The Corporation shall have the right, at its expense, to participate in or assume control of the negotiation, settlement or defence of any action, suit, proceeding, claim or investigation in which the Corporation has agreed to indemnify the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Agreement. In any such matter the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to retain other counsel to act on its behalf and, without limiting any other indemnification to which the Indemnified Party may be entitled, the fees and disbursements of such other counsel retained by the Indemnified Party shall be paid by the Corporation provided: # the employment of such counsel has been authorized by the Corporation; or # the Corporation has not assumed the defence and employed counsel therefor within a reasonable time after receiving notice of such action, suit, proceeding, claim or investigation; or # counsel retained by the Corporation or the Indemnified Party has advised the Indemnified Party that representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate for any reason, including without limitation because there may be legal defences available to the Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition to those available to the Corporation or that there is a conflict of interest between the Corporation and the Indemnified Party (in either of which events the Corporation shall not have the right to assume control of the defence on the Indemnified Party’s behalf). No admission of liability shall be made by either party without the consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and the Corporation shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, suit, proceeding, claim or investigation made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

Advice to Seek Independent Counsel. The Participant is hereby advised in writing to consult with an attorney before entering into the covenants outlined in this Section 16. The Participant acknowledges that prior to acceptance of this Award Agreement, the Participant has been advised by the Corporation of the Participant's right to seek independent advice from an attorney of the Participant's own selection regarding this Award Agreement, including the restraints imposed upon him or her pursuant to this Section 16. The Participant acknowledges that the Participant has entered into this Award Agreement knowingly and voluntarily and with full knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this Award Agreement after being given the opportunity to consult with counsel. The Participant further represents that in entering into this Award Agreement, the Participant is not relying on any statements or representations made by any of the Corporations' directors, officers, employees or agents which are not expressly set forth herein, and that the Participant is relying only upon the Participant's own judgment and any advice provided by the Participant's attorney. The Participant acknowledges he or she has been provided at minimum 14 calendar days to review the provisions contained herein.

Opinions of the Borrowers’ Counsel. The Agent shall have received opinions from the Borrowers’ counsel with respect to non-consolidation, and the due execution, authority, enforceability of the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Agent may require, and, each such opinion shall be in a form satisfactory to the Agent.

Sophisticated Parties Represented by Counsel. Each Party warrants and represents that # it is a sophisticated party represented at all relevant times during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement by counsel of its choice, and that it has executed this Agreement with the consent and on the advice of such independent legal counsel; # it and its counsel have determined through independent investigation and robust, arm’s-length negotiation that the terms of this Agreement shall exclusively embody and govern the subject matter of this Agreement, # it investigated the facts pertinent to this Agreement as it deemed necessary, # no other Person or Party, nor any agent or attorney of a Party, made any promise, representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, not contained in this Agreement concerning the subject matter of this Agreement to induce it to execute this Agreement, # it has not executed this Agreement in reliance on any promise, representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, not contained in this Agreement concerning the subject matter of this Agreement, and # it has not executed this Agreement in reliance on any promise, representation or warranty not contained herein. The Parties included this paragraph to preclude any claim that any Party was fraudulently induced to execute this Agreement and to preclude the introduction of parol evidence to vary, interpret, supplement or contradict the terms of this Agreement.

Employment of Agents and Counsel. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders, except as to money or securities received by it or its authorized agents, for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning the contractual arrangement between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and all matters pertaining to the Administrative Agent’s duties hereunder and under any other Loan Document.

Indemnitee’s Right to Counsel. Notwithstanding the provisions of [Section 11(b)] above, if in a Proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, # Indemnitee reasonably concludes that he or she may have separate defenses or counterclaims to assert with respect to any issue which may not be consistent with the position of other defendants in such Proceeding, # a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest exists between Indemnitee and the Company, or # if the Company fails to assume the defense of such proceeding in a timely manner, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be represented by separate legal counsel of Indemnitee’s choice at the expense of the Company. In addition, if the Company fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the event that the Company or any other person takes any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any action, suit or proceeding to deny or to recover from Indemnitee the benefits intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall have the right to retain counsel of Indemnitee’s choice, at the expense of the Company, to represent Indemnitee in connection with any such matter.

Consult with counsel, who may be counsel to the Company; and

Opinion of Counsel. In the event that an opinion of counsel is needed for any matter related to this Note, Lender has the right to have any such opinion provided by its counsel. Lender also has the right to have any such opinion provided by Borrower’s counsel.

#​ hereby advises the Participant to consult with an attorney prior to signing this Agreement.

To employ suitable agents and counsel and to pay their reasonable expenses and compensation, and such agent or counsel may or may not be an agent or counsel for the Employer;