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• Payment Obligations Absolute The Company’s obligation during and after the Employment Period to pay the Executive the amounts and to make the benefit and other arrangements provided herein shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Company may have against him or anyone else. Except as provided in Section 15, all amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be paid without notice or demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Company shall be final, and the Company will not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Executive, or from whomsoever may be entitled thereto, for any reason whatsoever.

• The Companys Payment Obligation The Company’s obligation to make the payments and the arrangements provided for herein will be absolute and unconditional, and will not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any offset, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other right which the Company may have against the Executive or anyone else. All amounts payable by the Company hereunder will be paid without notice or demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Company will be final, and the Company will not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Executive or from whomsoever may be entitled thereto, for any reasons whatsoever. The Executive will not be obligated to seek other employment in mitigation of the amounts payable or arrangements made under any provision of this Agreement, and the obtaining of any such other employment will in no event effect any reduction of the Company’s obligations to make the payments and arrangements required to be made under this Agreement, except to the extent provided in Sections 3.3(e) and (f) herein. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if Severance Benefits are paid under this Agreement, no severance benefits under any program of the Company, other than benefits described in this Agreement, will be paid to the Executive.

• Local Church’s Payment Obligations At Closing or otherwise prior to or on the Disaffiliation Date, Local Church shall pay to the Annual Conference, in a manner specified by Annual Conference, the following: (a) Local Church shall have the right to retain its Real Property and Personal Property, tangible and intangible property without charge. Any costs relating to Local Church’s retention of its property will be borne by Local Church. (b) Any unpaid apportionments for the twelve (12) months immediately prior to the Disaffiliation Date, as calculated by Annual Conference, totaling Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Twenty and 00/100 Dollars ($15,220.00) (for clarity, any amounts paid within the twelve (12) month period set out above shall be credited to the Local Church at Closing); (c) An additional twelve (12) months of apportionments, as calculated by Annual Conference, totaling Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Twenty and 00/100 Dollars ($15,220.00); (d) An amount equal to Local Church’s pro rata share, as determined by Annual Conference, of Annual Conference’s unfunded pension obligations, based on the Annual Conference’s aggregate funding obligations as determined by the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits using market factors similar to a commercial annuity provider, totaling Thirty- Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Seven and 00/100 Dollars ($37,967.00); (e) If any clergy currently appointed to the Local Church will remain in The United Methodist Church after the Local Church disaffiliation, an amount equal to six (6) months salary, housing (if receiving a housing allowance), and pension/health benefits for the clergy, being Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Five and 00/100 Dollars ($38,185.00). The intent of this provision is to provide salary and benefits to the clergy from January 1, 2024 through July 1, 2024, which is a period of time in which the clergy will not have an appointment to a church. (f) Any unpaid loans (secured or unsecured) owed to the Annual Conference or other United Methodist entities such as The United Methodist Foundation of Western North Carolina (unless those loans are assigned or transferred per Section 3.2 below), and any investment portfolio needs which require modifications or assignments; (g) The aggregate amount of any and all grants awarded and paid to Local Church by Annual Conference or any affiliate or subsidiary thereof within the prior ten (10) years; and, (h) All costs of the transfer of any assets involved hereunder and transactions set out herein, as well as the legal fees of the Annual Conference incurred in connection with this Agreement.

• Development Obligations 1. The College supports the development, production, and dissemination of copyrightable, trademarkable, patentable, and other intellectual properties by its employees. 2. It is understood that intellectual property developed by employees on or off College time, except for those materials for which the College had specifically contracted prior to June 9, 1998, shall remain the property of such employees, but shall continue to be used for the benefit of the College while the employee remains an employee of the College.

• Payment of Reimbursement Obligations (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank the amount of all Advances for Reimbursement Obligations, interest and other amounts payable to the Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Facility Letter of Credit when due, irrespective of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Borrower may have at any time against any Issuing Bank or any other Person, under all circumstances, including without limitation any of the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; (ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Facility Letter of Credit or any transferee of any Facility Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Facility Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transactions between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any Facility Letter of Credit); (iii) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under the Facility Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect of any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents; or (v) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default. (b) In the event any payment by the Borrower received by the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit and distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders on account of their participations is thereafter set aside, avoided or recovered from the Administrative Agent or Issuing Bank in connection with any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or bankruptcy proceeding, each Lender which received such distribution shall, upon demand by the Administrative Agent, contribute such Lender's Percentage of the amount set aside, avoided or recovered together with interest at the rate required to be paid by the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent upon the amount required to be repaid by the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent.

• Obligations of the Company Upon Termination (a) Termination Other Than for Cause, Death or Disability if Employee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Agrees to Cancellation of Change of Control Agreement. If, during the ----------------------------------------------------- Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive's employment other than for Cause or death or Disability, and, subject to (i) the execution by the Executive of the Release attached as Exhibit A hereto, and (ii) the automatic cancellation of any right the Executive might otherwise have under the Change of Control Agreement previously entered into between the Executive and the Company, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B, the Executive shall be entitled to all of the following: (i) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 15 calendar days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the following amounts: A. the sum of (1) the Executive's Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the product of (x) the higher of (I) the Minimum Bonus and (II) the Annual Bonus paid or payable, including any bonus or portion thereof, which has been earned but deferred (and annualized for any fiscal year consisting of less than twelve full months or during which the Executive was employed for less than twelve full months), for the most recently completed fiscal year during the Employment Period, if any (such higher amount being referred to as the "Highest Annual Bonus") and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, and (3) any compensation previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued interest or earnings thereon) and any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (1), (2), and (3) shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Accrued Obligations"); and B. an amount equal to the product of (1) three and (2) the highest amount actually paid to the Executive in cash compensation (that is, Annual Base Salary plus bonus(es) actually paid) in any one of the previous three calendar years; and C. an amount equal to the excess of (a) the actuarial equivalent of the benefit (utilizing actuarial assumptions no less favorable to the Executive than those in effect under the Company's qualified defined benefit retirement plan (the "Retirement Plan") and immediately prior to the Effective Date under the Retirement Plan, and any excess or supplemental retirement plan in which the Executive participates (together, the "SERP") which the Executive would receive if the Executive's employment continued for three years after the Date of Termination assuming for this purpose that all accrued benefits are fully vested, and, assuming that the Executive's compensation in each of the three years is that required by Section 3(b)(i) and Section 3(b)(ii), over (b) the actuarial equivalent of the Executive's actual benefit (paid or payable), if any, under the Retirement Plan and the SERP as of the Date of Termination; (ii) all stock options, restricted stock and other stock-based compensation shall become immediately exercisable or vested, as the case may be, and stock options shall be exercisable for three years thereafter; (iii) for the Continuation Period (as defined below), the Company shall continue to pay the premium for benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive's dependents equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 3(b)(iv) of this Agreement if the Executive's employment had not been terminated or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families, provided, however, that if the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or other welfare benefits under another employer- provided plan, the medical and other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility, and provided further that the Executive and the Executive's dependents otherwise are and remain eligible for coverage under the federal law COBRA. The Continuation Period shall be three years. For purposes of determining eligibility (but not the time of commencement of benefits) of the Executive for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the Executive shall be considered to have remained employed until three years after the Date of Termination and to have retired on the last day of such period; (iv) the Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with reasonable outplacement services the scope and provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in his sole discretion; and (v) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits, other than (x) severance benefits and (y) any benefits or payments under the Change of Control Agreement (Exhibit B), all rights to which the Executive shall have relinquished as partial consideration for the payments and benefits under this Section 5(a), that are required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its affiliated companies (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Other (b) Termination Other than for Cause, Death or Disability if the Executive ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Does Not Agree to Cancellation of Change of Control Agreement. If, ------------------------------------------------------------- during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive's employment other than for Cause, death or Disability, and the Executive elects to maintain in effect the Change of Control Agreement previously entered into between the Executive and the Company, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations on the part of the Company to the Executive other than obligation to pay to the Executive (x) his or her Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (y) the amount of any compensation previously deferred by the Executive, and (z) Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore unpaid.

• Client Obligations 3.1 The Client warrants and represents that: 3.1.1 it shall co-operate with Centaur as required for the proper performance of the Services; 3.1.2 it shall provide, for Centaur, its agents, subcontractors, consultants and employees, in a timely manner and at no charge, access to the Client's premises during normal office hours (being Monday – Friday 8am – 6pm), office accommodation, data and other facilities as is reasonably required by Centaur or any of them for the proper performance of the Services; 3.1.3 all information it has provided to Centaur in relation to the Services as at the date of the Order Form is accurate, complete and is not misleading and it shall provide, in a timely manner, such further information and Client Material as Centaur may require for the proper performance of the Services, and ensure that such information and Client Material is accurate, complete and not misleading; 3.1.4 it shall be responsible (at its own cost) for preparing and maintaining the relevant premises for the supply of the Services; 3.1.5 it shall inform Centaur of all health and safety rules and regulations and any other reasonable security requirements that apply at any of the Client's premises; 3.1.6 it shall only use the Services for internal business purposes and, without prejudice to the foregoing, shall not use the Services, the Deliverables or any Centaur Materials to develop a product or service that competes with any of the products or services provided by Centaur; 3.1.7 the Client Materials shall not infringe any third party rights, including any third party Intellectual Property Rights; and 3.1.8 it shall obtain and maintain all necessary licences and consents and comply with all relevant legislation in relation to the Services, before the date on which the Services are to start. 3.2 If Centaur's performance of its obligations under this Agreement is prevented or delayed by any act or omission of the Client, its agents, subcontractors, consultants or employees, Centaur shall not be liable for any costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by the Client that arise directly or indirectly from such prevention or delay.

• Recipient Obligations 2.1 The Recipient agrees to support the Project in accordance with this Agreement. 2.2 In supporting the Project, the Recipient must: (a) exercise reasonable diligence, care and skill; (b) administer the Funding in accordance with the Agreement to support the Fellow to complete the Project; (c) not replace the Fellow named in the Application with another person; (d) complete the Project Deliverables by the relevant Deliverable due dates. This includes the provision of the required Reports, Financial Acquittal Statements and valid tax invoices; (e) ensure that the Fellow completes the Project Milestones annually; (f) ensure it makes the Recipient Contribution to the Project as per the Application and summarised in Item 11 of Schedule 1; (g) ensure the Partners provide the Partner Contributions to the Project as per the Application and summarised in Item 12 of Schedule 1; (h) ensure that the Project expenditure is managed in accordance with the project expenditure table in the Application; (i) notify the Department within 20 Business Days of any matter that may affect the Fellow or Recipient’s eligibility for funding under the Guidelines, including but not limited to: (i) the Fellow ceasing employment with the Recipient; (ii) the Fellow moving residence to outside of Queensland; (iii) the Fellow travelling outside of Queensland for more than six weeks; (iv) the Fellow taking extended leave or being unable to undertake the Project for an extended period; (v) the Fellow changing the proportion of their time committed to the Project; (vi) the Recipient Contributions or Partner Contributions changing; (vii) the Project Partner organisations changing; and (viii) the Project expenditure changing. (j) ensure that (where relevant): (i) the Project complies with National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines; (ii) the Project complies with the Code of Ethical Practice for Biotechnology in Queensland; (iii) the Project is cleared by all relevant ethical committees prescribed by the Recipient organisation’s research rules; and (iv) evidence of compliance with this clause is provided, if requested by the Department; (k) not assign, transfer or subcontract its obligations, without prior written consent of the Department; (l) notify the Department of any breach of these terms or any matter that may affect the performance of the Agreement; and (m) comply with all relevant laws.

• Indemnity for Government Obligations The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

• Independent Obligations The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Capital Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 4.3 hereof.