Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 10.5 or Sections 2.4, 2.9, 2.13 or 10.2 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific Letter of Credit Obligations, Swing Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

Application. The provisions of this Section 19 apply to Participants who are employed by the Corporation or an Affiliate located in the United States and are subject to the laws of the United States as of the date of termination of the Participant's employment; provided, however, that to the extent the Participant is asked to execute an employment or other agreement with the Corporation or any Affiliate containing non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality, business ideas or similar restrictions (a “stand-alone restrictive covenant agreement”) after execution of this Award Agreement, the stand-alone restrictive covenant agreement and related enforcement provisions shall govern and the provisions of this Section 19 shall not apply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, sub-section # below shall apply in any case. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 19 shall supersede any restrictive covenants the Participant has entered into with the Corporation or any Affiliate prior to execution of this Award Agreement.

Erroneous Application Agent shall not be liable for any application of amounts made by it in good faith and, if any such application is subsequently determined to have been made in error, the sole recourse of any Lender or other Person to which such amount should have been made shall be to recover the amount from the Person that actually received it (and, if such amount was received by any Lender, such Lender hereby agrees to return such amount to Agent)

Employment. This Award Agreement does not confer upon Executive any right to continue in employment, nor shall it, except during the period specified in the preceding sentence, restrict Executive’s right to terminate employment at any time.

Employment. Employer has employed and hereby continues to employ Employee, and Employee hereby accepts such continued employment, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Employee shall be employed by Employer but may serve (and if requested by Employer shall serve) as an officer and/or director of any subsidiary or affiliate of Employer.

Employment. Nothing in this Plan or an Award Agreement shall # interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate any Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law or # confer upon any Participant any right to continue his employment or service as a Director for any specified period of time. Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company or any Subsidiary and, accordingly, subject to Articles 3 and 19, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be amended or terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Board without giving rise to any liability on the part of the Company, any Subsidiary, the Committee or the Board.

Employment. Effective as of the close of business on November 7, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) you shall serve as Interim President, and have the duties, responsibilities and authority of the President under the Company’s Bylaws, until either you or the Board provides written notice of your termination from such position (the “Employment Period”). You shall report to the Board and shall work on a full-time basis for the Company and shall devote substantially all of your business time, attention, skills and energies to the business and affairs of the Company. During the Employment Period, you shall not engage in any business activity which, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, conflicts with your duties hereunder, whether or not such activity is pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage. You agree that you shall promptly report any potential conflict in writing to the Board, affirmatively disclosing any outside business opportunity that presents even the appearance of a conflict. The primary place of your employment will be in the Company’s home offices in the Seattle, Washington area, subject to the Company’s policies regarding working from a remote location and subject to reasonable business travel requirements.

Employment. The Company hereby agrees to further employ the Executive as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, effective on the Effective Date and for the duration of the Term unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of Section 2 below. The Executive accepts such employment and agrees to devote sufficient time, efforts and skills to diligently perform the duties of such role as shall reasonably be assigned to him by the Board of Directors of the Company (“Board”), subject to Section 3 below.

Employment. ​ agrees to continue to employ Executive in the position of Executive Vice President of ​, and Executive agrees to continued employment in this position, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including the confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation provisions which Executive acknowledges were discussed in detail prior to and made an express condition of Executive’s continued service as Executive Vice President of ​.

Employment. USPB will employ CEO as the chief executive officer of USPB under this Agreement from the Effective Date until December 26, 2026 (the "Expiration Date") or the date the employment is otherwise terminated as provided in this Agreement ("Termination Date").