Claims Procedure. The Executive may file a written claim with the Company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources, who shall consider such claim and notify the Executive in writing of his decision with respect thereto within ninety (90) days (or within such longer period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources determines is necessary to review the claim, provided that the Senior Vice President of Human Resources notifies the Executive in writing of the extension within the original ninety (90) day period). If the claim is denied, in whole or in part, the Executive may appeal such denial to the Committee, provided the Executive does so in writing within sixty (60) days of receiving the determination by the Senior Vice President of Human Resources. The Committee shall consider the appeal and notify the Executive in writing of its decision with respect thereto within sixty (60) days (or within such longer period not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days as the Committee determines is necessary to review the appeal, provided that the Committee notifies the Executive in writing of the extension within the original sixty (60) day period).

Waiver of Certain Claims; Settlement of Claims. Each Borrower further agrees to assert no claim against any of the Indemnitees on any theory of liability seeking consequential, special, indirect, exemplary or punitive damages. No settlement shall be entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any claim, litigation, arbitration or other proceeding relating to or arising out of the transactions evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents unless such settlement releases all Indemnitees from any and all liability with respect thereto.

No Existing Claims or Assignment of Claims. You represent and warrant that you have not previously filed or joined in any claims that are released in this Agreement and that you have not given or sold any portion of any claims released herein to anyone else, and that you will indemnify and hold harmless the Company Group and the Releasees from all liabilities, claims, demands, costs, expenses and/or attorneys’ fees incurred as a result of any such prior assignment or transfer. You represent that you have been truthful to the Company Group in all internal investigations and have no knowledge of any violation of a campaign finance or anti-corruption law by you or the Company Group. The Company represents and warrants that neither it nor any member of the Company Group that is an entity (i.e. excluding employees who are deemed to be affiliates) has previously filed or joined in any written or, to its knowledge, unwritten claims against you.

Settlement of Claims. The Corporation’s obligation to make the payment provided for in this Agreement shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, defense, recoupment or other right which the Corporation may have against the Executive.

Filing Benefit Claims. Any claim asserting entitlement to a benefit under the Plan must be asserted within ninety (90) days after the event giving rise to the claim by sending written notice of the claim to the Claims Administrator. The written notice of the claim must be accompanied by any and all documents, materials, or other evidence allegedly supporting the claim for benefits. If the claim is granted, the claimant will be so notified in writing by the Claims Administrator.

Whenever any claim shall arise for indemnification under Section 13 of this Agreement, the party seeking indemnification (the “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify the party from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) of the existence of the claim and, when known, the facts constituting the basis for such claim. In the event any such claim for indemnification is made resulting from or in connection with any claim or legal proceedings by a third party, the notice to the Indemnifying Party shall specify, if known, the amount or an estimate of the amount of the liability arising from such claim. The Indemnified Party shall not settle or compromise any claim by a third party for which it is entitled to indemnification without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, unless suit shall have been instituted against it and the Indemnifying Party shall not have taken control of such suit after notification as provided in [Section 13.4] of this Agreement.

Defense of Claims. Each party entitled to indemnification under this Article VIII (the “Indemnified Party”) agrees to notify the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) with reasonable promptness of any claim asserted against it in respect of which the Indemnifying Party may be liable under this Agreement, which notification shall be accompanied by a written statement setting forth the basis of such claim and the manner of calculation thereof. The failure of the Indemnified Party to promptly give notice shall not preclude such Indemnified Party from obtaining indemnification under this Article VIII, except to the extent, and only to the extent, that the Indemnifying Party’s failure materially prejudices the rights or increases the liabilities and obligations of the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, at its election, to defend or compromise any such claim at its own expense with counsel of its choice; provided, however, that: # such counsel shall have been approved by the Indemnified Party prior to engagement, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; # the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense, if it so chooses with its own counsel and at its own expense; and # any such defense or compromise shall be conducted in a manner which is reasonable and not contrary to the Indemnified Party’s interest. In the event the Indemnifying Party does not undertake to defend or compromise, the Indemnifying Party shall promptly notify the Indemnified Party of its intention not to undertake to defend or compromise the claim.

Notification of Claims. The Credit Parties will give notice to the Agent in writing within five (5) Business Days of becoming aware of any material setoff, claims (including, with respect to the Unencumbered Property, environmental claims), withholdings or other defenses to which any Unencumbered Property or the rights of the Agent or the Lenders with respect to the Unencumbered Property, are subject, which could have a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Material Environmental Event.

Release of Claims. To be eligible to receive benefits under the Plan, an Executive must execute a general waiver and release in substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, EXHIBIT B, or EXHIBIT C, as appropriate, within the time provided by the Company, and such release must become effective in accordance with its terms. The Company, in its sole discretion, may modify the form of the required release to comply with applicable law and shall determine the form of the required release, which may be incorporated into a termination agreement or other agreement with the Executive. The Executive will not receive any of the severance benefits provided for under this Plan unless and until the release is timely executed and becomes effective in accordance with its terms (the date on which the release becomes effective, the “Release Date”, which date may in no event be later than sixty (60) days following the Executive’s termination). Any severance benefits owed to the Executive through the Release Date will be paid in a lump sum on the Release Date, with the balance of the severance payments and benefits commencing thereafter in accordance with the original payment schedules set forth in this Plan.

Release of Claims. In exchange for the payment(s) and benefit(s) described in this Agreement, you agree to waive, as of the date hereof and again by re-executing this agreement in the space provided on the signature page hereto for such re-execution on a date that is no later than fifteen (15) days following the Termination Date, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all claims available under federal, state or local law against the Company and the directors, officers, employees, and agents of the Company arising out of your employment with the Company or the termination of that employment, including but not limited to all claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, [Section 1981] of U.S.C, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Immigration Reform Control Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, any state or federal consumer protection and/or trade practices act, the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Illinois Equal Pay Act, the Illinois Wages of Women and Minors Act, the Illinois Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Illinois One Day Rest in Seven Act, the Illinois Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Illinois Whistleblower Act, the anti-retaliation provisions of the Illinois Workers Compensation Act, the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, the Illinois Minimum Wage law, the Illinois Family Military Leave Act, the Illinois Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act, the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act, the Illinois Union Employee Health and Benefits Protection Act, the Illinois Employment Contract Act, the Illinois Labor Dispute Act, and the Illinois Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act, as well as wrongful termination claims, breach of contract claims, discrimination claims, harassment claims, retaliation claims, whistleblower claims (to the fullest extent they may be released under applicable law), defamation or other tort claims, and claims for attorneys’ fees and costs. You understand that you are not waiving your right to vested benefits under the written terms of the Company’s 401(k) Plan, claims for unemployment or workers’ compensation benefits, claims to enforce this Agreement including the use of this Agreement as evidence, any medical claim incurred during your employment that is payable under applicable medical plans or an employer-insured liability plan, rights as current and former Company Officer under Indemnification and hold harmless provisions of the Company Bylaws or elsewhere, claims arising after the date on which you sign this Agreement, your right to appeal decisions denying benefits or the existence of a short term or long term disability, or claims that are not otherwise waivable under applicable law.