Interest Payment Dates. Interest accrued on each Floating Rate Loan shall be payable on each Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after the date hereof, upon any prepayment whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise). Interest accrued on each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be payable on the last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurocurrency Rate Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months shall also be payable on the last day of each three-month interval during such Interest Period. Interest accrued on the principal balance of all other Obligations shall be payable in arrears # on each Payment Date, commencing on the first such Payment Date following the incurrence of such Obligations, # upon repayment thereof in full or in part and # if not theretofore paid in full, at the time such Obligations become due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).

Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, and at such other times as may be specified herein, provided that # interest accrued pursuant to paragraph # of this Section 3.1 shall be payable on demand, # in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment, and # in the event of any conversion of any LIBOR Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

Interest and Interest Payment Dates. In lieu of having interest charged at the rate based upon the Base Rate, Borrowers shall have the option, subject to [Section 2.12(b)] below (the “SOFR Option”) to have interest on all or a portion of the Revolving Loans be charged (whether at the time when made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion from a Base Rate Loan to a SOFR Loan, or upon continuation of a SOFR Loan as a SOFR Loan) at a rate of interest based upon Adjusted Term SOFR. Interest on SOFR Loans shall be payable on the earliest of # the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided, that subject to the [following clauses (ii) and (iii)])], in the case of any Interest Period greater than three months in duration, interest shall be payable at three month intervals after the commencement of the applicable Interest Period and on the last day of such Interest Period, # the date on which all or any portion of the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof, or # the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest Period, unless Borrowers have properly exercised the SOFR Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable to such SOFR Loan automatically shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the same type hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers no longer shall have the option to request that Revolving Loans bear interest at a rate based upon Adjusted Term SOFR.

Interest and Interest Payment Dates. Interest on all or a portion of the Revolving Loans shall be charged (unless otherwise provided herein) at a rate of interest based upon the LIBOR Rate. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Revolving Loans may no longer bear interest upon the LIBOR Rate. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be payable on the earliest of # the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided, that, subject to the [following clauses (ii) and (iii)])], in the case of any Interest Period greater than 3 months in duration, interest shall be payable at 3 month intervals after the commencement of the applicable Interest Period and on the last day of such Interest Period), # the date on which all or any portion of the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof, or # the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.

INTEREST; INTEREST RATE. Interest on the Principal outstanding from time to time shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date (as set forth above) and shall be payable in cash on the last business day of each calendar quarter until the Maturity Date, unless paid earlier in connection with the repayment of Note pursuant to Section 1 hereof or conversion of the Note pursuant to Section 3 hereof, with such first payment due on [September 30, 2024]. The Holder has the option to defer quarterly interest payments (simple interest). Deferred interest payments will be paid within thirty (30) days of written request by the Holder. Any deferred and unpaid interest will be paid at the maturity date of the Note. No additional interest will be accrued on the deferred interest payments (simple interest).

Interest. The obligation set forth below shall not bear interest except as set forth in the following sentence. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (as

Interest. Interest shall accrue to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note at the rate of 5% per annum, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal (or conversion to the extent applicable), together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. During the existence of an Event of Default, interest shall accrue at the lesser of # the rate of 18% per annum, or # the maximum amount permitted by law (the lesser of clause (i) or (ii), the “Default Interest Rate”). Interest shall be due on the first Trading Day of each calendar month during the existence of an Event of Default. Once an Event of Default is cured, the interest rate shall return to 5%. The [[Organization A:Organization]] shall have the option to pay the interest in cash or Common Stock. If the [[Organization A:Organization]] elects to pay the interest in Common Stock, the number of shares to be issued shall be equal to the quotient of the amount of interest due to the Holder divided by the average of the VWAP of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the due date thereof.

Interest. No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note.

Interest Subject to the provisions of subsection # below, # each Term SOFR Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility; # each Base Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility; # each Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Alternative Currency Daily Rate plus the Applicable Rate; # each Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Alternative Currency Term Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; and # each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to # the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Credit Facility or # the rate quoted to ​ by the Swing Line Lender on the date any Swing Line Loan shall be requested.

Interest. The outstanding principal amount of this Note shall accrue interest at the rate of 7% per annum until the Maturity Date. After the Maturity Date and upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, any principal balance of the Note remaining unpaid shall bear interest at the rate of 9% per annum. Accrued interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date and be compounded monthly on the first (1st) day of each calendar month. At the option of the Investor, interest payments shall be paid either in cash or in shares of Empire Common Stock (as defined below) (“Interest Shares”) on each of the following dates (or if any such date is not a Business Day, the next following Business Day) (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), except upon the occurrence (and during the continuance) of an Event of Default, in which case interest will accrue and be paid in cash on demand: