Company’s Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, and may be assigned by the Company without Executive’s consent to, any purchaser of all or substantially all of the Company’s business or assets, any successor to the Company (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) or any assignee thereof.

Company’s Successors. Any successor to the Company (whether direct or indirect and whether by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the Company’s business and/or assets shall assume the Company’s obligations under this Agreement and agree expressly to perform the Company’s obligations under this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to perform such obligations in the absence of a succession. For all purposes under this Agreement, the term “Company” shall include any successor to the Company’s business and/or assets which executes and delivers the assumption agreement described in this subsection # or which becomes bound by the terms of this Agreement by operation of law.

The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Employee that # the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company do not and shall not materially conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any contract, agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound and # upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Employee, this Agreement shall be the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

Company’s Obligations. In return for “Participant’s Obligations” (as described in Section 2 below), and provided that the Participant signs this Agreement and does not exercise the Participant’s rights to revoke or rescind the Participant’s waivers of certain discrimination claims (as described in Section 5 below), ​ will pay to the Participant the Severance.

Company’s Consideration. Subject to Employee complying with all of Employee’s obligations under this Agreement, as full, sufficient and complete consideration for Employee’s promises and releases, the Company will perform the following:

Company’s Ownership. Employee agrees that all inventions, discoveries, improvements, trade secrets, formulae, techniques, processes, and know-how, whether or not patentable, and whether or not reduced to practice, that are conceived or developed during the Term, either alone or jointly with others, if on the Company’s time, using the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information or relating to the Company shall be owned exclusively by the Company, and Employee hereby assigns to the Company all Employee's right, title, and interest in all such intellectual property. The Employee agrees that the Company shall be the sole owner of all domestic and foreign patents or other rights pertaining thereto, and further agrees to execute all documents that the Company reasonably determines to be necessary or convenient for use in applying for, prosecuting, perfecting, or enforcing patents or other intellectual property rights, including the execution of any assignments, patent applications, or other documents that the Company may reasonably request. This provision is intended to apply only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Company’s Agents. Company shall be responsible for all uses of the Bank 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 11.4.2 or provisions that are at least as protective of Bank’s rights in the Bank Marks as those in this Section 11.4.2.

The Company’s Warranties. The Company warrants to Sellers that: # this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms; # the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with, or constitute a breach of applicable Law; and # the Company has sufficient immediately available funds and assets to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, including the payment of the Purchase Price on the terms specified herein.

Successors. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of each of the parties; provided, that, no Borrower may assign this Agreement or any rights or duties hereunder without the Lenders’ prior written consent and any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void ab initio. No consent to assignment by the Lenders shall release any Borrower from its Obligations. A Lender may assign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder pursuant to Section 13.1 and, except as expressly required pursuant to Section 13.1, no consent or approval by any Borrower is required in connection with any such assignment.

Successors. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of any successor, by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise, to any of the parties hereto, to the same extent as if such successor had been an original party.