No Guarantee of Employment. Nothing contained in the Plan or this Agreement shall be construed or deemed by any person under any circumstances to bind the Company to grant the Employee any right to remain an Employee of the Company during the vesting period or otherwise or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which is hereby expressly reserved, to remove, terminate, or discharge Employee at any time for any reason whatsoever.

No Guarantee of Employment. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to affect in any manner the existing rights of the Company to suspend, end, alter, or modify, whether or not for cause, the employment relationship of Employee and the Company.

No Guarantee of Service. This Plan is not a contract for service. It does not give a Participant the right to remain in the service of the Bank, nor does it interfere with the Bank’s right to replace a Participant. It also does not require a Participant to remain in the service of the Bank nor interfere with the Participant’s right to terminate service at any time.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article IV, Sections 7.12 and 7.14, the requirements of such Sections shall not apply to any assets or new Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date, as applicable, if, in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, the costs of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets (including any mortgage, stamp or other similar tax) are (taking into account the present and future direct and indirect cost and/or burden to the Restricted Group) excessive in relation to the benefits accruing to the ​.

Ratification of Parent Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that, immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, the Parent Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

No Guarantee of Interests. The Board and the Company do not guarantee the Stock of the Company from loss or depreciation.

No Guarantee of Benefits. Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute a guarantee by HP or any other person or entity that the assets of HP will be sufficient to pay any benefits hereunder.

The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed and delivered Reaffirmation of the Pledge Agreement from Frontier Communications ILEC, the Borrower and Frontier North in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

No Guarantee of Continued Employment. Nothing in this Agreement guarantees employment for any period of time.

No Guarantee of Placement, Etc. The Selling Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that # there can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in placing Shares; # the Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Selling Stockholder or any other Person if it does not sell Shares; and # the Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically agreed by the Agent and the Selling Stockholder.