Non-Guarantee of Employment or Service Relationship. Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall alter your at-will or other employment status or other service relationship with the Company (or an Affiliate), nor be construed as a contract of employment or service relationship between the Company (or an Affiliate) and you, or as a contractual right of you to continue in the employ of, or in a service relationship with, the Company (or an Affiliate) for any period of time, or as a limitation of the right of the Company (or an Affiliate) to discharge you at any time with or without cause or notice and whether or not such discharge results in the forfeiture of any Restricted Shares or all or any portion of the Performance Award or any other adverse effect on your interests under the Plan.

any and all claims relating to or arising from Employee’s employment relationship with the Company and the termination of that relationship;

Severance Conditions Upon Termination of Employment Relationship. The employment shall be subject to the following conditions:

Section # No Guarantee of Employment or Service Relationship

Your employment is “at-will,” which means that either you or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason or for no reason. This at-will relationship may not be modified by any oral or implied agreement.

Good Reason. The Executive’s employment may be terminated during the Employment Period by the Executive for Good Reason or by the Executive voluntarily without Good Reason. “Good Reason” means actions taken by the Company or an Affiliated Entity resulting in a material negative change in the employment relationship. For these purposes, a “material negative change in the employment relationship” shall include, without limitation:

Employment Severance Date. An Officer’s “Employment Severance Date” is the date as of which the employment relationship between the Officer and the Company terminates.

No Employment Rights. The Plan shall not confer upon any Participant any right to continue an employment, service or consulting relationship with the Company, nor shall it affect in any way a Participant’s right or the Company’s right to terminate the Participant’s employment, service, or consulting relationship at any time, with or without Cause.

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.

7.1Consultant’s relationship with Client is that of an independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, or should be construed to, create a partnership, principal/agency, joint venture or employment relationship between Client and any of Consultant’s employees or agents, or to create any relationship whatsoever between a client, parent, or affiliate of Client except as an indirect subcontractor acting for such parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and one or more agreements for services between the Client and such parties. Consultant is not authorized to make any representation, contract or commitment on behalf of Client, or any client, affiliate or parent of Client unless a specific, written authorization to do so has been provided in advance by representatives of Client. Consultant’s employees will not be entitled to any of the benefits that Client may make available to its employees, including, but not limited to, group health or life insurance, profit-sharing or retirement benefits. Consultant shall be responsible for paying all employment insurance premiums, pension plan contributions, income tax remittances, and any other taxes, premiums, contributions or charges, statutory or otherwise, in respect of the provision of the Services hereunder. Consultant is solely responsible for, and will file, on a timely basis, all tax returns and payments required to be filed with, or made to, any federal, Provincial or local tax authority with respect to the performance of Services and receipt of fees under this Agreement. Consultant is solely responsible for, and must maintain adequate records of, expenses incurred in the course of performing Services under this Agreement. No part of Consultant’s compensation will be subject to withholding by Client for the payment of any employment insurance premiums, CPP, social security, provincial federal, state or any other employee payroll taxes. Client will regularly report amounts paid to Consultant by filing Form I 099-MISC with the Internal Revenue Service and/or any applicable filings with the Canada Revenue Agency as required by law. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, Consultant is reclassified as an employee of Client, or any client, affiliate or parent of Client, by the Canada Revenue Agency, the Employment Standards Branch or Tribunal, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, or any other federal or state or foreign agency as the result of any administrative or judicial proceeding (such event a “Reclassification”), Consultant agrees that Consultant will not, as the result of Reclassification, be entitled to or eligible for, on either a prospective or retrospective basis, any employee benefits under any plans or programs established or maintained by Client, or such client, affiliate or parent of Client.