Discretion. Any other provision in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, # the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pay to any Participant an annual incentive payment for such year in an amount based on individual performance or any other criteria or the occurrence of any such event that the Committee shall deem appropriate and # the Committee may provide for a minimum incentive payment to any or all, or any class of, Participants in respect of any calendar year, regardless of whether any applicable performance objectives are attained.

Agent’s Liens. If any Loan Document that purports to create a Lien shall fail or cease to create, except to the extent permitted by the terms of any such Loan Document, a valid and perfected Lien on the Assets covered thereby and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, a first priority Lien on the Assets covered thereby (in each case, for any reason other than the failure of Agent to take any action within its control); provided that the foregoing parenthetical shall not be applicable with respect to any Assets # to the extent that Agent’s Lien thereon would be perfected by the filing of a uniform commercial code financing statement in the applicable jurisdiction, # to the extent that such Assets consist of Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts (or Assets held in such Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts) or # to the extent that the fair market value of all Collateral of any Loan Party that are not subject to a valid and perfected Lien and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, a first priority Lien, is greater than $250,000 in the aggregate; and

Agent’s Election. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Borrowing (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) pursuant to [Section 2.2(b)], Agent shall elect, in its discretion, # to have the terms of [Section 2.2(g)] apply to such requested Borrowing, or # to request Wells Fargo to make a Non-Ratable Loan pursuant to the terms of [Section 2.2(h)] in the amount of the requested Borrowing; provided, however, that if Wells Fargo declines in its discretion to make a Non-Ratable Loan pursuant to [Section 2.2(h)], Agent shall elect to have the terms of [Section 2.2(g)] apply to such requested Borrowing.

Agent’s Fee. [[Organization A:Organization]] agrees to pay to the Agent, for the Agent’s own account, the fees agreed to by [[Organization A:Organization]] and the Agent.

Agent’s Fee. Each Borrower agrees to pay to each of the Agent and each Arranger, for the Agent’s or such Arranger’s own account, the fees agreed to by the Borrowers and the Agent or such Arranger, as applicable, in proportion to the Borrowers’ respective Initial Sublimits.

Committee Discretion. The Committee will have full discretion to deny or grant any claim in whole or in part.

Board Discretion. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, each Award may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award. The terms of each Award need not be identical, and the Board need not treat Participants uniformly.

Exclusive Discretion. The Plan Administrator (set forth in Section 11(d)) shall have the exclusive discretion and authority to establish rules, forms, and procedures for the administration of the Plan and to construe and interpret the Plan and to decide any and all questions of fact, interpretation, definition, computation or administration arising in connection with the operation of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the eligibility to participate in the Plan and amount of benefits paid under the Plan. The rules, interpretations, computations and other actions of the Plan Administrator shall be binding and conclusive on all persons. Upon and after the closing of a Change of Control, the Plan will be interpreted and administered in good faith by one or more members of the Board or other persons or entities designated by the Board prior to or in connection with such Change of Control (the “Representative”) who shall be the Plan Administrator during such period. All actions taken by the Representative in interpreting the terms of the Plan and administering the Plan upon and after the Change of Control will be final and binding on all Executives. Any references in this Plan to the “Board” or “Plan Administrator” with respect to periods following the closing of a Change of Control shall mean the Representative.

Negative Discretion. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 9, the Committee retains the discretion to reduce the amount of any Long-Term Incentive Bonus, including a reduction of such amount to zero. By way of illustration, and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, determine # not to grant a pro-rated Award Opportunity pursuant to Section 9.A above, # not to adjust an outstanding Award Opportunity pursuant to Section 9.B above, # to grant a pro-rated Award Opportunity in a smaller amount than would otherwise be provided by Section 9.A above, or # to adjust an outstanding Award Opportunity to produce a smaller Long-Term Incentive Award than would otherwise be provided by Section 9.B above.

The Administrator has the discretionary power and authority to make all determinations necessary for administration of the Plan, except those determinations that the Plan requires others to make, and to construe, interpret, apply and enforce the provisions of the Plan and its operation whenever necessary to carry out its intent and purpose and to facilitate its administration, including, without limitation, the discretionary power and authority to determine eligibility for benefits and to remedy ambiguities, inconsistencies, omissions and erroneous benefit calculations. In the exercise of its discretionary power and authority, the Administrator will treat all persons determined by the Administrator to be similarly situated in a uniform manner. All acts and decisions of the Administrator made in good faith are binding on all interested persons.