U.S. Dollar Capital and Interest and Fees relating thereto shall be payable in U.S. Dollars and all Canadian Dollar Capital and Interest and Fees relating thereto shall be payable in Canadian Dollars.

U.S. federal law provides that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made # in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official (either directly or indirectly) or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or # in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Nothing in this Agreement limits or otherwise affects any such rights or creates liability for any such protected conduct. An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual—(A) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and # does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement (the “Administrative Agent”).

“U.S.” or “United States” means the United States of America and all of its territories and possessions.

“U.S.” means the United States of America.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement. Executive agrees to timely file all documents required by the Department of Homeland Security to verify his/her identity and lawful employment in the United States. In addition, as a condition to Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive is required to complete, sign, return, and abide by the Company’s Employee Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement.

U.S. dollars by personal check, bank draft, or money order payable to the Company, by money transfer or direct account debits;

U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.

“U.S. Treasury Regulations” means the Treasury regulations of the Code. Reference to a specific Treasury Regulation will include such Treasury Regulation, the section of the Code under which such regulation was promulgated, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing, or superseding such Section or regulation.

U.S. Manufacturing. Licensee agrees that any Products or Processes used or sold in the United States will be manufactured substantially in the United States to the extent required by law and to the extent not subject to a waiver granted under applicable law.