If any payments or benefits received or to be received by Employee pursuant to this Agreement, including those made in connection with or contingent on a change in ownership or control, (collectively, the “Company Payments”) would be deemed to be an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (“Excess Parachute Payment”), and if the Company has no publicly-traded stock, the Company, with the consent of Employee, will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain “shareholder approval” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code of such payments or benefits in order to exempt such payments or benefits from being considered an Excess Parachute Payment. Employee’s consent to shareholder approval shall include a waiver by Employee of any such payments or benefits that are not approved by the shareholders. If Employee does not consent to subjecting such payments or benefits to shareholder approval, then, at Company’s election, such payments under this Agreement shall either be paid in full or reduced to the extent necessary to avoid being considered an Excess Parachute Payment, based upon Company’s determination, in its sole discretion, as to which alternative results in the better tax consequences for Employee.

Parachute Payment. If any payment or benefit CFO would receive pursuant to this Agreement (“Payment”) would # constitute a “Parachute Payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and # but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then such Payment shall be equal to the Reduced Amount. The “Reduced Amount” shall be either # the largest portion of the Payment that would result in no portion of the Payment being subject to the Excise Tax or # the largest portion, up to and including the total of the Payment, whichever amount, after taking into account all applicable federal, state and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable marginal rate), results in CFO’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest economic benefit notwithstanding that all or some portion of the Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax. If a reduction in payments or benefits constituting Parachute Payments is necessary so that the Payment equals the Reduced Amount, reduction shall occur in the manner that results in the greatest economic benefit for CFO. If more than one method of reduction will result in the same economic benefit, the items so reduced will be reduced pro rata.

Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive is a “disqualified individual” (as defined in Section 280G of the Code), and the payments and benefits provided for in this Agreement, together with any other payments and benefits which the Executive has the right to receive (collectively, the “Payments”), would constitute a “parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G of the Code), then the Payments shall be either # reduced (but not below zero) so that the aggregate present value of the Payments will be ​ less than three times the Executive’s “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G of the Code) and so that no portion of the Payments shall be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, or # paid in full, whichever produces the better net after-tax result for the Executive (taking into account any applicable excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code and any applicable income tax). The reduction of Payments, if any, shall be made by reducing the Payments in the reverse order in which the Payments would be paid or provided (beginning with such payment or benefit that would be made last in time and continuing, to the extent necessary, through to such payment or benefit that would be made first in time).

Parachute Payment Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that you receive any payments or distributions, whether payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, that constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and the net after‑tax amount of the parachute payment is less than the net after-tax amount if the aggregate payment to be made to you were three times your “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) less ​, then the aggregate of the amounts constituting the parachute payment shall be reduced to an amount that shall equal three times your base amount, less ​. The determinations to be made with respect to this paragraph 19(f) shall be made by a certified public accounting firm designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to you.

Excess Payment/Underpayment. If it is established pursuant to a final determination of a court or an Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) proceeding which has been finally and conclusively resolved, that Payments have been made to, or provided for the benefit of, Executive, which are in excess of the limitations provided in this Subsection (referred to hereinafter as an “Excess Payment”), Executive shall repay the Excess Payment to the Company on demand, together with interest on the Excess Payment at the applicable federal

PARACHUTE PAYMENTS. Any outstanding option under the Plan may not be accelerated to the extent any such acceleration of such option would, when added to the present value of other payments in the nature of compensation which becomes due and payable to the optionee would result in the payment to such optionee of an excess parachute payment under Section 280G of the Code. The existence of any such excess parachute payment shall be determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee.

if, as a result of receiving such Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax amounts received by the Grantee from the Company under the Plan, all Other Agreements and all Benefit Arrangements would be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be received by the Grantee without causing any such payment or benefit to be considered a Parachute Payment.

If the Parachute Payments, reduced by the sum of # the Excise Tax and # the total of the Federal, state, and local income and employment taxes payable by the Executive on the amount of the Parachute Payments which are in excess of the Threshold Amount, are greater than or equal to the Threshold Amount, the Executive shall be entitled to the full benefits payable under this Agreement.

“Parachute Value” of a Payment shall mean the present value as of the date of the change in control for purposes of Code Section 280G of the portion of such Payment that constitutes a “parachute payment” under Code Section 280G(b)(2), as determined by the Accounting Firm for purposes of determining whether and to what extent the excise tax under Code Section 4999 will apply to such Payment.

In the event that any payment or benefit that Executive is eligible to receive from the ​, including but not limited to payments and benefits stated herein in this Agreement, is included in the calculation of “parachute payments” and may be subjected to the excise tax under the Golden Parachute Laws (“Payment”), the total of such Payments that the Executive is entitled to receive shall be subjected to a Maximum Limit. The Maximum Limit shall be the largest amount which would result in no Payment being subject to any excise tax under the Golden Parachute Laws.

Excess Brokerage Commissions. The Adviser is hereby authorized, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, to cause the Corporation to pay a member of a national securities exchange, broker or dealer an amount of commission for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount of commission another member of such exchange, broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Adviser determines in good faith, taking into account such factors as price (including the applicable brokerage commission or dealer spread), size of order, difficulty of execution, and operational facilities of the firm and the firm’s risk and skill in positioning blocks of securities, that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and/or research services provided by such member, broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or its overall responsibilities with respect to the Corporation’s portfolio, and constitutes the best net results for the Corporation.

Excess Cash Flow. Within five (5) Business Days after financial statements have been delivered pursuant to [Section 5.06(a)], beginning with the fiscal year ending ​, the Borrower shall prepay the Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount equal to # the ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for the most recent fiscal year covered by such financial statements less # the aggregate principal amount of any voluntary prepayment of Borrowings made by the Borrower pursuant to [Section 2.06(b)] during such fiscal year (or, at the option of the Borrower, after the end of such fiscal year but prior to the time by such prepayment (it being understood that any such amount may not be then applied to reduce the prepayment required to be made under this paragraph with respect to Excess Cash flow for the next following fiscal year)), excluding any such voluntary prepayments to the extent financed with the incurrence of Long-Term Debt; provided that no prepayment shall be required under this paragraph if, and only to the extent, such prepayment shall not be permitted by the restrictions set forth in the ABL Documents (so long as such restrictions are not more adverse to ​ than those in effect on the Closing Date), it being agreed that to the extent any prepayment or a portion thereof is not made on account of such restrictions, such prepayment or such portion thereof shall be made immediately upon such restrictions ceasing to prohibit such prepayment.

Excess Tl Costs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Tenant acknowledges and agrees that Landlord shall have no responsibility for any costs arising from or related to Tenant’s Changes to the Space Plans or Tl Construction Drawings, Tenant Delays, the cost of Changes and Change Requests which would increase any of the costs anticipated by Landlord for Landlord’s Work (collectively, “Excess Tl Costs”). Landlord shall provide Tenant with the line-item amount of any Excess Tl Costs incurred along with reasonable supporting evidence but, for the avoidance of any doubt, in no event shall Landlord be required to provide Tenant with its budget for Landlord’s Work. Tenant shall deposit with Landlord, as a condition precedent to Landlord’s obligation to complete the Tenant Improvements, 100% of the Excess Tl Costs within 5 business days after written request from Landlord. If Tenant fails to deposit any Excess Tl Costs with Landlord, Landlord shall have all of the rights and remedies set forth in the Lease for nonpayment of Rent (including, but not limited to, the right to interest at the Default Rate and the right to assess a late charge). For purposes of any litigation instituted with regard to such amounts, those amounts will be deemed Rent under the Lease.

Excess Capital Contribution. In the event that the cost to change and convert the business premises of the Business, including both cash and the fair market value of any property contributed in kind, reasonable reserves and organizational costs hereof do not equal or exceed ​, any excess shall be returned to the Limited Partners, pro-rata, as a partial refund of their Initial Capital Contribution. Upon any return of partnership capital, this Agreement shall be amended as required by Law.

If a Participant or the Company believes that a payment or benefit due the Participant will result in some or all of the Total Payments being subject to the Excise Tax, then the Company, at its expense, shall obtain the opinion (which need not be unqualified) of nationally recognized tax counsel (“National Tax Counsel”) selected by the Company (which may be regular outside counsel to the Company), which opinion sets forth # the amount of the Base Period Income (as defined below), # the amount and present value of the Total Payments, # the amount and present value of any excess parachute payments determined without regard to any reduction of Total Payments pursuant to [[Section 6(a)(ii), and (4)])]])] the net after-tax proceeds to the Participant, taking into account applicable federal, state and local income taxes and the Excise Tax if # the Total Payments were delivered in accordance with [[Section 18(d)(i)(A) or (y)])]] the Total Payments were delivered in accordance with [Section 18(d)(i)(B)]. The opinion of National Tax Counsel shall be addressed to the Company and the Participant and shall be binding upon the Company and the Participant. If such National Tax Counsel opinion determines that [Section 18(d)(i)(B)] applies, then the Plan Payments or any other payment or benefit determined by such counsel to be includable in the Total Payments shall be reduced or eliminated so that under the bases of calculations set forth in such opinion there will be no excess parachute payment. In such event, payments or benefits included in the Total Payments shall be reduced or eliminated by applying the following principles, in order: # the payment or benefit with the higher ratio of the parachute payment value to present economic value (determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions) shall be reduced or eliminated before a payment or benefit with a lower ratio; # the payment or benefit with the later possible payment date shall be reduced or eliminated before a payment or benefit with an earlier payment date; and # cash payments shall be reduced prior to non-cash benefits; provided that if the foregoing order of reduction or elimination would violate Code Section 409A, then the reduction shall be made pro rata among the payments or benefits included in the Total Payments (on the basis of the relative present value of the parachute payments).

conclusive and binding upon you and the Company. If a reduced payment or benefit is made or provided and through error or otherwise that payment or benefit, when aggregated with other payments and benefits from the Company used in determining if a parachute payment exists, exceeds ​ less than three times your base amount, then you shall immediately repay such excess to the Company upon notification that an overpayment has been made. Nothing in this Section shall require the Company to be responsible for, or have any liability or obligation with respect to, your excise tax liabilities under Section 4999 of the Code.