Agents. The Committee may retain such counsel, and actuarial, medical, accounting, clerical and other services as it may require to carry out the provisions and purposes of the Plan.

Assignments. Permitted Assignments. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more banks or other entities (“Purchasers”), other than an Ineligible Institution, all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents. Such assignment shall be evidenced by an agreement substantially in the form of [Exhibit D] or in such other form as may be agreed to by the parties thereto (each such agreement, an “Assignment Agreement”). Each such assignment with respect to a Purchaser which is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund shall, unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company (provided that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof) # in the case of any assignment of any Revolving Loan Commitment or Revolving Credit Obligations, either be in an amount equal to the entire applicable Revolving Loan Commitment and Revolving Credit Obligations of the assigning Lender or (unless each of the Administrative Agent and, if no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company otherwise consents) be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or # in the case of any assignment of any Term Loan Commitment or Term Loan, either be in an amount equal to the entire applicable Term Loan Commitment or the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of the assigning Lender or (unless each of the Administrative Agent and, if no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company otherwise consents) be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. The amount of the assignment shall be based on the Revolving Loan Commitment and Revolving Credit Obligations or Term Loan Commitment and Term Loans subject to the assignment, determined as of the date of such assignment or as of the “Trade Date,” if the “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment Agreement.

Assignments. In addition to the assignments permitted by [Section 11.3(a)], each ​ may, with the prior written consent of the Borrowers, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent (provided that no consent of the Borrowers shall be required for an assignment to a ​, an Affiliate of a ​ or an Approved Fund or during the existence and continuation of an Event of Default), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations hereunder pursuant to an assignment agreement substantially in the form of [Exhibit 11.3] to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided that the Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless the Borrowers shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof; and provided further that # any such assignment shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of ​ of the Commitments and in integral multiples of ​ above such amount (or the remaining amount of Commitments held by such ​) unless the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consent, # each such assignment shall be of a constant, not varying, percentage of all of the assigning ​’s rights and obligations under the Commitment being assigned and # the assignee, if it shall not be a ​, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more Persons to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrowers and their related parties or

Other Agents. Nothing in this Agreement is to be interpreted as limiting the Company from employing other personnel on such terms and conditions as may be satisfactory to it.

Placement Agents. It will purchase the Subordinated Note(s) directly from the Company and not from the Placement Agents and understands that neither the Placement Agents nor any other broker or dealer has any obligation to make a market in the Subordinated Notes.

Bank’s Agents. Bank shall be responsible for all uses of the Company Marks by its third party agents and shall require any such third party agents to agree to be bound by the provisions of this [Section 11.4.1] or provisions that are at least as protective of Company’s rights in the Company Marks as those in this [Section 11.4.1].

Other Agents. No Lender identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agent, Lead Arranger, Joint Book Runner or a Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to such Lenders as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in [Section 10.11].

Assignments by Lenders. Any [[Organization B:Organization]] may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (in each case with respect to any Facility) any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

With the consent of Borrower (which consent of Borrower shall not be # required if # a Payment Default or an Insolvency Default has occurred and is continuing or # any other Event of Default has occurred and has been continuing for a period of at least 30 days, or # other than with respect to Direct Competitors, unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), any Lender may assign and delegate to one or more assignees (each an “Assignee”) that are Eligible Transferees all, or any ratable part of all, of the Obligations, the Revolver Commitments, the Loans and the other rights and obligations of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in a minimum amount of ​ (or the remaining amount of any Lender’s Revolver Commitment or amount of Loans, if less); provided, however, that Borrower and Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until # written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses, and related information with respect to the Assignee, have been given to Borrower and Agent by such Lender and the Assignee, # such Lender and its Assignee have delivered to Borrower and Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, fully executed and delivered by each party thereto, and # the assigning Lender or Assignee has paid to Agent for Agent’s separate account a processing fee in the amount of ​. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the payment of any fees shall not be required and the consent of Borrower shall not be required if such assignment is in connection with any merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or any substantial portion of the business or loan portfolio of the assigning Lender.

(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (a)(ii) below, any Lender may assign and delegate all or any portion of its rights and duties under the Loan Documents (including the Obligations owed to it and its Commitments) to one or more assignees so long as such prospective assignee is an Eligible Transferee (each, an "Assignee"), with the prior written consent (such consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

Brokers, Finders and Agents. No Seller Party has any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, advisor or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder for which Purchaser may become liable.

Release of Corporate Agents. In any case where a corporation is or shall be Tenant or Landlord hereunder, no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Lease otherwise permitted by any statute or rule of law shall be had against any incorporator, subscriber, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of such corporation, either directly or through the corporation.

Reliance by Agents and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if # such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or # the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. All telephonic notices to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

Consultant’s Employees, Consultants and Agents. Consultant shall not subcontract services to contractors or employees other than the ​ without Client’s prior written consent, including as to the terms and conditions of any such engagement. Consultant shall have the right to disclose Confidential Information only to those of its employees, consultants, and agents who have a need to know such information for the purpose of performing Services and who have entered into a binding written agreement expressly for the benefit of Client (substantially in the form attached hereto as [Exhibit B]). Client reserves the right to refuse or limit Consultant’s use of any employee, consultant or agent or to require Consultant to remove any employee, consultant or agent already engaged in the performance of the Services. Client’s exercise of such right will in no way limit Consultant’s obligations under this Agreement.

Notice to Agents and Obligors. The Seller will direct any agent, administrative agent or obligor for any Loan Asset included in the Transferred Assets to remit all payments and collections with respect to such Loan Asset directly to the relevant Collection Account.

The Syndication Agent and Documentation Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in their respective capacities as such.

Non-Solicitation of Sales Agents. Grantee acknowledges and agrees that during his/her employment, and for a period of twenty-four (24) months after the Date of Termination, Grantee has not and will not, directly or indirectly, whether on behalf of the Grantee or others, solicit any of the Company's Sales Agents for the purpose of disrupting their relationship with the Company and/or selling and/or facilitating the sale of products competitive with the Company's Business. For purposes of this Section 2, a ‘Sales Agent” is any third-party agency, and/or its representatives, with which or whom Acuity has contracted for the purpose of facilitating the sale of the Company's products during the last twenty-four (24) months of Employee's employment with the Company.