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CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

May 24, 2018

 

among

 

RLI CORP.,

 

The Lenders Party Hereto

 

and

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent

 

___________________________

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE I

Definitions…………………………………………………………………..............

1

 

Section 1.01.

Defined Terms…………………………………………………………………

1

 

Section 1.02.

Classification of Loans and Borrowings………………………………………

17

 

Section 1.03.

Terms Generally……………………………………………………………….

17

 

Section 1.04.

Accounting Terms; GAAP…………………………………………………….

18

 

Section 1.05.

Interest Rates…………………………………………………………………..

19

ARTICLE II

The Credits…………………………………………………………………………

19

 

Section 2.01.

Commitments………………………………………………………………….

19

 

Section 2.02

Loans and Borrowing………………………………………………………….

19

 

Section 2.03

Requests for Revolving Borrowings…………………………………………..

19

 

Section 2.04.

Funding of Borrowings………………………………………………………..

20

 

Section 2.05.

Interest Elections………………………………………………………………

20

 

Section 2.06.

Termination and Reduction of, and Increases in, Commitments……………..

21

 

Section 2.07.

Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt………………………………………

22

 

Section 2.08.

Prepayment of Loans…………………………………………………………..

23

 

Section 2.09.

Fees…………………………………………………………………………….

23

 

Section 2.10.

Interest…………………………………………………………………………

23

 

Section 2.11.

Alternate Rate of Interest……………………………………………...………

24

 

Section 2.12.

Increased Costs………………………………………………………………..

25

 

Section 2.13.

Break Funding Payments……………………………………………………..

26

 

Section 2.14.

Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up………………………………………..……

27

 

Section 2.15.

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs…………..……

30

 

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Section 2.16.

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders……………………………..

31

 

Section 2.17.

Defaulting Lenders…………………………………………………………….

32

 

Section 2.18

Extension of Maturity Date……………………………………………………

33

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties……………………………………………….

34

 

Section 3.01.

Existence and Standing………………………………………………………..

34

 

Section 3.02.

Authorization and Validity…………………………………………………….

34

 

Section 3.03.

No Conflict; Consent…………………………………………………………..

35

 

Section 3.04.

Financial Statements……………………………………………………………

35

 

Section 3.05.

Taxes……………………………………………………………………………

35

 

Section 3.06.

Material Adverse Change………………………………………………………

35

 

Section 3.07.

Litigation and Contingent Obligations…………………………………….......

35

 

Section 3.08.

Subsidiaries…………………………………………………………………….

36

 

Section 3.09.

ERISA………………………………………………………………………….

36

 

Section 3.10.

Accuracy of Information……………………………………………………….

36

 

Section 3.11.

Regulation U……………………………………………………………………

36

 

Section 3.12.

Material Agreements………………………………………………………..…

36

 

Section 3.13.

Compliance With Laws…………………………………………………..……

36

 

Section 3.14.

Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions…………………………………………..

36

 

Section 3.15.

Investment Company Act………………………………………………………

37

 

Section 3.16.

Insurance Licenses……………………………………………………………..

37

 

Section 3.17.

Solvency………………………………………………………………………..

37

 

Section 3.18.

Labor Controversies; Union Contracts, Etc………………………………........

37

 

Section 3.19.

Surety Obligations; Financial Assurances……………………………………..

37

 

Section 3.20.

Business Relations……………………………………………………………..

37

 

Section 3.21.

Environmental Matters……………………………………………..………….

38

 

Section 3.22.

Ranking…………………………………………………………………………

38

 

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Section 3.23.

Intellectual Property………………………………………………………..….

38

 

Section 3.24.

Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions………………………………………….

38

 

Section 3.25.

EEA Financial Institutions……………………………………………………..

38

ARTICLE IV

Conditions……………………………………………………………………………

38

 

Section 4.01.

Effective Date………………………………………………………………….

38

 

Section 4.02.

Each Loan……………………………………………………………………..

39

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants………………………………………………………………

39

 

Section 5.01.

Financial Statements…………………………………………………………..

39

 

Section 5.02.

Other Reports………………………………………………………………….

40

 

Section 5.03.

Use of Proceeds………………………………………………………………..

41

 

Section 5.04.

Notice of Default………………………………………………………………

41

 

Section 5.05.

Taxes…………………………………………………………………………..

41

 

Section 5.06.

Insurance………………………………………………………………………

41

 

Section 5.07.

Compliance with Laws………………………………………………………

42

 

Section 5.08.

Maintenance of Properties…………………………………………………….

42

 

Section 5.09.

Inspection………………………………………………………………………

42

 

Section 5.10.

Conduct of Business…………………………………………………………

42

 

Section 5.11.

Accuracy of Information……………………………………………………….

43

 

Section 5.12.

Plan Assets; Prohibited Transaction………………………………..…………

43

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants………………………………………………………………….

43

 

Section 6.01.

Dividends………………………………………………………………………

43

 

Section 6.02.

Merger………………………………………………………………………….

43

 

Section 6.03.

Sale of Assets………………………………………………………………….

44

 

Section 6.04.

Investments and Acquisitions………………………………………………….

44

 

Section 6.05.

Liens……………………………………………………………………………

44

 

Section 6.06.

Reinsurance……………………………………………………………………

46

 

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Section 6.07.

Affiliates……………………………………………………………………….

46

 

Section 6.08.

Financial Covenants…………………………………………………………

46

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default……………………………………………………………………

46

 

Section 7.01.

Events of Default………………………………………………………………

46

 

Section 7.02.

Application of Payments…………………………………………………..….

49

ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent…………………………………………………………...

49

 

Section 8.01.

Authorization and Action……………………………………………………..

49

 

Section 8.02.

Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc………………………

51

 

Section 8.03.

Posting of Communications…………………………………………………

52

 

Section 8.04.

The Administrative Agent Individually……………………………………….

53

 

Section 8.05.

Successor Administrative Agent………………………………………………

54

 

Section 8.06.

Acknowledgements of Lenders………………………………………………..

54

 

Section 8.07.

Certain ERISA Matters………………………………………………………..

55

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous………………………………………………………………………..

56

 

Section 9.01.

Notices…………………………………………………………………………

56

 

Section 9.02.

Waivers; Amendments…………………………………………………..……

58

 

Section 9.03.

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver………………………………………..

58

 

Section 9.04.

Successors and Assigns………………………………………………………..

60

 

Section 9.05.

Survival………………………………………………………………………..

63

 

Section 9.06.

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution………………

63

 

Section 9.07.

Severability…………………………………………………………………….

64

 

Section 9.08.

Right of Setoff………………………………………………..……………….

64

 

Section 9.09.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process……………..….

64

 

Section 9.10.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL…………………………………………………..

65

 

Section 9.11.

Headings……………………………………………………………………….

65

 

Section 9.12.

Confidentiality…………………………………………………………………

65

 

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Section 9.13.

Material Non-Public Information…………………………………………..…

66

 

Section 9.14.

Interest Rate Limitation……………………………………………………….

66

 

Section 9.15.

No Fiduciary Duty, etc……………………………………………………….

67

 

Section 9.16.

USA PATRIOT Act………………………………………………………......

67

 

Section 9.17.

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions…....

68

 

 

SCHEDULES:

Schedule 2.01 – Commitments

Schedule 3.08 -- Subsidiaries

Schedule 3.19 – Financial Assurance       

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B – Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C – Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibit D-1 – U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are not
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit D-2 – U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are not
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit D-3 – U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit D-4 – U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships
for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

 

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 24, 2018, among RLI CORP., the LENDERS party
hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

Section 1.01. Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings specified below:

“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bear interest at a rate determined
by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

“Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions,
consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries (a) acquires any going business or all or substantially all
of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited liability company, or division
thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (b) directly
or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in
a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the
securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of
directors (other than securities having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the
outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited liability company.

“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any
Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

“Agent Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.03(c).

“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest
of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on
such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest
Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that for the purpose of this
definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Screen
Rate (or if the LIBO Screen Rate is not available for such one month Interest
Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such
day.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate,
the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including
the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the
Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.  If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as
an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof, then the
Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall
be determined without reference to clause (c) above.  For the

 

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avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as so determined would be less
than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Annual Statement” means the annual statutory financial statement of any
Insurance Subsidiary required to be filed with the insurance commissioner (or
similar authority) of its jurisdiction of incorporation, which statement shall
be in the form required by such Insurance Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of
incorporation or, if no specific form is so required, in the form of financial
statements permitted by such insurance commissioner (or such similar authority)
to be used for filing annual statutory financial statements and shall contain
the type of information permitted by such insurance commissioner (or such
similar authority) to be disclosed therein, together with all exhibits or
schedules filed therewith.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any
jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from time to
time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

“Applicable Parties” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.03(c).

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the
total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that, in the
case of Section 2.17 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable
Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the total Commitments (disregarding any
Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment.  If the
Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be
determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to
any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of
determination.

“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Floating Rate Loan or
Eurodollar Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as
the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption
"Floating Rate Spread", "Eurodollar Spread" or "Commitment Fee Rate", as the
case may be, based upon the Moody’s Rating and the S&P Rating applicable on such
date to the Index Debt:

Index Debt Ratings:

Floating Rate Spread

Eurodollar Spread

Commitment Fee Rate

Level I Status

0.125%

1.125%

0.150%

Level II Status

0.250%

1.250%

0.175%

Level III Status

0.375%

1.375%

0.225%

 

For the purposes of this definition:

"Level I Status" exists at any date if, on such date, the Borrower's Moody’s
Rating is A3 or better or the Borrower’s S&P Rating is A- or better.

"Level II Status" exists at any date if, on such date, (i) the Borrower has not
qualified for Level I Status and (ii) the Borrower's Moody’s Rating is Baa1 or
better or the Borrower's S&P Rating is BBB+ or better.

 

 

 

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"Level III Status" exists at any date if, on such date, the Borrower has not
qualified for Level I Status or Level II Status.

"Moody’s Rating" means, at any time, the rating issued by Moody’s and then in
effect with respect to the Index Debt.

"S&P Rating" means, at any time, the rating issued by S&P and then in effect
with respect to the Index Debt.

"Status" means Level I Status, Level II Status or Level III Status.

For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if the ratings established or deemed to have
been established by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall fall within
different Levels, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the higher of the two
ratings unless one of the two ratings is two or more Levels lower than the
other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the
rating which is one Level above the lower of the two ratings, and (ii) if the
ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and S&P for
the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the
rating system of Moody’s or S&P, as applicable), such change shall be effective
as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency,
irrespective of when notice of such change shall have been furnished by the
Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.1 or
otherwise.  Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period
commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date
immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the rating
system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, if either Moody’s or S&P shall cease to
be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations or if neither Moody’s
nor S&P shall have in effect a rating for the Index Debt, then the Borrower, the
Agent and the Required Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this
definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of
ratings from such ratings agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such
amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating
most recently in effect prior to any such change or cessation. 

 “Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
8.03(a).

“Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.04(b).

“Arranger” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as sole bookrunner
and sole lead arranger hereunder.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required
by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of
Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic records generated by the use
of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to
but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of
the Commitments.

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by
the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA
Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing
Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from
time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

 

 

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“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the
subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or
has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for
the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or
liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith
determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance
of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such
proceeding or appointment or has had any order for relief in such proceeding
entered in respect thereof, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result
solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership
interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof,
unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with immunity
from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement
of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permits such Person (or
such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or
disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial
ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as
defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies,
and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset
Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

“Borrower” means RLI Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and
assigns.

“Borrowing” means Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued
on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single
Interest Period is in effect.

“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City or Chicago, Illinois are authorized or
required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a
Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.

“Capitalized Lease” of a Person means any lease of property by such Person as
lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” of a Person means the amount of the obligations
of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“CBIC” means Contractors Bonding and Insurance Co., an Illinois insurance
company.

 

 

 

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“Change in Control” means (a) a “change in control,” as defined in any
applicable state law Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act or similar
legislation, regulation, applicable insurance commission or department order,
with respect to RLIC or MHIC; (b) any “Person” or “group” (as such terms are
used in Sections 13d and 14d of the 1934 Act, is or shall become the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the 1934 Act) directly or
indirectly, of 25% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting capital stock
interest of the Borrower; (c) during any period of 12 consecutive calendar
months, commencing on the date hereof, the ceasing of those individuals (the
“Continuing Directors”) who (i) were directors of the Borrower on the first day
of each such period or (ii) subsequently became directors of the Borrower and
whose initial election or initial nomination for election subsequent to that
date was approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors then on the board of
directors of the Borrower, to constitute a majority of the board of directors of
the Borrower; (d) the Borrower shall cease to own beneficially and of record,
free and clear of all Liens, other encumbrances or voting agreements,
restrictions or trusts of any kind, 100% of the outstanding shares of voting
stock of RLIC on a fully diluted basis; or (e) RLIC shall cease to own
beneficially and of record, free and clear of all Liens, other encumbrances or
voting agreements, restrictions or trusts of any kind, 100% of the outstanding
shares of voting shock of MHIC on a fully diluted basis.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement or, with
respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to
this Agreement) of (a) the adoption of or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or
in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by
any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of
Section 2.12(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s
holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after
the date of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary,  (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in
connection therewith or in the implementation thereof and (y) all requests,
rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International
Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or
similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in
each case pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change
in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

“Charges” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.14.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender
to make Revolving Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the
maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder,
as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06
and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to
such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption or
other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70)
of the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code) as provided in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C),
pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as
applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is
$50,000,000.

“Communications” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.03(c).

“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or
measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or
branch profits Taxes.

 

 

 

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“Consolidated Indebtedness” means at any time the Indebtedness of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time.

“Consolidated Net Worth” means at any time the consolidated stockholders’ equity
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of
such time.

“Consolidated Total Capitalization” means at any time the sum of Consolidated
Indebtedness and Consolidated Net Worth, each calculated at such time.

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent or any other Lender.

“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or
which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become
an Event of Default.

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business
Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its
Loans, or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid
by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies
the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such
Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding
(specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not
been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or
has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to
comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such
writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such
Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically
identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under
this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which
it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after
request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in
writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its
obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund
prospective Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to
be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s
receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the
Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of (A) a Bankruptcy Event or
(B) a Bail-In Action.

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) of any property
by any Person (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any issuance of
Equity Interests by a Subsidiary of such Person), including any sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes
or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any institution established in any EEA
Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution
Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent
of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any
institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an
institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to
consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

 

 

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“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union,
Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any
Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country
(including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA
Financial Institution.

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in
Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

“Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached
to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with
the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances,
orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued,
promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way
to (i) the environment, (ii) preservation or reclamation of natural resources,
(iii) the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or
(iv) health and safety matters.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or
indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law,
(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the
environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.

“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests,
membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a
trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options
or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such
equity interest, but excluding any debt securities convertible into any of the
foregoing.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or Section 4001(14) of ERISA or, solely for
purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an
event for which the 30 day notice period is waived); (b) the failure to satisfy
the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to
Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a
waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of
any notice relating to an intention by the PBGC to terminate any Plan or Plans
or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the
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of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
concerning the imposition upon the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of
Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is
expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV
of ERISA.

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule
published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect
from time to time.

“Eurodollar” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a
rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate (or, in the case of a
Competitive Loan, the LIBO Rate).

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to
a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a
Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated),
franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result
of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal
office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in,
the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or
(ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Federal
withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such
Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant
to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest
in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the
Borrower under Section 2.16(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office,
except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.14, amounts with
respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately
before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment or
to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes
attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.14(f) and (d)
any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.18(a).

“Extending Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(b)(ii).

“Extension Request” means a written request from the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent requesting an extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to
Section 2.18.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this
Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable
and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future
regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into
pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory
legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental
agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing
such Sections of the Code.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the
NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions,
as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website
from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the
NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate, provided that if the Federal Funds
Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be
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“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States of America.

“FHLB Agreement” means any loan agreement or other instrument or agreement
governing Indebtedness entered into between RLIC or MHIC and the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Chicago.

“Financial Assurance” means any financial assurance (whether in the form of a
bond, letter of credit, cash or otherwise) required pursuant to any Act, other
than insurance policies and bonds issued by any Insurance Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business.

“Financial Hedge” means a swap, collar, floor, cap or other contract which is
intended to reduce or eliminate the risk of fluctuations in interest rates.

“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting
officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.

“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is
not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that
is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in
which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America,
any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local,
and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank
or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory
or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person
(the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or
lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or
liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any
letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or
obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

“Hazardous Materials”  means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes
and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other
substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Impacted Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of
“LIBO Rate.”

“Indebtedness” of a Person means such Person’s (a) obligations for borrowed
money, including, without limitation, obligations under any FHLB Agreement, (b)
obligations representing the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such Person’s
business payable on terms customary in the trade), (c) obligations, whether or
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by Liens or payable out of the proceeds or production from property now or
hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (d) obligations which are evidenced
by notes, acceptances, or other instruments, (e) obligations to purchase
securities or other property arising out of or in connection with the sale of
the same or substantially similar securities or property, (f) Capitalized Lease
Obligations, (g) obligations arising in respect of reverse repurchase
transactions, (h) reimbursement obligations arising in respect of drawn and
undrawn Letters of Credit, (i) senior obligations with respect to Financial
Hedges, but only following the occurrence of a default under the applicable
Financial Hedge or an Event of Default hereunder, (j) senior obligations with
respect to debt for which a Person is responsible or liable solely as a
guarantor, but only from and after the date demand for payment is made under the
applicable guaranty, and (k) any other obligation for borrowed money or other
financial accommodation which in accordance with GAAP would be shown as a
liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or
with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described
in (a) hereof, Other Taxes.

“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.03(b).

“Ineligible Institution” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.04(b).

“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money
of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any
other credit enhancement.

“Information” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.12.

“Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is engaged in the insurance
business.

“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or
continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05, which shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of
each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, and (b) with
respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable
to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day
prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and the Maturity
Date.

“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period
would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next
calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next
preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar
Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a
day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar
month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last
calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a
Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in
the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the
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“Interpolated  Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per
annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate)
determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive
and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from
interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the
longest period for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than
the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest
period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted
Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

“Investment” of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel
and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of
business), extension of credit (other than premiums or accounts receivable
arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade) or
contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership
interests, notes, debentures or other securities owned by such Person; any
deposit accounts and certificate of deposit owned by such Person; and structured
notes, derivative financial instruments and other similar instruments or
contracts owned by such Person.

“Investment Grade Obligations” means, as of any date for each Insurance
Subsidiary, Investments having an NAIC investment rating of 1 or 2, or a
Standard & Poor’s rating within the range of ratings from AAA to BBB-, or a
Moody’s rating within the range of ratings from Aaa to Baa3.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“Lender Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such
Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that
shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or
otherwise, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant
to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise.

“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest
Period, the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that
if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest
Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”) then the LIBO Rate shall be the
Interpolated Rate.

“LIBO Screen Rate”  means, for any day and time, with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as
administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes
over the administration of such rate for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in
length to such Interest Period as displayed on such day and time on pages
LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the
event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or
substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate
page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to
time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion);
provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate as so determined would be less than zero,
such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

“License” means any license, certificate of authority, permit or other
authorization which is required to be obtained from any Governmental Authority
in connection with the operation, ownership or transaction of insurance
business.

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of
such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease
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substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such
asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar
right of a third party with respect to such securities.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, including schedules and exhibits hereto,
and any agreements entered into in connection herewith by the Borrower with or
in favor of the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, including this
Agreement, the notes, any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto or
waivers thereof, legal opinions issued in connection with the other Loan
Documents, and any other documents prepared in connection with the other Loan
Documents, if any.

“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement.

“Margin Stock” means margin stock within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X,
as applicable.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower
to perform any of its Obligations or (c) the validity or enforceability of any
of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agent or the Lenders
thereunder.

“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans), or
obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$10,000,000.  For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal
amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any
Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect
to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be
required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.

“Material Indebtedness Agreement” means any agreement under which any Material
Indebtedness was created or is governed or which provides for the incurrence of
Indebtedness in an amount which would constitute Material Indebtedness (whether
or not an amount of Indebtedness constituting Material Indebtedness is
outstanding thereunder).

“Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Lender, the later of (a) May 24, 2020
and (b) if the maturity date is extended for such Lender pursuant to Section
2.18, such extended maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section;
provided,  however, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the
Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.14.

“MHIC” means Mt. Hawley Insurance Company, an Illinois insurance company.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA.

“NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any
successor thereto, or in lieu thereof, any other association, agency or other
organization performing advisory, coordination or other like functions among
insurance departments, insurance commissioners and similar Governmental
Authorities of the various states of the United States toward the promotion of
uniformity in the practices of such Governmental Authorities.

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“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

“NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective
Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on
such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately
preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for
any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a
federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the
Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected
by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined be
less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this
Agreement.

“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, the Borrower arising under any Loan Document or
otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those
acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after
the commencement by or against the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof of any
proceeding under any debtor relief laws naming such Person as the debtor in such
proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed or
allowable claims in such proceeding.  Without limiting the foregoing, the
Obligations include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, charges,
expenses, fees, indemnities and other amounts payable by the Borrower under any
Loan Document and (b) the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse any amount in
respect of any of the foregoing that the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in
each case in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of the
Borrower.

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as
a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the
jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such
Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its
obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security
interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any
Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary,
intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made
under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration
of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise
with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other
Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment
made pursuant to Section 2.16).

“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both
overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed
banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be
determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time,
and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight
bank funding rate.

“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

“Patriot Act” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.16.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in
ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
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“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

“Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by
Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal
as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote
such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve
Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest
Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted
therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative
Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the
Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and
including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being
effective.

“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S.
Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

“Quarterly Statement” means the quarterly statutory financial statement of any
Insurance Subsidiary required to be filed with the insurance commissioner (or
similar authority) of its jurisdiction of incorporation or, if no specific form
is so required, in the form of financial statements permitted by such insurance
commissioner (or such similar authority) to be used for filing quarterly
statutory financial statements and shall contain the type of financial
information permitted by such insurance commissioner (or such similar authority)
to be disclosed therein, together with all exhibits or schedules filed
therewith.

“Rating Agency” means each of S&P and Moody’s.

“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender, as
applicable.

“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect
from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.

“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect
from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect
from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.

“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect
from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and
advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

“Replacement Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(c).

“Required Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.17, at any time, Lenders having
Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of
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Exposure and unused Commitments at such time; provided that for the purpose of
determining the Required Lenders needed for any waiver, amendment, modification
or consent, any Lender that is the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower
shall be disregarded.

“Response Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(a).

“Responsible Officer” means the president, Financial Officer or other executive
officer of the Borrower.

“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the
sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans at such
time.

“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.

“Risk Based Capital Act” means the Risk-Based Capital for Property and Casualty
Insurers Model Act and the rules, regulations and procedures prescribed from
time to time by the NAIC with respect thereto, in each case as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time by the NAIC.

“Risk-Based Capital Guidelines” is defined in Section 3.2.

“RLIC” means RLI Insurance Company, an Illinois insurance company.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial
Services LLC business.

“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is
itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement,
Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any
Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of
State, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country,
(c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in
the foregoing clauses (a) or (b), or (d) any Person otherwise the subject of any
Sanctions.

“Sanctions”  means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes
imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government,
including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State.

“SAP” means, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the statutory accounting
practices prescribed or permitted by the insurance commissioner (or other
similar authority) in the jurisdiction of such Person for the preparation of
annual statements and other financial reports by insurance companies of the same
type as such Person in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent
with those used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section
6.1.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United State of
America.

“Solvent” means, as to any Person as of any date of determination, that on such
date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total
amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the
present fair saleable value of such Person is not less than the amount that will
be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts, including
contingent debts, as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not
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debts or liabilities, including contingent debts and liabilities, beyond such
Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such
Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage
in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would
constitute an unreasonably small capital.  The amount of any contingent
liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of
the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that
can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“Statutory Net Income” means, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary at any
time, the net income of such Insurance Subsidiary at such time, as determined in
accordance with SAP.

“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the
numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number
one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any
marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal
established by the Federal Reserve Board to which the Administrative Agent is
subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding
(currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D).  Such
reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation
D.  Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to
be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for
proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any
Lender under Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve
Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in any reserve percentage.

“Statutory Surplus as Regards Policyholders” means, with respect to any
Insurance Subsidiary at any time, the capital and surplus of such Insurance
Subsidiary at such time, as determined in accordance with SAP.

“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the
parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50%
of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a
partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such
date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise
Controlled by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

“Substantial Portion” means, with respect to the property of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, property which represents more than 10% of the consolidated
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or property which is responsible for
more than 10% of the consolidated net revenue of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, in each case, as would be shown in the consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the beginning of the
twelve-month period ending with the month in which such determination is made
(or if financial statements have not been delivered hereunder for that month
which begins the twelve-month period, then the financial statements delivered
hereunder for the quarter ending immediately prior to that month).

“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future
or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled
by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt
instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures
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transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for
payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors,
officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be
a Swap Agreement.

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings (including backup withholding), value added taxes, or any other
goods and services, use or sales taxes, assessments, fees or other charges
imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax
or penalties applicable thereto.

“Total Invested Assets” means, as of any date, as to each Insurance Subsidiary,
the amount of such Insurance Subsidiary’s cash and invested assets calculated in
accordance with SAP.

“Total Revolving Credit Exposure” means, the sum of the outstanding principal
amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Loans.

“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of
this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof.

“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the
rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3).

“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are
defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution
Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority
from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member
Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In
Legislation Schedule.

Section 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes of this
Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar
Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a
“Eurodollar Borrowing”).

Section 1.03. Terms Generally.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including”
shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
“shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from
time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein),
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and
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construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits
and Schedules to, this Agreement, (e) any reference to any law, rule or
regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law, rule or
regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and (f) the
words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

Section 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP.   Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP or SAP, as applicable, as in effect from time to time,
unless otherwise specified; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the
Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision
hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in
GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an
amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any
such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application
thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in
effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective
until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in
accordance herewith.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all
terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and
all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without
giving effect to (i) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board
Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Financial Accounting
Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other
liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined
therein and (ii) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt
instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other
Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a
similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or
bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times
be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.

(a) References herein to particular columns, lines or sections of any Person’s
Annual Statement shall be deemed, where appropriate, to be references to the
corresponding column, line or section of such Person’s Quarterly Statement, or
if no such corresponding column, line or section exists or if any report form
changes, then to the corresponding item referenced thereby.  In the event that
the columns, lines or sections of the Annual Statement referenced herein are
changed or renumbered, all such references shall be deemed references to such
column, line or section as so renumbered or changed.  References herein to the
Risk Based Capital Act shall be deemed to be references to such act as in effect
on the date of this Agreement; provided, that the Agent, the Lenders and the
Borrower agree to make mutually acceptable modifications to Section 6.18 hereof
following the request by any thereof upon any modification to such act.

(c)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 1.04(a) or in
the definition of “Capitalized Lease Obligations,” in the event of an accounting
change requiring all leases to be capitalized, only those leases (assuming for
purposes hereof that such leases were in existence on the date hereof) that
would constitute capital leases in conformity with GAAP on the date hereof shall
be considered capital leases, and all calculations and deliverables under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made or delivered, as applicable,
in accordance therewith.

Section 1.05. Interest Rates.  The Administrative Agent does not warrant or
accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the
administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the
definition of “LIBO Rate” or with respect to any comparable or successor rate
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ARTICLE II

The Credits

Section 2.01. Commitments.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to
time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will
not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.07) in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure
exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b)  the Total Revolving Credit Exposure
exceeding the total Commitments.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and
reborrow Revolving Loans.

Section 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.   Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part
of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with their respective Commitments.  The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several
and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans
as required.

(a) Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised
entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in
accordance herewith, Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by
causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such
Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation
of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.

(b) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $500,000.  At the time that each
ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount
that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $100,000; provided
that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to
the entire unused balance of the total Commitments.  Borrowings of more than one
Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any
time be more than a total of six (6) Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings
outstanding.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall
not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if
the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity
Date.

Section 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings.  To request a Revolving
Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by
submitting a Borrowing Request (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not
later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, two Business Days before the date of the
proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00
noon, Chicago time, the date of the proposed Borrowing.  Each such Borrowing
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower.  Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the following information
in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar
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(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be
applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of
the term “Interest Period”; and

(v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04.

If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the
requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.  If no Interest Period
is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then
the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with
this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details
thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the
requested Borrowing.

Section 2.04. Funding of Borrowings.   Each Lender shall make each Loan to be
made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof solely by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, by 2:00 p.m., Chicago time, to the account of the
Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice
to the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the
Borrower by promptly crediting the funds so received in the aforesaid account of
the Administrative Agent to an account of the Borrower maintained with the
Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Borrower in the
applicable Borrowing Request.

(a) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender
prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available
on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the
applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable
Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the
case of such Lender, the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable
to ABR Loans.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then
such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

Section 2.05. Interest Elections.   Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be
of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as
specified in such Borrowing Request.  Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to
convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in
the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods
therefor, all as provided in this Section.  The Borrower may elect different
options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which
case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion
shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

(a) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such election by the time that a Borrowing Request would
be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving
Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective
date of such election.  Each such Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable
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(b) Each Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in
compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if
different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof,
the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case
the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall
be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election
Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar
Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period
to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a
period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does
not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(c) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(d) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with
respect to a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided
herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to
an ABR Borrowing.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the
request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an
Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be
converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end
of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

Section 2.06. Termination and Reduction of, and Increases in, Commitments. 
 Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity
Date.

(a) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the
Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an
amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000 and
(ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving
effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with
Section 2.08, the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the total
Commitments.

(b) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to
terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least
three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or
reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof.  Promptly
following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant
to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of
the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is
conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case
such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative
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termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction
of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with
their respective Commitments.

(c) The Borrower may, at its option, on up to two occasions, seek to increase
the aggregate Commitments by up to an aggregate amount of $25,000,000 (resulting
in a maximum aggregate Commitment of $75,000,000) upon at least three (3)
Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent, which notice shall specify the
amount of any such increase and shall be delivered at a time when no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  The Borrower shall, after
giving such notice, first offer the increase in the aggregate Commitment on a
ratable basis to the Lenders (which may be declined by any Lender in its sole
discretion).  If any existing Lender does not accept the offer to increase its
Commitment, the Borrower may offer the amount so declined to one or more Lenders
and/or to other Lenders or entities reasonably acceptable to the Agent.  No
increase in the aggregate Commitment shall become effective until the existing
or new Lenders extending such incremental Commitment amount and the Borrower
shall have delivered to the Agent a document in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Agent pursuant to which any such existing Lender states the amount of its
Commitment increase,  any such new Lender states its Commitment amount and
agrees to assume and accept the obligations and rights of a Lender hereunder and
the Borrower accepts such incremental Commitments.  The Lenders (new or
existing) shall accept an assignment from the existing Lenders, and the existing
Lenders shall make an assignment to the new or existing Lender accepting a new
or increased Commitment, of a direct or participation interest in each then
outstanding Advance such that, after giving effect thereto, all credit exposure
hereunder is held ratably by the Lenders in proportion to their respective
Commitments.  Assignments pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made in
exchange for the principal amount assigned plus accrued and unpaid interest and
facility fees.  The Borrower shall make any payments under Section 2.13
resulting from such assignments.  Any such increase of the aggregate Commitment
shall be subject to receipt by the Agent from the Borrower of resolutions
approving the increase in the aggregate Commitment and such other supplemental
opinions, resolutions, certificates and other documents as the Agent may
reasonably request.

Section 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.   The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the
Maturity Date.

(a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account
or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record
(i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest
Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and
payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder
and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(c) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or
(c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts
of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or
the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall
not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory
note.  In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such
Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such
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the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory
note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment
pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such
form.

Section 2.08. Prepayment of Loans.   The Borrower shall have the right at any
time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject
to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.

(a) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative  Agent by telephone (confirmed
by  electronic mail) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment
of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time,
three Business Days before the date of prepayment,  or (ii) in the case of
prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago
time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment.  Each such notice shall be
irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of
each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of
prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of
the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.06, then such notice of prepayment
may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with
Section 2.06.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a
Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the
contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be
in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving
Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a
Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the
prepaid Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the
extent required by Section 2.10 and any break funding payments required by
Section 2.13.

Section 2.09. Fees.   The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the
Applicable Rate on the daily unused portion of the Commitment of such Lender
(whether used or unused) during the period from and including the date hereof to
but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates.  Commitment fees
accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and
December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth day following
the such last day and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing
on the first such date to occur after the date hereof.  All commitment fees
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for
the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the
last day).

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account,
fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(b) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately
available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of
commitment fees, to the Lenders.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any
circumstances.

Section 2.10. Interest.   The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear
interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(a) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest in the
case of a Eurodollar Revolving Loan, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest
Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.10 or
otherwise, during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default the Required
Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be
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provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes
in interest rates), declare that no Loan may be made as, converted into or
continued as a Eurodollar Loan.  During the continuance of an Event of Default
the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which
notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any
provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes
in interest rates), declare that (i) each Eurodollar Advance shall bear interest
for the remainder of the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise
applicable to such Interest Period plus 2% per annum and (ii) each ABR Loan
shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to ABR
Loans in effect from time to time plus 2% per annum, provided that, during the
continuance of an Event of Default under Section 7.6 or 7.7, the interest rates
set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall be applicable to all Loans without
any election or action on the part of the Agent or any Lender.

(c) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest
Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination
of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (d)
of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment
or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan
prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal
amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or
prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Revolving
Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest
on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(d) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days,
except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times
when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall
be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day).  The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate
or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

Section 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest.  (a)  If prior to the commencement of
any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable (including
because the LIBO Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis),
for such Interest Period; or

(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the
Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period
will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or
maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the
Lenders by telephone or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter
and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that
the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or
continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be
ineffective, and (B) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided that if
the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings,
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(e) If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth
in clause (a)(i) have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary
or (ii) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) have not arisen but either
(w) the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a
public statement that the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate is insolvent
(and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the
LIBOR Screen Rate), (x) the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a
public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate
will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published by it (and there is no
successor administrator that will continue publication of the LIBOR Screen
Rate), (y) the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made
a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate
will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published or (z) the supervisor for
the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement
identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate may no longer be
used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the
LIBO Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention
for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at
such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such
alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as
may be applicable (but for the avoidance of doubt, such related changes shall
not include a reduction of the Applicable Rate); provided that, if such
alternate rate of interest as so determined would be less than zero, such rate
shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, such amendment shall become effective
without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so
long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business
Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the
Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Required
Lenders object to such amendment.  Until an alternate rate of interest shall be
determined in accordance with this clause (b) (but, in the case of the
circumstances described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this Section
2.14(b), only to the extent the LIBO Screen Rate for such Interest Period is not
available or published at such time on a current basis), (x) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or
continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be
ineffective, and (y) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided that, if
such alternate rate of interest as so determined would be less than zero, such
rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.12. Increased Costs.   If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or
similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge
or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or
credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in
the Adjusted LIBO Rate);

(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition,
cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by
such Lender; or

(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B)
Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes
and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of
credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other
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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting or maintaining
any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce
the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such other
Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the
Borrower will pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be,
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such other
Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered.

(f) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or
liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding
company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such
Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company
could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such
Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect
to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay
to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender
or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(g) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to
compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified
in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender
the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof.

(h) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant
to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand
such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to
compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or
reductions incurred more than 120 days prior to the date that such Lender
notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs
or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor;
provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs
or reductions is retroactive, then the 120-day period referred to above shall be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

Section 2.13. Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the payment of any
principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest
Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default),
(b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue
or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered
pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under
Section 2.08(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment
of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.16, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender
for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.  In the case of a
Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to
include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan
had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been
applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last
day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure
to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest
Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on
such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender
would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar
deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar
market.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that
such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered
to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower
shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10
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Section 2.14. Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up.     Payments Free of Taxes.  Any
and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any
Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes,
except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in
the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the
deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding
agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such
deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or
withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower
shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has
been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding
been made.

(a) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower.  The Borrower shall timely pay to
the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the
option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.

(b) Evidence of Payments.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by
the Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a
receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of
the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(c) Indemnification by the Borrower.  The Borrower shall indemnify each
Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such
Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such
Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or
asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount
of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf
or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Indemnification by the Lenders.  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the
Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any
Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the
Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such
Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so),
(ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the
provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant
Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case,
that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan
Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the
relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment
or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing
to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the
Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due
to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

(e) Status of Lenders.   Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan
Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time
or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such
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Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding
or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other
documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to
backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion,
execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation
set forth in Section 2.14(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be
required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or
submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or
expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such
Lender.

(i) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the
Borrower is a U.S. Person,

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a
Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the
reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), an executed
copy of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal
backup withholding tax;

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so,
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies
as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such
Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time
thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of
interest under any Loan Document, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS
Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal
withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y)
with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form
W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of,
U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other
income” article of such tax treaty;

(2) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will
generate U.S. effectively connected income, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for
portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender
is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10
percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B)
of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section
881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) an
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(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an executed copy
of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, IRS Form
W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
E-2 or Exhibit E-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each
beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a
partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender
are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-4 on
behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so,
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies
as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such
Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time
thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a
basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding
Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be
prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to
U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to
comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those
contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender
shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times
prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law
(including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such
additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such
Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine
the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of
this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the
date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered
expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such
form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds.  If any party determines, in its sole
discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes
as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section  (including by the
payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the
indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise
to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such
indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the
relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying
party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such
indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such
refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay
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would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position
than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to
indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld
or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with
respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed
to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other
information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the
indemnifying party or any other Person.

(g) Survival.  Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the
resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of
rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments
and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan
Document.

(h) Defined Terms.  For purposes of this Section, the term “applicable law”
includes FATCA.

Section 2.15. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.   The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of
principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.12,  2.13 or
2.14, or otherwise) prior to 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date when due, in
immediately available funds, without setoff, recoupment or counterclaim.  Any
amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments
shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 South Dearborn,
Chicago, Illinois, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.12,  2.13,  2.14
and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  The
Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the
account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following
receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a
Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest
thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments
hereunder shall be made in dollars.

(a) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the
Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees
then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of
interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto
in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties,
and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among
the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then
due to such parties.

(b) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or
otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of
its Revolving Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater
proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and accrued interest
thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value)
participations in the Revolving Loans to the extent necessary so that the
benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations
are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is
recovered,  such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the
provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made
by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this
Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or
participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof
(as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).  The Borrower
consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
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to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff
and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender
were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(c) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such
payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if the
Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally
agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so
distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of
payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules
on interbank compensation.

Section 2.16. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.   If any Lender
requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay
any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such
Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment
of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce
amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.14, as the case may be, in the
future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower
hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in
connection with any such designation or assignment.

(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower
is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or
any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to
Section 2.14, or if any Lender becomes Defaulting Lender, or if any Lender does
not consent to any proposed amendment, supplement, modification, consent or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that
requires the consent of each of the Lenders or each of the Lenders affected
thereby has been obtained), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and
effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such
Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject
to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other
than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2.12 or 2.14) and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents  to an assignee
that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a
Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have
received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment
of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the
assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and
fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case
of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.  A
Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation
cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment required pursuant to
this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed
by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent
applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference
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parties are participants), and (b) the Lender required to make such assignment
need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and
shall be deemed to have consented to an be bound by the terms thereof; provided
that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to
such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to
evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender,
provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the
parties thereto.

Section 2.17. Defaulting Lenders.

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender
becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so
long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such
Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.09(a);

(b) any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether
voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 7.02 or otherwise) or
received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to
Section 9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the
Administrative Agent as follows:  first, to the payment of any amounts owing by
such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the
Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the
funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to
fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the
Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to
satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with
respect to Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts
owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result
of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or
under any other Loan Document; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default
exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against
such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its
obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and seventh,
to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent
jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal
amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully
funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment
shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro
rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting
Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in
accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to clause (d) below.  Any
payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender
that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post
cash collateral pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected
by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto; and

(c) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall
not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may
take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or
other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that this clause (c)
shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment,
waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender
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Section 2.18. Extension of Maturity Date.   The Borrower may, by delivering an
Extension Request to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly deliver a copy
to each of the Lenders), not less than 60 days in advance of the Maturity Date
in effect at such time (the “Existing Maturity Date”), request that the Lenders
extend the Existing Maturity Date for a period of 364 days; provided, that no
such notice may be given at any time that a year or more remains under the
existing term of the Revolving Credit Facility. Each Lender, acting in its sole
discretion, shall, by written notice to the Administrative Agent given not later
than the date that is the 20th day after the date of the Extension Request, or
if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (the
“Response Date”), advise the Administrative Agent in writing whether or not such
Lender agrees to the requested extension. Each Lender that advises the
Administrative Agent that it will not extend the Existing Maturity Date is
referred to herein as a “Non-extending Lender”; provided, that any Lender that
does not advise the Administrative Agent of its consent to such requested
extension by the Response Date and any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender on the
Response Date shall be deemed to be a Non-extending Lender. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrower, in writing, of the Lenders’ elections promptly
following the Response Date. The election of any Lender to agree to such an
extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree. The Maturity Date may
be extended no more than two times pursuant to this Section 2.18.

  If, by the Response Date, Lenders holding Commitments that aggregate 50% or
more of the total Commitments shall constitute Non-extending Lenders, then the
Existing Maturity Date shall not be extended and the outstanding principal
balance of all Loans and other amounts payable hereunder shall be payable, and
the Commitments shall terminate, on the Existing Maturity Date in effect prior
to such extension.

(i) If (and only if), by the Response Date, Lenders holding Commitments that
aggregate more than 50% of the total Commitments shall have agreed to extend the
Existing Maturity Date (each such consenting Lender, an “Extending Lender”),
then effective as of the Existing Maturity Date, the Maturity Date for such
Extending Lenders shall be extended for a period of 364 days (subject to
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.18(d)). In the event of
such extension, the Commitment of each Non-extending Lender shall terminate on
the Existing Maturity Date in effect for such Non-extending Lender prior to such
extension and the outstanding principal balance of all Loans and other amounts
payable hereunder to such Non-extending Lender shall become due and payable on
such Existing Maturity Date and, subject to Section 2.18(c) below, the total
Commitments hereunder shall be reduced by the Commitments of the Non-extending
Lenders so terminated on such Existing Maturity Date.

(d) In the event of any extension of the Existing Maturity Date pursuant to
Section 2.18(b)(ii), the Borrower shall have the right on or before the Existing
Maturity Date, at its own expense, to require any Non-extending Lender to
transfer and assign without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions contained in Section 9.04) all its interests, rights (other than
its rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.12,  Section 2.13,  Section 2.14 or
Section 9.03 arising prior to the effectiveness of such assignment) and
obligations under this Agreement to one or more banks or other financial
institutions identified to the Non-extending Lender by the Borrower, which may
include any existing Lender (each a “Replacement Lender”), provided that (i)
such Replacement Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to
the approval of the Administrative Agent (such approvals to not be unreasonably
withheld) to the extent the consent of the Administrative Agent would be
required to effect an assignment under Section 9.04(b), (ii) such assignment
shall become effective as of a date specified by the Borrower (which shall not
be later than the Existing Maturity Date in effect for such Non-extending Lender
prior to the effective date of the requested extension) and (iii) the
Replacement Lender shall pay to such Non-extending Lender in immediately
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the date of payment on the outstanding principal amount Loans made by it
hereunder and all other amounts accrued and unpaid for its account or otherwise
owed to it hereunder on such date.

(e) As a condition precedent to each such extension of the Existing Maturity
Date pursuant to Section 2.18(b)(ii), the Borrower shall (i) deliver to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the Existing
Maturity Date signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that,
as of such date, both before and immediately after giving effect to such
extension, (A) the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in
this Agreement shall be true and correct and (B) no Default shall have occurred
and be continuing and (ii) make such prepayments of the outstanding Loans as
shall be required such that, after giving effect to the termination of the
Commitments of the Non-extending Lenders pursuant to Section 2.18(b) and any
assignment pursuant to Section 2.18(c), the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure
does not exceed the aggregate amount of Commitments being extended.

(f) For the avoidance of doubt, no consent of any Lender (other than the
existing Lenders participating in the extension of the Existing Maturity Date)
shall be required for any extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to this
Section 2.18 and the operation of this Section 2.18 in accordance with its terms
is not an amendment subject to Section 9.02.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

Section 3.01. Existence and Standing.  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
is a corporation, partnership (in the case of Subsidiaries only) or limited
liability company duly and properly incorporated or organized, as the case may
be, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization and has all requisite authority to conduct its business and (to the
extent such concept applies to such entity) is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, the failure of which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.02. Authorization and Validity.  The Borrower has the power and
authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it
is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder.  The execution and
delivery by the Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the
performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper
corporate proceedings, and the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable
against the Borrower in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

Section 3.03. No Conflict; Consent.  Neither the execution and delivery by the
Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor the consummation of
the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions
thereof will violate (a) any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree or award binding on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
or (b) the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s articles or certificate of
incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, articles or
certificate of organization, by-laws, or operating or other management
agreement, as the case may be, or (c) the provisions of any indenture,
instrument or agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or is subject, or by which it, or its property, is bound, or conflict with
or constitute a default thereunder, or result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any Lien in, of or on the property of the Borrower or a Subsidiary
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such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No
order, consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or validation
of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or other action
in respect of any Person (including any governmental or public body or
authority, or any subdivision thereof), which has not been obtained by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, is required to be obtained by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of the
Loan Documents, the borrowings under this Agreement, the payment and performance
by the Borrower of the Obligations or the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.

Section 3.04. Financial Statements.  The Borrower has heretofore furnished to
each of the Lenders (a) the December 31, 2017 audited consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) the December 31, 2017
Annual Statement of each of RLIC, CBIC and MHIC (collectively, the “Financial
Statements”).  Each of the Financial Statements was prepared in accordance with
GAAP or SAP, as applicable, and such Financial Statements fairly present the
consolidated (to the extent applicable) financial condition and operations of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or such Insurance Subsidiary, as applicable,
at such dates and the consolidated results of their operations for the
respective periods then ended (except, in the case of such unaudited statements,
for normal year-end audit adjustments).

Section 3.05. Taxes.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all United
States federal tax returns and all other tax returns which are required to be
filed and have paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any
assessment received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except such
taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate
reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and as to which no Lien
exists.  To the Borrower’s knowledge, no tax Liens have been filed and no claims
are being asserted with respect to any such taxes.

Section 3.06. Material Adverse Change.  Since December 31, 2017, there has been
no change in the business, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or
results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.07. Litigation and Contingent Obligations.  There is no litigation,
arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to
the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against or affecting the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which seeks to
prevent, enjoin or delay the making of any Loans.  The Borrower has no material
contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements
referred to in Section 5.01, other than any liabilities which could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.08. Subsidiaries.  Schedule 3.08 contains an accurate list of all
Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth
their respective jurisdictions of organization and the percentage of their
respective capital stock or other ownership interests owned by the Borrower or
other Subsidiaries.  All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock
or other ownership interests of such Subsidiaries have been (to the extent such
concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized
and issued and are fully paid and non‑assessable.

Section 3.09. ERISA.  No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which
liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The present value of all accumulated
benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date
of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair
market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all
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Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most
recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market
value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount, in any such
case, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.10. Accuracy of Information.  No information, exhibit or report
furnished by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Agent or to any
Lender in connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the Loan
Documents contained any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a
material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading.    As of the Closing Date, the information included in the
Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

Section 3.11. Regulation U.  The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage,
principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing
or carrying Margin Stock, or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Borrowing hereunder
will be used to buy or carry any Margin Stock.  Following the application of the
proceeds of each Borrowing, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either
of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis) will be Margin Stock.

Section 3.12. Material Agreements.  Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is a
party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other
corporate restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.  Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or
conditions contained in (a) any agreement to which it is a party, which default
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) any
agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness.

Section 3.13. Compliance With Laws.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have
complied with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and
restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or
agency thereof having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective
businesses or the ownership of their respective property except for any failure
to comply with any of the foregoing which could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.    No Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 3.14. Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions.  None of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries holds “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset
Regulations), and, subject to the accuracy of the representations set forth in
Section 8.07, neither the execution, delivery  or  performance of the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement, including the making of any Loan
hereunder, will give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section
406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

Section 3.15. Investment Company Act.  Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary
is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”,
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 3.16. Insurance Licenses.  No license (including, without limitation,
licenses or certificates of authority from applicable insurance departments),
permit or authorization to transact insurance business held by any Insurance
Subsidiary, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, is the subject of a proceeding for suspension or revocation.  To
the Borrower’s knowledge, there is no sustainable basis for such suspension or
revocation, and no such suspension or revocation has been threatened by any
Governmental Authority.

Section 3.17. Solvency.  Immediately after the consummation of the transactions
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after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, (a) the
fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that
will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities
become absolute and matured; (c) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become
absolute and matured; and (d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to
conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now
conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the date hereof.

Section 3.18. Labor Controversies; Union Contracts, Etc.  There are no labor
controversies pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against
the Borrower, which if adversely determined could have a Material Adverse
Effect.  There are no pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened or
anticipated (a) employment discrimination charges or complaints against or
involving the Borrower before any governmental Person or (b) unfair labor
practice charges or complaints, disputes or grievances or arbitration
proceedings or controversies affecting the Borrower, which, in any such case, if
adversely determined, could have a Material Adverse Effect.  There are no
collective bargaining agreements covering any of the employees of the Borrower.

Section 3.19. Surety Obligations; Financial Assurances.  The Borrower is not
obligated as surety or indemnitor under any surety or similar bond or other
contract and has not issued or entered into any agreement to assure payment,
performance or completion of performance of any undertaking or obligation of any
Person, except, in any such case, in the ordinary course of business.  As of the
date of this Agreement, the Borrower has not posted or placed any Financial
Assurance except as indicated in Schedule 3.19 hereto.

Section 3.20. Business Relations.  There exists no actual or threatened
termination, cancellation, or adverse limitation of, or any adverse modification
or change in, the contractual and/or business relationship between the Borrower
and any owner/lessor of any facility utilized in the Borrower’s business,
municipality, customer and/or supplier, and there exists no present condition or
state of facts or circumstances in such relations, which in each case would have
a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.21. Environmental Matters.  Except with respect to any matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
(i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or
comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability,
(iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental
Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

Section 3.22. Ranking.  The Obligations will rank at least pari passu with all
Indebtedness of the Borrower, except Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted
under Section 6.15.

Section 3.23. Intellectual Property.  The Borrower owns or has sufficient and
legally enforceable rights to use all material licenses, patents, patent
applications, copyrights, service marks, trademarks, trademark applications, and
trade names necessary to continue to conduct its businesses as heretofore
conducted by it, now conducted by it, and now proposed to be conducted by it,
the lack of which could reasonably be expected to have a  Material Adverse
Effect.  The Borrower is conducting its business without infringement or claim
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trade name, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of others, other
than any such infringements or claims which, if successfully asserted against or
determined adversely to the Borrower, could not, individually or collectively
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.24. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.  The Borrower has implemented
and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by
the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the
Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors and to
the knowledge of the Borrower its employees and agents, are in compliance with
Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are
not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to
result in the Borrower being designated as a Sanctioned Person.  None of (a) the
Borrower, any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors or officers or to
the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary employees, or (b) to the
knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will
act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility
established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Borrowing, use of proceeds or
other transaction contemplated by this Agreement  will violate any
Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.

Section 3.25. EEA Financial Institutions.  The Borrower is not an EEA Financial
Institution.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

Section 4.01. Effective Date.  The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans
hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the
following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each
party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such
party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which
may include electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this
Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion
(addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective
Date) of Jeffrey D. Fick, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for the
Borrower, covering such matters relating to the Borrower and this Agreement as
the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.  The Borrower hereby requests
such counsel to deliver such opinion.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates
as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to
the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower, the authorization
of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, this
Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due
and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent
invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out of pocket expenses required to be
reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least (i) five days prior
to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information regarding the
Borrower requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and
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to the extent requested in writing of the Borrower at least 10 days prior to the
Effective Date, and (ii) to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity
customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least five days prior to
the Effective Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the
Borrower.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent)
may reasonably request.

Section 4.02. Each Loan.  The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the
occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this
Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing.

(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by
the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this Section.

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and
interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in
full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

Section 5.01. Financial Statements.  The Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) Within ninety (90) days after the close of each of its fiscal years, an
audit report (without a “going concern” or like qualification, commentary or
exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such
audit) issued by an independent registered public accounting firm acceptable to
the Lenders, prepared in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis for itself
and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets as of the end of such period,
related profit and loss, retained earnings and reconciliation of surplus
statements, and a statement of cash flows, accompanied by any management letter
prepared by said accountants, and within one hundred fifty (150) days after the
close of each of its fiscal years, a certificate of said accountants that, in
the course of their examination necessary for their certification of the
foregoing, they have obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default,
or if, in the opinion of such accountants, any Default or Event of Default shall
exist, stating the nature and status thereof.

(b) Within sixty (60) days after the close of the first three quarterly periods
of each of its fiscal years, for itself and its Subsidiaries, consolidated
unaudited balance sheets as at the close of each such period and consolidated
profit and loss, retained earnings and reconciliation of surplus statements and
a statement of cash flows for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year
to the end of such quarter, all certified by its chief financial officer.

(c) Together with the financial statements required under Sections 6.1(a) and
(b), a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit A signed by
its chief financial officer or treasurer showing the calculations necessary to
determine compliance with this Agreement and stating that no Default or Event of
Default exists, or if any Default or Event of Default exists, stating the nature
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Section 5.02. Other Reports.  The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

(a) As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after learning thereof,
the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding
$1,000,000.

(b) Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year of each of RLIC,
CBIC and MHIC, copies of the unaudited Annual Statement of such Insurance
Subsidiary, certified by the chief financial officer or the treasurer of such
Insurance Subsidiary, all such statements to be prepared in accordance with SAP
consistently applied throughout the periods reflected therein.

(c) Within sixty (60) days after the close of each of the first three (3) fiscal
quarters of each fiscal year of each of RLIC, CBIC and MHIC, copies of the
unaudited Quarterly Statement of each of the Insurance Subsidiaries, certified
by the chief financial officer or the treasurer of RLIC, CBIC or MHIC, as
applicable, all such statements to be prepared in accordance with SAP
consistently applied through the period reflected therein.

(d) Promptly and in any event within ten (10) days after (i) learning thereof,
notification of any changes after the date of this Agreement in the rating given
by A.M. Best & Co. in respect of any Insurance Subsidiary and (ii) receipt
thereof, copies of any ratings analysis by A.M. Best & Co. relating to any
Insurance Subsidiary.

(e) Promptly after Moody’s or S&P shall have announced a change in the rating
established or deemed to have been established for the Index Debt, written
notice of such rating change.

(f) Promptly following any request therefor, information and documentation
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of
compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules
and regulations, including the Patriot Act.

(g) Such other information (including, without limitation, the annual Best’s
Advance Report Service report prepared with respect to each Insurance Subsidiary
rated by A.M. Best & Co. and non-financial information) as the Agent or any
Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

Section 5.03. Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loans will be used for
working capital and general corporate purposes.  No part of the proceeds of any
Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails
a violation of any of the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, including
Regulations T, U and X.  The Borrower will not request any Borrowing, and the
Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds
of any Borrowing (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or
authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to
any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of
funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or
with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, except to the extent
permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, or (C) in any manner
that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party
hereto.

Section 5.04. Notice of Default.  The Borrower will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, give prompt notice in writing to the Lenders of the occurrence of
(a) any Default or Event of Default, (b) of any other event or development,
financial or other, relating specifically to the Borrower or any of its
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Adverse Effect, (c) their receipt of any notice from any Governmental Authority
of the expiration without renewal, revocation or suspension of, or the
institution of any proceedings to revoke or suspend, any License now or
hereafter held by any Insurance Subsidiary which is required to conduct
insurance business in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and
the expiration, revocation or suspension of which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) their receipt of any notice from any
Governmental Authority of the institution of any disciplinary proceedings
against or in respect of any Insurance Subsidiary, or the issuance of any order,
the taking of any action or any request for an extraordinary audit for cause by
any Governmental Authority which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (e) any material judicial or
administrative order of which they are aware limiting or controlling the
insurance business of any Insurance Subsidiary (and not the insurance industry
generally) which has been issued or adopted, (f) the commencement of any
litigation of which they are aware which could reasonably be expected to create
a Material Adverse Effect, or (g) any change in the information provided in the
Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of
beneficial owners identified in parts (c) or (d) of such certification.

Section 5.05. Taxes.  The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,
timely file complete and correct United States federal and other material
foreign, state and local tax returns required by law and pay when due all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits
or property, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in
accordance with GAAP.

Section 5.06. Insurance.  The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,
maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on
all their property in such amounts and covering such risks as is consistent with
sound business practice, and the Borrower will furnish to any Lender upon
request full information as to the insurance carried.  The Borrower shall retain
all incidents of ownership of the insurance maintained pursuant hereto and shall
not borrow upon or otherwise impair its rights to receive the proceeds of such
insurance.  In the event the Borrower either fails to provide the Agent with
evidence of the insurance coverage required by this Section 5.06 or at any time
hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance
required above, or to pay any premium in whole or in part relating thereto, then
the Agent, without waiving or releasing any obligation or default by the
Borrower hereunder, may at any time (but shall be under no obligation to act),
obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any
other action with respect thereto, which the Agent deems advisable.  The
Borrower may later cancel any such insurance purchased by the Agent, but only
after providing the Agent with evidence that the Borrower has obtained the
insurance coverage required by this Section.  The costs of such insurance
obtained by the Agent, through and including the effective date such insurance
coverage is canceled or expires, shall be payable on demand by the Borrower to
the Agent, together with interest at the default rate provided for in Section
2.10(c) on such amounts until repaid and any other charges by the Agent in
connection with the placement of such insurance.  The costs of such insurance,
which may be greater than the cost of insurance which the Borrower may be able
to obtain on its own, together with interest thereon at the default rate
provided for in Section 2.10(c) and any other charges by the Agent in connection
with the placement of such insurance may be added to the total Obligations due
and owing.

Section 5.07. Compliance with Laws.  The Borrower will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs,
judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject including,
without limitation, all Environmental Laws, the failure to comply with which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.08. Maintenance of Properties.  The Borrower will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep
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and condition, and make all necessary and proper repairs, renewals and
replacements so that its business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly conducted at all times.

Section 5.09. Inspection.  The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,
upon reasonable notice permit the Agent and the Lenders, by their respective
representatives and agents, to inspect any of the property, corporate books and
financial records of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, to examine and make
copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of the Borrower and
each Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Borrower and each Subsidiary with, and to be advised as to the same by, their
respective officers at such reasonable times and intervals as the Lenders may
designate.  The Borrower will keep or cause to be kept, and cause each
Subsidiary to keep or cause to be kept, appropriate records and books of account
in which complete entries are to be made reflecting its and their business and
financial transactions, such entries to be made in accordance with GAAP or SAP,
as applicable, consistently applied.

Section 5.10. Conduct of Business.  The Borrower will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, (a) carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same
manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently
conducted, (b) do all things necessary to remain duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing as a domestic corporation in its jurisdiction of
incorporation and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in
each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except where the failure to
maintain such authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect and (c) do all things necessary to renew, extend and continue in
effect all Licenses which may at any time and from time to time be necessary for
any Insurance Subsidiary to operate its insurance business in compliance with
all applicable laws and regulations except for any License the loss of which
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided,
that any Insurance Subsidiary may withdraw from one or more states (other than
its state of domicile) as an admitted insurer if such withdrawal is determined
by the such Insurance Subsidiary’s Board of Directors to be in the best interest
of such Insurance Subsidiary and could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.  No Insurance Subsidiary shall change its state of
domicile or incorporation without the prior written consent of the Required
Lenders; provided that any Insurance Subsidiary may change its state of domicile
and/or incorporation to Illinois.  Each Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in existence as
of the date of this Agreement shall continue to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
provided, that (x) the Borrower may sell all of the capital stock of any
Subsidiary, subject to Section 6.03 hereof, and (y) the Borrower may cause or
permit the dissolution or winding up of any such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary so long
as the assets or revenues thereof, taken together with all other Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries dissolved or wound up since the date hereof, do not constitute a
Substantial Portion.

Section 5.11. Accuracy of Information.  The Borrower will ensure that any
information, including financial statements or other documents, furnished to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders in connection with this Agreement or any
amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder contains no material
misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, and the furnishing of such information shall be deemed to
be a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the
matters specified in this Section.

Section 5.12. Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions.  The Borrower will, and will
cause each Subsidiary to, ensure that neither Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries holds “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset
Regulations), and that, subject to the accuracy of the representations set forth
in Section 8.07, neither the execution, delivery  or  performance of the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement, including the making of any Loan
hereunder, will give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section
406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and
interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, the
Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

Section 6.01. Dividends.  The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, declare or pay any dividends or make any distributions on its
capital stock (other than dividends payable in its own capital stock) or redeem,
repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any of its capital stock at any time
outstanding, except that (a) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or
make distributions to the Borrower or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, and (b) the
Borrower may declare and pay dividends on its capital stock or redeem,
repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any of its capital stock at any time
outstanding; provided, that no Default or Event of Default shall exist before or
after giving effect to such dividends, redemptions, repurchases or other
acquisitions or be created as a result thereof.

Section 6.02. Merger.  The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary
to, merge or consolidate with or into any other Person; provided, that (x) any
Person may merge with or into the Borrower so long as (i) no Event of Default
will result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower has provided written notice at least
twenty days prior to the proposed effective date, (iii) the aggregate
consideration paid in such transaction does not exceed $100,000,000 and (iv) the
Borrower is the surviving entity, and (y) subject to Section 6.04, a Subsidiary
may merge into the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.

Section 6.03. Sale of Assets.  The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of its property to any
other Person except for (a) sales of Investments in the ordinary course of
business, (b) the sale by the Borrower on commercially reasonable terms of its
other unconsolidated investees and (c) leases, sales, transfers or other
dispositions of its property (including capital stock of Subsidiaries) that,
together with all other property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries leased,
sold or disposed of (other than sales permitted pursuant to clauses (a) and (b)
of this Section 6.03) as permitted by this Section 6.03 since the date hereof do
not constitute a Substantial Portion.

Section 6.04. Investments and Acquisitions.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries
may make Investments (including, without limitation, loans and advances to, and
other Investments in, its Subsidiaries) and commitments therefor, create
Subsidiaries, become a partner in any partnership or joint venture and make
Acquisitions, subject to the following:

(a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Acquisitions so long as (i) such
transactions (A) consist exclusively of Acquisitions of businesses or entities
engaged in the property and casualty business, (B) do not constitute hostile
takeovers and (C) do not require the payment of an aggregate consideration in
excess of $100,000,000 after the date of this Agreement, (ii) the Borrower
provides the Agent and each Lender with written notice of such transactions at
least 20 days prior to the effective date thereof, and (iii) no Default has
occurred and is continuing or would occur after giving effect thereto.

(b) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Investments in debt securities so
long as at least 85% of the principal amount outstanding of all such Investments
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(c) Any Investments made by any Insurance Subsidiary must be of a quality
acceptable to the insurance commissioner in the respective domiciliary state of
such Insurance Subsidiary.

(d) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make loans to and extend guarantees of
loans made to employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to purchase stock
of the Borrower pursuant to an employee stock purchase plan, so long as the
aggregate principal amount outstanding of all such loans and guaranteed loans
shall not exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate.

(e) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries may become a partner in a partnership or
joint venture or similar Person in a transaction which does not constitute an
Acquisition; provided, that after giving effect to such transaction, the
aggregate fair market value of the partnership, joint venture and other
interests so obtained shall not exceed at any time 20% of the aggregate
statutory surplus of the Insurance Subsidiaries at such time; provided,
 further, that (x) interests in joint ventures which are limited liability
companies engaging in the same lines of business as the Insurance Subsidiaries
and (y) interests in partnerships, to the extent that such investments are
insurance company portfolio investments made by an Insurance Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business, shall not count toward such limitation.

Section 6.05. Liens.  The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary
to, create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the property of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except:

(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on its
property if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be
paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have
been set aside on its books.

(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ liens
and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure
payment of obligations not more than 60 days past due or which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves shall have been set aside on its books.

(c) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation laws,
unemployment insurance, pension plans, or other social security or retirement
benefits, or similar legislation.

(d) Utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or
charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect
to properties of a similar character and which do not in any material way affect
the marketability of the same or interfere with the use thereof in the business
of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries.

(e) Purchase money Liens upon or in real property or equipment acquired or held
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business to secure
the purchase price of such property or equipment or to secure Indebtedness
incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction or
improvement of any such property or equipment to be subject to such Liens, or
Liens existing on any such property or equipment at the time of acquisition or
within 180 days following such acquisition (other than any such Liens created in
contemplation of such acquisition that do not secure the purchase price), or
extensions, renewals or replacements of any of the foregoing for the same or a
lesser amount; provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any property
other than the property or equipment being acquired, constructed or improved,
and no such extension, renewal or replacement shall extend to or cover any
property not theretofore subject to the Lien being extended, renewed or
replaced.

(f) Liens arising in connection with Capitalized Leases; provided that no such
Lien shall extend to or cover any assets other than the assets subject to such
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(g) Liens securing Financial Hedges arising in the ordinary course of business.

(h) Liens on securities arising out of repurchase agreements permitted by the
terms of this Agreement.

(i) Liens consisting of deposits made by an Insurance Subsidiary with any
Governmental Authority or Liens or claims imposed or required by applicable
insurance law or regulation against the property of any Insurance Subsidiary, in
each case in favor of policyholders of such Insurance Subsidiary or any
Governmental Authority and in the ordinary course of such Insurance Subsidiary’s
business.

(j) Liens on Investments and cash balances of any Insurance Subsidiary (other
than capital stock or any Subsidiary) securing Obligations of the Borrower or
any Insurance Subsidiary in respect of (i) letters of credit obtained in the
ordinary course of business and/or (ii) trust arrangements formed in the
ordinary course of business for the benefit of cedents to secure reinsurance
recoverables owed to them by any Insurance Subsidiary.

(k) The replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clause (e) or
(g) above upon or in the same property theretofore subject thereto or the
replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount (other than in
respect of fees, expenses and premiums, if any) or change in any direct or
contingent obligor) of the Indebtedness secured thereby.

(l) Liens securing obligations owed by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any
other Subsidiary.

(m) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in favor of financial
intermediaries and clearing agents pending clearance of payments for Investments
or in the nature of set-off, banker’s lien or similar rights as to deposit
accounts or other funds.

(n) Judgment or judicial attachment Liens; provided, that the enforcement of
such Liens is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being
actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.

(o) Liens securing obligations not to exceed $125,000,000 in the aggregate at
any time outstanding under FHLB Agreements.

(p) Liens securing investments by an Insurance Subsidiary in Section 42 low
income housing tax credit transactions and historical tax credit transactions.

(q) Liens securing Indebtedness or obligations (in addition to that described in
clauses (a) through (p) above), in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000
at any one time outstanding.

Section 6.06. Reinsurance.  After the date of this Agreement, the Borrower will
not permit CBIC, RLIC or MHIC to modify its reinsurance arrangements in a manner
that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.07. Affiliates.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, the
purchase, exchange or sale of any property or service) with, or make any payment
or transfer to, any Affiliate except (a) transactions between Subsidiaries
and/or payments by or transfers from one Subsidiary to another or (b) in the
ordinary course of business and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the
Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no
less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than the Borrower or such
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Section 6.08. Financial Covenants.

(a) Leverage Ratio.  The Borrower will not permit the ratio, determined as of
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness to (b)
Consolidated Total Capitalization to be greater than 0.30 to 1.0.

(b) Risk-Based Capital.  The Borrower will cause each of CBIC, RLIC and MHIC at
all times to maintain a ratio of (a) Total Adjusted Capital (as defined in the
Risk-Based Capital Act or in the rules and procedures prescribed from time to
time by the NAIC with respect thereto) to (b) Authorized Control Level (as
defined in the Risk-Based Capital Act or in the rules and procedures prescribed
from time to time by the NAIC with respect thereto) of at least four hundred
fifty percent (450%).

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

Section 7.01. Events of Default.  If any of the following events (“Events of
Default”) shall occur:

(a) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Agent under or in
connection with this Agreement, any Loan, or any certificate or information
delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be
materially false on the date as of which made;

(b) Nonpayment of principal of any Loan when due, or nonpayment of interest upon
any Loan or of any commitment fee or other obligations under any of the Loan
Documents within five days after the same becomes due;

(c) The breach by the Borrower of any of the terms or provisions of Sections
5.03,  5.04(a),  5.10, or 6.01 through 6.08;

(d) The breach by the Borrower (other than a breach which constitutes a Default
under another Section of this Article VII) of any of the terms or provisions of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is not remedied within twenty
(20) Business Days after written notice from the Agent or any Lender;

(e) Failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to pay when due any
Material Indebtedness; or the default by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
in the performance (beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if
any) of any term, provision or condition contained in any Material Indebtedness
Agreement, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of
which default, event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder(s) of
such Material Indebtedness or the lender(s) under any Material Indebtedness
Agreement to cause, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated
maturity or any commitment to lend under any Material Indebtedness Agreement to
be terminated prior to its stated expiration date; or any Material Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be declared to be due and
payable or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly
scheduled payment) prior to the stated maturity thereof; or the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries shall not pay, or admit in writing its inability to pay, its
debts generally as they become due;

(f) The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) have an order for relief
entered with respect to it under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter
in effect, (ii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) apply
for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver,
custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any
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any proceeding seeking an order for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws as
now or hereafter in effect or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent,
or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, rehabilitation or composition of it or its debts under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or
fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material allegations of any
such proceeding filed against it, (v) take any corporate or partnership action
to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set forth in this Section
7.01(f) or (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding
described in Section 7.01(g);

(g) Without the application, approval or consent of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, a receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official
shall be appointed for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Substantial Portion of its property, or a proceeding described in Section
7.01(f)(iv) shall be instituted against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
and such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues
undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days;

(h) Any court, government or governmental agency shall condemn, seize or
otherwise appropriate, or take custody or control of, all or any portion of the
property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which, when taken together with
all other property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so condemned, seized,
appropriated, or taken custody or control of, during the twelve-month period
ending with the month in which any such action occurs, constitutes a Substantial
Portion;

(i) The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail within 30 days to pay (or
make arrangements to pay), bond or otherwise discharge one or more judgments
which are not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in
good faith and which are (i) judgments or orders for the payment of money in
excess of $10,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in currencies other than U.S.
Dollars) in the aggregate, or (ii) nonmonetary judgments or orders which,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;

(j) An ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other
ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(k) Any Change in Control shall occur;

(l) Any material License of RLIC or MHIC (a) shall be revoked by the
Governmental Authority which issued a material License, or any action
(administrative or judicial) to revoke a material License shall have been
commenced against RLIC or MHIC and shall not have been dismissed within 180 days
after the commencement thereof, (b) shall be suspended by such Governmental
Authority for a period in excess of thirty (30) days or (c) shall not be
reissued or renewed by such Governmental Authority upon the expiration thereof
following application for such reissuance or renewal by RLIC or MHIC, as
applicable;

(m) The Insurance Subsidiaries shall be the subject of one or more final
non-appealable orders imposing a fine in an amount in excess of $10,000,000 in
any single instance or other such orders imposing fines in excess of $35,000,000
in the aggregate after the date of this Agreement by or at the request of one or
more state insurance regulatory agencies as a result of the violation by such
Insurance Subsidiaries of such states’ applicable insurance laws or the
regulations promulgated in connection therewith; or

(n) Any Insurance Subsidiary shall become subject to any conservation,
rehabilitation or liquidation order, directive or mandate issued by any
Governmental Authority or any Insurance Subsidiary shall become subject to any
other directive or mandate issued by any Governmental Authority which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and which is not stayed
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then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower
described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the
request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or
all of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the
Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately,
(ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in
part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may
thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of
the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest
thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder,
shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, and
(iii) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies
available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents and Applicable Law; and
in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or
(i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the
principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon
and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall
automatically become due and payable, in each case, without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the
Borrower.

Section 7.02. Application of Payments.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, and notice thereof to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or the
Required Lenders, all payments received on account of the Obligations shall,
subject to Section 2.20, be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:

(i) first, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities, expenses and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent
(including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel to the
Administrative Agent payable under Section 9.03 and amounts pursuant to Section
2.12(c) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such);

(ii) second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
expenses, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest)
payable to the Lenders (including fees and disbursements and other charges of
counsel to the Lenders payable under Section 9.03) arising under the Loan
Documents, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described
in this clause (ii) payable to them;

(iii) third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting charges
and interest on the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the
respective amounts described in this clause (iii) payable to them;

(iv) fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid
principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the
respective amounts described in this clause (iv) payable to them;

(v) fifth, to the payment in full of all other Obligations, in each case ratably
among the Administrative Agent and the Lenders based upon the respective
aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to them in accordance with the
respective amounts thereof then due and payable; and

(vi) finally, the balance, if any, after all Obligations have been indefeasibly
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ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent

Section 8.01. Authorization and Action.   Each Lender hereby irrevocably
appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this
Agreement and its successors and assigns to serve as the administrative agent
under the Loan Documents and each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to
take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative
Agent under such agreements and to exercise such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender hereby
authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its
obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent
is a party, to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative
Agent may have under such Loan Documents.

(a) As to any matters not expressly provided for herein and in the other Loan
Documents (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative Agent shall
not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be
required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so
acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Required
Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be
necessary, pursuant to the terms in the Loan Documents), and, unless and until
revoked in writing, such instructions shall be binding upon each Lender;
provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take
any action that (i) the Administrative Agent in good faith believes exposes it
to liability unless the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification
satisfactory to it from the Lenders with respect to such action or (ii) is
contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law,
including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any
requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or
relief of debtors or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination
of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any requirement of law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors;
provided,  further, that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or
direction from the Required Lenders prior to the exercise of any such instructed
action and may refrain from acting until such clarification or direction has
been provided. Except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be
liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower,
any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to
or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its
Affiliates in any capacity. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the
Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(b) In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders
(except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the
maintenance of the Register), and its duties are entirely mechanical and
administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i) the Administrative Agent does not assume and shall not be deemed to have
assumed any obligation or duty or any other relationship as the agent, fiduciary
or trustee of or for any Lender other than as expressly set forth herein and in
the other Loan Documents, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of
the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with
reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary
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used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an
administrative relationship between contracting parties); additionally, each
Lender agrees that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent
based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and

(ii) nothing in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall require the
Administrative Agent to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element
of any sum received by the Administrative Agent for its own account.

(c) The Administrative Agent may perform any of its duties and exercise its
rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any
one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of their respective duties and
exercise their respective rights and powers through their respective Related
Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such
sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities pursuant to this
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence
or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent
jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the
Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the
selection of such sub-agent.

(d) No Arranger shall have obligations or duties whatsoever in such capacity
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall incur no liability
hereunder or thereunder in such capacity, but all such persons shall have the
benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.

(e) In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to Borrower under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law
now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether
the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or
by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent
shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but
not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest
owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are
owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.12,  2.13,  2.15,  2.17 and 9.03)
allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable
on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that
the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to the Lenders to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its
capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under
Section 9.03). Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the
Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the
Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such
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(f) The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and, except solely to the extent of the
Borrower’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Article, none of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any of their
respective Affiliates, shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary under
any such provisions.

Section 8.02. Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc.     
 Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be (i)
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it under or in connection
with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (x) with the consent of or at
the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in
good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan
Documents) or (y) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment) or (ii)
responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements,
representations or warranties made by the Borrower or any officer thereof
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate,
report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received
by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness,
enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
for any failure of the Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder.

(a) The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any
Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of
default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and
the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to
ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in
or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate,
report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii)
the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms
or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default,
(iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of
any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan
Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that
expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (i) may treat the
payee of any promissory note as its holder until such promissory note has been
assigned in accordance with Section 9.04, (ii) may rely on the Register to the
extent set forth in Section 9.04(b), (iii) may consult with legal counsel
(including counsel to the Borrower), independent public accountants and other
experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel,
accountants or experts, (iv) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender
and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or
representations made by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, (v) in determining compliance with any
condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, that by its terms must be fulfilled
to the satisfaction of a Lender, may presume that such condition is satisfactory
to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the
contrary from such Lender sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan and
(vi) shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in
respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any notice,
consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which writing may be a fax,
any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other
distribution) or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by
it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper
party or parties (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set
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Section 8.03. Posting of Communications.   The Borrower agrees that the
Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications
available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on IntraLinks™,
DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform chosen by the
Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved
Electronic Platform”).

(a) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are
secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented
or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the
Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Approved
Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby
each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal
basis, each of the Lenders and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the
distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure,
that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the
representatives or contacts of any Lender that are added to the Approved
Electronic Platform and that there are confidentiality and other risks
associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders and the Borrower hereby
approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic
Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.

(b) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”
AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE
ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED
ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN
THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR
FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN
CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ARRANGER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE
BORROWER, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF THE
BORROWER’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH
THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.

“Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication,
information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower
pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is
distributed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender by means of electronic
communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Approved
Electronic Platform.

(c) Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence)
specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic
Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such
Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees (i) to notify the
Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic
communication) from time to time of such Lender’s email address to which the
foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the
foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.

(d) Each of the Lenders and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent
may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated
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Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally
applicable document retention procedures and policies.

(e) Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document
in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.

Section 8.04. The Administrative Agent Individually.  With respect to its
Commitment and Loans, the Person serving as the Administrative Agent shall have
and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same
obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other
Lender. The terms “Lenders”, “Required Lenders” and any similar terms shall,
unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent
in its individual capacity as a Lender or as one of the Required Lenders, as
applicable. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates
may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial
advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind
of banking, trust or other business with, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing as if such Person was not acting as the
Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

Section 8.05. Successor Administrative Agent.   The Administrative Agent may
resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the
Lenders and the Borrower, whether or not a successor Administrative Agent has
been appointed. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the
right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor
Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and
shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring
Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in Chicago, Illinois
or New York, New York or an Affiliate of any such bank. In either case, such
appointment shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Borrower
(which approval may not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required while
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, such
successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent. Upon
the acceptance of appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor
Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from
its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Prior to any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as
Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall take such action
as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent
its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, in the event no successor
Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice
of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of
the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower, whereupon,
on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the
retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; and (ii) the Required
Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (A)
all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to
the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the
Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices
and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the
Administrative Agent shall directly be given or made to each Lender. Following
the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as
such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any
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indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue
in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents
and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted
to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as
Administrative Agent.

Section 8.06. Acknowledgements of Lenders.   Each Lender represents that it is
engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course
of its business and that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender, or any of the Related
Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder.
Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender, or any of the
Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and
information (which may contain material, non-public information within the
meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its
Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its
own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished
hereunder or thereunder.

(a) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on the
Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption
or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder,
shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved,
each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be
approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the
Effective Date.

Section 8.07. Certain ERISA Matters.   Each Lender (x) represents and warrants,
as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants,
from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person
ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative
Agent, and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the
avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that at least one of
the following is and will be true:

(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset
Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans or the
Commitments,

(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14
(a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified
professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain
transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class
exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate
accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank
collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain
transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect
to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, and the conditions
for exemptive relief thereunder are and will continue to be satisfied in
connection therewith,

(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional
Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified
Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender
to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of
Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation
in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the
Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b)
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(g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the
requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect
to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in
writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such
Lender.

(b) In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a)
is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another
representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the
immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and
warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y)
covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date
such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the
Administrative Agent, and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and
not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that:

(i) none of the Administrative Agent, or any Arranger or any of their respective
Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including
in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the
Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents
related to hereto or thereto),

(ii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with
respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent
(within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21, as amended from time to time) and is
a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other
person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least
$50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),

(iii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with
respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of
evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to
particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the
obligations),

(iv) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with
respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary
under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Commitments and
this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in
evaluating the transactions hereunder, and

(v) no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative
Agent, or any Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates for investment
advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the
Commitments or this Agreement.

(c) The Administrative Agent and each Arranger hereby inform the Lenders that
each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or
to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the
transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i)
may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the
Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the
Loans or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an
interest in the Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive
fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby,
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fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking
fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization
fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or
alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums,
banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees
similar to the foregoing.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

Section 9.01. Notices.   Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b)
below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in
writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by
certified or registered mail or sent by electronic mail, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower, to it at

9025 North Lindbergh Drive
Peoria, Illinois  61615-1431
Attention:  Thomas L. Brown

thomas.brown@rlicorp.com 

(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to

10 South Dearborn
9th Floor
Chicago, Illinois  60603
Suite IL1-0364
Attention: Ryan Kin
ryan.kin@jpmorgan.com

and

(iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or
registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received.  Notices
delivered through Approved Electronic Platforms, to the extent provided in
paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said
paragraph (b).  Notices delivered through electronic mail shall be effective as
provided in said paragraph (c).

(d) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered
or furnished by using Approved Electronic Platforms pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not
apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender.  The Administrative Agent or the
Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be
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(e) Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other
communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by
the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other
written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an
Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by
the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing
clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and
identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i)
and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during
the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall
be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day
for the recipient.

(f) Any party hereto may change its address for notices and other communications
hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

Section 9.02. Waivers; Amendments.   No failure or delay by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as
a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or
remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any
event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this
Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any
Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have
had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(a) Subject to Section 2.11(b) and Section 9.02(c) below, neither this Agreement
nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to
an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the
Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the
consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall
(i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such
Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of
interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of
payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any
fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such
payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without
the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.09(c)
or 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the ratable reduction of
Commitments or the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the
written consent of each Lender, (v) change the payment waterfall provisions of
Section 2.20(b) or 7.02 without the written consent of each Lender, or
(vi) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required
Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of
Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any
determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the  written consent of
each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or
otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

(b) If the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any
ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such
provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or
other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further
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Section 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.   The Borrower shall pay
(i) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent
and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the
credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or
waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii) all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in
connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its
rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder,
including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during  any workout,
restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

(a) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and
each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such
Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless
from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses,
including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee,
incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection
with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any
other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or
thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations
hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other
transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds
therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation, arbitration or proceeding relating to any of the
foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or
proceeding is brought by the Borrower or its equity holders, Affiliates,
creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any
other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto;
provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to
the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses
are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee.  This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes
other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any
non-Tax claim.

(b) Each Lender severally agrees to pay any amount required to be paid by the
Borrower under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 9.03 to the Administrative
Agent and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each, an “Agent
Indemnitee”) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting
the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective
Applicable Percentage in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought
under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which
the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in
full, ratably in accordance with such Applicable Percentage immediately prior to
such date), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any kind
whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the
Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent Indemnitee in
any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of
the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein
or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action
taken or omitted by such Agent Indemnitee under or in connection with any of the
foregoing; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim,
damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or
asserted against such Agent Indemnitee in its capacity as such;
provided further that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion
of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
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nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
from such Agent Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The
agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

(c) To the extent permitted by applicable law (i) the Borrower shall not assert,
and the Borrower hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee for any damages
arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained
through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems
(including the Internet), and (ii) no party hereto shall assert, and each such
party hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the
proceeds thereof; provided that, nothing in this clause (d)(ii) shall relieve
the Borrower of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee against
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such
Indemnitee by a third party.

(d) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written
demand therefor.

Section 9.04. Successors and Assigns.   The provisions of this Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower
may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment
or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and
(ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations
hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than
the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to
the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

    Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender
may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or
a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior
written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

(A) the Borrower, provided that, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented
to an assignment of all or a portion of the Revolving Loans and Commitments
unless it shall have objected thereto by written notice to the Administrative
Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof
provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to
a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and

(B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative
Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Commitment to an assignee that
is a Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) with a Commitment immediately prior
to giving effect to such assignment.

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(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning
Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment
and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such
consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate
part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent
applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference
pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent
and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with
a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee
designates one or more Credit Contacts to whom all syndicate-level information
(which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its
related parties or its securities) will be made available and who may receive
such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and
applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “Approved Fund” and
“Ineligible Institution” have the following meanings:

“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions
of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or
managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an
Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Ineligible Institution” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or
its  Lender Parent, (c) a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or
owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s)
thereof or (d)  the Borrower or any of its Affiliates; provided that, with
respect to clause (c), such holding company, investment vehicle or trust shall
not constitute an Ineligible Institution if it (x) has not been established for
the primary purpose of acquiring any Loans or Commitments, (y) is managed by a
professional advisor, who is not such natural person or a relative thereof,
having significant experience in the business of making or purchasing commercial
loans, and (z) has assets greater than $25,000,000 and a significant part of its
activities consist of making or purchasing commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business; provided,  further,
that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any
Person (other than a Lender) shall be an Ineligible Institution if after giving
effect to any proposed assignment to such Person, such Person would hold more
than 25% of the then outstanding Total Revolving Credit Exposure or Commitments,
as the case may be.

(v) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of
this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
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thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned
by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent
of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12,  2.13,  2.14 and 9.03).  Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(vi) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent
of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment
and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names
and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and
stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof
from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms
hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding
notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.

(vii) Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and Assumption
executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the extent applicable,
an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to
an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the
parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, the assignee’s
completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a
Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in
paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment
required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept
such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in
the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall
have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.05(d),  2.06(d) or (e),  2.07(b),  2.15(d) or 9.03(c), the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and
Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until
such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest
thereon.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless
it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(e) Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities
(a “Participant”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of
such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations; and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to
enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may
provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree
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Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.  The Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12,  2.13 and 2.14
(subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements
under Sections 2.14(f) and (g) (it being understood that the documentation
required under Section 2.14(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender
and the information and documentation required under Section 2.14(g) will be
delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent)) to the same extent as
if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to
paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be
subject to the provisions of Section 2.16 as if it were an assignee under
paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any
greater payment under Section 2.12 or 2.14, with respect to any participation,
than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the
extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in
Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable
participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s
request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to
effectuate the provisions of Section 2.16(b) with respect to any
Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided
that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.15(c) as though it were
a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this
purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which
it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts
(and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other
obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that
no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the
Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any
information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments or Loans or
its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the
extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan
or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the
United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register
shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such
participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to
the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its
capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a
Participant Register.

(f) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or
any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such
Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal
Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment
of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security
interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

Section 9.05. Survival.  All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the other Loan Documents and in
the certificates or other instruments  delivered in connection with or pursuant
to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents shall be considered to have been
relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans, regardless of any
investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding
that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of
any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the
Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.12,
 2.13,  2.14 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force
and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the
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Section 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution. 
 This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with
respect to  fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire
contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede
any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to
the subject matter hereof.  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement
shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative
Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof
which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties
hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

(a) Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by
emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the
actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.  The words “execution,” “signed,”
“signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to
any  document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic
Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of
which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a
manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a
paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as
provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act, the Illinois Electronic Commerce Security
Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative
Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior
written consent.

Section 9.07. Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 9.08. Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at
any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set
off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final) at any time held, and other obligations at any time owing,
by such Lender or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of the
Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter
existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or its
Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have
made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although
such obligations of the Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a
branch office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch office or
Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that
in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff,
(x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative
Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17
and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from
its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to
the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the
Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right
of setoff.  The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this Section are
in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that
such Lender or its Affiliates may have.  Each Lender agrees to notify the
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the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application;
provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of
such setoff and application.

Section 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.   This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the law of the State of Illinois.

(a) Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that, notwithstanding the governing law provisions of any
applicable Loan Document, any claims brought against the Administrative Agent by
any Lender relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the
consummation or administration of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the
State of Illinois.

(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits,
for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (or if such court lacks
subject matter jurisdiction, any state court of the State of Illinois sitting in
Cook County), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or
enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought
against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties may only) be
heard and determined in such Federal (to the extent permitted by law) or
Illinois State court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment
in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
law.  Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any
right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring
any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against the Borroweror its
properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to
the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it
may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document in any court referred to in paragraph (c) of this Section.  Each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding in any such court.

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in
the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law.

Section 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

 

 

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Section 9.11. Headings.  Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents
used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

Section 9.12. Confidentiality.  Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below),
except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’
directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel
and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure
is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and
instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested
by any Governmental Authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as
the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required
by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process,
(d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of
any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder of
under any other Loan Document, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or
Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii)  any actual or prospective
counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to
the Borrower and its obligations, (g) on a confidential basis to (1) any rating
agency in connection with rating the Company or its Subsidiaries or the credit
facilities provided for herein or (2) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar
agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of identification numbers
with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein, (h) with the consent
of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes
available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis
from a source other than the Borrower.  For the purposes of this Section,
“Information” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the
Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to
disclosure by the Borrower and other than information pertaining to this
Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including
league table providers, that serve the lending industry; provided that, in the
case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such
information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.  Any
Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in
this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so
if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.

Section 9.13. Material Non-Public Information.

(a) EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12
FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND  ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE
SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING
THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW,
INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

(b) ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY
THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF
ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY
CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED
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SECURITIES.  ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE
A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND
APPLICABLE LAW.

Section 9.14. Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with
all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan
under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum
lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken,
received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with
applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder,
together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the
Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have
been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges
payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased
(but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together
with interest thereon at the NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have
been received by such Lender.

Section 9.15. No Fiduciary Duty, etc.  The Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and
acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that no Credit Party will have any
obligations except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other
Loan Documents and each Credit Party is acting solely in the capacity of an
arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Borrower with respect to the Loan
Documents and the transaction contemplated therein and not as a financial
advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Borrower or any other
person.  The Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any
Credit Party based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Credit Party
in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. 
Additionally, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Credit Party is
advising the Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory
or any other matters in any jurisdiction.  The Borrower shall consult with its
own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own
independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby,
and the Credit Parties shall have no responsibility or liability to the Borrower
with respect thereto.

The Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’
understanding, that each Credit Party, together with its Affiliates, is a full
service securities or banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage
activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial
services.  In the ordinary course of business, any Credit Party may provide
investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or
sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other
securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other
obligations) of, the Borrower and other companies with which the Borrower may
have commercial or other relationships.  With respect to any securities and/or
financial instruments so held by any Credit Party or any of its customers, all
rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any
voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole
discretion.

In addition, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its
Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party and its affiliates may be
providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial
advisory services) to other companies in respect of which the Borrower may have
conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and
otherwise.  No Credit Party will use confidential information obtained from the
Borrower by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its
other relationships with the Borrower in connection with the performance by such
Credit Party of services for other companies, and no Credit Party will furnish
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companies.  The Borrower also acknowledges that no Credit Party has any
obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents, or to furnish to the Borrower, confidential information obtained from
other companies.

Section 9.16. USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender that is subject to the requirements
of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “Patriot Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower
that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain,
verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information
includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will
allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.

Section 9.17. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial
Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or
in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties,
each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial
Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and
Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and
acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution
Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it
by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if
applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other
instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity,
or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it,
and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in
lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the
exercise of the Write-Down   and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution
Authority.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and
year first above written.

 

 

RLI CORP.

 

By:

/s/ Thomas L. Brown

 

Name:  Thomas L. Brown

Title:  SVP, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Aaron P. Diefenthaler

 

Name:  Aaron P. Diefenthaler

Title:  VP, Chief Investment Officer & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent,

 

By:

/s/ Ryan M. Kin

 

Name:  Ryan M. Kin

Title:  Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 2.01

 

Commitments

 

 

BANK

   ALLOCATION

   PERCENT

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

$50,000,000

100.00%

 

 

 

Total

$50,000,000

100.00%

 

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Schedule 3.08

 

Subsidiaries of RLI Corp.

 

 

 

 

Name

Jurisdiction of Incorporation

Percentage Ownership

 

 

 

RLI Insurance Company

Illinois

100%

Mt. Hawley Insurance Company

Illinois

100%

RLI Underwriting Services, Inc.

Illinois

100%

RLI Insurance Agency Ltd.

Canada

100%

Safe Fleet Insurance Services, Inc.

California

100%

Data & Staff Service Company

Washington

100%

Contractors Bonding & Insurance Company

Illinois

100%

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 3.19

Financial Assurances

 

 

 

NONE

 

 

 

 

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ANNEX 1

 

EXHIBIT A

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of
the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert
name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the
“Assignee”).  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below  (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”),
receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard
Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to
and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and
Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns
to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from
the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and
Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the
Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and
obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the
amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding
rights and obligations of the Assignor under the facility identified below and
(ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims,
suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as
a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in
connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments
delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any
way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort
claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in
equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to
clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to
clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the
“Assigned Interest”).  Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the
Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption,
without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

 

 

 

1.

Assignor:

______________________________________

2.

Assignee:

______________________________________

[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1  ] 

3.

Borrower(s):

______________________________________

4.

Administrative Agent:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit
Agreement

5.

Credit Agreement

Credit Agreement dated as of May 24, 2018 among RLI Corp., the Lenders parties
thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other
agents parties thereto

 

 

__________________________

 1 Select as applicable.

 

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6.Assigned Interest:

 

 

 

 

Facility Assigned

Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders

Amount of Commitment/Loans Assigned

Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans2

Revolving Commitment

$

$

%

 

$

$

%

 

$

$

%

 

Effective Date:  _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE
REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed
Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more Credit
Contacts to whom all syndicate-level information  (which may contain material
non-public information about the Borrower and its Related Parties or their
respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such
information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and
applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

________________________

2  Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of
all Lenders thereunder.

 

 

 

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[Consented to and]3  Accepted:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent

 

By_________________________________

Title:

 

[Consented to:]4

RLI CORP.

 

By________________________________

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

____________________

3  To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by
the terms of the Credit Agreement.

4 To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of
the Credit Agreement.

 

 

 

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STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1.  Representations and Warranties.

1.1  Assignor.  The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the
legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest
is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it
has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and
deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the
Credit Agreement, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any collateral
thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of the
Credit Agreement, (iv) any requirements under applicable law for the Assignee to
become a lender under the Credit Agreement or to charge interest at the rate set
forth therein from time to time or (v) the performance or observance by the
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of
their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement.

1.2.  Assignee.  The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full
power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver
this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the
requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement and under applicable law
that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned
Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall
be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and,
to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender
thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with
copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the
basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without
reliance on the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender and their
respective Related Parties, and (v) attached to the Assignment and Assumption is
any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the
Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees
that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative
Agent, any Arranger, the Assignor or any other Lender and their respective
Related Parties, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the
Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2.  Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall
make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of
principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which
have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts
which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3.  General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon,
and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns.  This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of
counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Acceptance and
adoption of the terms of this Assignment and Assumption by the Assignee and the
Assignor by Electronic Signature or delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by any Approved Electronic
Platform shall be effective as delivery of a

 

 

 

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manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption.  This
Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the law of the State of Illinois.

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

[FORM OF] BORROWING REQUEST

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

  as Administrative Agent
10 South Dearborn
9th Floor
Chicago, Illinois  60603
Suite IL1-0364

Telephone: [ ]

Email: [ ] 

Attention:  [ ]

 

 

Copy to:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

  as Administrative Agent

[ADDRESS]

 

Attention: [ ]

 

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 24, 2018 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among RLI Corp., each lender from time to time party thereto and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent.  Unless otherwise defined
herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. This notice constitutes a
Borrowing Request and the Borrower hereby gives you notice, pursuant to Section
2.03 of the Credit Agreement, that it requests a Borrowing under the Credit
Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following
information with respect to such Borrowing:

(A)Aggregate principal amount of Borrowing:5 $_________________

(B)Date of Borrowing (which is a Business Day):________________

(C)Type of Borrowing:6 ____________________________________

(D)Interest Period:7 _____________________

_________________

5  Must comply with Section 2.02(c) of the Credit Agreement.

6 Specify ABR Borrowing or Eurodollar Borrowing.  If no election as to the Type
of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR
Borrowing.

 

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[(E)Location and number of the Borrower’s account to which proceeds of the
requested Borrowing are to be disbursed: [NAME OF BANK] (Account No.:
______________)]

The Borrower hereby certifies that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied and that,
after giving effect to the Borrowing requested hereby, the Total Revolving
Credit Exposure shall not exceed the maximum amount thereof specified in
Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

RLI CORP.,

by

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

__________________________________

7. Applicable to Eurodollar Borrowings only. Shall be subject to the definition
of “Interest Period” and can be a period of one, two, three or six months.
Cannot extend beyond the Maturity Date. If an Interest Period is not specified,
then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration.

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF] INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

  as Administrative Agent
10 South Dearborn
9th Floor
Chicago, Illinois  60603
Suite IL1-0364

Telephone: [ ]

Email: [ ] 

Attention:  [ ]

 

 

Copy to:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

  as Administrative Agent

[ADDRESS]

 

Attention: [ ]

 

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 24, 2018 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among RLI Corp., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.  Unless otherwise
defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have
the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. This notice constitutes an
Interest Election Request and the Borrower hereby gives you notice, pursuant to
Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement, that it requests to convert an existing
Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower
specifies the following information with respect to such conversion requested
hereby:

(A)List date, Type, principal amount and Interest Period (if applicable) of
existing Borrowing: ___________

(B)Aggregate principal amount of resulting Borrowing:8 $_________________

(C)Effective date of interest election (which is a Business
Day):________________

(D)Type of Borrowing:9 ____________________________________

________________________________

8  Must comply with Section 2.02(c) of the Credit Agreement.

9  Specify ABR Borrowing or Eurodollar Borrowing.

 

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(E)Interest Period and last day thereof (if a Eurodollar Borrowing):10
_____________________

 

 

Very truly yours,

RLI Corp.,

by

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

______________________

10 Applicable to Eurodollar Borrowings only. Shall be subject to the definition
of “Interest Period” and can be a period of one, two, three or six months.
Cannot extend beyond the Maturity Date. If an Interest Period is not specified,
then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration.

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT D-1

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax
Purposes)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 24, 2018 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among RLI Corp., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner
of the Loan(s) (as well as any promissory note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in
respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within
the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent
shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the
Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower
as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a
certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form
W-8BEN-E.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the
information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly
so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned
shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with
a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar
year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the
two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

 

[NAME OF LENDER]

By:

 

Name: 

 

Title: 

Date: ________ __, 20[  ]

 

 

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EXHIBIT E-2

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax
Purposes)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 24, 2018 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among RLI Corp., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner
of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)
it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii)
it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign
corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the
Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its
non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E.  By executing
this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on
this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender
in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such
Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either
the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in
either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

By:

 

Name: 

 

Title: 

Date: ________ __, 20[  ]

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT E-3

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax
Purposes)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 24, 2018 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among RLI Corp., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the
participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its
direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such
participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned
nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit
pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or
business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of
its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the
Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of
its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation
related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY
accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that
is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form
W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS
Form W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is
claiming the portfolio interest exemption.  By executing this certificate, the
undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate
changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the
undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly
completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in
which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two
calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

 

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

By:

 

Name: 

 

Title: 

 

Date: ________ __, 20[  ]

 

 

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EXHIBIT E-4

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 24, 2018 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among RLI Corp., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s)
(as well as any promissory note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which
it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members
are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any promissory
note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit
pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the
undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank
extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary
course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of
the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent
shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the
Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled
foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C)
of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS
Form

W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its
partners/members that is claiming

the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E or
(ii) an IRS Form

W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS W-8BEN-E from each of such
partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest
exemption.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if
the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall
promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the
undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective
certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to
the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]

By:

 

Name: 

 

Title: 

Date: ________ __, 20[  ]

 

 

 

 

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