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.

No Guarantee of Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan, the Company does not guarantee to any Participant or any other Person with an interest in an Award that # any Award intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A shall be so exempt, # any Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A or Code Section 422 shall so comply, or # any Award shall otherwise receive a specific tax treatment under any other applicable tax law, nor in any such case will the Company or any Affiliate be required to indemnify, defend or hold harmless any individual with respect to the tax consequences of any Award.

No Guarantee of Continued Service. PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE VESTING OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE VESTING SCHEDULE HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT THE WILL OF THE COMPANY (OR THE PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYING OR RETAINING PARTICIPANT) AND NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED, BEING GRANTED THIS OPTION OR ACQUIRING SHARES HEREUNDER. PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND THE VESTING SCHEDULE SET FORTH HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE OF CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AS A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE VESTING PERIOD, FOR ANY PERIOD, OR AT ALL, AND SHALL NOT INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH PARTICIPANT’S RIGHT OR THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY (OR THE PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYING OR RETAINING PARTICIPANT) TO TERMINATE PARTICIPANT’S RELATIONSHIP AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.

No Guarantee of Continued Directorship. Participation in this Plan does not constitute a guarantee or contract with any Participating Employer guaranteeing that the Director will continue to be a director. Such participation shall in no way interfere with any rights the shareholders of a Participating Employer would have in the absence of such participation to determine the duration of the director’s service.

No Guarantee of Tax Consequences. The Employer makes no commitment or guarantee that any amounts paid to or for the benefit of a Participant under this Plan will be excludable from the Participant's gross income for federal, Social Security, or state income tax purposes, or that any other federal, Social Security, or state income tax treatment will apply to or be available to any Participant. It shall be the obligation of each Participant to determine whether each payment under this Plan is excludable from the Participant's gross income for federal, Social Security, and state income tax purposes, and to notify the Plan Administrator if the Participant has reason to believe that any such payment is not so excludable. This Plan is intended to be compliant with Section 409A of the Code and the guidance promulgated thereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Corporation and the Committee shall administer and interpret the Plan, and exercise all authority and discretion under the Plan, to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 409A and the guidance promulgated thereunder and any noncompliant provisions of this Plan will either be void or deemed amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the guidance promulgated thereunder.

Collateral Document with respect to a material portion of the Collateral after delivery thereof shall for any reason cease to create a valid and perfected Lien, except # as otherwise permitted by, or as a result of a transaction not prohibited by, the Loan Documents, # resulting from the failure of the Administrative ​ or the Collateral ​ to maintain possession or control of Collateral, # resulting from the making of a filing, or the failure to make a filing, under the Uniform Commercial Code, # as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a ​’s title insurance policy (unless the ​ in good faith reasonably believes that payment thereunder will not be made by the applicable insurer) or # resulting from acts or omissions of a Secured Party or the application of applicable law; or

SECTION # Execution and Delivery of Guarantee. The execution by each Guarantor of this Agreement (or a joinder to this Agreement) together with an executed guarantee substantially in the form included in [Exhibit I] evidences the Guarantee of such Guarantor.

“Guarantee Agreement” means the First Lien Guarantee Agreement among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of [Exhibit C].

Severability. If one or more provisions of this Guarantee Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision(s) shall be excluded from this Guarantee Agreement and the balance of the Guarantee Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision(s) were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

any Guarantee of a Loan Party that is a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Guarantee and this Agreement) or is declared null and void and unenforceable or found to be invalid or Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of such Loan Party from its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Guarantee);