Covenants of the Adviser. The Adviser covenants that it is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act. The Adviser agrees that its activities will at all times be in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state laws governing its operations and investments.

The Corporation hereby employs the Adviser to act as the investment adviser to the Corporation and to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Corporation, subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, for the period and upon the terms herein set forth, # in accordance with the investment objective, policies and restrictions that are set forth in the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form N-2, dated ​, as the same shall be amended from time to time (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), # in accordance with the Investment Company Act and # during the term of this Agreement in accordance with all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and the Corporation’s charter and by-laws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Adviser shall, during the term and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, # determine the composition of the portfolio of the Corporation, the nature and timing of the changes therein and the manner of implementing such changes; # identify, evaluate and negotiate the structure of the investments made by the Corporation; # close and monitor the Corporation’s investments; # determine the securities and other assets that the Corporation will purchase, retain, or sell; # perform due diligence on prospective portfolio companies; and # provide the Corporation with such other investment advisory, research and related services as the Corporation may, from time to time, reasonably require for the investment of its funds. The Adviser shall have the power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to effectuate its investment decisions for the Corporation, including the execution and delivery of all documents relating to the Corporation’s investments and the placing of orders for other purchase or sale transactions on behalf of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to acquire debt financing, the Adviser will arrange for such financing on the Corporation’s behalf, subject to the oversight and approval of the Corporation’s Board of Directors. If it is necessary for the Adviser to make investments on behalf of the Corporation through a special purpose vehicle, the Adviser shall have authority to create or arrange for the creation of such special purpose vehicle and to make such investments through such special purpose vehicle in accordance with the Investment Company Act.

Compensation of the Adviser. The Corporation agrees to pay, and the Adviser agrees to accept, as compensation for the services provided by the Adviser hereunder, a base management fee (“Base Management Fee”) and an incentive fee (“Incentive Fee”) as hereinafter set forth. The Corporation shall make any payments due hereunder to the Adviser or to the Adviser’s designee as the Adviser may otherwise direct. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Adviser may elect, or the Corporation may adopt a deferred compensation plan pursuant to which the Adviser may elect, to defer all or a portion of its fees hereunder for a specified period of time.

Covenants. If Parent, any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable:

Covenants. All covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by either Party on or prior to the Closing shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.

Covenants. So long as principal of and interest on the Term Loan or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document remains unpaid or unsatisfied, the Borrower shall comply with all the covenants and agreements applicable to it contained in Articles VI (Affirmative Covenants) and VII (Negative Covenants) of the Incorporated Agreement, including for purposes of this Paragraph 4 each Additional Incorporated Agreement Covenant. The covenants and agreements of the Borrower referred to in the preceding sentence (including all exhibits, schedules and defined terms referred to therein) are hereby (or, in the case of each Additional Incorporated Agreement Covenant, shall, upon its effectiveness, be) incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full herein with appropriate substitutions, including the following:

Covenants. From the date hereof until the date of the full, final and complete satisfaction of the Loans and all other amounts payable or accrued hereunder (the “Repayment Date”), the Borrower shall:

Covenants. The benefits provided for under this Agreement are subject to the following:

Restrictive Covenants. Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the Company’s business. Accordingly, Executive agrees as follows:

Restrictive Covenants. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Executive shall execute the Employee Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement attached hereto as [Exhibit A] (the “Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement”).

Independent Covenants. This Lease shall be construed as though the covenants herein between ​ and ​ are independent and not dependent and ​ hereby expressly waives the benefit of any statute to the contrary and agrees that if ​ fails to perform its obligations set forth herein, ​ shall not be entitled to make any repairs or perform any acts hereunder at ​’s expense or to any setoff of the Rent or other amounts owing hereunder against ​.

Affirmative Covenants. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Parties, each consistent with terms of the LP Agreement and the LLC Agreement, and except as may be mutually agreed, will cause the LP and the LLC to:

Specific Covenants. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of [Section 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05, 6.08, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.15]5]5]5]5]5]5]5]5], [Article VII] or [Article X]; or

Specific Covenants. (i) The Company fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in # any of [[Sections 6.10, 6.11, 7.01, 7.03, 7.06, 7.11, 7.12 or 7.14]4]4]4]4]4]4]4]]4]4], or # any of [[Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, or 6.13]3]3]3]] and, with respect to those sections identified in [clause (B)], such failure continues for five (5) days, or # any Subsidiary Guarantor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in the Subsidiary Guaranty; or

Restrictive Covenants. In consideration of the terms of this Award and your access to Confidential Information, you agree to the restrictive covenants and associated remedies as set forth below, which exist independently of and in addition to any obligation to which you are subject under the terms of the Wells Fargo Agreement Regarding Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, Non-Solicitation, and Assignment of Inventions (the “TSA”):

3.1During the period of the Executive’s employment with the Company and for a period of one year following the Separation Date (other than upon a termination without Cause, in which case the obligations under this [Section 3.1] cease upon separation from employment, absent a mutual agreement of the parties in a new agreement with respect to such period), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, own, manage, control, operate, be employed by, participate in or be connected with the ownership, management, operation or control of any business which competes with the Company or any of its affiliated companies (each, a “Competitor”) in the Restricted Area, if the Executive would be performing job duties or services for the Competitor that are of a similar type that the Executive performed for the Company at any time during the last two years of the Executive’s employment. The Executive acknowledges that undertaking any leadership role for a Competitor would constitute performing job duties or services of a similar type that he performed for the Company. Further, for purposes of this [Section 3.1], “Restricted Area” shall mean the geographic areas in which the Executive, during the last two years of employment, provided services or had a material presence or influence (which, given his position as Chief Operating Officer, would be any area in which the Company was conducting business). The foregoing shall not apply to passive ownership of less than 5% of the outstanding stock of a publicly held corporation, which ownership is disclosed to the CEO. The restricted period will be extended to two years following cessation of employment if the Executive breaches his fiduciary duty to the Company or unlawfully takes, physically or electronically, property belonging to the Company, in which case the duration may not exceed 2 years from the date of cessation of employment. Before agreeing to this [Section 3.1] the Executive has the right to and is encouraged to consult with counsel. The Executive agrees that he is receiving mutually-agreed consideration appropriate to support these restrictions pursuant to the additional compensation for which he is eligible pursuant to this Agreement in [Sections 2.3] and/or 4.5. The Executive further acknowledges that the agreement not to compete with the Company contemplated by this [Section 3.1] (the “non-competition agreement”) is supported by fair and reasonable consideration independent from the Employee’s continued employment, and that, notwithstanding the immediate effectiveness otherwise of this Agreement upon the Parties execution of the Agreement, the non-competition agreement shall not take effect until the later of # eleventh (11th) business day following the date on which the Company provided this Agreement to the Executive for review and execution; and # the Executive’s execution of this Agreement.

Restrictive Covenants. Other than with respect to an Employee who is located in California or another jurisdiction where such restrictive covenants are not permitted under applicable law, the Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement set forth in [Exhibit A] is incorporated herein for all purposes. This Award and the delivery of any shares of Common Stock hereunder are contingent on the Employee execution of this Agreement, and the Employee’s continued compliance with the terms herein (the “Restrictive Covenants”).

Protective Covenants. In consideration of the Award granted under this Agreement, the Grantee covenants and agrees as follows (the “Protective Covenants”):