Effect of Certain Transactions. In the event that there occurs a dividend or other distribution of shares of the Company’s common stock, a dividend in the form of cash or other property that materially affects the fair market value of such shares, a stock split, a reverse stock split, a split-up, a split-off, a spin-off, a combination or subdivision of such shares or other securities of the Company, an exchange of such shares for other securities of the Company, or a similar transaction or event that materially affects the fair market value of such shares, the Committee, in order to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, shall make appropriate adjustments in the number of each Director’s Stock Units determined as of the date of such occurrence.

EFFECT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. In the case of # the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, # a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination in which the Company is acquired by another entity or in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or # any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Plan and the Grants issued hereunder shall terminate upon the effectiveness of any such transaction or event, unless provision is made in connection with such transaction for the assumption of Grants theretofore granted, or the substitution for such Grants of new Grants, by the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and the per share exercise prices, as provided in Section 15. In the event of such termination, all outstanding Options and Grants shall be exercisable in full for at least fifteen days prior to the date of such termination whether or not otherwise exercisable during such period.

Effect of Certain Transactions. Upon the occurrence or in anticipation of any corporate event or transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, combination or exchange of shares, liquidation or dissolution, sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or any Change in Capitalization), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, notwithstanding Section 12 hereunder, provide # that Options or Awards will be settled in cash rather than stock or in unrestricted shares of stock of the surviving entity, # that Options or Awards will become immediately vested and non-forfeitable and exercisable (in whole or in part) and will be cancelled after a designated period of time to the extent not then exercised, # that Options or Awards will be assumed by another party to a transaction or otherwise be equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction, # that outstanding Options or Awards may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents equal to the excess of the fair market value of the underlying stock, as of a specified date associated with the transaction (or the per share transaction price), over the exercise or base price of the Option or Award and those Options or Awards not eligible for payment shall be cancelled, # that performance targets and performance periods for performance-based Awards and Options will be modified, consistent with Code Section 162(m) where applicable, or # any combination of the foregoing. The Committee’s determination need not be uniform and may be different for different Grantees whether or not such Grantees are similarly situated.

Effect of Certain Transactions. In the event of # the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, # a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or # the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, provision shall be made in connection with such transaction for the assumption of the Plan and the Options or Awards theretofore granted under the Plan, or the substitution for such Options or Awards of new options or awards of the Successor Corporation, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and the purchase price for shares thereunder.

Certain Transactions. Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could obtain from third parties and other than the grant of stock options disclosed on [Schedule 3(c)], none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules attached hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that # no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, # no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and # no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.

No Effect of Options upon Certain Corporate Transactions. The existence of outstanding Options shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation, or any issue of Common Stock, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

Future Transactions. If during the Term, and, in the event Dawson has secured at least $5,000,000 in equity financing for the Company on or before the termination of this Agreement, the Company or any of its subsidiaries # decides to finance or refinance any indebtedness using a manager or agent, Dawson (or any affiliate designated by Dawson) shall have the right to act as lead manager, lead placement agent or lead agent with respect to such financing or refinancing; or # decides to raise funds by means of a public offering or a private placement of equity or debt securities using an underwriter or placement agent, Dawson (or any affiliate designated by Dawson) shall have the right to act as lead underwriter or lead placement agent for such financing. If Dawson or one of its affiliates decides to accept any such engagement, the agreement governing such engagement will contain, among other things, provisions for customary fees for transactions of similar size and nature (taking into consideration the fees paid under this Agreement) and other terms similar to the provisions of this Agreement, including indemnification, which are appropriate to such a transaction.

Other Transactions. ​ shall not enter into, announce or recommend to its stockholders any agreement, plan, arrangement or transaction in or of which the terms thereof would restrict, materially delay, conflict with or impair the ability or right of ​ to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the obligation of ​ to deliver the Purchase Shares to ​ in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents.

Financing Transactions. Provider shall cooperate with Manager so that Manager can arrange necessary financing for Provider and for Manager relating to the Management Services provided by Manager to Provider.