited partnership agreement of BRH Holdings, L.P., or any other agreement to which Executive became a party in connection with the Company’s initial public offering.
38Entire Agreements
Promptly upon the reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, or the Required Lenders through the Administrative Agent, take any action necessary or reasonably appropriate to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Loan Documents.
45Further Assurances
All notices required under this Option shall be deemed to have been given or made for all purposes (i) upon personal delivery, (ii) upon confirmation receipt that the communication was successfully sent to the applicable number if sent by facsimile; (iii) one day after being sent, when sent by professional overnight courier service, or (iv)five days after posting when sent by registered or certified mail. Notices to the Company shall be sent to the principal office of the Company (or at such other place as the Company shall notify the Holder hereof in writing). Notices to the Holder shall be sent to the address of the Holder on the books of the Company (or at such other place as the Holder shall notify the Company in writing).
65Notices
At any time and from time to time after the Closing, at the request of any party and without further consideration, the other parties will execute and deliver, at the requesting party’s expense, such instruments and take such action as such party may reasonably determine is necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, at any time and from time to time after the Closing, at the request of Purchaser and without further consideration, except as stated below, Sellers will, at Purchaser’s expense, execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation and take such action as Purchaser may reasonably determine is necessary to transfer, convey and assign to Purchaser, and to confirm Purchaser’s title to or interest in the Acquired Assets, to put Purchaser in actual possession and operating control thereof and to provide reasonable assistance to Purchaser in exercising all rights with respect thereto. Sellers hereby constitute and appoint Purchaser and its successors and assigns, effective as of the Closing Date, as Sellers true and lawful attorney in fact in connection with the transactions contemplated by this instrument, with full power of substitution, in the name and stead of each Seller but on behalf of and for the benefit of Purchaser and its successors and assigns, to demand and receive any and all of the Acquired Assets and to give receipt and releases for and in respect of the same and any part thereof, and from time to time to institute and prosecute, in the name of each Seller or otherwise, for the benefit of Purchaser or its successors and assigns, proceedings at law, in equity, or otherwise, which Purchaser or its successors or assigns reasonably deem proper in order to collect or reduce to possession or endorse any of the Acquired Assets and to do all acts and things in relation to the Acquired Assets that Purchaser or its successors or assigns reasonably deem desirable.
45Further Assurances
This Parental Guarantee Agreement may be executed by the Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument binding upon all of the Parties notwithstanding the fact that all Parties are not signatory to the original or the same counterpart. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof each signed by less than all, but together signed by all of the Parties. Each counterpart may be delivered by facsimile transmission, which transmission shall be deemed delivery of an originally executed document.
26Counterparts
In order to provide the Company with the opportunity to claim the benefit of any income tax deduction which may be available to it upon the exercise of the Option and in order to comply with all applicable federal or state income tax laws or regulations, the Company may take such action as it deems appropriate to insure that, if necessary, all applicable federal or state payroll, withholding, income or other taxes are withheld or collected from the Holder.
99Withholdings
Buyer is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
66Organizations
No specific provision contained in this Debenture shall limit or modify any more general provision contained herein. This Debenture shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof.
23Construction
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any outstanding unvested shares awarded to Executive under Section 2(c)(iii) of this Agreement, shall, without further action of any kind by the Company or the Executive, become vested at the target level, upon the consummation of a “ Change in Control ,” which, for purposes of this Agreement in all respects, is defined in the Company’s Amended and Restated 2008 Incentive Award Plan.
17Change In Control
ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, SHALL BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COURTS OF BROWARD COUNTY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA; PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE THE BANK FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. DEBTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF BROWARD COUNTY, STATE OF FLORIDA AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION AS SET FORTH ABOVE. DEBTOR FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. DEBTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
21Consent To Jurisdiction
From time to time after each Closing, Seller shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged, and delivered, to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver, and cause to be executed, acknowledged, and delivered to Seller, such further documents and instruments, and take such other and further actions, as may be reasonably requested by each such Party in order to more effectively assure to Purchaser the full beneficial use and enjoyment of the applicable Acquired Assets purchased by Purchaser, and to more effectively assure to Seller the full assumption by Purchaser of, and release of Seller from, any Liability with respect to the Assumed Liabilities, and to otherwise more fully accomplish the Contemplated Transactions, in each case subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement.
45Further Assurances
Except as set forth in Section 4.14 of the Disclosure Schedule , there is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened against the Companies that (a) challenges or seeks to enjoin, alter or materially delay the Acquisition or (b) would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
58Litigations
This Plan will become effective upon its adoption by the Board, provided that it must be approved by a majority of the outstanding securities entitled to vote within twelve (12) months before or after the date of such adoption. Unless terminated earlier by the Board, this Plan shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the date it is adopted by the Board or approved by the Company’s stockholders, whichever is earlier. Termination of this Plan shall not affect the terms or conditions of any award granted prior to termination. Awards hereunder may be made at any time prior to the termination of this Plan, provided that no award may be made later than ten (10) years after the effective date of this Plan.
33Effective Dates
Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Section 3, the completion of the purchase and sale of the Shares shall occur in two stages, each a “ Closing ”. The initial Closing (the “ Initial Closing ”) shall occur on January 24, 2017. The Purchasers participating in the Initial Closing will purchase a minimum of $1 million of Shares in the aggregate. The final Closing (the “ Final Closing ”) shall occur no later than February 23, 2017, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable.
18Closings
The covenants and agreements hereof shall be binding upon the parties and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.
13Binding Effects
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company and the Investor shall exchange the Existing Note at the Note Outstanding Balance in consideration for the issuance of the Exchange Note with a total principal balance of $25,600.00. The closing of the Exchange and issuance of the Convertible Note (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of the Company, on the date hereof or such other date as the parties shall agree (the “ Closing Date ”).
18Closings
No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under or with respect to the Transaction Documents.
62No Defaults
This Agreement and, unless otherwise expressly provided in any such Loan Document, each of the other Loan Documents shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without reference to conflicts of law rules.  The scope of the foregoing governing law provision is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be brought in any court or any mediation or arbitration proceeding and that relate to the subject matter of the Loan Documents, including contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims and all other common law and statutory claims.
47Governing Laws
With regard to options transactions, Customer understands that some exchange clearing houses have established exercise requirements for the tender of exercise instructions and that options will become worthless in the event that Customer does not deliver instructions by such expiration times. At least two business days prior to the last trading day in the case of long and short positions in options, Customer will give Broker instructions to liquidate, exercise, or allow  the expiration of such options, and will deliver to Broker sufficient funds required in connection with exercise. If such instructions or such funds, are not received by Broker prior to the expiration of the option, Broker may permit an option to expire. Customer also understands that certain exchanges and clearing houses automatically exercise some "in-the-money" options unless instructed otherwise. Customer acknowledges full responsibility for taking action either to exercise or to prevent exercise of an option contract, as the case may be; Broker is not required to take any action with respect to an option, including without limitation any action to exercise a valuable option contract prior to its expiration or to prevent the automatic exercise of an option, except upon Customer's express instructions. Customer further understands that Broker also has established exercise cut-off times, which may be different  from the times established by the contract markets in clearing houses. In the event that timely exercise and assignment instructions are not given, Customer hereby agrees to waive any and all claims for damage or loss Customer might have against Broker arising out of the fact that an option was or was not exercised. Customer understands that Broker randomly assigns exercise notices to Customers, that all short option positions are subject to assignment at any time, including positions established on the same day that exercises are assigned, and that exercise assignment notices are allocated randomly from among all Customers' short option positions which are subject to exercise.
7Assignments
Employee acknowledges that any breach, willfully or otherwise, of the restrictive covenants will cause continuing and irreparable injury to the Company for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy. In the event of any such breach or threatened breach of any of the restrictive covenants, the Company shall be entitled to injunctive or other similar equitable relief in any court, without any requirement that a bond or other security be posted, and this Agreement shall not in any way limit remedies of law or in equity otherwise available to the Company.
75Remedies
This Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part only by an agreement in writing executed by each of the Parties hereto and making specific reference to this Agreement.
2Amendments
Issuer will at all times after the Initial Closing Date, at its own expense, keep or cause the Insurance Manager under the Insurance Agreement to keep each Portfolio Railcar insured with insurers of recognized responsibility with a rating of at least A-/7 by A.M. Best Company (or a comparable rating by a nationally or internationally recognized rating group of comparable stature) or by other insurers approved in writing by the Requisite Majority, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, in amounts and against risks and with deductibles and terms and conditions not less beneficial to the insured thereunder than the insurance, if any, maintained by the Manager with respect to similar equipment which it owns or leases, but in no event shall such coverage be for amounts or against risks less than the Prudent Industry Practice. In addition, Issuer shall cause the Insurance Manager to maintain insurance at levels and amounts as set forth in any Series Supplement.
51Insurances
The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement are not precluded or proscribed by, and will not, to Seller’s Knowledge, (i) violate any provision of any existing law, statute, rule or order, decree, writ or injunction of any court, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or (ii) result in a material breach of, or a material default under any agreement, mortgage, contract, undertaking or other instrument or document to which Seller is a party or by which Seller is bound or to which Seller or any portion of the Property is subject.
1Agreements
Each of the parties will, promptly upon the request of the Collateral Agent from time to time, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and record all such instruments and notices, and take all such other action, as the Collateral Agent deems necessary or advisable to carry out the intent and purposes of this Amendment and the Security Agreement (as amended hereby).
45Further Assurances
The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the offer, issuance and sale of the Shares require no consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Person, governmental body, agency, or official other than filings that have been made pursuant to applicable state securities laws and Nasdaq listing requirements, post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws which the Company undertakes to file within the applicable time periods and those where the failure to obtain such consent, take such action or make such filing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
22Consents
The Company sha l l keep o r shall cause to be kept comp l ete and accurate b ooks and records (financ i al and otherwise) pertain i ng to the Marketing , sale and d ist r ibution of t h e Distribution P r od ucts and the perfo r mance of its o b l igations hereunder . The Co m pany sha l l retain such books and records until the ea rl ier of (a) one ( 1 ) y e ar after the end t he Term app l icable to the relevant D is tr ibution Product and (b) such date as the Company has provided B I ON I K with a complete copy of all such books an d records, or for such longer period as may b e required by applica b le Law .
73Records
The Company agrees to issue and sell to the Purchasers and, in consideration of and in express reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants, terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase the Units. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Units (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Goodwin Procter LLP located at 620 8 th Ave., New York, New York, three Business Days following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 2.5 , or at such other time and place or on such date as the Principal Purchasers and the Company may agree upon (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “ Closing Date ”).
18Closings
(a)  Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders the consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, audited by and accompanied by the unqualified opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants.  Such financial statements and all financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) and (b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) consistently applied throughout the applicable period covered, respectively, thereby and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations and, if applicable, cash flows of the applicable Companies as of the dates and for the periods to which they relate (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes).
43Financial Statements
(a)  The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.  The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
54Interests
(1) The Borrowers shall make each payment hereunder not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the day when due to the Agent at the Agent’s Account in same day funds and all payments to be made by the Borrowers or any of them hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. The Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or facility fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.04, 2.11, 2.14 or 8.04(e)) to the Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon any Assuming Lender becoming a Lender hereunder as a result of a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase pursuant to Section 2.18, and upon the Agent’s receipt of such Lender’s Incremental Assumption Agreement and recording of the information contained therein in the Register, from and after the applicable Increase Date, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under any Notes issued in connection therewith in respect of the interest assumed thereby to the Assuming Lender. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Assumption and recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 8.07(c), from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Assumption, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under any Notes in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Assumption shall make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves.
68Payments
Subject to Section 5, the Option shall vest and become exercisable in four substantially equal installments on each of the following vesting dates: (i) January 1, 2017, (ii) September 1, 2017, (iii) September 1, 2018 and (iv) September 1, 2019, in each case, subject to the Participant’s continued employment with the Company or any of its Affiliates on each such vesting date.
95Vesting
With exception of the Subordination Agreement, which shall be governed by the laws of the State of Iowa, and the Certificate of Designation, which shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement 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 other manner permitted by law. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.7, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
47Governing Laws
The Mortgagor will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Mortgagor will permit any representatives designated by the Mortgagee, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Mortgagor shall only be required to reimburse the costs and expenses associated with such examination and inspection on one occasion in any fiscal quarter of the Mortgagor.
73Records
Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company must be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of the Company’s Secretary at the Company’s principal office or the Secretary’s then-current email address or facsimile number.  Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to Participant must be in writing and addressed to Participant (or, if Participant is then deceased, to the person entitled to exercise the Option) at Participant’s last known mailing address or email address in the Company’s personnel files.  By a notice given pursuant to this Section, either party may designate a different address for notices to be given to that party.  Any notice will be deemed duly given when actually received, when sent by email, when sent by certified mail (return receipt requested) and deposited with postage prepaid in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service or when delivered by a nationally recognized express shipping company.
65Notices
Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, upon termination of employment or service (as determined under criteria established by the Committee) during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company; provided, however, that the Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award Agreement, or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock will be waived in whole or in part in the event of termination resulting from specified causes.
44Forfeitures
By accepting the Performance Shares, the Participant agrees to comply with applicable Brazilian laws and to pay any and all applicable taxes associated with the vesting of the Performance Shares, the receipt of dividends and/or the sale of Shares acquired under the Plan.
19Compliance With Laws
Other than as provided in Sections 20 and 27 all controversies, claims or disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be solely and exclusively settled by arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules then in effect (the "Arbitration Rules") of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”).  The arbitration shall take place in the New York (or if the AAA does not have an office in the New York then the arbitration shall be held in the city closest to New York in which the AAA has an office to conduct hearings), and the arbitrator shall be appointed by the mutual consent of the parties.  If the parties are unable to agree upon the appointment of an arbitrator, then the arbitration shall take place in said AAA office before a panel of three arbitrators selected in accordance with the Arbitration Rules. The non-prevailing party of the arbitration (as determined by the arbitrator(s)) shall be responsible for all of the arbitration fees incurred by the prevailing side as well as the reasonable legal fees of such prevailing party, as the arbitrator(s) shall determine.
6Arbitration
All consents, approvals, orders and authorizations required on the part of the Purchaser in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the purchase of the Shares and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated herein have been obtained or made, other than such consents, approvals, orders and authorizations the failure of which to make or obtain, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Adverse Effect.
22Consents
This Joinder Agreement to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York.  The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Joinder Agreement to the Registration Rights Agreement.
4Applicable Laws
The parties agree that any and all controversies, claims, or disputes with anyone (including the Company and any employee, officer, director, stockholder or benefit plan of the Company in their capacity as such or otherwise) arising out of, relating to, or resulting from Executive’s service to the Company, shall be subject to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Confidential Information Agreement, and further agree that the arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator selected in accordance with the JAMS Rules, as defined in the Confidential Information Agreement, who shall be either a retired judge or an attorney licensed to practice in the State of California as of the time of the arbitration.
6Arbitration
The obligations of Lessee and the rights and remedies of Lessor under this Section 8.03 shall survive the termination, expiration and/or release of this Lease; provided, however, if Lessee provides Lessor with a Phase I environmental report with respect to any Property from a vendor approved by Lessor in its reasonable discretion, dated within thirty (30) days of the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, which report is in all respects acceptable to Lessor (in its reasonable discretion), then in such event Lessee’s obligations under this Section 8.03 with respect to such Property shall only survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease for a period of seven (7) years.
85Survival
The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares and the reservation for issuance of the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) (including, without limitation, any certificate of designation contained therein), Bylaws (as defined below), certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of NYSE MKT (the “ Principal Market ”) and including all applicable foreign, federal and state laws, rules and regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected;  except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
61No Conflicts
This License may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and shall be effective once this License has been signed by all of the parties and all signature pages have been attached to one another, it not being necessary for the parties to have physically signed the same signature pages of this License. Signatures to this License received via facsimile or email shall be deemed original signatures.
26Counterparts
This Agreement is binding upon and will inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company and any person or persons who, upon the death of Holder, may acquire any rights in accordance with this Agreement or the Plan.
84Successors
This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive.  However, the Bank may unilaterally amend this Agreement to conform with written directives to the Bank from its auditors or banking regulators or to comply with legislative changes or tax law, including without limitation Code Section 409A.
2Amendments
The Agent shall have received a customary certificate from the chief financial officer of the U.S. Borrower certifying that Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis on the Incremental Amendment No. 2 Effective Date after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, are solvent (within the meaning of Section  3.15 of the Credit Agreement).
80Solvency
All notices under this Agreement must be given in writing by personal delivery, regular mail or receipted email at the addresses indicated in this Agreement or any other address designated in writing by either party. Until changed in writing all written notices should be sent to the address below.
65Notices
Upon Default . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Administrative Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to take any or all of the following actions at the same or different times: (a) to the extent permitted under applicable law, with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Grantor to the Administrative Agent, or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Administrative Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers cannot be obtained), and (b) to the extent permitted under applicable law, with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate. The Administrative Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Administrative Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
75Remedies
Any term or condition of this Agreement may be waived in writing at any time by the party that is entitled to the benefit thereof. A waiver on one occasion shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the same or any other breach or nonfulfillment on a future occasion. All remedies, either under the terms of this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded, shall be cumulative and not alternative, except as otherwise provided by law.
97Waivers
This Agreement and any documents and agreements executed in connection with the Exchange embody the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous oral or written agreements, representations, warranties, contracts, correspondence, conversations, memoranda and understandings between or among the parties or any of their agents, representatives or A ffiliates relative to such subject matter, including, without limitation, any term sheets, emails or draft documents.
38Entire Agreements
Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement will be in writing and will be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (i) when hand delivered to the other party; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile to the number set forth below or email to the address set forth below; (iii) five business days after deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the other party at the address set forth below; or (iv) the next business day after deposit with a national overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties as set forth below with next business day delivery guaranteed. Each person making a communication hereunder by facsimile or email will promptly confirm by telephone to the person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile or email pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation will not affect the validity of any such communication. A party may change or supplement the addresses given below, or designate additional addresses for purposes of this Section 5.6, by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.
65Notices
Share Appreciation Rights may be granted either alone (“ Free Standing Right ” or in conjunction with all or part of any Option granted under the Plan (“ Related Rights ”). Related Rights may be granted either at or after the time of the grant of such Option. The Administrator shall determine the Eligible Recipients to whom, and the time or times at which, grants of Share Appreciation Rights shall be made, the number of Shares to be awarded, the Base Price, and all other conditions of Share Appreciation Rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Related Right may be granted for more Shares than are subject to the Option to which it relates. The provisions of Share Appreciation Rights need not be the same with respect to each Participant. Share Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions set forth in this Section 8 and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator shall deem desirable, as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
46General
The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 10.02(e) shall survive the resignation of any Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the assignment of any Commitment or Loan by any Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
85Survival
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and, upon its effectiveness, shall supersede all prior agreements, understandings and agreements, both oral and written, between the Executive and the Company with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement may not be modified in any way unless by a written instrument which specifically refers to this Agreement which is signed by both the Company and the Executive.
38Entire Agreements
This 2017-A Servicing Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
26Counterparts
This Plan and the Company’s or subsidiary’s obligations arising hereunder to pay benefits to a Participant or his or her Beneficiary constitutes a mere promise by the Company or subsidiary, as applicable, to make payments in the future in accordance with the terms of this Plan and all Participants and their respective Beneficiaries have the status of a general unsecured creditor of the Company or subsidiary, as applicable. The Company and each subsidiary shall be liable to make the payments of the deferred compensation (as adjusted for earnings or losses thereon) that would otherwise have been paid by it absent a deferral election, and the Company shall not be liable for any payments owed by any subsidiary and each subsidiary shall not be liable for any payments owed by the Company or any other subsidiary. Neither a Participant nor his or her Beneficiary shall have any rights in or against any specific assets of the Company or any subsidiary, including, without limitation, the assets of the Trust or any assets of the Company or subsidiary which correspond with the Investments in which Participants can deem their Deferral Accounts to be invested.
39Erisa
The fronting fees and standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal, transfer or extension of any letter of credit or processing of drawings thereunder (“ Issuing Bank Fees ”) referred to in Section 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement, which are payable to the New Issuing Bank in respect of Letters of Credit issued hereunder, are specified on Schedule I hereto (it being understood that such fees shall be in addition to the New Issuing Bank’s customary documentary and processing charges in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any Letter of Credit issued hereunder which are not included in Issuing Bank Fees). Each payment of Issuing Bank Fees payable hereunder shall be made not later than [     ], New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, to the account of the New Issuing Bank specified on Schedule I hereto or to such other Lender specified on Schedule I hereto (or to such other account of the New Issuing Bank as it may specify by notice to the applicable Borrower).
68Payments
If any part of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such unenforceable portion will be modified to be enforceable, or severed from this Agreement if it cannot be modified, and such modification or severance shall have no effect upon the remaining portions of this Agreement which shall remain in full force and effect.
79Severability
Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Repurchase Agreement, all notices, requests and other communications provided for herein and under the Custodial Agreement (including without limitation any modifications of, or waivers, requests or consents under, this Repurchase Agreement) shall be given or made in writing (including without limitation by telex or facsimile) delivered to the intended recipient at the “Address for Notices” specified below its name on the signature pages hereof or thereof); or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.  Except as otherwise provided in this Repurchase Agreement and except for notices given under Section 2 (which shall be effective only on receipt), all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by telex or facsimile or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.
65Notices
The Company shall pay to Executive an annual base salary at the rate not less than $325,500 each calendar year (“ Base Salary ”), payable in accordance with the Company’s ordinary payroll and withholding practices from time to time in effect for its employees. During the term of employment hereunder, the Executive’s salary shall be reviewed from time to time (but no less than annually) to determine whether an increase in Executive’s salary is appropriate. Any such increase shall be at the sole discretion of the Board.
11Base Salary
This Amendment and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent nor any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.
52Integration
The Company shall have the power to withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements on any award under the Plan, and the Company may defer issuance of Stock until such requirements are satisfied. In the alternative, the Committee may withhold shares of Stock that would otherwise be delivered to the Participant, having an aggregate fair market value, determined as of the date the obligation to withhold or pay taxes arises in connection with a distribution, in the amount necessary to satisfy the minimum applicable withholding obligation.
86Tax Withholdings
This Agreement may be amended by written agreement of amendment executed by all parties, but not otherwise.
2Amendments
Agent may assign, sell or offer to assign or sell interests in the Loan or any portion of the Loan Documents (including this Guaranty) and disseminate to any purchaser, assignee or prospective purchaser or assignee any information Agent has pertaining to the Loan or this Guaranty, including credit information on Borrower Parties and any of their respective principals. If Agent makes any assignment or sells any interest in the Loan or this Guaranty, then Guarantor shall make all modifications, at Agent's or its purchaser's or assignee's expense, to this Guaranty as will facilitate Agent's sale or assignment, provided that no modification will materially add to Guarantor's obligations under this Guaranty or the other Loan Documents.
7Assignments
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before December 31, 2017; provided , however , that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).
88Terminations
This Third Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Third Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including portable document format (“.pdf”) or similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
26Counterparts