EXHIBIT 10.1

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Sixth
Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement," or this "Amendment")
is entered into effective as of April 30, 2014, among VANGUARD NATURAL GAS, LLC,
a Kentucky limited liability company ("Borrower"), and CITIBANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer (the "Administrative Agent"), and the
financial institutions defined below as the Existing Lenders, the financial
institution defined below as the Exiting Lender and ABN AMRO CAPITAL USA LLC,
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA, THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, ING CAPITAL LLC,
SUNTRUST BANK and DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as new Lenders
(collectively, "New Lenders").
R E C I T A L S
A.    Borrower, the financial institutions signing as Lenders and Administrative
Agent are parties to a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
September 30, 2011, and as amended by a First Amendment to Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 30, 2011, and as amended by a
Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June
29, 2012, and as amended by a Third Amendment to Third Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of December 31, 2012, and as amended by a Fourth
Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 16,
2013, and as amended by a Fifth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of November 5, 2013 (collectively, the "Original Credit
Agreement").
B.    Borrower has requested certain amendments to the Original Credit Agreement
including an increase of the Borrowing Base and the addition of the New Lenders
to the credit facility created under the Original Credit Agreement. Accordingly,
the parties desire to amend the Original Credit Agreement as hereinafter
provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.Same Terms. All terms used herein which are defined in the Original Credit
Agreement shall have the same meanings when used herein, unless the context
hereof otherwise requires or provides. In addition, (i) all references in the
Loan Documents to the "Agreement" shall mean the Original Credit Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment, as the same shall hereafter be amended from time to
time, and (ii) all references in the Loan Documents to the "Loan Documents"
shall mean the Loan Documents, as amended by this Amendment, the Modification
Papers, as the same shall hereafter be amended from time to time. In addition,
the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
"Effective Date" means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 2
below are satisfied (or waived in writing by the Administrative Agent).
"Existing Lenders" means Citibank, N.A., Well Fargo Bank, N.A., Credit Agricole
Corporate and Investment Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia,
Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of Montreal, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, UBS AG,
Stamford Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., U.S. Bank
National Association, Comerica Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Natixis, New

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York Branch, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., Associated Bank, N.A., Capital One,
National Association, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, New York Branch,
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Whitney Bank, Amegy Bank National
Association, Branch Banking and Trust Company, Credit Suisse AG, and PNC Bank
National Association.
"Exiting Lender" means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.
"Guaranty/Debtor Confirmation Letter" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.C.
"Legal Opinions" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
"Modification Papers" means this Amendment, the New Notes, the Guaranty/Debtor
Confirmation Letters, the No Material Adverse Change Certificate, and each of
the other documents and agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Amendment.
"Mortgage Amendments" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
"New Lenders" has the meaning set forth in the opening paragraph.
"New Notes" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.
"No Material Adverse Change Certificate" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.E.
"Restricted Facility Amount" means $1,500,000,000.
2.    Conditions Precedent. The obligations, agreements and waivers of Lenders
as set forth in this Amendment are subject to the satisfaction (in the opinion
of Administrative Agent), unless waived in writing by Administrative Agent, of
each of the following conditions:
A.    Sixth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. This
Amendment shall be executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto.
B.    Notes. Borrower shall have executed and delivered the New Notes to the New
Lenders.
C.    Guaranty/Debtor Confirmation Letters. Each Guarantor shall have executed a
letter in favor of Administrative Agent (each a "Guaranty/Debtor Confirmation
Letter") confirming that the Security Instruments previously executed by it
remain in full force and effect to secure the Obligations, as increased by this
Amendment.
D.    Fees and Expenses. Administrative Agent shall have received payment of all
out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses) incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation,
negotiation and execution of the Modification Papers.
E.    Representations and Warranties. Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate (the "No Material Adverse Change Certificate") to the effect that
all representations and warranties contained herein or in the other Modification
Papers or otherwise made in writing in connection herewith or therewith shall be
true and correct with the same force and effect as though such representations
and warranties have been made on and as of the Effective Date.

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F.    No Event of Default. No Event of Default exists or will exist as a result
of the execution of this Amendment.
3.    Amendments to Original Credit Agreement. On the Effective Date, the
Original Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a)    The following definition shall be added to Section 1.02 of the Original
Credit Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order:
"'Undisclosed Administration' means in relation to a Lender the appointment of
an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator
under or based on the law in the country where such Lender is subject to home
jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not
to be publicly disclosed."
(b)    The definitions of "Defaulting Lender" and "Facility Amount" in Section
1.02 of the Original Credit Agreement shall be amended to read in their entirety
as follows:
"'Defaulting Lender' means at any time, subject to Section 2.13(b), (i) any
Lender that has failed for two or more Business Days to comply with its
obligations under this Agreement to make a Loan, make a payment to the Issuing
Bank in respect of an LC Disbursement or make any other payment due hereunder
(each, a "funding obligation"), unless such Lender has notified the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result
of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding
has not been satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable
default, if any, will be specifically identified in such writing), (ii) any
Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or the Issuing
Bank in writing, or has stated publicly, that it does not intend to comply with
its funding obligations hereunder, unless such writing or statement states that
such position is based on such Lender’s determination that one or more
conditions precedent to funding cannot be satisfied (which conditions precedent,
together with the applicable default, if any, will be specifically identified in
such writing or public statement), (iii) any Lender that has, for three or more
Business Days after written request of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower,
failed to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that
it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that
such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (iii)
upon the Administrative Agent’s and the Borrower’s receipt of such written
confirmation), or (iv) any Lender with respect to which a Lender Insolvency
Event, other than by way of an Undisclosed Administration, has occurred and is
continuing with respect to such Lender or its Parent Company (provided, in each
case, that neither the reallocation of funding obligations provided for in
Section 2.13(a)(i) as a result of a Lender's being a Defaulting Lender nor the
performance by Non-Defaulting Lenders of such reallocated funding obligations
will by themselves cause the relevant Defaulting Lender to become a
Non-Defaulting Lender). Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a
Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any of clauses (i) through (v) above will be
conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender will be deemed to
be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.13(b)) upon notification of such
determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and
the Lenders."

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"'Facility Amount' means $3,500,000,000."
(c)    The last sentence of Section 2.08(j) of the Original Credit Agreement
shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"If the Borrower is required to provide an amount in cash collateral hereunder
as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 3.04(c) and the Borrower is
not otherwise required to pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the
LC Exposure as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, then if the
total Revolving Credit Exposure is reduced (whether pursuant to Section 3.04(a),
the expiration of Letters of Credit or otherwise) and/or the Borrowing Base is
increased in accordance with Section 2.07 and/or the Aggregate Commitments are
increased in accordance with Section 2.06(c), so long as no Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall return to the Borrower such
amount but only to the extent that the then effective Aggregate Commitments
exceed the total Revolving Credit Exposures by not less than $1,000,000."
(d)    Section 3.04(c)(i) of the Original Credit Agreement shall be amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
"(i)    If, after giving effect to any termination or reduction of the Aggregate
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06(b) or for any other reason not otherwise
described in the following clause (ii) below, the total Revolving Credit
Exposures exceeds the Aggregate Commitments, then the Borrower shall (A) prepay
the Borrowings on the date of such termination or reduction in an aggregate
principal amount equal to such excess, and (B) if any excess remains after
prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of an LC Exposure, pay to the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders an amount equal to such excess to
be held as cash collateral as provided in Section 2.08(j)."
(e)    The reference in the ninth line of Section 12.04(a) of the Original
Credit Agreement to "paragraph (f)" shall be amended to read "paragraph (e)".
(f)    Annex I of the Original Credit Agreement shall be replaced in its
entirety with Annex I attached hereto.
4.    New Borrowing Base. As of the Effective Date, the Borrowing Base is hereby
increased to $1,525,000,000. The Borrowing Base as so increased will remain in
effect until adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.07 of the Original
Credit Agreement.
5.    Conditions Precedent to Loans Above Restricted Facility Amount.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Original Credit Agreement as
amended hereby, no Lender shall be obligated to make, and no Lender shall make,
Loans to the Borrower in any amount that will result in (a) such Lender's
Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender's Applicable Percentage of
Restricted Facility Amount or (b) the total Revolving Credit Exposures of all
Lenders exceeding Restricted Facility Amount, until each of the following
conditions has been satisfied (in the opinion of Administrative Agent), unless
waived in writing by Administrative Agent:
A.    Mortgage Amendments. Amendments to each of the existing Mortgages
("Mortgage Amendments") as requested by Administrative Agent, to amend the
maximum amount of the promissory notes secured thereby to equal the Facility
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Original Credit Agreement as amended hereby), and any other provision deemed
necessary to be amended by Administrative Agent, shall be executed and delivered
by each of the parties thereto.
B.    Legal Opinions. Administrative Agent shall have received local counsel
opinions ("Legal Opinions") from counsel to Borrower and each Guarantor owning
any Mortgaged Properties, as appropriate or requested by the Administrative
Agent, covering such matters with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties and the
Mortgages (including the Mortgage Amendments) as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.
C.    Fees and Expenses. Administrative Agent shall have received payment of all
out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of
Winstead PC, counsel to Administrative Agent, and local counsel to
Administrative Agent in each state where any Mortgaged Properties are located)
incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation
and execution of the Mortgage Amendments, Legal Opinions and each of the other
documents and agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated thereby.
D.    Compliance with Section 6.03. Borrower shall have complied with each of
the conditions set forth in Section 6.03 of the Original Credit Agreement.
6.    Adjustment of Applicable Percentages of Lenders. The New Lenders have
become Lenders upon their execution of the Amendment, and on the Effective Date,
the New Lenders shall assume all rights and obligations of a Lender under the
Original Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. The Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Borrower hereby consent to each new Lender's acquisition of an
interest in the Aggregate Commitments and its Applicable Percentage. The Lenders
have agreed among themselves, in consultation with the Borrower, to reallocate
their respective Commitments and Applicable Percentages as set forth on Annex I,
and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower hereby consent to such
reallocation. The Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower hereby
waive (a) any requirement that an Assignment and Assumption or any other
documentation be executed in connection with such reallocation, and (b) the
payment of any processing and recordation fee to the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the reallocation of the Commitments and
Applicable Percentages among the Lenders shall be deemed to have been
consummated pursuant to the terms of an Assignment and Assumption attached as
Exhibit F to the Original Credit Agreement as if the Lenders had executed an
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such reallocation, and Exiting Lender
agrees that the provisions of the form of Assignment and Assumption attached as
Exhibit F to the Original Credit Agreement shall apply to it as the "Assignor"
thereunder. On the Effective Date, the Commitment and Applicable Percentage of
each Lender shall be as set forth on Annex I attached to this Amendment, and
Exiting Lender is released of its Commitment under the Original Credit
Agreement.
7.    Concerning the New Lenders.
(a)    In connection herewith, each of the Existing Lenders and Exiting Lender
irrevocably sells and assigns to each New Lender, and each New Lender, severally
and not jointly, hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Existing
Lenders and Exiting Lender, as of the Effective Date, so much of each Existing
Lender's and Exiting Lender's Commitment, outstanding Loans and participations
in Letters of Credit, and rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender
under the Original Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments
delivered pursuant thereto (including without limitation any guaranties and, to
the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims (including
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contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other
claims at law or in equity), suits, causes of action and any other right of any
Existing Lender or Exiting Lender against any Person, whether known or unknown,
arising under or in connection with the Original Credit Agreement, any other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions
governed thereby), such that each Existing Lender's and each New Lender's
Commitment, Applicable Percentage of the outstanding Loans and participations in
Letters of Credit, and rights and obligations as a Lender shall be equal to its
Applicable Percentage and Commitment set forth on Annex I to this Amendment.
Each New Lender acknowledges and agrees that the sale and assignment, and
purchase and assumption hereunder is without recourse to the Existing Lenders or
Exiting Lender (or any other Lender) and without any warranties whatsoever by
the Existing Lenders, Exiting Lender, any other Lender or the Administrative
Agent, except that each Existing Lender and Exiting Lender represents and
warrants to the New Lenders that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the
Loans, Letters of Credit, and Commitments being assigned hereunder, free and
clear of any lien, encumbrance or any adverse claim, and (ii) it has full power
and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this
Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b)    Upon the Effective Date, all Loans and participations in Letters of
Credit of the Existing Lenders and Exiting Lender outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Date shall be, and hereby are, restructured, rearranged,
renewed, extended and continued as provided in this Amendment and shall continue
as Loans and participations in Letters of Credit of each Existing Lender and
each New Lender, respectively, under the Original Credit Agreement.
(c)    Each New Lender represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent as
follows:
(i)    it has received a copy of the Original Credit Agreement, together with
copies of the most recent financial statements of the Parent delivered pursuant
thereto;
(ii)    it has, independently and without reliance upon any Lender or any
related party of the Administrative Agent or any Lender (an "Agent-Related
Person") and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business,
prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all
applicable bank or other regulatory laws relating to the transactions
contemplated by the Credit Agreement, and made its own decision to enter into
the Credit Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties under the Credit Agreement;
(iii)    it will, independently and without reliance upon any Lender or any
Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall
deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis,
appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it
deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations,
property, and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other
Loan Parties.

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(d)    Each New Lender acknowledges as follows:
(i)    no Lender or any Agent-Related Person has made any representation or
warranty to it, and no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken,
including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the
affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to
constitute any representation or warranty by any Lender or any Agent-Related
Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons
have disclosed material information in their possession;
(ii)    except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be
furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Original
Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or
responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other
condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their
respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related
Person; and
(iii)    on the Effective Date, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to
effectiveness set forth in Section 2 of this Amendment, it shall be deemed
automatically to have become a party to the Original Credit Agreement and have
all rights and obligations of a Lender under the Original Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents as if it were an original Lender signatory thereto.
(e)    On the Effective Date, each New Lender agrees to be bound by the terms
and conditions set forth in the Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents applicable to the Lenders as if it were an original Lender signatory
thereto (and expressly makes the appointment set forth in, and agrees to the
obligations imposed under, Article XI of the Original Credit Agreement).
8.    New Notes. The New Lenders have become Lenders upon their execution of
this Amendment, and, on the Effective Date, the maximum Commitments of all
Lenders are now set forth on Annex I to this Amendment. Accordingly, on the
Effective Date, Borrower shall issue the following Notes ("New Notes"):
(a)    A New Note in the original principal sum equal to the Commitment of ABN
AMRO Capital USA LLC as set forth on Annex I of this Amendment.
(b)    A New Note in the original principal sum equal to the Commitment of
Commonwealth Bank of Australia as set forth on Annex I of this Amendment.
(c)    A New Note in the original principal sum equal to the Commitment of The
Huntington National Bank as set forth on Annex I of this Amendment.
(d)    A New Note in the original principal sum equal to the Commitment of ING
Capital LLC as set forth on Annex I of this Amendment.
(e)    A New Note in the original principal sum equal to the Commitment of
Suntrust Bank as set forth on Annex I of this Amendment.

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(f)    A New Note in the original principal sum equal to the Commitment of
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as set forth on Annex I of this Amendment.
9.    Certain Representations. Borrower represents and warrants that, as of the
Effective Date: (a) Borrower has full power and authority to execute the
Modification Papers and the Modification Papers constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of Borrower enforceable in accordance with their terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally; and (b) no
authorization, approval, consent or other action by, notice to, or filing with,
any governmental authority or other person is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by Borrower thereof. In addition, Borrower represents
that after giving effect to this Amendment all representations and warranties
contained in the Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true
and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date as if made
on and as of such date except to the extent that any such representation or
warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date, in which case such
representation or warranty is true and correct in all material respects as of
such earlier date.
10.    No Further Amendments. Except as previously amended in writing or as
amended hereby, the Original Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and all
provisions shall remain fully effective between the parties.
11.    Acknowledgments and Agreements. Borrower acknowledges that on the date
hereof all outstanding Obligations are payable in accordance with their terms,
and Borrower waives any defense, offset, counterclaim or recoupment with respect
thereto. Borrower, Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and each Lender do hereby
adopt, ratify and confirm the Original Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and
acknowledge and agree that the Original Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, is
and remains in full force and effect. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that its
liabilities and obligations under the Original Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, and under the Loan Documents, are not impaired in any respect by this
Amendment. Any breach of any representations, warranties and covenants under
this Amendment shall be an Event of Default under the Original Credit Agreement.
12.    Limitation on Agreements. The modifications set forth herein are limited
precisely as written and shall not be deemed (a) to be a consent under or a
waiver of or an amendment to any other term or condition in the Original Credit
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or (b) to prejudice any right or rights
which Administrative Agent now has or may have in the future under or in
connection with the Original Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, each as
amended hereby, or any of the other documents referred to herein or therein. The
Modification Papers shall constitute Loan Documents for all purposes.
13.    Confirmation of Security. Borrower hereby confirms and agrees that all of
the Security Instruments which presently secure the Obligations shall continue
to secure, in the same manner and to the same extent provided therein, the
payment and performance of the Obligations as described in the Original Credit
Agreement as modified by this Amendment.
14.    Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all of which constitute one instrument. In making proof of this
Amendment, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one
counterpart thereof signed by each of the parties hereto.

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15.    Incorporation of Certain Provisions by Reference. The provisions of
Section 12.09 of the Original Credit Agreement captioned "GOVERNING LAW;
JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL" are
incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
16.    Entirety, Etc. This Amendment and all of the other Loan Documents embody
the entire agreement between the parties. THIS AMENDMENT AND ALL OF THE OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE
CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS
OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

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The parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day
and year first above written.
BORROWER:
VANGUARD NATURAL GAS, LLC 

 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Richard A. Robert
 
 
 
Richard A. Robert
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:    CITIBANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent

By: /s/     Peter Kardos                    
Peter Kardos
Vice President

LENDERS:    CITIBANK, N.A.

By: /s/     Peter Kardos                    
Peter Kardos
Vice President

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LENDERS:    WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

By: /s/ Michael Real                    
Name:     Michael Real                    
Title: Director                    

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LENDERS:    CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE &
        INVESTMENT BANK

By: /s/ Page Dillehunt                    
Name:     Page Dillehunt                    
Title: Managing Director                

By: /s/ Michael Willis                    
Name:     Michael Willis                    
Title: Managing Director                

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LENDERS:    ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

By: /s/ Jay T. Sartain                    
Name:      Jay T. Sartain                    
Title:      Authorized Signatory                

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LENDERS:    THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

By: /s/ Alan Dawson                    
Name:     Alan Dawson                    
Title:     Director                    

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LENDERS:    BARCLAYS BANK PLC

By: /s/ Vanessa A. Kurbatskiy                
Name:     Vanessa A. Kurbatskiy                
Title: Vice President                    

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LENDERS:    BANK OF MONTREAL

By: /s/ Joseph A. Bliss                    
Name:      Joseph A. Bliss                    
Title: Managing Director                

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LENDERS:    THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND plc

By: /s/ Sanjay Remond                    
Name:     Sanjay Remond                    
Title:     Director                    

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LENDERS:    UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH

By: /s/ Lana Gifas                    
Name:     Lana Gifas                    
Title: Director                    

By: /s/ Jennifer Anderson                
Name:     Jennifer Anderson                
Title:      Associate Director                

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LENDERS:    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

By: /s/ Ryan Aman                    
Name:     Ryan Aman                    
Title: Authorized Officer                

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LENDERS:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

By: /s/ Michael Clayborne                
Name: Michael Clayborne                
Title: Vice President                    

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LENDERS:    U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By: /s/ Mark E. Thompson                
Name:     Mark E. Thompson                
Title: Senior Vice President                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-13

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LENDERS:    COMERICA BANK

By: /s/ Jeff Treadway                    
Name:     Jeff Treadway                    
Title: Senior Vice President                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-14

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LENDERS:    FIFTH THIRD BANK

By: /s/ Richard C. Butler                
Name:     Richard C. Butler                
Title: Senior Vice President                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-15

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LENDERS:    NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH

By: /s/ Justin Bellamy                     
Name:     Justin Bellamy                    
Title: Director                     

By: /s/ Stuart Murray                    
Name:     Stuart Murray                    
Title: Managing Director                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-16

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LENDERS:    MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.

By: /s/ Dmitriy Barskiy                    
Name:     Dmitriy Barskiy                    
Title: Authorized Signatory                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-17

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LENDERS:    ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A.

By: /s/ Kyle Lewis                    
Name:     Kyle Lewis                    
Title: Assistant Vice President                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-18

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LENDERS:    CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By: /s/ Nancy Mak                    
Name:     Nancy Mak                    
Title: Senior Vice President                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-19

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LENDERS:
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW YORK BRANCH.

By: /s/ Trudy Nelson                    
Name: Trudy Nelson                     
Title: Managing Director                

By: /s/ Daria Mahoney                    
Name:     Daria Mahoney                    
Title: Executive Director                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-20

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LENDERS:    SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION

By: /s/ Katsuyuki Kubo                    
Name:     Katsuyuki Kubo                
Title: Executive Director                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-21

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LENDERS:    WHITNEY BANK

By: /s/ David E. Sisler                    
Name:     David E. Sisler                    
Title: Senior Vice President                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-22

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LENDERS:    AMEGY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By: /s/ Thomas Kleiderer                 
Name:     Thomas Kleiderer                
Title: Vice President                    

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-23

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LENDERS:    BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY

By: /s/ James Giordano                    
Name:     James Giordano                    
Title: Vice President                    

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-24

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LENDERS:    CREDIT SUISSE AG

By: /s/ Michael Spaight                    
Name:     Michael Spaight                
Title: Authorized Signatory                

By: /s/ Samuel Miller                    
Name:     Samuel Miller                    
Title: Authorized Signatory                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-25

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LENDERS:    PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By: /s/ Jonathan Luchansky                
Name:     Jonathan Luchansky                
Title: Assistant Vice President            

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-26

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LENDERS:    ABN AMRO CAPITAL USA LLC

By: /s/ Elizabeth Johnson                
Name:     Elizabeth Johnson                
Title: Director                    

By: /s/ Darrell Holley                    
Name:     Darrell Holley                    
Title: Managing Director                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-27

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LENDERS:    COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA

By: /s/ Renee Simpson                    
Name:     Renee Simpson                    
Title: Senior Associate                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-28

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LENDERS:    THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK

By: /s/ Christopher Renyi                
Name:     Christopher Renyi                
Title: Vice President                    

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-29

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LENDERS:    ING CAPITAL LLC

By: /s/ Juli Bieser                    
Name:     Juli Bieser                    
Title:     Director                    

By: /s/ Charles     Hall                    
Name:     Charles Hall                    
Title:     Managing Director                

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-30

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LENDERS:    SUNTRUST BANK

By: /s/ Scott Mackey                    
Name:     Scott Mackey                    
Title: Director                    

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-31

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LENDERS:    DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH

By: /s/ Michael Getz                    
Name:     Michael Getz                    
Title:     Vice President                    

By: /s/ Michael Shannon                
Name:     Michael Shannon                
Title:     Vice President                    

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-32

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EXITING LENDER:    

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

By: s/ Michael Getz                    
Name:     Michael Getz                    
Title: Vice President                    

By: /s/ Michael Shannon                
Name:     Michael Shannon                
Title:     Vice President                    

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT – S-33

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ANNEX I

List of Commitments and Applicable Percentages as of Effective Date of Sixth
Amendment
 
Name of Lender
Applicable
Percentage
Commitment
1
Citibank, N.A.
4.393%
$67,000,000.00
2
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
5.596%
$85,344,809.04
3
Bank of America, N.A.
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
4
Bank of Montreal
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
5
Barclays Bank PLC
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
6
Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
7
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
8
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
9
Royal Bank of Canada
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
10
The Bank of Nova Scotia
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
11
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
12
U.S. Bank National Association
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
13
UBS AG, Stamford Branch
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
14
Fifth Third Bank
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
15
Natixis, New York Branch
4.066%
$62,000,000.00
16
Credit Suisse AG
3.738%
$57,000,000.00
17
Comerica Bank
2.820%
$43,000,000.00
18
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
2.820%
$43,000,000.00
19
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
2.820%
$43,000,000.00
20
Associated Bank, N.A.
2.820%
$43,000,000.00
21
Branch Banking and Trust Company
2.820%
$43,000,000.00
22
Capital One, National Association
2.820%
$43,000,000.00
23
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, New York Branch
2.820%
$43,000,000.00
24
PNC Bank National Association
2.820%
$43,000,000.00
25
Amegy Bank National Association
1.830%
$27,900,179.31
26
Whitney Bank
1.830%
$27,900,179.31
27
ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC
1.441%
$21,970,966.47
28
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
1.441%
$21,970,966.47
29
The Huntington National Bank
1.441%
$21,970,966.47
30
ING Capital LLC
1.441%
$21,970,966.47
31
SunTrust Bank
1.441%
$21,970,966.47
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL
100.000%
$1,525,000,000

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