Appointment and Authority Each Secured Party appoints and designates BMO as Agent under all Loan Documents Agent may, and each Secured Party authorizes Agent to, enter into all Loan Documents to which Agent is intended to be a party and accept all Security Documents, for the benefit of Secured Parties Any action taken by Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and the exercise by Agent of any rights or remedies set forth therein, together with all other powers reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized by and binding upon all Secured Parties Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the sole and exclusive authority to # act as the disbursing and collecting agent for Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Loan Documents; # execute and deliver as Agent each Loan Document, including any intercreditor or subordination agreement, and accept delivery of each Loan Document; # act as collateral agent for Secured Parties for purposes of perfecting and administering Liens under the Loan Documents, and for all other purposes stated therein; # manage, supervise or otherwise deal with Collateral; and # take any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral or under any Loan Documents, Applicable Law or otherwise. The duties of Agent ministerial and administrative in nature only, and Agent shall not have a fiduciary relationship with any Secured Party, Participant or other Person, by reason of any Loan Document or any transaction relating thereto. Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, shall be authorized to determine whether any Account or Inventory meets the criteria for an Eligible Account or Eligible Inventory in accordance with the definitions thereof set out in Section 1 hereof; whether to impose or release any reserve; or whether any of the conditions to funding or to issuance of a Letter of Credit set out herein have been satisfied, which determinations and judgments, if exercised in good faith, shall exonerate Agent from liability to any Secured Party for any error in judgment.

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).

Appointment of Auditor. ​ may appoint a recognized accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Denali to inspect the relevant books of account of Denali to verify any reports or statements provided, or amounts paid or invoiced (as appropriate), by Denali. The accounting firm (and any individuals, if applicable) appointed to perform the examination under this Agreement must execute a confidential disclosure agreement with Denali, or otherwise be subject to terms governing non-use and non-disclosure of information that Denali has agreed in writing are acceptable.

Each of the ​ and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints [[Administrative 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 are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the ​ and the L/C Issuer, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

Appointment and Authority. (a) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints [[Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, an L/C Issuer, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Book Runner: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. Each of the Multicurrency Lenders and the Multicurrency L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints [[Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, an L/C Issuer, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Book Runner:Organization]] to act on its behalf as the Multicurrency Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Multicurrency Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Multicurrency Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Multicurrency Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. The term “Administrative Agent” is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

Appointment of Committees. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or more committees or subcommittees of the Board (a “Committee”). All references in the Plan to the “Board” shall mean the Board or a Committee of the Board or the officers referred to in Section 3(c) to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee or officers.

The employer shall appoint a trustee for the proper care and custody of all funds, securities and other properties in the trust, and for investment of plan assets (or for execution of such orders as it receives from an investment manager appointed for investment of plan assets). The duties and powers of the trustee shall be set forth in a trust agreement executed by the employer, which is incorporated herein by reference. The named fiduciary shall review at regular intervals the performance of the trustee and shall re-evaluate the appointment of such trustee. After the employer has appointed the trustee and the named fiduciary has received a written notice of acceptance of its responsibility, the fiduciary responsibility with respect to the proper care and custody of plan assets shall be considered as the responsibility of the trustee. Unless otherwise allocated to an investment manager, the fiduciary responsibility with respect to investment of plan assets shall likewise be considered as the responsibility of the trustee.

Appointment of Plan Administrator. The RPAC will appoint the Plan Administrator, who will have the responsibility and duty to administer the ERA on a daily basis. The RPAC may remove the Plan Administrator with or without cause at any time. The Plan Administrator may resign upon written notice to the RPAC.

HWIC shall be authorized to act as the sole agent for the Promisor under this Instrument and the Payee and Target Group shall be authorized to act on all instructions received by HWIC on behalf of the Promisor.

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