Employee and Labor Matters. There is # no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against Parent or its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened against Parent or its Subsidiaries which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement and that could reasonably be expected to result in liabilities in excess of ​, # no strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or grievance pending or threatened in writing against Parent or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in liabilities in excess of ​, or # to the knowledge of Borrower, after due inquiry, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries and no union organizing activity taking place with respect to any of the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries. None of Parent or its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or similar state law, which remains unpaid or unsatisfied. The hours worked and payments made to employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable legal requirements, except to the extent such violations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All material payments due from Parent or its Subsidiaries on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Parent, except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

There are no disputes, material employee grievances or material disciplinary actions pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened between the Company and any employees of the Company (collectively, the “Employees”). The Company has complied in all respects with all provisions of all laws relating to the employment of labor and has no liability for any arrears of wages or taxes or penalties for failure to comply with any such laws. The Company has no knowledge of any organizational efforts presently being made or threatened by or on behalf of any labor union with respect to any Employees.

Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against ESI or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of ESI, threatened. Except as provided on [Schedule 6.22], the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters, except for such violations that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from ESI or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against ESI or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of ESI or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for such failures that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which ESI or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound.

There are no collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material labor difficulty within the last five (5) years preceding the Closing Date.

There are no collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, other than as set forth in [Schedule 6.17] hereto. No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material labor difficulty within the five years preceding the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, other than as set forth in [Schedule 6.17] hereto. No Responsible Officer of any Credit Party has knowledge of any potential or pending strike, walkout or work stoppage which would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Labor Matters. Neither BRPA nor Merger Sub is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by BRPA or Merger Sub and BRPA does not know of any activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any such employees. Other than as described in the BRPA SEC Reports, neither BRPA nor Merger Sub has ever had any employees.

Except as set forth herein, there is no suit, action or proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Knowledge of Company, threatened against or affecting Company or any basis for any such suit, action, proceeding or investigation that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Company or prevent, hinder or materially delay the ability of the Company to consummate the Share Exchange, nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or Order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Company having, or which, insofar as reasonably could be foreseen by the Company, in the future could have, any such effect.

There is no suit, action or proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of NOVA, threatened against or affecting NOVA or any basis for any such suit, action, proceeding or investigation that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect with respect to NOVA or prevent, hinder or materially delay the ability of NOVA to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against NOVA having, or which, insofar as reasonably could be foreseen by NOVA, in the future could have, any such effect.

There is no suit, action or proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of UBI, threatened against or affecting UBI or any basis for any such suit, action, proceeding or investigation that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect with respect to UBI or prevent, hinder or materially delay the ability of UBI to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against UBI having, or which, insofar as reasonably could be foreseen by UBI, in the future could have, any such effect.

Labor Discussions. The Company is not, and nor has it ever been, a party to any agreement, collective bargaining or otherwise, with any party regarding the rates of pay or working conditions of any of the Company’s employees, nor obligated under any agreement to recognize or bargain with any labor organization or union, nor involved in any labor discussions with any unit or group seeking to become the bargaining unit for any of its employees.