Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by [Section 11.06(b)(i)(B)] and, in addition:

Required Provisions. Any payments made to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement, or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with 12 U.S.C. §1828(k) and FDIC regulation 12 C.F.R. Part 359, Golden Parachute and Indemnification Payments.

Required Consents. Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any Person other than the Administrative ​, the ​ and the Persons providing the applicable Refinancing Loans, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative ​ and the ​, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.17. This Section 2.17 supersedes any provisions in [Section 11.01] to the contrary.

Required Consents. No consent of any ​ or any other Person will be required to effectuate any Extension, other than the consent of the Administrative ​ (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), the ​ and the applicable Extending ​. The transactions contemplated by this Section 2.18 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Loans on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) will not require the consent of any other ​ or any other Person, and the requirements of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.18 will not apply to any of the transactions effected pursuant to this Section 2.18.

Code Required. Landlord may make revisions to the Building Plans from time to time, including those that may be required by city officials or inspectors to comply with code rulings or interpretations, so long as the Base Building Improvements, when constructed, will be collectively comparable in appearance, design, efficiency, and quality to the improvements described in [Schedule 1].

Relationship of Parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed by the Parties or any third party as creating the relationship of principal and agent, partnership or joint venture between the Parties, it being understood and agreed that no provision contained herein, and no actions of the Parties, shall be deemed to create any relationship between the Parties other than the relationship of independent contractor nor be deemed to vest any rights, interest or claims in any third parties.

Termination of Relationship. In the event of termination of the Optionee’s Continuous Service, the Optionee may, to the extent otherwise so entitled at the date of such termination (the “Termination Date”), exercise this Option during the Termination Period set out in the Notice of Grant. To the extent that the Optionee was not entitled to exercise this Option at the date of such termination, or if Optionee does not exercise this Option within the time specified herein, this Option shall terminate.

The Director is an independent contractor and will not be deemed as an employee of the Company for any purposes by virtue of this Agreement. The Director shall be solely responsible for the payment or withholding of all federal, state, or local income taxes, social security taxes, unemployment taxes, and any and all other taxes relating to the compensation he or she earns under this Agreement. The Director shall not, in his or her capacity as a director of the Company, enter into any agreement or incur any obligations on the Company’s behalf, without appropriate Board action.

Agency Relationship Only. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer as servicer under this Master Agreement) to the Participant under this Master Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venture, partner or agent.

Debtor-Creditor Relationship. The relationship between the Lenders and Agent, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor. No member of the Lender Group has (or shall be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to any Loan Party arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, and there is no agency or joint venture relationship between the members of the Lender Group, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, by virtue of any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein.