Employee shall diligently and conscientiously devote his time and attention and use his best efforts in the discharge of his duties as Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.

Best Efforts/Full-time. Executive will expend Executive’s best efforts on behalf of the Company, and will abide by all policies and decisions made by the Company, as well as all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations or ordinances. Executive will act in the best interest of the Company at all times. Executive shall devote Executive’s full business time and efforts to the performance of Executive’s assigned duties for the Company, unless Executive notifies the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board of Directors”) in advance of Executive’s intent to engage in other paid work and receives the Board of Directors’ express written consent to do so. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive will be permitted to serve as an outside director on the board of directors for nonprofit or charitable entities, provided such entities are not competitive with the Company and subject to the provisions of Section 8 below.

Efforts. During the term of employment, Employee shall devote his or her full-time business efforts to the performance of Employee’s duties and the furtherance of the Company’s interests as well as the interests of the Company’s parent-company, Forward Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Parent”).

Agent Efforts. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, upon the receipt of an Issuance Instruction from the Selling Stockholder, the Agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal sales and trading practices to place the Shares with respect to which the Agent has agreed to act as sales agent, subject to, and in accordance with the information specified in, the Issuance Instruction from the Selling Stockholder, unless the sale of the Shares described therein has been suspended, cancelled or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Selling Stockholder and the Agent each acknowledge and agree that # there can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling any Shares and # the Agent will not incur any liability or obligation to the Selling Stockholder if it fails to sell Shares for any reason other than a failure to use its commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations, to sell such Shares as required by this Agreement.

Best Efforts. Employee agrees, as long as this Agreement is in effect, to continue to devote his best efforts and time and attention to the business of Employer and to the performance of his executive, managerial and supervisory duties.

Best Efforts. Each Buyer shall use its best efforts to timely satisfy each of the covenants hereunder and conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section ‎6 of this Agreement. The Company shall use its best efforts to timely satisfy each of the covenants hereunder and conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section ‎7 of this Agreement.

Best Efforts. The Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to satisfy timely each of the conditions described in [Section 7] of this Agreement.

Time. Time is of the essence regarding this Lease and all of its provisions.

Time. Time is of the essence of each and every term of this Agreement and the other Warehouse Documents.

Efforts to Relet. No re-entry, repairs, maintenance, changes, alterations and additions, appointment of a receiver to protect Landlord's interests hereunder, or any other action or omission by Landlord shall be construed as an election by Landlord to terminate this Lease or Tenant's right to possession, or to accept a surrender of the Premises, nor shall same operate to release Tenant in whole or in part from any of Tenant's obligations hereunder, unless express written notice of such intention is sent by Landlord to Tenant.