Certain Pledges. Any ​ may at any time without need for any consent pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such ​, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such ​ from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such ​ as a party hereto.

Certain Transactions. Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could obtain from third parties and other than the grant of stock options disclosed on [Schedule 3(c)], none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

Certain Waivers. To the extent permitted by law, the ​ waives # any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Designated Borrower or any other ​ (other than a defense of payment or performance), or the cessation from any cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of the Administrative Agent or any Lender but excluding payment or performance) of the liability of the Designated Borrower; # any defense based on any claim that the ​’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of the Designated Borrower; # any right to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to proceed against the Designated Borrower, proceed against or exhaust any security for the Indebtedness, or pursue any other remedy in the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s power whatsoever; # any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; and # to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties (other than a defense of payment or performance). The ​ expressly waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all setoffs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the ​ SA Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty or of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional ​ SA Obligations, except, in each case, for notices expressly required under the Credit Agreement.

Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following definitions:

“Award” means a cash award granted pursuant to the Plan.

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Certain References. Each reference in the Amended Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import, and each reference in each other Loan Document (and the other documents and instruments delivered pursuant to or in connection therewith) to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import, shall mean and be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement as modified hereby and as the Amended Credit Agreement may in the future be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this [Section 13.1]:

Certain Loans. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall not be required to take or permit any action under the Plan or any Award Agreement which, in the good-faith determination of the Company, would result in a material risk of a violation by the Company of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.

Certain Definitions. In addition to terms otherwise defined herein, the following capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified below: