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Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Directly or indirectly, enter into or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to enter into or suffer to exist, any agreement or arrangement limiting the ability of any of its Material Subsidiaries # to create or permit to exist any Lien on any of its property or # to declare or pay dividends or other distributions in respect of its Equity Interests or repay or prepay any Debt owed to, make loans or advances to, or otherwise transfer assets to or make investments in, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary of the Borrower (including through a covenant restricting dividends, loans, asset transfers or investments or a financial covenant which has the effect thereof), except # restrictions, limitations, conditions and prohibitions existing on the Effective Date, # restrictions, limitations, conditions and prohibitions under or imposed by any indenture, agreement or instrument existing on the Effective Date (including this Agreement) and any similar indentures, agreements or instruments to the extent such restrictions, limitations conditions and prohibitions are no more restrictive than those set forth in such existing indentures,

Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

Limitation of Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Each Borrower and Guarantor shall not, directly, or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any encumbrance or restriction which prohibits or limits the ability of any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor to # pay dividends or make other distributions or pay any Indebtedness owed to such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor; # make loans or advances to such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor, # transfer any of its properties or assets to such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor; or # create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than encumbrances and restrictions arising under # applicable law, # this Agreement, # the documents governing the Qualified Debt Offering (if applicable), # customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor, # customary restrictions on dispositions of real property interests found in reciprocal easement agreements of such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor, # any agreement relating to permitted Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired by such Borrower or such Guarantor and outstanding on such acquisition date, # the extension or continuation of contractual obligations in existence on the Effective Date; provided, that, any such encumbrances or restrictions contained in such extension or continuation are no less favorable to Administrative Agent and Lenders than those encumbrances and restrictions under or pursuant to the contractual obligations so extended or continued, and # the Senior Note Indenture (as in effect on ).

Other Subsidiaries. Except where a failure to satisfy such representation would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than the Subsidiary Guarantors) # is a corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company or trust duly organized under the laws of its State of organization and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws thereof, # has all requisite power to own its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated and # is in good standing and is duly authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where Real Estate owned or leased by it is located (to the extent such authorization is required by Applicable Law).

Enter into or permit any Principal Subsidiary to enter into, any contract or agreement (other than with a governmental regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Borrower or such Principal Subsidiary) restricting the ability of such Principal Subsidiary to pay dividends or make distributions to the Borrower in any manner that would impair the ability of the Borrower to meet its present and future obligations hereunder, other than customary restrictions relating to dividends set forth in any Collateral Documents or in any pari passu pledge thereof that are substantially similar in all material respects to such restrictions set forth in any Collateral Document or that are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Subordinated Creditor hereby agrees Subordinated Creditor will not, directly or indirectly ask, demand, sue for, take or receive from any Obligor, and each Obligor party hereto hereby agrees that it shall not remit, make or pay, directly or indirectly, in each case by setoff or in any other manner (whether in cash, property, securities or other form), the whole or any part of any of the Subordinated Debt (whether such amounts represent principal or interest, or obligations that are due or not due, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent) or any payment (whether of principal, interest or any other obligation) or other Distribution on the Subordinated Debt, including, without limitation, the taking of any negotiable instruments evidencing any of the Subordinated Debt, but excluding the accrual (but not payment) of default interest of up to fifteen percent (15%) per annum charged during the continuance of a Subordinated Debt Default on the Subordinated Debt, and the issuance of Reorganization Subordinated Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Obligors may make and Subordinated Creditor may accept and retain, except as provided in [Section 4], Permitted Payments, unless, at the time of and after giving effect to, such Permitted Payment:

Executive agrees that during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on (or, if earlier, either # the date that is 30 days after the Company receives written notice from Executive that the Company has materially breached this Agreement if such breach is not cured by the Company within such 30-day period or # the date that is two years after the last day of Executive’s service with the Company), neither Executive nor anyone acting on Executive’s behalf, will, directly or indirectly, # attempt to facilitate # the acquisition of securities, assets or indebtedness of Southern or any of its affiliates, # any tender offer or business combination involving Southern, its affiliates or any of their respective assets, # any recapitalization, restructuring or other extraordinary transaction with respect to Southern or its subsidiaries, or # any solicitation of proxies or consents to vote any securities of Southern or its subsidiaries; # form or participate in any group with respect to Southern’s securities or act in concert with any person in respect of Southern’s securities; # otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek control over the management, Board of Directors or policies of Southern or seek a position on the Board of Directors of Southern; or # enter into any discussions or arrangements with any third party regarding any of the above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby agrees that this provision will not apply to the following: # Executive’s acquisition of any security, asset, or indebtedness of Southern pursuant to the terms of his employment, Southern’s benefit plans or this Agreement; # the purchase, sale or transfer in the ordinary course by Executive or anyone acting on his behalf after the Separation Date (and not pursuant to this Agreement or Southern’s benefit plans) of voting securities of Southern so long as, immediately after any such purchase, sale or transfer, Executive and everyone acting on his behalf do not collectively beneficially own more than one percent of any outstanding class of voting securities or securities convertible into voting securities of Southern; # the exercise by Executive or anyone acting on his behalf of any voting rights available to Executive or anyone acting on his behalf that are also available to Southern stockholders generally pursuant to any transaction described above, provided that Executive or anyone acting on his behalf has not then either directly, indirectly, or as a member of a group, made, effected, initiated, solicited proxies on behalf of, or caused such transaction to occur or otherwise violated these provisions; and # participating in any class action lawsuit involving securities of Southern or any affiliate.

OTHER RESTRICTIONS. Subject to [Article 11] herein, the Committee may impose such other conditions and/or restrictions on any Shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Plan as it may deem advisable including, without limitation, a requirement that Participants pay a stipulated purchase price for each Share of Restricted Stock, a requirement that Participants own a certain amount of Shares before vesting shall occur, restrictions based upon the achievement of specific performance goals (Company-wide, divisional, and/or individual), time-based restrictions on vesting following the attainment of the performance goals, requirement and/or restrictions under applicable federal or state securities laws.

Issuance and Restrictions. Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Administrator may impose (including, without limitation, limitations on the right to vote Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends on the Restricted Stock). These restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, pursuant to such circumstances, in such installments, or otherwise, as the Administrator determines at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter.

Other Restrictions; Amendment. The grant of the Award and issuance of Common Stock hereunder is subject to compliance by the Company, its Affiliates and you with all legal and regulatory requirements applicable thereto, including compliance with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. Part 359, orders issued under 12 U.S.C. § 1818(b) (together with any agreements related thereto, “orders”) and tax withholding obligations, and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed at the time of issuance. For the avoidance of doubt, regulatory approval under Part or any orders to which the Company is a party may be required for the issuance of Common Stock hereunder in certain circumstances, and the Company cannot provide any assurance that it will be able to request such approval in accordance with the requirements of Part or any applicable order or that any requested approval will be received. Subject to paragraphs 11 and 12 below, the Committee or its delegate may, in its sole discretion and without your consent, reduce, delay vesting, modify, revoke, cancel, impose additional conditions and restrictions on or recover all or a portion of this Award if the Committee or its delegate deems it necessary or advisable to comply with, or to promote or facilitate compliance with, applicable laws, rules and regulations or as required under any procedures or policies implemented by the Company in furtherance of such legal or regulatory compliance.

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