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• Assumption of Certain Liabilities (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser agrees to cause the Designated Purchasers to assume, pay, perform and discharge when due, all liabilities or obligations listed in this Section 2.03, and only such liabilities or obligations listed in this Section 2.03 (except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement), whether arising before or after the Closing and whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent (the "Assumed Liabilities"): (i) all liabilities set forth on the Closing Date Balance Sheet, other than any such liabilities that are Excluded Liabilities; (ii) all liabilities and obligations of Sellers arising under or pursuant to the Acquired Contracts, the Permits, the Acquired Intellectual Property and the Acquired Know-how; (iii) all liabilities and obligations relating to employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements associated with or relating to any Transferred Employee, but only to the extent such liabilities and obligations are expressly assumed by any Designated Purchaser pursuant to Article VII of this Agreement; (iv) the Specified Contingent Liabilities in an amount equal to (and no amounts in excess of) the aggregate amount (the "Contingent Reserve Amount") of the Contingency Reserves reflected or shown on the Closing Date Balance Sheet; and (v) all other liabilities and obligations of Parent and Sellers to the extent relating to the Business other than the Excluded Liabilities; provided, however, that with respect to any such other liability or obligation not relating exclusively to the Business, the Designated Purchasers shall only assume that portion of such liability or obligation that is allocable to the Business on a pro rata basis. (b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary or any other writing to the contrary, Purchaser shall cause the Designated Purchasers to assume only the Assumed Liabilities, and nether the Purchaser nor any other Designated Purchaser shall assume any other liability or obligation of Parent or any Seller (or any predecessor owner of all or part of its business and assets) of whatever nature whether presently in existence or arising hereafter. All such other liabilities and obligations ahll be retained by and remain obligations of Parent or Sellers (or any such predecessor owner) (all such liabilities and obligations not being assumed being herein referred to as the "Excluded Liabilities"). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Excluded Liabilities shall include the following: (i) all liabilities and obligations which are attributable to any of the Excluded Assets, or associated with the realization of the benefits of any of the Excluded Assets; (ii) the Tax Liabilities, other than the Assumed Tax Liabilities in an amount equal to (and no amounts in excess of) the amount of any specific reserve therefor reflected or shown on the Closing Date Balance Sheet; (iii) the Existing Seller Indebtedness, other than Capital Lease Obligations reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet in an amount not in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate and other than as set forth in Schedule 5.14; (iv) all liabilities and obligations relating to compensation and any pension, deferred compensation, vacation, medical benefit, life insurance, severance of other employee health or safety matters (other than worker's compensation) and any other employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements associated with or relating to any Transferred Employee or any other employee or former employee employed in the Business and all liabilities and obligations relating to or arising from the employment or cessation of employment of any such employee (including, but not limited to, all liabilities and obligations under any severance plan or arrangement of Parent, Sellers, the Purchased Entities or their respective Affiliates), except to the extent such liabilities and obligations are expressly assumed pursuant to Article VII of this Agreement; (v) all liabilities and obligations arising from worker's compensation claims relating to pre-Closing events; (vi) all Specified Contingent Liabilities to the extent the aggregate amount of Specified Contingent Liabilities exceeds the Contingent Reserve Amount; (vii) all liabilities and obligations to the extent arising from the Excluded Joint Ventures; (viii) all liabilities and obligations covered, but only to the extent covered, by any insurance policy maintained by Parent, Sellers, the Purchased Entities or any of their respective Affiliates; and (ix) all other liabilities and obligations of Parent and Sellers to the extent not relating to the Business; provided, however, that with respect to any such other liability or obligation not relating exclusively to the Business, Parent and Sellers shall only retain that portion of such liability or obligation that is not allocable to the Business on a pro rata basis. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.03, to the extent a liability is included in the calculation of Closing Date Net Tangible Asset Value (as finally determined in accordance with Section 2.05), such liability shall (in an amount equal to (and no amount in excess of) the amount included in such calculation) be deemed to be an Assumed Liability, whether or not such liability is listed as an Excluded Liability under Section 2.03(b).

• Termination of Certain Agreements On and as of the Closing, the Company shall take all actions necessary to cause the Contracts listed on Schedule 6.04 to be terminated without any further force and effect and without any cost or other liability or obligation to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and there shall be no further obligations of any of the relevant parties thereunder following the Closing.

• Absence of Certain Agreements Neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates has entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding (in each case, whether oral or written), or authorized, committed or agreed to enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding (in each case, whether oral or written), pursuant to which: (i) (A) any stockholder of the Company (other than Parent and its Affiliates) would be entitled to receive consideration of a different amount or nature than the Per Share Merger Consideration, (B) except as set forth in Section 6.13, any stockholder of the Company agrees to vote to adopt this Agreement or the Merger or any stockholder of the Company agrees to vote against any Superior Proposal; or (ii) any current employee of the Company has agreed to (x) remain as an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries following the Effective Time (other than pursuant to any employment Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement), (y) contribute or rollover any portion of such employee’s Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Restricted Stock and/or Phantom Stock Units to the Company or its Subsidiaries or Parent or any of its Affiliates or (z) receive any capital stock or equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent or any of its Affiliates.

• Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments (a) The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans, and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any applicable insurance policies, follow such collection procedures as it would follow with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or, if applicable, any penalty interest, or (ii) extend the due dates for the Monthly Payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not greater than 270 days; provided that any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any computation hereunder, except as provided below. In the event of any such arrangement pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Servicer shall make timely P&I Advances on such Mortgage Loan during such extension pursuant to Section 4.03 and in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements, subject to Section 4.03(d) pursuant to which the Servicer shall not be required to make any such P&I Advances that are Nonrecoverable P&I Advances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, the Servicer, consistent with the standards set forth in Section 3.01, may also waive, modify or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan (including modifications that would change the related Mortgage Rate, forgive the payment of principal or interest or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or otherwise grant indulgence to any related Mortgagor. (b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer may waive (or permit a subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Premium pursuant to the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(a)(vii). With respect to any such waiver of a Prepayment Premium, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a written report stating that the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(a)(vii) have been met with respect to the related Mortgage Loan. (c) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Premium payable under the terms of the Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Premium set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, the Servicer shall not have liability or obligation with respect to such difference, and in addition the Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of any uncollected Prepayment Premium if the failure to collect such amount is the direct result of inaccurate or incomplete information on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

• ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS The Assuming Institution agrees with the Receiver and the Corporation as follows:

• Application of Certain Payments So long as no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (a) payments matching specific scheduled payments then due shall be applied to those scheduled payments and (b) voluntary and mandatory prepayments shall be applied as set forth in Sections 6.2 and 6.

• Restrictions on Payment of Certain Debt Make any payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement, defeasance or acquisition) with respect to any (a) Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt, except (i) any scheduled payment, or other contractually required payment, as and when due and payable in accordance with the terms of the definitive documentation governing such Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt (including any applicable subordination agreements), (ii) fees and expenses payable to holders of such Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt required under the definitive documentation governing such Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt (including any applicable subordination agreements), (iii) in connection with, and to the extent permitted hereby, any Refinancing Debt in connection with such Permitted Ratio Debt or Subordinated Debt and (iv) any other payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement, defeasance or acquisition) so long as the Permitted Payment Conditions have been satisfied; or (b) Term Debt, except (i) any scheduled payment, or other contractually required payment, as and when due and payable in accordance with the terms of the definitive documentation governing such Term Debt (including any applicable Intercreditor Agreement), (ii) fees and expenses payable to Term Agent and Term Lenders required under the Term Loan Debt Documents, (iii) in connection with, and to the extent permitted hereby, any Refinancing Debt in connection with such Term Debt and (iii) other payments to the extent expressly permitted in the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) any other payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement, defeasance or acquisition) so long as the Permitted Payment Conditions have been satisfied.

• Payments on Termination and Survival of Certain Rights and Obligations Payments to the Advisor pursuant to this Section 13.03 shall be subject to the 2%/25% Guidelines to the extent applicable. (i) After the Termination Date, the Advisor shall not be entitled to compensation for further services hereunder except it shall be entitled to receive from the Company within 30 days after the effective date of such termination (A) all unpaid reimbursements of expenses and all earned but unpaid fees payable to the Advisor prior to termination of this Agreement and (B) the Subordinated Performance Fee Due Upon Termination, provided that no Subordinated Performance Fee Due Upon Termination will be paid if the Company has paid or is obligated to pay the Subordinated Incentive Fee. (ii) The Advisor shall promptly upon termination: (a) pay over to the Company all money collected pursuant to this Agreement, if any, after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled; (b) deliver to the Board a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by it and a statement of all money held by it, covering the period following the date of the last accounting furnished to the Board; (c) deliver to the Board all assets and documents of the Company then in the custody of the Advisor; and (d) cooperate with the Company to provide an orderly transition of advisory functions.

• Modification of Certain Agreements Each Credit Party will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to, consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification of, or enter into any forbearance from exercising any rights with respect to the terms or provisions contained in (a) any Organization Documents of a Credit Party, in each case, other than any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification or forbearance that could not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties (except with the consent of the Required Lenders) or if required by law, (b) any document, agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any Indebtedness that has been subordinated to the Obligations in right of payment or secured by any Liens that have been subordinated in priority to the Liens of Agent unless such amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification is permitted under the terms of the subordination or intercreditor agreement applicable thereto or could not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties (it being understood that the foregoing shall not prohibit the refinancing, replacement or exchange of such Indebtedness), or (c) the Acquisition Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) (collectively, the “Acquisition Documents”), in each case, other than any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification or forbearance that could not reasonably be expected to be adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties (except with the consent of the Required Lenders); provided, that, any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification or forbearance of the Acquisition Documents such that any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries become directly or indirectly liable with respect to the Deferred Purchase Price shall be deemed adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties.

• Treatment of Certain Payments Subject to the terms of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, any amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any Loan Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 7.01(h) or (i), in each case that is continuing, shall be applied: (i) first, ratably, to pay any fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from the Borrower (other than in connection with any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement), (ii) second, towards payment of interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, (iii) third, towards payment of principal of Swingline Loans and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements then due to such parties, (iv) fourth, towards payment of other Obligations (including Obligations of the Loan Parties owing under or in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement) then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of such Obligations then due to such parties and (v) last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Requirements of Law.