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• Personnel Equipment and Material Engineer shall furnish and maintain, at its own expense, quarters for the performance of all Engineering Services, and adequate and sufficient personnel and equipment to perform the Engineering Services as required. All employees of Engineer shall have such knowledge and experience as will enable them to perform the duties assigned to them. Any employee of Engineer who, in the reasonable opinion of County, is incompetent or whose conduct becomes detrimental to the Engineering Services shall immediately be removed from association with the Project when so instructed by County. Engineer certifies that it presently has adequate qualified personnel in its employment for performance of the Engineering Services required under this Contract, or will obtain such personnel from sources other than County. Engineer may not change the Project Manager without prior written consent of County.

• Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts Each Borrower will comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, with the requirements of all applicable Laws and Material Contracts, except to the extent that failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to (a) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) result in any Lien upon either (i) a material portion of the assets of any such Person in favor of any Governmental Authority, or (ii) any Collateral which is part of the Borrowing Base.

• Contractor Licensing, etc. Notwithstanding Section 14.c, District may terminate this Contract immediately by written notice to Contractor upon denial, suspension, revocation, or non-renewal of any license, permit, or certificate that Contractor must hold to provide services under this Contract.

• Equipment and Materials CONTRACTOR shall provide all equipment, materials, and supplies necessary for the performance on the Agreement except:

• SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS; MATERIAL CONTRACTS AND COMMITMENTS The Company has delivered to TCI an accurate list (which is set forth on Schedule 5.15) of all customers (persons or entities) representing 1% or more of the Company's annual revenues for the year ended December 31, 1997; provided, however, that Schedule 5.15 need not set forth more than the Company's 20 largest customers during such period. Except to the extent set forth on Schedule 5.15, none of such customers have canceled or substantially reduced or, to the knowledge of the Stockholders, are currently attempting or threatening to cancel a contract or substantially reduce utilization of the services provided by the Company. The Company has listed on Schedule 5.15 all Material Contracts (as defined below) to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound, other than agreements listed on Schedules 5.10, 5.14 or 5.16, (a) in existence as of the Balance Sheet Date and (b) entered into since the Balance Sheet Date, and in each case has delivered true, complete and correct copies of such agreements to TCI. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Material Contracts" includes contracts between the Company and significant customers (as described above), joint venture or partnership agreements, contracts with any labor organization, strategic alliances, options to purchase land and other contracts which are not terminable on sixty days or less notice and involve payments by the Company in any twelve-month period in excess of $25,000. The Company has also indicated on Schedule 5.15 a summary description of all plans or projects involving the opening of new operations, expansion of existing operations, the acquisition of any personal property, business or assets requiring, in any event, the payment of more than $25,000 by the Company during any 12- month period. To the knowledge of the Stockholders, all of the Material Contracts are in full force and effect and constitute valid and binding agreements of the parties (and their successors) thereto in accordance with their respective terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity.

• Solicitations for Subcontracts, Including Procurement of Materials and Equipment In all solicitations either by competitive bidding or negotiation made by the Local Government for work to be performed under a subcontract, including procurement of materials or leases of equipment, each potential subcontractor or supplier will be notified by the Local Government of the Local Government’s obligations under this Agreement and the Acts and Regulations relative to Nondiscrimination on the grounds of race, color, or national origin.

• Company Material Contracts (a) Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list, and the Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies, of each Contract, including amendments thereto, to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of their respective assets are subject, as of the date of this Agreement, that: (i) is a partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance, collaboration, co-promotion, profit-sharing, joint research and development or similar arrangement, or provides for or governs the formation, creation, operation, management or control of such arrangement; (ii) provides for the creation, incurrence, assumption or guarantee of or otherwise relates to Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case, for borrowed money; (iii) grants any rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation, exclusivity or other similar rights or options to any person with respect to the sale of any of the material properties or assets (including material Owned Company Intellectual Property) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (iv) provides for the acquisition or disposition (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets, or otherwise) of any interest in any person or any business or division thereof, or a material portion of the assets of any person, other than this Agreement, (A) entered into since January 1, 2021 and which involves an asset value in excess of $100,000 or (B) pursuant to which any material earn-out, deferred or contingent payment or indemnification obligations remain outstanding; (v) make any investment in, or loan or capital contribution to, any person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary) and other than (i) extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) investments in marketable securities in the ordinary course of business; (vi) provides for the settlement of any Proceeding (A) which (x) will involve payment obligations after the date hereof in excess of $50,000 or (y) imposes any continuing material non-monetary obligations on the Company or any Company Subsidiary including any monitoring or reporting obligations to any other person, (B) with respect to which conditions precedent to the settlement have not been satisfied or (C) which materially affects the conduct of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s business; (vii) contains any provision or covenant (A) limiting in any material respect the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, after the consummation of the Merger, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries) to (x) sell any products or services of or to any other person or in any geographic region (or subject the Company or any Company Subsidiary to exclusivity obligations), (y) engage in any line of business, or (z) compete with or to obtain products or services from any person, or limiting the ability of any person to provide products or services to the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, after the consummation of the Merger, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries), (B) that has any “most favored nations” or similar terms and conditions (including with respect to pricing) granted by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (C) that has any standstill or similar agreement pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has agreed not to acquire any assets or securities of another person, (D) that requires any material benefit to be granted to a third party, or material right be lost by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, after the consummation of the Merger, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries) as a result of competing or engaging in any line of business or with any person or in any geographic area; (viii) involves sole-source or single-source suppliers of material tangible products or services (including any of the Company’s products or services); (ix) is a license or other Contract relating to any Intellectual Property Rights granted by any other person to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, but excluding Incidental Contracts; (x) is a license or other Contract relating to any Intellectual Property Rights that, individually or in the aggregate, are material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and granted by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to any other person, including any Contracts whereby the Company or a Company Subsidiary is developing any Intellectual Property Rights for any other person, but excluding Incidental Contracts; (xi) any Contract containing covenants limiting the freedom of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to use, assert, enforce, or otherwise exploit any Owned Company Intellectual Property that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, any settlement agreement or co-existence agreement), but excluding Incidental Contracts; (xii) is a Contract between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any sales representative, distributor, original equipment manufacturer, manufacturing, value added, remarketer, reseller, or independent software vendor agreement that is material for the use or distribution of Owned Company Intellectual Property or Company products; (xiii) is a Contract that involves performance of services or delivery of goods, materials, supplies or equipment or development, consulting or other services commitments by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or the payment therefor by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, providing for either (A) recurring annual payments after the date hereof of $100,000 or (B) aggregate payments or potential aggregate payments after the date hereof of $150,000 or more; (xiv) is a collective bargaining Contract or Contract with any labor organization, union or association to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party (each, a “CBA”); (xv) is an employment agreement or Contract for the employment or engagement of any officer, individual employee, consultant or other person on a full time, part time, consulting or other basis (A) providing annual compensation (whether cash and/or otherwise) in excess of $100,000, (B) providing for the payment of any cash or other compensation or benefits upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) otherwise restricting the Company’s (or any Company Subsidiary’s) ability to terminate the employment or engagement of any employee or consultant at any time or any lawful reason or for no reason without penalty or liability; (xvi) are severance agreements, programs, policies, arrangements or Contracts providing any individual with severance payments and/or benefits in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate; (A) has been entered into with a Governmental Entity or, to the knowledge of the Company, is any material subcontract (at any tier) under or for the purpose of fulfilling a contract or order from a Governmental Entity as the ultimate customer, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Government Contract or Company Government Bid or (B) to the knowledge of the Company, is financed by any Governmental Entity and subject to the rules and regulations of any Governmental Entity concerning procurement; (xviii) relates to any stockholders’, investor rights, registration rights, tax receivables or similar or related arrangement, or any Contract or arrangement relating to the exercise of any voting rights in respect of any Company Securities; (xix) has been entered into between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any officer, director or affiliate of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective “associates” or “immediate family” members (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 and Rule 16a-1 of the Exchange Act), on the other hand, including any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has an obligation to indemnify such officer, director, affiliate or family member (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Benefit Plans and governing documents of the Company or any Company Subsidiary); (xx) contains (A) any provision that requires the purchase of all or a given portion of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s requirements for products or services from a given third party, or any other similar provision (including non-cancelable purchase obligations), (B) any provision that grants material guaranteed availability of supply of Company products for a period greater than twenty-four (24) months, or (C) guarantees priority or prices for a period of greater than twenty-four (24) months; (xxi) contains any provision allowing a “major antenna product distributor” to return product; (xxii) is a lease, sublease, occupancy agreement or other agreement (whether or real or personal property) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party as either lessor or lessee, providing for either (A) annual payments after the date hereof of $50,000 or more or (B) aggregate payments after the date hereof of $100,000 or more; or (xxiii) creates or grants a material Lien, other than Permitted Liens and other than Contracts with customers entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. (b) Each Contract required to be listed in Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, whether or not set forth in such section of the Company Disclosure Letter, is referred to in this Agreement as a “Company Material Contract” (with each such Contract listed under the corresponding clause of Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter to which such Contract is relevant). Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, with or without notice, or lapse of time, or both, in breach of or default under the terms of any Company Material Contract, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that, with or without notice, or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach or material default thereunder by the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received notice of such an event. To the knowledge of the Company, no other party to any Company Material Contract is in breach of or default under the terms of any Company Material Contract where such breach or default, individually or together with other such breaches or defaults, would have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation of, and is in full force and effect with respect to, the Company and any Company Subsidiary that is a party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, except for such failure that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of Company Material Contracts.

• Selection of Subcontractors, Procurement of Materials and Leasing of Equipment The contractor shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability in the selection and retention of subcontractors, including procurement of materials and leases of equipment. The contractor shall take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure nondiscrimination in the administration of this contract. a. The contractor shall notify all potential subcontractors and suppliers and lessors of their EEO obligations under this contract. b. The contractor will use good faith efforts to ensure subcontractor compliance with their EEO obligations.

• Solicitations for Subcontracts, Including Procurements of Materials and Equipment In all solicitations either by competitive bidding or negotiation made by the Engineer for work to be performed under a subcontract, including procurements of materials or leases of equipment, each potential subcontractor or supplier shall be notified by the Engineer of the Engineer's obligations under this contract and the Regulations relative to nondiscrimination on the grounds of race, color, or national origin.

• Intellectual Property/Work Product Ownership All data, technical information, materials first gathered, originated, developed, prepared, or obtained as a condition of this agreement and used in the performance of this agreement -- including, but not limited to all reports, surveys, plans, charts, literature, brochures, mailings, recordings (video or audio), pictures, drawings, analyses, graphic representations, software computer programs and accompanying documentation and printouts, notes and memoranda, written procedures and documents, which are prepared for or obtained specifically for this agreement, or are a result of the services required under this grant -- shall be considered "work for hire" and remain the property of the State of Vermont, regardless of the state of completion unless otherwise specified in this agreement. Such items shall be delivered to the State of Vermont upon 30- days notice by the State. With respect to software computer programs and / or source codes first developed for the State, all the work shall be considered "work for hire,” i.e., the State, not the Party (or subcontractor or sub-grantee), shall have full and complete ownership of all software computer programs, documentation and/or source codes developed. Party shall not sell or copyright a work product or item produced under this agreement without explicit permission from the State of Vermont. If Party is operating a system or application on behalf of the State of Vermont, Party shall not make information entered into the system or application available for uses by any other party than the State of Vermont, without prior authorization by the State. Nothing herein shall entitle the State to pre-existing Party’s materials. Party acknowledges and agrees that should this agreement be in support of the State's implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Party is subject to the certain property rights provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations and a Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Such agreement will be subject to, and incorporates here by reference, 45 CFR 74.36, 45 CFR 92.34 and 45 CFR 95.617 governing rights to intangible property.