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 Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

The “Change of Control Date” shall mean the first date during the Change of Control Period (as defined in Section 1(b)) on which a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2) occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of employment # was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or # otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Change of Control Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment.

In connection with a termination of Executive’s employment by the Company, “Cause” shall mean any one or more of the following reasons: # the willful material failure by the Executive to perform the duties required of her hereunder (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness of the Executive or material changes in the direction and policies of the Board of Directors of Company), if such failure continues for fifteen (15) days after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Company which specifically identifies the manner in which it is believed that the Executive has failed to attempt to perform her duties hereunder; # the willful engaging by the Executive in willful misconduct materially injurious to the Company; # receipt by the Company of a notice (which shall not have been appealed by Executive or shall have become final and non-appealable) of any governmental body or entity having jurisdiction over the Company requiring termination or removal of the Executive from her then present position, or receipt of a written directive or order of any governmental body or entity having jurisdiction over the Company (which shall not have been appealed by Executive or shall have become final and non-appealable) requiring termination or removal of the Executive from her then present position; # personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, willful breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit or conviction of a felony; or # material breach of any provision set forth in Sections 6, 7, 8 or 9, to the extent applicable. For purposes of this section, no act, or failure to act, on the Executive’s part shall be considered ‘‘willful’’ unless done or omitted to be done by Executive in bad faith and without reasonable belief that her action or omission was in the best interest of Company. Any act or omission to act by the Executive in reliance upon a written opinion of counsel to Company shall not be deemed to be willful.

“Change in Control” means and shall be deemed to have occurred if # any Person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the total voting power of all the then outstanding Voting Securities, # any Person purchases or otherwise acquires under a tender offer, securities representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the total voting power of all the then outstanding Voting Securities, # during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals # who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and # any new director whose election by the Company’s Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved (but excluding, for purposes of this definition, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Company’s Board of Directors), cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors, # the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with another entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent, either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity (or if the surviving entity is a subsidiary of another entity, then of the parent entity of such surviving entity), at least sixty percent (60%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the surviving entity (or parent entity) outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or # the stockholders approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

“Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not or was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is being sought by Indemnitee.

Certain Limitations. The Party making a claim under this Article VIII is referred to herein as the “Indemnified Party” and the Party against which such claims are asserted under this Article VIII is referred to as the “Indemnifying Party”. The indemnification provided for in Section 8.2 and Section 8.3 shall be subject to the following limitations:

Certain Amounts. Whenever pursuant to this Note the Borrower is required to pay an amount in excess of the outstanding principal amount (or the portion thereof required to be paid at that time) plus accrued and unpaid interest, the Borrower and the Holder agree that the actual damages to the Holder from the receipt of cash payment on this Note may be difficult to determine and the amount to be so paid by the Borrower represents stipulated damages and not a penalty and is intended to compensate the Holder in part for loss of the opportunity to convert this Note and to earn a return from the sale of shares of Common Stock acquired upon conversion of this Note at a price in excess of the price paid for such shares pursuant to this Note. The Borrower and the Holder hereby agree that such amount of stipulated damages is not plainly disproportionate to the possible loss to the Holder from the receipt of a cash payment without the opportunity to convert this Note into shares of Common Stock.

Certain Definitions. Except as otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all definitions in this Section 3(f) shall be applicable during the Protected Period only.

Certain Modifications. Until all of the Pari Passu Debt has been Paid in Full, neither any Pari Passu Creditor nor any Obligor shall, without the prior written consent of the Pari Passu Creditors, agree to any amendment, modification or supplement to any Pari Passu Note Document, except that the Pari Passu Creditors and the Obligors shall be permitted to amend or modify the Pari Passu Note Documents in accordance with the provisions of the Pari Passu Note Documents in effect as of the Effective Date to # extend the maturity date or the date of payment of any amount due by ​ or any other Obligor thereunder, # decrease the rate of interest applicable to any of the A Debt, # waive any Obligor’s noncompliance with any term or provision thereof, and/or # amend any Pari Passu Agreement so long as such amendment is not more onerous or restrictive on any Obligor than provisions contained in such Pari Passu Note Document as in effect on the date of this Agreement, in each case without the prior written consent of Aegis; provided, that notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 11(b) to the contrary, no action under the [foregoing clauses (3) and (4) of this Section 11(b)])] shall be permitted to be taken by any Pari Passu Creditor or any Obligor without the prior written consent of Aegis to the extent such action would # prohibit any Obligor from making any payment with respect to the Pari Passu Debt which is permitted under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise contravene any provision of this Agreement or # be reasonably likely to result in any material harm to any interest of a Pari Passu Creditor to be paid from the proceeds of the Collateral under this Agreement or any interest of a Pari Passu Creditor in the Pari Passu Debt owing to it by any Obligor under any Pari Passu Note Document. Each Pari Passu Creditor shall provide written notice to the remaining Pari Passu Creditors of any action taken pursuant to any of the [foregoing clauses (1) through (4) of this Section 11(b)] promptly, and in any event within three (3) Business Days thereof, including a reasonably detailed description of any such action taken and copies of any and all documentation amending, modifying or supplementing any Pari Passu Note Document executed by any Pari Passu Creditor and/or any Obligor.