Assignments by Lenders. Any ​ 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 (including for purposes of this [Section 11.07(b)], participations in Letters of Credit and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it; provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

Defaulting Lenders Assignments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting ​ hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative ​ in an aggregate amount sufficient,

Effectiveness of Assignments. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph # of this [Section 9.04], from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of [Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03]3]3]3] with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this [Section 9.04] shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph # of this [Section 9.04] (but only to the extent such assignment or other transfer otherwise complies with the provisions of such paragraph).

Assignments by Banks. Any Bank may at any time assign to one or more assignees (other than Parent, any of its Affiliates or a natural person) (each an “Assignee”) 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) and the Notes; provided that 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 $5,000,000 (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 $3,500. 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.

Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the Maturity Date shall have occurred in respect of any Tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments at a time when another tranche or tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments is or are in effect with a longer Maturity Date, then on the earliest occurring Maturity Date all then outstanding Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full on such date (and there shall be no adjustment to the participations in such Swingline Loans as a result of the occurrence of such Maturity Date); provided, however, that if on the occurrence of such earliest Maturity Date (after giving effect to any repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as contemplated in [Section 2.03(k)]), no Default then exists or would result therefrom and there shall exist sufficient unutilized Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so that the respective outstanding Swingline Loans could be incurred pursuant the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments which will remain in effect after the occurrence of such Maturity Date, then there shall be an automatic adjustment on such date of the participations in such Swingline Loans and same shall be deemed to have been incurred solely pursuant to the relevant Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, and such Swingline Loans shall not be so required to be repaid in full on such earliest Maturity Date.

Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

This Contract shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Customer and the Contractor and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither this Contract nor any of the rights or obligations under this Contract shall be assignable or transferable by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, provided that Customer may assign or

Certain Conditions to Assignments. Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

Federal Reserve Bank Assignments. In addition to the assignments and participations permitted under the foregoing provisions of [Section 10.1], and without the need to comply with any of the formal or procedural requirements of this [Section 10.1], notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, ​ may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and any other Loan Document in favor of # any Federal Reserve Bank, any Federal Home Loan Bank or the central reserve bank or similar authority of any other country to secure any obligation of ​ to such bank or similar authority (a “Central Bank Pledge”). In the event that the interest of ​ that is assigned in connection with a Central Bank Pledge is foreclosed upon and transferred to the pledgee thereof, ​ shall have no further liability hereunder with respect to the interest that was the subject of such transfer and the assignee shall be ​ with respect to such interest. ​ shall not be required to notify ​ of any Central Bank Pledge.