Document:

EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

SUPPORT AGREEMENT 
 THIS
SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 12, 2021 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Select Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Navy Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation
and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Navy Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdco LLC” and, together with Parent and Merger Sub, the “Parent Parties”), Nuverra
Environmental Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Ascribe II Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Ascribe III Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the
“Stockholders”). 
 RECITALS: 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Parent Parties and the Company are entering into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger (as it may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the
Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”) and (ii) following the Merger, the Surviving Corporation in the Merger will merge with and into Holdco LLC, with Holdco LLC continuing as the
surviving company (the “Subsequent Merger” and together with the Merger, the “Integrated Mergers”); 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholders, either directly or through one of their affiliates, are the beneficial owners of, and
have the right to vote and dispose of 7,021,879 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”), which represent approximately 43.32% of the issued and outstanding Company Common Stock;
and 
 WHEREAS, as a material inducement to the Parent Parties to enter into the Merger Agreement, the Stockholders have agreed to
enter into this Agreement and abide by the covenants and obligations set forth herein with respect to the Covered Shares (as hereinafter defined). 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained,
and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE 1 

GENERAL 
 Section 1.1
Defined Terms. The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings set forth below. Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement.

 “Affiliate” shall mean, as to any Person, another Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person and, in respect of the Stockholders, any investment fund, vehicle, or holding company, in each case, for which the Stockholders, the discretionary manager
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or any Affiliate of the Stockholders serves as the general partner, managing member or discretionary manager or advisor; provided, that limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in the Stockholders or any Affiliate of the Stockholders (in their capacities as such) shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of the
Stockholders; provided, further, that the Stockholders shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of Parent or the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement and neither Parent, the Company nor any of
their respective Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Affiliates of the Stockholders or any Affiliate of the Stockholders for purposes of this Agreement. 

“Covered Shares” means the Existing Shares, together with any Company Common Stock that Stockholders or any of their
Affiliates acquires, either beneficially or of record, on or after the date of this Agreement, including any Company Common Stock received as distributions, as a result of a split, reverse split, combination, merger, consolidation, reorganization,
reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction or upon exercise of any option, warrant or other security or instrument exercisable, convertible or exchangeable into Company Common Stock. 

“Existing Shares” means all shares of Company Common Stock owned, either beneficially or of record, by the Stockholders or
any of their Affiliates on the date of this Agreement. 
 “Company Entity” means each of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 “Permitted Transfer” means a Transfer of Covered Shares by the Stockholders (or an Affiliate thereof) to an Affiliate of
the Stockholders; provided, that such transferee Affiliate agrees in writing to assume all of the Stockholders’ obligations hereunder in respect of the Covered Shares subject to such Transfer and to be bound by, and comply with, the
terms of this Agreement, with respect to the Covered Shares subject to such Transfer, and all other Covered Shares owned beneficially or of record from time to time by such transferee Affiliate, to the same extent as the Stockholders are bound
hereunder. 
 “Transfer” means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of (whether by
merger or consolidation (including by conversion into securities or other consideration as a result of such merger or consolidation), by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by operation of law or otherwise), either voluntarily or
involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the voting of or sale, transfer, conversion, assignment or other disposition of (whether by merger or consolidation (including by conversion
into securities or other consideration as a result of such merger or consolidation), by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by operation of law or otherwise). Transfers of interests in the Stockholders (e.g., fund participations) shall not
be deemed to be a Transfer for purposes of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement will restrict the Stockholders (or any Affiliate thereof) from Transferring any securities of the Company following the Company
obtaining the Required Stockholder Approval (as defined in the Merger Agreement). 

  
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 ARTICLE 2 

VOTING 
 Section 2.1
Agreement to Vote Company Common Stock. During the term of this Agreement, the Stockholders hereby irrevocably agree that promptly following the time when the Form S-4 Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act (and in any case, within 24 hours of the time the Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act), and the
Stockholders have received a copy of the Combined Consent Statement/Prospectus included therein, each Stockholder shall, and to the extent applicable, shall cause any of its Affiliates who own Covered Shares to, execute and deliver (or cause to be
delivered) a written consent, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, covering all of the Stockholder’s (or any of its Affiliate’s) Covered Shares that are Company Common Stock. Any such written consent shall be given in
accordance with such procedures relating thereto so as to ensure that it is duly counted for purposes of recording the results of such consent. During the term of this Agreement, the Stockholders shall oppose, vote against and not consent to, with
respect to the Covered Shares, any other action, agreement or proposal intended to, or which has the effect of or reasonably would be expected to have the effect of, impeding, delaying, restricting, limiting or interfering with the consummation of
the Integrated Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and the performance of the Stockholders’ obligations hereunder or the obligations of the Company under the Merger Agreement, including for the avoidance of
doubt, opposing any Company Acquisition Proposal, in each case, subject to the Excluded Voting Matters (as defined below). 

Section 2.2 No Inconsistent Agreements. The Stockholders hereby represent, covenant and agree that, except for this Agreement,
none of the Stockholders or any of their Affiliates (a) has entered into, and during the term of this Agreement shall not enter into, any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to any Covered Shares that is inconsistent with the terms of
Section 2.1 or (b) has granted, and shall not during the term of this Agreement grant, a proxy, consent or power of attorney with respect to any Covered Shares that is inconsistent with the terms of
Section 2.1. 
 Section 2.3 Proxy. In order to secure the obligations set forth herein, during the
term of this Agreement and subject to the Excluded Voting Matters, the Stockholders hereby irrevocably appoint Parent, or any nominee thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as its true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact, only in the event that such Stockholders do not comply with their obligations in Section 2.1, to vote or execute a written consent
with respect to the Stockholders’ Covered Shares in accordance with Section 2.1. The Stockholders hereby affirm that this proxy is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable, except upon termination of this
Agreement, and the Stockholders will take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy and hereby revoke any proxy previously granted by the Stockholders with respect to
any of their Covered Shares. The proxy granted by the Stockholders shall be automatically revoked upon the termination of this Agreement, as set forth in Section 6.1, and Parent may further terminate this proxy at any time
at its sole election by written notice provided to the Stockholders. The proxyholder may not exercise the proxy granted pursuant to this Section 2.3 on any matter except for those described in
Section 2.1 and the proxy granted pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not cover any Excluded Voting Matter. 

  
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 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary in this Agreement, (a) nothing herein
shall require the Stockholders to deliver a written consent, be present (in person or by proxy) or vote (or cause to be voted) any of the Covered Shares in a manner that (i) changes the amount or form of the consideration payable in the
Integrated Mergers pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Consideration”), (ii) imposes any material restrictions on or additional material conditions on the payment of the Merger Consideration,
(iii) provides for the payment by the Stockholders (or any Affiliate thereof) of any indemnification or other amounts, (iv) adds any additional covenants on the activities of the Stockholders (or any Affiliate thereof) (e.g., restrictive
covenants), and/or (v) imposes any material restrictions or additional conditions on the consummation of the Integrated Mergers or extends the End Date ((i) through (v), the “Excluded Voting Matters”), and (b) other than
as set forth in Section 2.1, the Stockholders shall remain free to vote (or execute consents or proxies with respect to) the Covered Shares in any manner the Stockholders deem appropriate. 

Section 2.4 Effective Form S-4 Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any provision
herein to the contrary, there will be no obligation of the Stockholders to vote Covered Shares pursuant to Section 2.1 and Covered Shares cannot be voted pursuant to the proxy in Section 2.3 unless
and until after the Form S-4 Registration Statement as contemplated in Section 5.5 of the Merger Agreement has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

ARTICLE 3 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 

Section 3.1 Representations and Warranties of Stockholder. The Stockholders hereby represent and warrant to the Parent Parties and
the Company as follows: 
 (a) Organization; Authorization; Validity of Agreement; Necessary Action. The Stockholders have the
requisite power and authority and/or capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by the Stockholders of this Agreement and the performance by the Stockholders of their
obligations hereunder have been duly and validly authorized by the Stockholders and no other actions or proceedings are required on the part of the Stockholders to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the performance by the
Stockholders of their obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Stockholders and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parent Parties and the Company, constitutes a
legal, valid and binding agreement of the Stockholders, enforceable against the Stockholders in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equitable principles. 
 (b) Ownership. The Stockholders are the record
or beneficial owner of, and have good and valid title to, the Existing Shares. During the term of this Agreement, the Covered Shares will be beneficially and legally owned by the Stockholders (or an Affiliate thereof), except in the case of a
Permitted Transfer of any Covered Shares (in which case this representation shall, with respect to such Covered Shares, be made by the transferee of such Covered Shares). The Stockholders, directly or indirectly, have and will have at all times
during the term of this Agreement sole voting power (including the right to control such vote as contemplated herein), sole power of disposition, sole power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth in
Article 2, and sole power to agree to all of the matters set forth in this Agreement, in each case, with respect to all of the 

  
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Covered Shares at any time during the term of this Agreement, except in the case of a Permitted Transfer of Covered Shares (in which case this representation shall, with respect to the Covered
Shares subject to such Transfer, be made by the transferee of such Covered Shares). Except for the Existing Shares, the Stockholders do not, directly or indirectly, legally or beneficially own or have any option, warrant or other right to acquire
any securities of a Company Entity that are or may by their terms become entitled to vote or any securities that are convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any securities of a Company Entity that are or may by their terms become
entitled to vote, nor are the Stockholders subject to any contract, agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship, other than this Agreement, that obligates it to vote, acquire or dispose of any securities of a Company Entity. 

(c) No Violation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Stockholders nor its performance of its obligations under
this Agreement will (i) result in a violation or breach of, or conflict with any provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination or
cancellation of, or give rise to a right of purchase under, or result in the creation of any Lien (other than under this Agreement) upon any of the properties, rights or assets (including but not limited to the Existing Shares) owned by the
Stockholders under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, contract, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation of any kind to which the Stockholders are a party or by which
they or any of their properties, rights or assets may be bound, (ii) violate any Law applicable to the Stockholders or any of their properties, rights or assets, or (iii) result in a violation or breach of or conflict with their
organizational and governing documents, except in the case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) as would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the ability of the Stockholders to perform their obligations hereunder. 

(d) Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any
Governmental Body is necessary to be obtained or made by the Stockholders in connection with its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, except for any reports under the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 (e) Reliance by Parent Parties and the Company. The Stockholders understand and
acknowledge that the Parent Parties and the Company are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the Stockholders’ execution and delivery of this Agreement and the representations, warranties, covenants and obligations of the
Stockholders contained herein. 
 (f) Adequate Information. The Stockholders acknowledge that they are sophisticated parties with
respect to the Covered Shares and have adequate information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company to make an informed decision regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has, independently and without
reliance upon any of the Parent Parties and based on such information as the Stockholders has deemed appropriate, made its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. The Stockholders acknowledge that no Parent Party has made or is
making any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. 

  
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 Section 3.2 Representations and Warranties of Parent Parties. Each of the Parent
Parties hereby represents and warrants to Stockholders and the Company that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Parent Parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized
by all necessary action on the part of the board of directors of Parent. The Parent Parties acknowledge that neither Stockholders nor the Company have made and Stockholders and the Company are not making any representation or warranty of any kind
except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. 
 Section 3.3 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
hereby represents and warrants to Stockholders and the Parent Parties that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the board of directors of the Company. The Company acknowledges that neither Stockholders nor the Parent Parties have made and Stockholders and the Parent Parties are not making any representation or warranty of any
kind except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. 
 ARTICLE 4 

OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS 

Section 4.1 Prohibition on Transfers, Other Actions. 

(a) During the term of this Agreement, and except for a Permitted Transfer, the Stockholders hereby agree not to Transfer any of the Covered
Shares, beneficial ownership thereof or any other interest therein. Any purported Transfer not in compliance with this Section 4.1(a) shall be void ab initio. 

(b) The Stockholders agree that if they or any of their Affiliates attempt to Transfer (other than a Permitted Transfer), vote or provide any
other Person with the authority to vote any of the Covered Shares other than in compliance with this Agreement, the Stockholders unconditionally and irrevocably (during the term of this Agreement) instruct the Company to not, (i) permit any
such Transfer on its books and records, (ii) issue a book-entry interest or a new certificate representing any of the Covered Shares or (iii) record such vote, in each case, unless and until the Stockholders have complied in all respects
with the terms of this Agreement. 
 Section 4.2 Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto agrees that it will use its
reasonable best efforts to do all things reasonably necessary to effectuate this Agreement. 
 Section 4.3 Registration Rights.
The Stockholders hereby elect, subject to the consummation of the Integrated Mergers and effective as of the Effective Time, to terminate their rights and obligations under that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 7, 2017 by and
among the Company and other parties thereto, pursuant to Section 19(q) thereof. 

  
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 ARTICLE 5 

NO SOLICITATION 

Section 5.1 No Solicitation. Subject to Section 6.15, prior to the termination of this Agreement, the
Stockholders shall not, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause their Subsidiaries and any of their officers, employees, legal counsel, financial advisors, agents and other representatives (collectively, “Representatives”)
not to, directly or indirectly, (a) solicit, initiate, facilitate, knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing confidential information), or induce or take any other action that could reasonably be expected to lead to any inquiries,
proposals or indications of interest that constitute the making, submission, or announcement of any Company Acquisition Proposal, (b) furnish any nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person in connection
with or in response to a Company Acquisition Proposal or an inquiry or indication of interest that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal, (c) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to
any Company Acquisition Proposal, (d) approve, endorse, or recommend any Company Acquisition Proposal, or (e) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any Contract that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Company
Acquisition Transaction. The Stockholders shall, and shall use cause their Subsidiaries to and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause their Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any
third party conducted heretofore with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal or any inquiries, proposals or indications of interest that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal. 

ARTICLE 6 
 MISCELLANEOUS

 Section 6.1 Termination. This Agreement shall remain in effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective
Time, (b) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (including after any extension thereof), (c) the mutual agreement of the parties hereto and (d) the occurrence of (or the making or granting of) any amendment,
waiver, modification, or other change to any provision of the Merger Agreement (including any exhibits, annexes, or schedules thereto) (i) that decreases the amount or changes the form of the Merger Consideration, (ii) such that Merger
Consideration to be received by the Stockholders (or any Affiliate thereof) will not be registered under the Exchange Act or listed on the NYSE, or (iii) is otherwise adverse in any material respect to the Stockholders (or any Affiliate
thereof) or to the stockholders of the Company, in which case this Agreement and all obligations, terms, and conditions contained herein shall terminate and be of no further force and effect with respect to all parties hereto and without any other
action by any Person. Nothing in this Section 6.1 and no termination of this Agreement shall relieve or otherwise limit any party of liability for any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to such termination. 

Section 6.2 No Ownership Interest; No Partnership, Agency, or Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed
to vest in any Parent Party any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Covered Shares. All rights, ownership and economic benefit relating to the Covered Shares shall remain vested in and belong to the
Stockholders, and no Parent Party shall have authority to direct the Stockholders in the voting or disposition of any of the Covered Shares, except as otherwise provided herein. This Agreement is intended to create, and creates, a contractual
relationship and is not intended to create, and does not create, any agency, partnership, joint venture, any like relationship between the parties hereto or a presumption that the parties hereto are in any way acting in concert or as a group with
respect to the obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 

  
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 Section 6.3 Publicity. The Stockholders hereby permit Parent and the Company to
include and disclose in the Combined Consent Statement/Prospectus, the Form S-4 Registration Statement and in such other schedules, certificates, applications, agreements or documents as such entities
reasonably determine to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the Integrated Mergers and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Stockholders’ identities and ownership of the Covered Shares, and
the nature of the Stockholders’ commitments, arrangements and understandings pursuant to this Agreement. Parent and the Company hereby permit the Stockholders to disclose this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement
in any reports required to be filed by the Stockholders or any of their Affiliates under the Exchange Act. 
 Section 6.4
Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party under, or otherwise in connection with, this Agreement shall be in writing (including facsimile, e-mail or similar writing) and shall
be deemed to have been duly given (a) if delivered in person; (b) if transmitted by facsimile (but only upon confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment); (c) if transmitted by electronic mail (“e-mail”) (but only if confirmation of receipt of such e-mail is requested and received; provided, that each notice party shall use reasonable best efforts to
confirm receipt of any such e-mail correspondence promptly upon receipt of such request); or (d) if transmitted by national overnight courier, in each case as addressed as follows: 

If to Parent, Merger Sub or Holdco LLC, to: 

Select Energy Services, Inc. 

1233 W Loop S, Suite 1400 

Houston, TX 77027 
 Attention:
Adam R. Law 
 Facsimile: (713) 235-9455 

Email: ALaw@selectenergy.com 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice hereunder): 

Vinson & Elkins LLP 

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500 

Houston, Texas 77002 
 Attention:
Stephen M. Gill and Jameson Miller 
 Facsimile: (713) 615-5956 

Email: SGill@velaw.com; JMiller@velaw.com 

If to the Stockholders, to: 

Ascribe Capital LLC 
 590 Madison
Ave, 38th Floor 
 New York, NY 10022 

Attention: Eric L. Schondorf, General Counsel 

Email: eschondorf@american-securities.com 

  
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 If to the Company, to: 

Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc. 

11111 Katy Freeway, Suite 1006 

Houston, TX 77079 
 Attention:
Joseph M. Crabb 
 Facsimile: (832) 384-8493 

Email: joe.crabb@nuverra.com 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice hereunder): 

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP 
 1
E. Washington St., Suite 2700 
 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 

Attention: Matthew M. Holman 

Facsimile: (602) 253-8129 

Email: matthew.holman@squirepb.com 

Section 6.5 Interpretation. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Whenever the words “include,”
“includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular
and plural forms of such terms. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. This Agreement is the product of negotiation by the parties
having the assistance of counsel and other advisers. It is the intention of the parties that this Agreement not be construed more strictly with regard to one party than with regard to the others. 

Section 6.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the
same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered (by telecopy, electronic delivery or otherwise) to the
other parties. Signatures to this Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in “portable document format” (“.pdf”) form, or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and
pictorial appearance of a document, will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing the original signature. 

Section 6.7 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and, solely to the extent of the defined terms referenced herein, the Merger
Agreement, embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written and
oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. 

  
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 Section 6.8 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. 

(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE AGREEMENTS, INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PARTIES UNDER OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO ITS EXECUTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (WITHOUT REFERENCE TO SUCH STATE’S
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW). THE DELAWARE COURT OF CHANCERY (AND IF THE DELAWARE COURT OF CHANCERY SHALL BE UNAVAILABLE, ANY DELAWARE STATE COURT AND THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE) WILL HAVE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER ANY AND ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE AGREEMENTS, INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THE FACTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO ITS EXECUTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO AND AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE, IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF
THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT AND ANY OTHER PROCESS IN ANY OTHER ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, BY DELIVERY IN ANY METHOD CONTEMPLATED BY
SECTION 6.4 OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER AUTHORIZED BY LAW, AND HEREBY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY CLAIM THAT (i) SUCH PARTY IS NOT PERSONALLY
SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS, (ii) SUCH PARTY AND SUCH PARTY’S PROPERTY IS IMMUNE FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS ISSUED BY SUCH COURTS OR (iii) ANY LITIGATION COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. 

(b) THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THAT ANY PARTY MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
PROCEEDING, LITIGATION OR COUNTERCLAIM BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY. 

Section 6.9 Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended or modified, except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf
of each of the parties hereto. Each party may waive any right of such party hereunder by an instrument in writing signed by such party and delivered to the party benefiting from such waiver. 

Section 6.10 Remedies. The parties hereto agree that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this
Agreement and that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is hereby agreed that, prior to the valid
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performance and injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for any such breach, to prevent breaches of this Agreement, and to specifically enforce compliance with this Agreement. In
connection with any request for specific performance or equitable relief, each of the parties hereto hereby waives any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy. Such remedy shall not be deemed to be the
exclusive remedy for breach of this Agreement but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity to such party. The parties further agree that, by seeking the remedies provided for in this
Section 6.10, no party hereto shall in any respect waive its right to seek any other form of relief that may be available to it (i) under this Agreement, including monetary damages in the event that this Agreement has
been terminated or in the event that the remedies provided for in this Section 6.10 are not available or otherwise are not granted, or (ii) under the Merger Agreement. In the event that any party institutes any legal
suit, action, or proceeding against another party to specifically enforce compliance with this Agreement, the prevailing party in the suit, action or proceeding shall be entitled to receive, in addition to any other remedy that it may be entitled,
the costs incurred by such party in conducting the suit, action, or proceeding, including attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs. 

Section 6.11 Stockholder Capacity. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements made herein by the Stockholders are made solely with respect to such Stockholders and the Covered Shares. The Stockholders are entering into this Agreement solely in their capacity as the owners, directly or
indirectly, of such Covered Shares (and not in any other capacity) and nothing herein shall (a) limit or affect any actions or omissions by the Stockholders in any other capacity, (b) be construed to prohibit, limit or restrict any actions
or omissions by any Affiliate or direct or indirect owner of the Stockholders, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, designees, managers, representatives or employees, in each case, not acting as such on behalf of the Stockholders,
including exercising rights under the Merger Agreement or (c) be construed to prohibit, limit or restrict any of the Stockholders’ direct or indirect owners or Affiliates, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, designees,
managers, representatives or employees, from exercising its fiduciary duties, if any, to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law. 

Section 6.12 Severability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any term or provision of this Agreement, or the application
thereof, that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any
other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such
determination shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is legal, valid and enforceable and
that comes closest to expressing the intention of the illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified. To the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event such court does not
exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto shall replace such illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a legal, valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible,
the original economic, business and other purposes of such illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable term as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to
the fullest extent possible. 

  
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 Section 6.13 Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all costs
and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the actions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Integrated Mergers are consummated. 

Section 6.14 Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. 

(a) Except in connection with a Permitted Transfer, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be
assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto; provided, however, that Parent, Merger Sub and Holdco LLC may transfer or assign their
rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part or from time to time in part, to one or more of their Affiliates to which their rights are assigned pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement at any time. Any assignment in
violation of the foregoing shall be null and void. Subject to the preceding two sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and assigns. 

(b) This Agreement is not intended to and shall not confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto) any rights or remedies hereunder.

 Section 6.15 Fiduciary Duties. The Stockholders are entering into this Agreement solely in their capacity as the record or
beneficial owner of the Existing Shares and nothing herein is intended to or shall limit or affect any actions taken by any of the Stockholders’ designees serving in his or her capacity as a director of the Company (or a Subsidiary of the
Company). The taking of any actions (or failures to act) by the Stockholders’ designees serving as a director of the Company (in such capacity as a director) shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Agreement. 

[Signature pages follow.] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as
of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized. 
  

			
	STOCKHOLDERS
	
	ASCRIBE CAPITAL II, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Eric L. Schondorf

	Name:	 	Eric L. Schondorf
	Title:	 	General Counsel
	
	ASCRIBE CAPITAL III, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Eric L. Schondorf

	Name:	 	Eric L. Schondorf
	Title:	 	General Counsel

  
 [Signature Page to
Support Agreement] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first
written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized. 
  

			
	COMPANY
	
	NUVERRA ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Charles K. Thompson

		 	Name: Charles K. Thompson
		 	Title: Chief Executive Officer

  
 [Signature Page to
Support Agreement] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first
written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized. 
  

			
	PARENT PARTIES
	
	SELECT ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Adam R. Law

	Name: Adam R. Law
	Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
	
	NAVY MERGER SUB, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Adam R. Law

	Name: Adam R. Law
	Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
	
	 NAVY HOLDCO, LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Adam R. Law

	Name: Adam R. Law
	Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

  
 [Signature Page to
Support Agreement] 

 Exhibit A 

Form of Company Written Consent 

WRITTEN CONSENT OF 

NUVERRA COMMON STOCKHOLDERS 

[•], 202[•] 

Pursuant to Section 2.1 of that certain Support Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2021, by and among Select Energy Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Navy Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Navy Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdco
LLC” and, together with Parent and Merger Sub, the “Parent Parties”), Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned stockholder (the
“Stockholder”), the undersigned Stockholder hereby provides its written consent to the matters set forth below. The undersigned Stockholder’s shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the
“Company Common Stock”) will be tabulated and voted on certain proposals as indicated below. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the consent statement/prospectus, dated [•], which is part of the registration statement on
Form S-4 (No. 333-[•]) of Parent, and which more fully describes the proposals below. 

The undersigned, acting by written consent in lieu of a meeting pursuant to Article Twelfth of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (the “Company Certificate of Incorporation”), hereby consents in writing to the approval and adoption without a meeting of the following proposals and to the taking of each of the actions
contemplated thereby with respect to [•] shares of Company Common Stock, constituting all of the Company Common Stock that the undersigned beneficially owns as of the date hereof [and will beneficially own as of the close of business on
[•]]: 
  

	 	1.	 Approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December [•], 2021 (the “Merger
Agreement”), by and among the Company, Parent, Navy Holdings, Inc. (“Navy Holdings”), a Delaware corporation and Navy Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Navy Merger Sub”), pursuant
to which among other things, (a) Navy Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company and the separate existence of Navy Merger Sub will cease (the “Initial Merger”), (b) following the Initial Merger, the Company
will be merged with and into Navy Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the separate existence of the Company will cease, (c) the Company Certificate of Incorporation will be amended and restated pursuant to an Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, (d) each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company then outstanding shall be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Class A common stock of
Parent, par value $0.01 per share, equal to the Exchange Ratio (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (e) Parent will issue the number of shares of Class A common stock of Parent, par value $0.01 per share, pursuant to the Merger
Agreement. 

	 	2.	 Approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that will
or may become payable to the Company’s named executive officers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. 

This written consent shall be effective on the date hereof and thereafter. 

IMPORTANT: PLEASE DATE AND SIGN THE WRITTEN CONSENT BELOW. If held in joint tenancy, all persons must sign. When signing as attorney, trustee, executor,
administrator, guardian or corporate officer, please give full title as such. If Company Common Stock is held by a corporation, please sign the full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If Company Common Stock is held by a
partnership or other entity, please sign the full partnership or other entity name by authorized person. Please fill out, date, sign and return this written consent promptly to (i) the Company the Company by mailing it to Nuverra Environmental
Solutions, Inc., 11111 Katy Freeway, Suite 1006, Houston, TX 77079, attention Joseph M. Crabb, or by emailing a .pdf copy of your signed written consent to joe.crabb@nuverra.com with a copy to Matthew.Holman@squirepb.com and (ii) Select Energy
Services, Inc., by emailing a .pdf copy of your signed written consent to ALaw@selectenergy.com with a copy to SGill@velaw.com. 
  

									
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	Date:	 	 , [2021]
	 		 	Date:	 	 , [2021]Document

[FORM OF] INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
 
THIS INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of [●], 2021, by and between Steel Connect, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [●] (“Indemnitee”).
 
RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company believes that, in order to attract and retain highly qualified persons to serve as directors or in other capacities, including as officers, it must provide such persons with adequate protection through indemnification against the risk of claims and actions against them arising out of their services to and activities on behalf of the Company;

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Charter”) and the Bylaws (as amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Bylaws”) of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company;

WHEREAS, Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (as may be amended from time to time, “DGCL”);

WHEREAS, the Charter, Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), officers and other persons with respect to indemnification, hold harmless, advancement and reimbursement rights;
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested Indemnitee to serve as a director of the Company and, in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director of the Company, the Company is willing to grant Indemnitee the indemnification provided for herein; 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee is willing to so serve on the basis that such indemnification be provided; and

WHEREAS, the parties by this Agreement desire to set forth their agreement regarding indemnification and the advancement of expenses.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 
1. SERVICES TO THE COMPANY. In consideration of, among other things, the Company’s covenants and obligations hereunder, Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve as an officer, director, advisor, key employee or in any other capacity of the Company, as applicable, for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or retained or until Indemnitee tenders Indemnitee’s resignation or until Indemnitee is removed.  Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director, officer, advisor, key employee or in any other capacity of the Company, as provided in Section 14. This Agreement, however, shall not impose any obligation on Indemnitee or the Company to continue Indemnitee’s service to the Company 

									
			

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beyond any period otherwise required by law or by other agreements or commitments of the parties, if any.
 
2. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement:
 
(a)  References to “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or any other person authorized by the Company to act for the Company, including such person serving in such capacity as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other official of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.
 
(b)(i)A “change in control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following: (A) any Person (as defined below) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (B) during any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 2(b)(i)(A), 2(b)(i)(C) or 2(b)(i)(D) or a director whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company) whose election by the Board of the Directors of the Company or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the total number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Company; (C) the effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity (or the parent entity of such surviving entity)) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity (or such parent entity) outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity or such parent entity; (D) the approval by the stockholders of the Company of a dissolution or complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (E) there occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.

            For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

            (I)  “person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that person shall exclude (a) the Company, (b) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, 

and (c) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.  

             (II)  “beneficial owner” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
 
(c)  “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise (as defined below) which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.
 
(d)  “Delaware Court” shall mean the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.
 
     (e)  “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, constituent entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation, merger or division transaction to which the Company (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent, including as a deemed fiduciary thereto.
 
(f)  “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
(g)  “Expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees and costs of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding (as defined below), including reasonable compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding (as defined below), including without limitation the principal, premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. “Expenses,” however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
 
(h)  References to “fines” shall include, without limitation, any excise tax assessed on Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan or related trust or funding mechanism (whether in the form of ERISA excise taxes or other excise taxes assessed by the United States Internal Revenue Service, penalties assessed by the United States Department of Labor, restitutions to such a plan or trust or other funding mechanism or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan, trust or other funding mechanism or otherwise); references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries, including as a deemed fiduciary thereto; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and 

beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
 
(i)  “Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm or a member of a law firm with significant experience in matters of corporation law and that neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements); or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding (as defined below) giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.
 
(j)  The term “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that “Person” shall exclude: (i) the Company; (ii) any subsidiaries (as defined below) of the Company; (iii) any employment benefit plan of the Company or of a subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or of any entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company; and (iv) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of a subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or of an entity owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.
 
(k)  The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation (whether formal or informal), inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative or related nature, in which Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as a party or as a participant (including as a witness, deponent or otherwise) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by Indemnitee or of any action (or failure to act) on Indemnitee’s part while acting as a director or officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement.
 
(l)  The term “subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by that Person.
 
3. INDEMNITY IN THIRD-PARTY PROCEEDINGS. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor, which is addressed in Section 4 below) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in 

settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.
 
4. INDEMNITY IN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. 

No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court or any other court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such Expenses which the Delaware Court or such other court shall deem proper.
 
5. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that Indemnitee was or is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue, or matter on which Indemnitee was successful. For purposes of this Section 5 and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal (with or without prejudice), motion for summary judgment, settlement (with or without court approval), or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall be deemed, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter. 
 
6. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a witness or deponent in any Proceeding (including, without limitation, any Proceeding to which Indemnitee was or is not a party or threatened to be made a 

party), Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be indemnified and held harmless against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith.
 
7. ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION AND HOLD HARMLESS RIGHTS.  Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4 or 5, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding. 
 
8. CONTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF JOINT LIABILITY.
 
(a)  To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification or hold harmless rights provided for in this Agreement are unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying, holding harmless or exonerating Indemnitee, shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment.
 
(b)  Without the prior consent of Indemnitee, the Company shall not enter into any settlement of any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee without any admission of liability or other wrongdoing on the part of Indemnitee.
 
(c)  The Company hereby agrees, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, to fully indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee from any claims for contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee with respect to such claim.
 
9. EXCLUSIONS. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification, advance expenses or hold harmless payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:
 
(a)  for which payment has actually been received by or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or other indemnity or advancement provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount actually received under any such insurance policy, contract, agreement, other indemnity or advancement provision or otherwise; provided, however, that payment made to Indemnitee pursuant to an insurance policy purchased and maintained by Indemnitee at his or her own expense of any amounts otherwise indemnifiable or obligated to be made pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce the Company’s obligations to Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement; 
 
(b)  for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (or any successor rule) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or

     (c)  in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees (including any agent), unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law or (ii) the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized in the first instance by the Board of Directors of the Company.  Indemnitee shall seek payments or advances from the Company in connection with a Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee only to the extent that such payments or advances are unavailable from any insurance policy of the Company covering Indemnitee.
 
10. ADVANCES OF EXPENSES; DEFENSE OF CLAIM.
 
To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Company shall pay the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, prior to the final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to be indemnified or held harmless under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing a Proceeding to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. Such payments of Expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon the Company’s receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of Indemnitee, to repay the advanced amounts to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or held harmless by the Company under the provisions of this Agreement, the Charter, the Bylaws, applicable law or otherwise. The execution and delivery by Indemnitee of this Agreement shall constitute such undertaking and no further undertaking shall be required.  The Company agrees that for the purposes of any advancement of Expenses for which Indemnitee has made a written demand in accordance with this Agreement, all Expenses included in such demand that are certified by affidavit of Indemnitee’s counsel as being reasonable shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable.  This Section 10(a) shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which an indemnification or hold harmless payment is excluded pursuant to Section 9.
 
11. PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFICATION AND APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
 
(a) Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company hereunder, notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof.  The failure to promptly notify the Company of the commencement of the Proceeding, or of Indemnitee’s request for indemnification, will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder, except to the extent the Company is actually and materially prejudiced in its defense of such Proceeding as a result of such failure; provided, however, that notice will be deemed to have been given without any action on the part of Indemnitee in the event the Company is a party to the same Proceeding.  To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor, including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to enable the Company to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.

        (b) With respect to any action, suit or proceeding of which the Company is so notified as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall, subject to the last two sentences of this paragraph, be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its 

election to do so.  Notwithstanding anything in Section 10 of this Agreement to the contrary, after delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any subsequently-incurred fees of separate counsel engaged by Indemnitee with respect to the same action, suit or proceeding unless the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized in writing by the Company; provided, however, that if Indemnitee, after consultation with his or her counsel, shall have concluded in good faith (with written notice of such conclusion being given to the Company) that, in the conduct of any such defense, there is or is reasonably likely to be a conflict of interest or material disagreement on a position between the Company and Indemnitee with respect to a significant issue, and such conclusion is confirmed in writing by the Company’s outside counsel regularly employed by it in connection with corporate matters, then the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume such defense and the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Company; and provided further, that if the Company fails   to retain counsel to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, then Indemnitee shall be entitled to retain her or his own counsel and all Expenses related to such counsel shall be borne by the Company. Regardless of any provision in this Agreement, Indemnitee shall have the right to employ counsel in any Proceeding at Indemnitee’s personal expense.  In addition, the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Company.   

        (c) To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Company’s assumption of the defense of a Proceeding in accordance with Section 11(b) will constitute an irrevocable acknowledgement by the Company that any loss and liability suffered by Indemnitee and Expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or for the account of Indemnitee incurred in connection therewith are indemnifiable by the Company under this Agreement.

        (d) The determination whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request shall be made promptly and in any event within sixty (60) days following the Company’s receipt of a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(a).  If the Company determines that Indemnitee is entitled to such indemnification or, as contemplated by paragraph 11(c) the Company has acknowledged such entitlement, the Company will make payment to Indemnitee of the indemnifiable amount within such sixty (60) day period.  If the Company is not deemed to have so acknowledged such entitlement or the Company’s determination of whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request shall not have been made within such sixty (60) day period, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, subject to Section 9, nonetheless be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee's statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under the DGCL. 

        (e) In the event that (i) the Company determines that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) the Company denies a request for indemnification, in whole or in part, or fails to respond or make a determination of entitlement to indemnification within sixty (60) days following receipt of a request for indemnification as described above, (iii) payment of indemnification is not made within such sixty (60) day period, (iv) advancement of Expenses is not timely made in accordance with Section 10, or (v) the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in any court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such 

indemnification or advancement of Expenses.  Indemnitee’s Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, in whole or in part, in any such Proceeding or otherwise shall also be  indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.  

        (f) Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement upon submission of a request therefor in accordance with Section 11 of this Agreement.   The Company shall have the burden of proof in overcoming such presumption, and such presumption shall be used as a basis for a determination of entitlement to indemnification unless the Company overcomes such presumption by clear and convincing evidence. 

(g) If there is a change in control of the Company, upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a), any determination, if required by the DGCL, with respect to Indemnitee's entitlement thereto shall be made by Independent Counsel selected by Indemnitee with the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) in a written opinion, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Company and Indemnitee, and the Company agrees to pay the fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel.
 
12. SECURITY. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of Indemnitee.
 
13.  NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; SUBROGATION.
 
(a)  The rights of Indemnitee as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Charter, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any Proceeding (regardless of when such Proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) or claim, issue or matter therein arising out of, or related to, any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in applicable law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification, hold harmless rights or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Charter, the Bylaws or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
 
(b)  The DGCL permits the Company to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of Indemnitee against any liability asserted against Indemnitee or incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee or in such capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Company or as an agent of another Enterprise, or arising out of Indemnitee’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under the DGCL, as it may then be in effect. The purchase, establishment, and maintenance of any such insurance shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or of Indemnitee 

under this Agreement except as expressly provided herein, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Indemnitee shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or the other party or parties thereto with respect to any such insurance.  
 
(c)  To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, or employees of the Company or agents of any other Enterprise, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, or employee of the Company or any agent of any such other Enterprise under such policy or policies. If, at the time the Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding as to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise), the Company has director and officer liability or similar insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. Upon request, the Company will provide to Indemnitee copies of all directors’ and officers’ liability insurance applications, binders, policies, declarations, endorsements and other related materials.
 
(d)  In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

(e)  The Company’s obligation to indemnify, hold harmless, or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or hold harmless payments or advancement of expenses from such Enterprise. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) Indemnitee shall have no obligation to reduce, offset, allocate, pursue or apportion any indemnification, hold harmless, advancement, contribution or insurance coverage among multiple parties possessing such duties to Indemnitee prior to the Company’s satisfaction and performance of all its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) the Company shall perform fully its obligations under this Agreement without regard to whether Indemnitee holds, may pursue or has pursued any indemnification, advancement, hold harmless, contribution or insurance coverage rights against any person or entity other than the Company.
 
14. SECTION 409A OF THE CODE.  If Indemnitee’s right to payment or reimbursement of indemnification or expenses pursuant to this Agreement would not be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.0409A-1(b)(10), then (a) the payment or reimbursement of indemnification and expenses provided or advanced to or for Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement in one taxable year shall not affect the amount of indemnification and expenses provided or advanced to or for Indemnitee in any other taxable year, (b) any reimbursement to Indemnitee of expenses under this Agreement shall be paid to Indemnitee on or before the last day of Indemnitee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred and (c) the right to advancement, reimbursement or payment of indemnification and expenses under this Agreement may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. In addition, to the extent that this Agreement is subject to Section 409A of the Code, this Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced so as to avoid any tax, penalty or interest under Section 409A of the 

Code. For purposes of this Section 14, “Expenses” shall be deemed to include, in addition to those items included in the definition thereof in Section 2, any liability, loss, judgment, fine and amounts paid in settlement.

15. DURATION OF AGREEMENT. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee serves as a director or officer of the Company or as a director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other Enterprise which Indemnitee serves at the request of the Company, and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible Proceeding by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, whether or not Indemnitee is acting in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or advancement can be provided under this Agreement.
 
16. SEVERABILITY. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
 
17. ENFORCEMENT AND BINDING EFFECT.
 
(a)  The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director, officer or key employee of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director, officer or key employee of the Company or as an agent of another Enterprise.
 
(b)  Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the Charter or Bylaws (which rights shall continue in full force and effect and shall be in addition to the rights provided hereunder), this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
 
(c)  The indemnification, hold harmless, and advancement of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation, division or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, or employee of the Company or agent of any other Enterprise, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives.
 
(d)  The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial 

part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
(e)  The Company and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, enforce this Agreement by seeking, among other things, injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which Indemnitee may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company hereby waives any such requirement of such a bond or undertaking to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
18.   MODIFICATION AND WAIVER. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the Company and Indemnitee. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
 
19. NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) if delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third (3rd) business day after the date on which it is so mailed:
 
(a)  If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide in writing to the Company.
 
(b)  If to the Company, to:
 
Steel Connect, Inc.
2000 Midway Lane
Smyrna, TN 37167
Attention:    General Counsel
E-mail:     jmartin@steelpartners.com
  
or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee in writing by the Company.
 
20. NOTICE BY THE COMPANY. If the Indemnitee is the subject of, or is, to the knowledge of the Company, implicated in any way during an investigation, whether formal or informal, that is related to Indemnitee’s Corporate Status and that reasonably could lead to a Proceeding for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement, the Company shall notify the Indemnitee of such investigation and shall share (to the extent legally permissible) with Indemnitee any information it has provided to any third parties concerning the investigation (“Shared Information”). By executing this Agreement, Indemnitee agrees that such Shared Information  may be material non-public information and that Indemnitee is thus obligated to hold such information in confidence and not disclose it publicly; provided, however, that 

Indemnitee may use the Shared Information and disclose such Shared Information to Indemnitee’s legal counsel and third parties, in each case solely in connection with defending Indemnitee from legal liability.

21. APPLICABLE LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country; (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement; (c) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court; and (d) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum, or is subject (in whole or in part) to a jury trial. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the parties hereby agree that the mailing of process and other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided by Section 19 or in such other manner as may be permitted by law, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof.
 
22. IDENTICAL COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.
 
23. MISCELLANEOUS. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
 
24. ADDITIONAL ACTS. If for the validation of any of the provisions in this Agreement any act, resolution, approval or other procedure is required to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company undertakes to cause such act, resolution, approval or other procedure to be affected or adopted in a manner that will enable the Company to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indemnity Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.
 
									
	STEEL CONNECT, INC.		 
	 	 	 
	By: ___________________________	 	 
	Name:		 
	Title:   	 	 
	

INDEMNITEE
		 
	 	 	 
	By: ___________________________	 	 
	Name:		 
	Address:		 

 
 
 

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