Successors; Enforceability. The terms and provisions of this Amendment shall be binding upon the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Banks and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Banks and the successors and assigns of the Administrative Agent and the Banks.

Severability; Enforceability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person, place, or circumstance, shall be held to be invalid, unenforceable, or void by the final determination of a court of competent jurisdiction in any jurisdiction and all appeals therefrom shall have failed or the time for such appeals shall have expired, as to that jurisdiction and subject to this Section 5.5, such clause or provision shall be deemed eliminated from this Agreement but the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be given full force and effect. In the event this Agreement or any portion hereof is more restrictive than permitted by the law of the jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought, this Agreement or such portion shall be limited in that jurisdiction only, and shall be enforced in that jurisdiction as so limited to the maximum extent permitted by the law of that jurisdiction.

Participant Acknowledgment. By accepting this Agreement, the Participant agrees to be bound to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan as the same may be amended from time to time.

Certain Acknowledgment. Executive acknowledges that he has had the opportunity to obtain legal advice with respect to this Agreement, has had sufficient time to read, and has

Prior Acknowledgment. In connection with a Termination which entitles you to CIC Payments pursuant to Section 3(b), your agreement not to voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company or any of its affiliates, which is set forth in any Acknowledgement previously executed by you as a condition of payment of an Annual Incentive Award, shall terminate, shall no longer be a condition of your right to retain such Annual Incentive Award, and shall be of no further force or effect.

Guarantors’ Acknowledgment. With respect to the amendments to the Loan Agreement effected by this Amendment and after giving effect to the joinder of New Borrower provided for above, each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees to this Amendment and confirms and agrees that its Guaranty (as modified and supplemented in connection with this Amendment) is and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects except that, upon the effectiveness of, and on and after the date of this Amendment, each reference in such Guaranty to the Loan Agreement, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement as amended or modified by this Amendment. Although Lender has informed the Guarantors of the matters set forth above, and each Guarantor has acknowledged the same, each Guarantor understands and agrees that Lender has no duty under the Loan Agreement, any Guaranty or any other agreement with any Guarantor to so notify any Guarantor or to seek such an acknowledgement, and nothing contained herein is intended to or shall create such a duty as to any transaction hereafter.

provided a period of at least twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Agreement and a period of seven (7) days following your execution of this Agreement to revoke your ADEA waiver as provided below; that if you voluntarily execute this Agreement prior to the expiration of the 21st day, you will voluntarily waive the remainder of the 21 day consideration period; that any changes to this Agreement by you once it has been presented to you will not restart the 21 day consideration period; and you enter into this Agreement knowingly, willingly and voluntarily in exchange for the retirement payments and benefits. To receive the retirement payments and benefits provided in this Agreement, this Agreement must be signed and returned to [[Person B:Person]], at, if by physical delivery, RMR, Two Newton Place, Suite 300, 255 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02458, or at, if by email delivery, ​.

Communication Acknowledgment. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement or the Additional Release shall prohibit the Executive from communicating with a government agency, regulator or legal authority concerning any possible violations of federal or state law or regulation. Nothing in this Agreement or the Additional Release, however, authorizes the disclosure of information the Executive obtained through a communication that was subject to the attorney-client privilege, unless disclosure of the information would otherwise be permitted by an applicable law or rule.

Consent and Acknowledgment. By signing this Agreement, the Optionee # consents to the electronic delivery of this Agreement, all information with respect to the Plan and the Option and any reports of the Company provided generally to the Company’s stockholders; # acknowledges that the Optionee may receive from the Company a paper copy of any documents delivered electronically at no cost to the Optionee by contacting the Company by telephone or in writing; # further acknowledges that the Optionee may revoke the Optionee’s consent to the electronic delivery of documents at any time by notifying the Company of such revoked consent by telephone, postal service or electronic mail; and # further acknowledges that the Optionee understands that the Optionee is not required to consent to electronic delivery of documents.

Acknowledgment by Executive. The Executive acknowledges and confirms that # the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement are reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of the Company, and # the restrictions contained herein (including without limitation the length of the term of the provisions of the covenant not to compete) are not overbroad, overlong, or unfair and are not the result of overreaching, duress, or coercion of any kind. The Executive further acknowledges and confirms that his full, uninhibited, and faithful observance of each of the covenants contained herein will not cause him any undue hardship, financial or otherwise, and that enforcement of each of the covenants contained herein will not impair his ability to obtain employment commensurate with his abilities and on terms fully acceptable to his or otherwise to obtain income required for the comfortable support of his and his family and the satisfaction of the needs of his creditors. The Executive acknowledges and confirms that his special knowledge of the business of the Company is such as would cause the Company serious injury or loss if he were to use such ability and knowledge to the benefit of a competitor or were to compete with the Company in violation of the terms hereof. The Executive further acknowledges that the restrictions contained herein are intended to be, and shall be, for the benefit of and shall be enforceable by, the Company's successors and assigns.