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.

Company’s Confidential Information. During the course of performing Executive’s duties as a Company employee, Executive was exposed to and acquired Company’s Confidential Information. As used herein, “Confidential Information” refers to any and all information of a confidential, proprietary, or trade secret nature that is maintained in confidence by Company for the protection of its business. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, Company’s information about or related to # any current or planned products, # research and development or investigations related to prospective products, # proprietary software and systems, # suppliers or customers, # cost information, profits, sales information, and accounting and unpublished financial information, # business and marketing plans and methods, and # any other information not generally known to the public that, if misused or disclosed to a competitor, could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Company.

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.

Upon the termination of the CEO’s employment hereunder howsoever arising, the CEO will not for the duration of the Restricted Period and within the Restricted Territory either directly or indirectly (without the prior written consent of the Company):

Company’s Fiscal Year. “Company’s Fiscal Year” means the period commencing on the Sunday that immediately follows the Saturday that is nearest to the last day in January through the Saturday that is nearest to the last day in January in the following year.

Successors. This Agreement shall bind any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation, in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be obligated under this Agreement if no succession had taken place. In the case of any transaction in which a successor would not, by the foregoing provision or by operation of law, be bound by this Agreement, the Corporation shall require such successor expressly and unconditionally to assume and agree to perform the obligations of the Corporation under this Agreement, in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement may not be assigned by Executive but shall inure to the benefit of Executive, his heirs, and personal representatives.

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.

Successors. An Employer shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) of all or substantially all of its business and/or assets to expressly assume and agree to perform this Plan in the same manner and to the same extent that the Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Employer to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Plan, and the Employer shall be liable for payment of all Plan benefits to which its Employee Participants are entitled upon their Separation from Service. Any successor or surviving entity that assumes or otherwise adopts this Plan as contemplated in this [Section 11.02] shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the Employer and the Personnel Committee hereunder, subject to the restrictions on amendment or termination of the Plan as set forth in [Section 11.01]. The employment of a Participant who has continued in the employ of such successor or surviving entity shall not be deemed to have been terminated or severed for any purpose hereunder.

Successors. This Award Agreement, including but not limited to the non-competition obligations described in [Section 16] below, shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Corporation.

Successors. All of the covenants and provisions of this Warrant Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Company and Warrant Holder, and their respective successors and assigns.

Successors. The Award Terms shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, on the one hand, and the Participant and his or her heirs, beneficiaries, legatees and personal representatives, on the other hand.