“Independent Expert” means a Person independent with respect to the Parties (i.e., no prior material business relationship with any party for the prior two (2) years) or otherwise does not promptly accept its engagement, another mutually acceptable independent (i.e., no prior material business relationship with any party for the prior two (2) years) accounting firm recognized nationally (which appointment will be made no later than ten (10) days after the Dispute Resolution Notice Date); provided, that if the Independent Expert does not accept its appointment or if Buyer and the Sellers’ Representative cannot agree on the Independent Expert, in either case within twenty (20) days after the Dispute Resolution Notice Date, either Buyer or the

Purpose of appointment and agreement: The parties intend to market and distribute the technologies of African Horizon Technologies Pty Ltd (AHT), specifically the Hydraspin Hydro Cyclone which is a Trade secret technology, within the United States of America through the actions of Water Now, Inc., also referred to herein as the “Distributor”. The Hydraspin technology Trade secret will be protected by the Distributor. The Hydraspin technology removes oil from water. The parties hereby agree to a long term mutual beneficial agreement, wherein AHT will manufacture the Hydraspin solutions in South Africa and export same to the USA. Hydraspin Pty Ltd is a company owned by JS Steyn and has formal agreement with AHT whom is the Holding company of all the water treatment technologies that AHT sells globally. Any agreement that is made with AHT also applies to Hydraspin Pty Ltd. AHT and Hydraspin Pty Ltd. are at times collectively referred to herein as the “Principal”

Additional Appointment. For the purposes of any Foreign Subsidiary Pledge Documents governed by Italian law, each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints [[Administrative Agent:Organization]] to act, on its name and its behalf, as procuratore con rappresentanza pursuant to [Article 1387] and following of the Italian civil code and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent, in acting as such, will be entitled to the benefits of Article IX hereto in all respects.

Each of the Guarantors hereby appoints the ​ to act as its agent for all purposes of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other documents and electronic platforms entered into in connection herewith and agrees that # the ​ may execute such documents and provide such authorizations on behalf of such Guarantor as the ​ deems appropriate in its sole discretion and each Guarantor shall be obligated by all of the terms of any such document and/or authorization executed on its behalf, # any notice or communication delivered by the ​, an L/C Issuer or a ​ to the ​ shall be deemed delivered to each [[Loan Parties:Organization]] and # the ​, L/C Issuers or the Lenders may accept, and be permitted to rely on, any document, authorization, instrument or agreement executed by the ​ on behalf of each of the Loan Parties.

Expenses of Arbitration and Expert Determination. Each Party shall bear its own attorneys” fees, costs, and disbursements arising out of the arbitration, and shall pay an equal share of the fees and costs of the arbitrators; provided, however, that the arbitrators shall be authorized to determine whether a Party is the prevailing Party, and if so, to award to that prevailing Party reimbursement for its reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and disbursements (including, for example, expert witness fees and expenses, photocopy charges and travel expenses). Absent the filing of an application to correct or vacate the arbitration award as permitted by applicable law, each Party shall fully perform and satisfy the arbitration award within ​ days of the service of the award.

Each party may submit expert reports (and rebuttals thereto), provided that such reports must be submitted within sixty (60) days of the Arbitration Commencement Date. Each party will be allowed a maximum of two (2) experts. Expert reports must contain the following: # a complete statement of all opinions the expert will offer at trial and the basis and reasons for them; # the expert’s name and qualifications, including a list of all the expert’s publications within the preceding ten (10) years, and a list of any other cases in which the expert has testified at trial or in a deposition or prepared a report within the preceding ten (10) years; and # the compensation to be paid for the expert’s report and testimony. The parties are entitled to depose any other party’s expert witness one (1) time for no more than four (4) hours. An expert may not testify in a party’s case-in-chief concerning any matter not fairly disclosed in the expert report.

If the determination of the Cash Value is referred to an independent expert and the value submitted by the transferor is no more than five percent (5%) above the Cash Value determined by the independent expert, the transferor’s value shall be used for the Cash Value and the Disagreeing Parties shall pay all costs of the expert. If the value submitted by the transferor is more than five percent (5%) above the Cash Value determined by the independent expert, the independent expert’s value shall be used for the Cash Value and the transferor shall pay all costs of the expert. Subject to the independent expert’s value being final and binding in accordance with clause 18.3, the Cash Value determined by the procedure shall be final and binding on all Parties.

Each of ​ and ​ hereby irrevocably appoints [[Collateral Agent:Organization]] to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article X are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, ​ and the L/C Issuer, and no Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

Appointment of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among persons who receive or are eligible to receive Awards under the Plan, whether or not any Awards are the same or such persons are similarly situated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee will be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations and to establish non-uniform and selective Performance Criterion, Performance Criteria, Performance Goals, the weightings thereof, and Target Awards. Whenever the Plan refers to a determination being made by the Committee, it shall be deemed to mean a determination by the Committee in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may delegate the responsibility for administering the Plan, subject to such limitations as the Committee deems appropriate. All references in the Plan to the “Committee” shall be, as applicable, to the Committee or any other committee or officer to whom the Board or the Committee has delegated authority to administer the Plan.

Appointment and Cooperation. With respect to all of the rights and activities of Spero set forth in this Section 5, Northern hereby appoints Spero as its agent for such purposes with the authority to act on Northern’s behalf with respect to the Northern Patent Rights. Northern shall cooperate with Spero in the exercise of Spero’s authority granted herein, and shall execute such documents and take such additional action as Spero may request in connection therewith. The Parties shall promptly update Exhibit C to list all Northern Patent Rights (including Northern Improvement Patents).