Covenant Not to Solicit Employees. During the Restricted Period, within the Territory Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, individually or on behalf of any other person or entity, solicit, recruit or entice, directly or indirectly, any employee of any member of the Bank Group to leave the employment of such member to work with Employee or with any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity with whom Employee is or becomes affiliated or associated.

Agreement Not to Solicit or Hire Employees or Contractors. During the Restricted Period (defined below), Executive will not, directly or indirectly, solicit, hire or engage any person who is then an employee or contractor of the Company or who was an employee of the Company at any time during the immediately preceding six (6) month period (or, following Executive’s termination of employment, at any time during the six (6) month period immediately preceding Executive’s termination of employment), in any manner or capacity, including without limitation as a proprietor, principal, agent, partner, officer, director, stockholder, employee, member of any association, consultant or otherwise, or otherwise directly or indirectly request, advise or induce any then current employee or contractor of the Company to terminate or otherwise adversely change its relationship with the Company.

Agreement Not a Service Contract. This Agreement is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in this Agreement or in the granting of the Options shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on Participant’s part to continue as a Director or on Company’s part to continue Participant’s service as a Director.

Agreement Not an Employment Contract. This Agreement is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in this Agreement or in the granting of the Restricted Shares shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on Participant’s part to continue as an employee of Company or any Subsidiary or on the part of Company or any Subsidiary to continue Participant’s employment or service as an Employee.

Agreement Not a Contract for Services. Neither the Plan, the granting of the Restricted Stock Units, this Agreement nor any other action taken pursuant to the Plan shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Employee has a right to continue to provide services as an officer, director, employee, consultant or advisor of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company for any period of time or at any specific rate of compensation, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge the Employee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause.

Agreement Not a Contract of Employment. Grantee’s employment with Grantee’s System Company Employer shall remain at-will. Neither the Plan, the granting of the Restricted Units, this Agreement nor any other action taken pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that Grantee has a right to continue as an employee of any System Company Employer for any period of time or at any specific rate of compensation.

Agreement Does Not Grant Retention Rights. Neither the granting of the Option, nor the exercise thereof, shall be construed as conferring upon the Participant any right to continue to be employed by or otherwise provide services to the Company or NTC for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Company (or any subsidiary of the Company) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate the Participant’s employment or service to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company at any time and for any reason, with or without Cause;

If applicable, amounts not vested at the time payments due under this Section cease will be:

Not Material. If the damage to the Properties does not result in a Material Loss, then neither ​ nor ​ shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, and ​ shall, at its option, either # fully repair the damage before the Closing in a manner reasonably satisfactory to ​, or # credit ​ at Closing for the reasonable cost to complete the repair (in which case ​ shall retain all insurance proceeds and ​ shall assume full responsibility for all needed repairs).

Remedies Not Exclusive. Trustee and Beneficiary shall each be entitled to enforce payment and performance of any Secured Obligations and to exercise all rights and powers under this Deed of Trust, under the Notes, under any of the other Credit Documents, or under any other agreement with Trustor or any laws now or hereafter in force; notwithstanding some or all of the Secured Obligations may now or hereafter be otherwise secured, whether by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, assignment or otherwise. Neither the acceptance of this Deed of Trust nor its enforcement, by court action or pursuant to the power of sale or other powers contained in this Deed of Trust, shall prejudice or in any manner affect Trustee’s or Beneficiary’s right to realize upon or enforce any other security now or hereafter held by Beneficiary or Trustee in such order and manner as they or either of them may in their absolute discretion determine. No remedy conferred upon or reserved to Trustee or Beneficiary, is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy in this Deed of Trust or provided or permitted by law or in equity, but each shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given in this Deed of Trust or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. Every power or remedy given to Trustee or Beneficiary by the Notes, this Deed of Trust or any of the other Credit Documents, or to which either of them may be otherwise entitled, may be exercised, concurrently or independently, from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by Trustee or Beneficiary, and either of them may pursue inconsistent remedies. Nothing in this Deed of Trust shall be construed as prohibiting Beneficiary from seeking a deficiency judgment against Trustor to the extent such action is permitted by law.