January 19, 2023

Eastern Airlines LLC

550 E. Swedesford Rd. #210 

Wayne, PA 19087 

Attention: Steve Harfst

Email: sharfst@goeasternair.com

Re: Amendment to Loan and Guarantee Agreement 

Reference is made to the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2020 

(as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified, the “Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement”), among EASTERN AIRLINES LLC, a limited liability company organized under 

the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, 

the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Initial Lender”), and The Bank of New York 

Mellon as the Administrative Agent and as the Collateral Agent (the “Agents”) (collectively, the 

“Parties”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in 

the Loan and Guarantee Agreement. 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Subsection 2.09(a) of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, the 

Loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable 

Rate plus the Additional Tax Payer Protection Rate; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Subsection 2.02(c) of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, the 

principal amount of the Loan shall also be increased on each Interest Payment Date by the PIK 

Interest Amount with respect to such Interest Payment Date, unless the Borrower pays such PIK 

Interest Amount in cash pursuant to an election made in accordance with Section 2.09(e) of the 

Loan and Guarantee Agreement; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Subsection 1.01 of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, the PIK 

Interest Rate in respect of any Interest Period ending after the first anniversary of the date of the 

Loan and Guarantee Agreement equals the Additional Tax Payer Protection Rate; 

WHEREAS, due to an administrative oversight, on each Interest Payment Date beginning 

on December 15, 2021, and ending on September 15, 2022, the principal amount of the Loan was 

increased by an amount equal to all accrued interest with respect to the relevant Interest Period, 

and the Borrower paid no accrued interest on the Loan in cash; and

WHEREAS, on November 14, 2022, the Administrative Agent notified the Borrower of

the aforementioned administrative oversight; and

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested an amendment to the Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement to (1) permit the Borrower to pay accrued interest on the December 15, 2022, Interest 

Payment Date solely by increasing the principal amount of the Loan in an amount equal to all 

accrued interest with respect to the relevant Interest Period; and (2) confirm and ratify all prior 

interest payments paid by the Borrower in the form of increases in the principal amount of the 
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Loan on the Interest Payment Dates from December 15, 2021, to September 15, 2022, and the 

Initial Lender agrees to amend the Loan and Guarantee Agreement as set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other 

good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, 

the Parties agree as follows:

1. Effective as of the date hereof, Section 1.01 of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement is 

hereby amended by striking the definition of “PIK Interest Rate” in its entirety and replacing it 

with the following:

“PIK Interest Rate” means (a) in respect of any Interest Period, the Additional Tax 

Payer Protection Rate plus (b) in respect of any Interest Period ending on or prior 

to December 15, 2022, the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

2. This letter agreement shall be limited as written and nothing herein shall be deemed to 

constitute an amendment or waiver of any other term, provision or condition of the Loan and 

Guarantee Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in any other instance than as 

expressly set forth herein or prejudice any right or remedy that any Lender, the Administrative 

Agent or the Collateral Agent may now have or may in the future have under the Loan and 

Guarantee Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, this 

letter agreement is hereby deemed to be a Loan Document under the Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement. Except as herein provided, the Loan and Guarantee Agreement and the other Loan 

Documents remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This letter agreement shall not 

constitute a novation of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement or any other Loan Documents. 

3. The Agents assume no responsibility for, and shall be entitled to rely on, without any 

obligation to ascertain or investigate, the correctness of the recitals and statements contained 

herein. The Agents shall not be liable or responsible in any manner whatsoever for, or in respect 

of, the validity or sufficiency of the amendments contained in this letter agreement.

4. Sections 11.06(b) (Electronic Execution), 11.09 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.) and 

11.10 (Waiver of Jury Trial) of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis

to this letter agreement as if set out herein.

5. This letter agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in 

different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken 

together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature 

page of this letter agreement in electronic (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as 

delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this letter agreement. 

The Lenders party hereto hereby authorize and direct the Administrative Agent and the 

Collateral Agent to acknowledge this letter agreement.

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[Signature Page to Letter Agreement –Eastern Airlines LLC] 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this letter agreement to be duly 

executed by each of their respective authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

EASTERN AIRLINES LLC, 

as the Borrower

By: _______________________ 

Name: 

Title: 

Steven Harfst

President & CEO
[Signature Page to Letter Agreement – Eastern Airlines LLC] 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE 

TREASURY, as the Initial Lender and a Lender 

By: _______________________ 

Name: 9LFWRULD&ROOLQ

Title: &KLHI&RPSOLDQFHDQG)LQDQFH2IILFHU

Victoria

Collin

Digitally signed by Victoria 

Collin

Date: 2023.01.19 

09:23:06 -05'00'
[Signature Page to Letter Agreement – Eastern Airlines LLC] 

Acknowledged: 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Administrative Agent 

By: _______________________ 

Name: John D. Bowman 

Title: Vice President 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Collateral Agent 

By: _______________________ 

Name: John D. Bowman 

Title: Vice President 

Digitally signed by 

John D. Bowman

Digitally signed by 

John D. Bowman
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LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT 

dated as of 

October 28, 2020 

among 

EASTERN AIRLINES LLC, as Borrower, 

the Guarantors party hereto from time to time, 

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, 

and 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, 

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms.............................................................................................................1

SECTION 1.02 Terms Generally........................................................................................................31

SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP .....................................................................31

SECTION 1.04 Rates..........................................................................................................................32

SECTION 1.05 Divisions....................................................................................................................32

ARTICLE II

COMMITMENT AND BORROWING

SECTION 2.01 Commitment..............................................................................................................32

SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowing ................................................................................................32

SECTION 2.03 Borrowing Request....................................................................................................33

SECTION 2.04 [Reserved] .................................................................................................................33

SECTION 2.05 [Reserved] .................................................................................................................33

SECTION 2.06 Prepayments..............................................................................................................33

SECTION 2.07 Reduction and Termination of Commitments...........................................................34

SECTION 2.08 Repayment of Loans..................................................................................................34

SECTION 2.09 Interest.......................................................................................................................34

SECTION 2.10 Benchmark Replacement Setting ..............................................................................35

SECTION 2.11 Evidence of Debt.......................................................................................................36

SECTION 2.12 Payments Generally...................................................................................................36

SECTION 2.13 Sharing of Payments..................................................................................................38

SECTION 2.14 Compensation for Losses ..........................................................................................38

SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs..........................................................................................................38

SECTION 2.16 Taxes .........................................................................................................................39

SECTION 2.17 [Reserved] .................................................................................................................43

SECTION 2.18 [Reserved] .................................................................................................................43

SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .....................................................43

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 3.01 Existence, Qualification and Power ..........................................................................44

SECTION 3.02 Authorization; No Contravention..............................................................................44

SECTION 3.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents..........................................................44

SECTION 3.04 Execution and Delivery; Binding Effect ...................................................................45

SECTION 3.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change.................................................45

SECTION 3.06 Litigation ...................................................................................................................45

SECTION 3.07 Contractual Obligations; No Default.........................................................................45

SECTION 3.08 Property .....................................................................................................................45

SECTION 3.09 Taxes .........................................................................................................................45
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SECTION 3.10 Disclosure..................................................................................................................46

SECTION 3.11 Compliance with Laws..............................................................................................46

SECTION 3.12 ERISA Compliance ...................................................................................................46

SECTION 3.13 Environmental Matters..............................................................................................47

SECTION 3.14 Investment Company Act..........................................................................................47

SECTION 3.15 Sanctions; Export Controls; Anti-Corruption; AML Laws.......................................47

SECTION 3.16 Solvency....................................................................................................................48

SECTION 3.17 Subsidiaries ...............................................................................................................48

SECTION 3.18 Senior Indebtedness...................................................................................................48

SECTION 3.19 Insurance Matters......................................................................................................48

SECTION 3.20 Labor Matters............................................................................................................48

SECTION 3.21 Insolvency Proceedings.............................................................................................48

SECTION 3.22 Margin Regulations...................................................................................................49

SECTION 3.23 Liens..........................................................................................................................49

SECTION 3.24 Perfected Security Interests.......................................................................................49

SECTION 3.25 US Citizenship...........................................................................................................49

SECTION 3.26 Eligible Business Status ............................................................................................49

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

SECTION 4.01 Closing Date Conditions ...........................................................................................49

SECTION 4.02 Additional Borrowing Conditions.............................................................................51

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements..................................................................................................52

SECTION 5.02 Certificates; Other Information .................................................................................53

SECTION 5.03 Notices.......................................................................................................................54

SECTION 5.04 Preservation of Existence, Etc...................................................................................55

SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties.........................................................................................55

SECTION 5.06 Maintenance of Insurance .........................................................................................55

SECTION 5.07 Payment of Obligations.............................................................................................55

SECTION 5.08 Compliance with Laws..............................................................................................55

SECTION 5.09 Environmental Matters..............................................................................................55

SECTION 5.10 Books and Records....................................................................................................56

SECTION 5.11 Inspection Rights.......................................................................................................56

SECTION 5.12 Sanctions; Export Controls; Anti-Corruption Laws and AML Laws........................56

SECTION 5.13 Guarantors; Additional Collateral .............................................................................56

SECTION 5.14 Post-Closing Matters.................................................................................................57

SECTION 5.15 Further Assurances....................................................................................................57

SECTION 5.16 Delivery of Appraisals and Valuation Certificates....................................................57

SECTION 5.17 Ratings.......................................................................................................................58

SECTION 5.18 Regulatory Matters....................................................................................................58

SECTION 5.19 Eligible Receivables..................................................................................................58
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ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

SECTION 6.01 [Reserved] .................................................................................................................59

SECTION 6.02 Liens..........................................................................................................................59

SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes ...............................................................................................59

SECTION 6.04 Dispositions...............................................................................................................60

SECTION 6.05 Restricted Payments..................................................................................................61

SECTION 6.06 Investments................................................................................................................62

SECTION 6.07 Transactions with Affiliates ......................................................................................63

SECTION 6.08 [Reserved] .................................................................................................................63

SECTION 6.09 [Reserved] .................................................................................................................63

SECTION 6.10 Changes in Nature of Business..................................................................................64

SECTION 6.11 Sanctions; AML Laws...............................................................................................64

SECTION 6.12 Amendments to Organizational Documents..............................................................64

SECTION 6.13 [Reserved] .................................................................................................................64

SECTION 6.14 Prepayments of Junior Indebtedness.........................................................................64

SECTION 6.15 Lobbying ...................................................................................................................64

SECTION 6.16 Use of Proceeds.........................................................................................................64

SECTION 6.17 Financial Covenants..................................................................................................64

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01 Events of Default.......................................................................................................65

SECTION 7.02 Application of Payments...........................................................................................68

ARTICLE VIII

AGENCY

SECTION 8.01 Appointment and Authority.......................................................................................68

SECTION 8.02 Collateral Matters......................................................................................................69

SECTION 8.03 Removal or Resignation of Administrative Agent ....................................................69

SECTION 8.04 Exculpatory Provisions..............................................................................................70

SECTION 8.05 Reliance by Agents....................................................................................................71

SECTION 8.06 Delegation of Duties..................................................................................................72

SECTION 8.07 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders.............................................................72

SECTION 8.08 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim ......................................................72

ARTICLE IX

GUARANTEE

SECTION 9.01 Guarantee of the Obligations.....................................................................................73

SECTION 9.02 Payment or Performance by a Guarantor ..................................................................73

SECTION 9.03 Liability of Guarantors Absolute...............................................................................73

SECTION 9.04 Waivers by Guarantors..............................................................................................74

SECTION 9.05 Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc..............................................75
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SECTION 9.06 Subordination ............................................................................................................75

SECTION 9.07 Continuing Guarantee................................................................................................75

SECTION 9.08 Financial Condition of the Borrower.........................................................................75

SECTION 9.09 Reinstatement............................................................................................................76

SECTION 9.10 Discharge of Guarantees ...........................................................................................76

ARTICLE X

CARES ACT REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 10.01 CARES Act Compliance ...........................................................................................76

SECTION 10.02 Dividends and Buybacks...........................................................................................76

SECTION 10.03 Maintenance of Employment Levels.........................................................................77

SECTION 10.04 United States Business ..............................................................................................77

SECTION 10.05 Limitations on Certain Compensation.......................................................................77

SECTION 10.06 Continuation of Certain Air Service..........................................................................78

SECTION 10.07 Treasury Access ........................................................................................................78

SECTION 10.08 Additional Defined Terms.........................................................................................78

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.01 Notices; Public Information ......................................................................................79

SECTION 11.02 Waivers; Amendments..............................................................................................81

SECTION 11.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver .....................................................................83

SECTION 11.04 Successors and Assigns.............................................................................................84

SECTION 11.05 Survival .....................................................................................................................87

SECTION 11.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution ...............................87

SECTION 11.07 Severability................................................................................................................88

SECTION 11.08 Right of Setoff...........................................................................................................88

SECTION 11.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc..............................................................................88

SECTION 11.10 Waiver of Jury Trial ..................................................................................................89

SECTION 11.11 Headings....................................................................................................................89

SECTION 11.12 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality ...................................................89

SECTION 11.13 Money Laundering; Sanctions...................................................................................89

SECTION 11.14 Interest Rate Limitation.............................................................................................90

SECTION 11.15 Payments Set Aside ...................................................................................................90

SECTION 11.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility .................................................................90

SECTION 11.17 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions................91
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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3.05 - Financial Statements

SCHEDULE 3.17 - Subsidiaries

SCHEDULE 5.14 - Post-Closing Matters 

SCHEDULE 6.05(i) - Restricted Payments

SCHEDULE 6.06 - Investments

SCHEDULE 6.07 - Affiliate Transactions

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A - Assignment and Assumption

EXHIBIT B-1 - Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

EXHIBIT B-2 - Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

EXHIBIT B-3 - Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

EXHIBIT B-4 - Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

EXHIBIT C - Form of Note

EXHIBIT D - Form of Borrowing Request
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LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated as of October 28, 2020 (this 

“Agreement”), among EASTERN AIRLINES LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws 

of Nevada (the “Borrower” or the “Parent”), the Guarantors party hereto from time to time, the UNITED 

STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (“Treasury”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK 

MELLON as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Initial Lender (as defined below) extend 

credit as is permissible under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. 116-136 

(Mar. 27, 2020), as the same may be amended form time to time (the “CARES Act”) to the Borrower, and 

the Initial Lender is willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4003(h)(1) of the CARES Act, for purposes of the Code 

(as defined below) the Loans (as defined below) shall be treated as indebtedness and as having been 

issued for their aggregate stated principal amount, and the interest payable pursuant to Section 2.09(a)

shall be treated as qualified stated interest. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein 

contained, 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:

“Additional Collateral” shall mean, to the extent identified in the Pledge and Security

Agreement, (a) cash and Cash Equivalents pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured 

Parties under the Security Documents (and subject to an account control agreement in form and substance 

satisfactory to the Appropriate Party), (b) airframes, aircraft, engines and Spare Parts, registered, 

habitually located, or located in a designated location, respectively, in the United States and that are 

eligible for the benefits of Section 1110 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 1110 or otherwise 

acceptable to the Required Lenders (provided that any airframe must be less than 20 years old at the time 

of its designation as Additional Collateral unless otherwise approved by the Appropriate Party), (c) Route 

Authorities for routes with at least one end point located in the United States and all Slots and Gate 

Leaseholds related from time to time thereto or otherwise acceptable to the Required Lenders, (d) 

Qualified Receivables (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) acceptable to the Required

Lenders, (e) flight simulators, (f) ground support equipment, (g) real property, (h) Qualified Tooling 

Inventory (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) and (i) any other assets acceptable to the 

Required Lenders, and all of which assets shall (i) (other than Additional Collateral of the type described 

in clause (a)) be valued by a new Appraisal (or, in the case of clause (d), be certified by a Responsible 

Officer of the Parent pursuant to a new Valuation Certificate) at the time the Parent designates such assets 

as Additional Collateral, (ii) as of any date of addition of such assets as Collateral, be subject, to the 

extent purported to be created by the applicable Security Document, to a perfected first priority Lien 

and/or mortgage (or comparable Lien), in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured 

Parties and otherwise subject only to Permitted Liens (excluding those referred to in clause (d) of the 

definition of “Permitted Lien”), (iii) pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties 

pursuant to security agreement(s) or mortgage(s), as applicable, in a form satisfactory to the Appropriate 

Party and (iv) at the time of their designation as Additional Collateral, be accompanied by a legal opinion 

in form satisfactory to the Appropriate Party; provided that, in accordance with Section 8.06, the 

Collateral Agent may designate a sub-agent to accept the security interest in any Additional Collateral for 
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the benefit of the Secured Parties; provided further that, with respect to Additional Collateral of the type 

described in clauses (c), (g) and (i), the Borrower agrees to notify the Collateral Agent as promptly as 

practicable of any new categories of assets which are expected to be designated as Additional Collateral 

or any new jurisdictions in which any asset is to be secured or located; provided further that, with respect 

to Additional Collateral of the type described in clause (e), (f), (g) or (h), (i) such assets are acceptable to 

the Required Lenders, (ii) the Borrower shall have delivered Appraisals acceptable in form and substance 

to the Required Lenders with respect to such assets, (iii) such assets are subject to a loan to value 

framework acceptable to the Required Lenders, (iv) such assets are pledged pursuant to documentation 

acceptable in form and substance to the Required Lenders and (v) the benefits of pledging such assets 

outweigh the associated cost, burden, difficulty or other consequences, as determined by the Required 

Lenders in their sole discretion. 

“Additional Tax Payer Protection Rate” means 3.00%. 

“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, as to any Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest 

rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for 

such Interest Period divided by (b) one minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.

“Administrative Account” means the account opened with the Administrative Agent in 

the name of the Initial Lender as notified to the Borrower and the Initial Lender, or such other account as 

the Administrative Agent shall advise the Borrower and each Lender from time to time.

“Administrative Agency Fee Letter” means any fee letter entered into between the 

Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, or with any successor administrative agent 

or collateral agent, in its capacity as administrative agent and in its capacity as collateral agent under any 

of the Loan Documents.

“Administrative Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as 

administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form 

supplied by or otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK 

Financial Institution.

“Affiliate” means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is 

under common control with, any other Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall 

mean having the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and 

policies of such Person, whether by ownership of voting equity, by contract, or otherwise.

“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(d)(ii).

“Agent Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to an Agent, any vice 

president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer or trust officer in the corporate trust and agency 

administration of the Agent or any other officer of the Agent customarily performing functions similar to 

those performed by any of the above-designated officers, and, in each case, who shall have direct 

responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also means, with respect to a particular agency 

matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and 

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“Agents” means any of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

“Agreement” has the meaning specified in introductory paragraph hereof.

“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of 

(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day 

plus 0.50% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one-month term in effect on such day (taking into 

account any LIBO Rate floor under the definition of “Adjusted LIBO Rate”) plus 1.00%. Any change in 

the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or such 

Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime 

Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or such Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

“AML Laws” means (a) the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-56), (b) the U.S. 

Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, as amended, (c) the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. sections 5301 

et seq., (d) Laundering of Monetary Instruments, 18 U.S.C. section 1956, (e) Engaging in Monetary 

Transactions in Property Derived from Specified Unlawful Activity, 18 U.S.C. section 1957, (f) the 

Financial Recordkeeping and Reporting of Currency and Foreign Transactions Regulations (Title 31 

Part 103 of the US Code of Federal Regulations), or (g) any other applicable money laundering or 

financial recordkeeping Laws. 

“Applicable Law” means, as to any Person, all applicable Laws binding upon such 

Person or to which such a Person is subject.

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total 

Outstanding Amount of Loans of all Lenders represented by the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Loans 

of such Lender at such time.

“Applicable Rate” means 3.50%.

“Appraisal” means any appraisal specifying a value in Dollars (and not a range of 

values), dated as of the delivery thereof, prepared by an Eligible Appraiser that certifies, at the time of 

determination, in reasonable detail the Appraised Value of Eligible Collateral; provided that any 

methodology, form of presentation and all assumptions must be acceptable to the Appropriate Party; 

provided, further, that the methodology, form of presentation and assumptions in the Appraisal delivered 

on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(i) shall be satisfactory for any subsequent Appraisal with 

respect to the same category and specific type of Eligible Collateral.

“Appraised Value” means, as of any date, (a) the specific value in Dollars (and not a 

range of values) of any property constituting Eligible Collateral (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) as 

reflected in the most recent Appraisal or Valuation Certificate, as applicable, (b) with respect to any cash 

pledged or being pledged at such time as Collateral, 160% of the face amount, (c) with respect to any 

Cash Equivalents pledged or being pledged at such time as Collateral, 100% of the fair market value 

thereof as determined by the Parent in accordance with customary financial market practices determined 

no earlier than 45 days prior to such date and (d) with respect to any Qualified Receivables pledged or 

being pledged at such time as Collateral, 170% of the net book value thereof as certified by a Responsible 

Officer of the Parent in the most recent Valuation Certificate; provided that (i) if no Appraisal or 

Valuation Certificate, as applicable, relating to such Eligible Collateral has been delivered to the 

Collateral Agent prior to such date, the Appraised Value of such Eligible Collateral shall be deemed to be 

zero, (ii) in the case of any such property consisting of ground support equipment, the Appraised Value 

shall be deemed to be 50% of the value set forth in the most recent Appraisal or Valuation Certificate, as 

applicable, and (iii) in the case of any such property consisting of aircraft or airframes that are 20 years 
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old or older as of the date of this Agreement (or, in the case of Additional Collateral, as of the date upon 

which such Additional Collateral is pledged as Collateral to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the 

Secured Parties to secure the Obligations), the Appraised Value shall be deemed to be 70% of the value 

set forth in the most recent Appraisal or Valuation Certificate, as applicable.

“Appropriate Party” means (i) while the Initial Lender holds any Commitment or Loan, 

the Initial Lender and (ii) if the Initial Lender is no longer a Lender, the Administrative Agent (acting at 

the direction of the Required Lenders). 

“Approved Fund” means any Fund 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.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a 

Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by 

Section 11.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A or any 

other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“ASU” means the Accounting Standards Update 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) by the 

Financial Accounting Standards Board issued on February 25, 2016.

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, (a) in respect of any 

Capitalized Lease Obligations of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a 

balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any 

Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant 

lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with 

GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the thencurrent Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated 

with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an 

Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, 

any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to 

Section 2.10(d).

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an 

applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of any Affected Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) 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 and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United 

Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule 

applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms 

or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other 

insolvency proceedings).

“Benchmark” means, initially, USD LIBO Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition 

Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have 

occurred with respect to USD LIBO Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the 
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applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such 

prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.10(a).

“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth 

in the order below that can be determined by the Required Lenders for the applicable Benchmark 

Replacement Date:

(1) the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

(2) the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement 

Adjustment;

(3) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by (y) so long as 

the Initial Lender is a Lender, the Initial Lender and (z) otherwise, the Required 

Lenders and the Borrower, in each case, as the replacement for the then-current 

Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) 

any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism 

for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving 

or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a 

replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated 

credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

provided that, in the case of clause (1), such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is displayed on a screen 

or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Required 

Lenders in their reasonable discretion and such screen is administratively acceptable as determined by the 

Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion. If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant 

to clause (1), (2) or (3) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed 

to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided further that 

any such Benchmark Replacement shall be administratively feasible as determined by the Administrative 

Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the 

then- current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period 

and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:

(1) for purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” 

the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the 

Required Lenders:

(a) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread 

adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the 

Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period 

that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for 

the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark 

Replacement for the applicable Corresponding Tenor;

(b) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of 

the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest 

Period that would apply to the fallback rate for a derivative transaction 

referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon an index cessation event 

with respect to such Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; and
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(2) for purposes of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the spread 

adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which 

may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by (y) so long as 

the Initial Lender is a Lender, the Initial Lender and (z) otherwise, the Required 

Lenders and the Borrower, in each case, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor 

giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread 

adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the 

replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark 

Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark 

Replacement Date or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for 

determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such 

spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable 

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar- denominated syndicated credit 

facilities;

provided that, in the case of clause (1) above, such adjustment is displayed on a screen or other 

information service that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as 

selected by the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion and such screen is administratively 

acceptable as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; provided that, any such 

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall be administratively feasible as determined by the 

Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark 

Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of 

“Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and 

frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or 

prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage 

provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent (after 

consultation with the Required Lenders) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and 

implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the 

Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative 

Agent (after consultation with the Required Lenders) decides that adoption of any portion of such market 

practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent (after consultation with the 

Required Lenders) determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark 

Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent (after 

consultation with the Required Lenders) decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the 

administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents). The Required Lenders shall cooperate 

in good faith with the Administrative Agent so that the Administrative Agent may determine such 

Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with 

respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the 

later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced 

therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the 

published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely 

ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component 

thereof);
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(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date 

of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein; or

(3) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, (y) so long as the Initial Lender is a Lender, 

the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is 

provided to the Administrative Agent and (z) otherwise, the sixth (6th) Business Day 

after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Administrative 

Agent, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New 

York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early 

Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early 

Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.

For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the 

same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark 

Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination 

and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or 

(2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein 

with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in 

the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following 

events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator 

of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) 

announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available 

Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; 

provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor 

administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark 

(or such component thereof);

(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the 

administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation 

thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an 

insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or 

such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for 

such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency 

or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such 

component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such 

component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such 

Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, 

at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that 

will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component 

thereof); or

(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the 

administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation 

thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such 

component thereof) are no longer representative.
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For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with 

respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred 

with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used 

in the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time 

that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at 

such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes 

hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.10 and (y) ending at the time that 

a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under 

any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.10.

“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 

under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as 

that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have 

beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise 

of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of 

time. 

“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.

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in introductory paragraph hereof.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(e).

“Borrowing” means a borrowing of Loans.

“Borrowing Request” means a request for a Borrowing in substantially the form of 

Exhibit D hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Business Day” means any day on which Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York are both open for business that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day that is a legal holiday under 

the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions in such state are authorized or 

required by Law to close; provided that, when used in connection with a Loan that bears interest by 

reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the term “Business Day” means any such day that is also a day on 

which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank market.

“Capital Markets Offering” means any offering of “securities” (as defined under the 

Securities Act and, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any offering of pass-through certificates by any 

pass-through trust established by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) in (a) a public offering registered 

under the Securities Act, or (b) an offering not required to be registered under the Securities Act 

(including, without limitation, a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, an exempt 

offering pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act and an offering of exempt 

securities).

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be 

made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to 

be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in 
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accordance with GAAP; provided that all leases of such Person that are or would have been treated as 

operating leases for purposes of GAAP prior to the issuance of the ASU shall continue to be accounted 

for as operating leases for purposes of all financial definitions and calculations for purposes of this 

Agreement (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding 

the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with the ASU (on a prospective or retroactive 

basis or otherwise) to be treated as capitalized lease obligations for other purposes.

“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with 

GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes 

hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted 

for as a liability in accordance with GAAP; provided, further, that all leases of such Person that are or 

would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP prior to the issuance of the ASU shall 

continue to be accounted for as operating leases for purposes of all financial definitions and calculations 

for purposes of this Agreement (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such 

date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with the ASU (on a 

prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) to be treated as capitalized lease obligations for other 

purposes.

“CARES Act” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement. 

“Cash Equivalents” means:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are 

unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such 

obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing 

within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within one year from the date of 

acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P2 from Moody’s;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits 

maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and 

money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank 

organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that has a combined capital 

and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250,000,000;

(d) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 

under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA and Aaa (or equivalent rating) by at least 

two (2) Credit Rating Agencies and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; 

(e) deposits available for withdrawal on demand with commercial banks organized 

in the United States having capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000; and 

(f) other short-term liquid investments held by the Parent and the Subsidiaries as of 

the Closing Date in accordance with their normal investment policies and practices for cash management.

“CCR Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 6.17(b).

“CCR Certificate Delivery Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.17(b).
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“CCR Reference Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.17(b).

“CFC” means a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the 

Code. 

“CFC Holdco” means any Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than 

Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the 

following: (a) the adoption 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) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or 

directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; 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 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 or issued.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the sale, lease, 

transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a 

series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Borrower and its 

Subsidiaries, or if the Borrower is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent, the Parent and its 

Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in 

Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)); (b) the consummation of any transaction (including, without 

limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any Person (including any “person” (as 

defined above)) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting 

Stock of the Borrower or the Parent, as applicable, (measured by voting power rather than number of 

shares), other than (i) any such transaction where the Voting Stock of the Borrower or the Parent, as 

applicable, (measured by voting power rather than number of shares) outstanding immediately prior to 

such transaction constitutes or is converted into or exchanged for at least a majority of the outstanding 

shares of the Voting Stock of such Beneficial Owner (measured by voting power rather than number of 

shares), or (ii) the consummation of any merger or consolidation of the Borrower or the Parent, as 

applicable, with or into any Person (including any “person” (as defined above)) which owns or operates 

(directly or indirectly through a contractual arrangement) a Permitted Business (a “Permitted Person”) or 

a Subsidiary of a Permitted Person, in each case, if immediately after such transaction no Person

(including any “person” (as defined above)) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 

50% of the total Voting Stock of such Permitted Person (measured by voting power rather than number of 

shares); (c) if the Borrower is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent, the Parent ceasing to own, 

directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower; (d) the adoption of a plan relating to 

the liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower or the Parent or (e) the occurrence of a “change of control”, 

“change in control” or similar event under any Material Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Parent or any 

parent entity of the foregoing.

“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are 

satisfied. 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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“Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement.

“Collateral Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as collateral 

agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor collateral agent. 

“Collateral Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) the 

Appraised Value of the Eligible Collateral as of the date of the Appraisal or Valuation Certificate most 

recently delivered with respect to such Eligible Collateral pursuant to Section 5.16 (or in the case of cash 

and Cash Equivalents, as of such date of determination) to (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans 

and Commitments outstanding as of such date; provided that for the purposes of calculating clause (i) 

above, (x) no more than 25% of the Appraised Value of the Eligible Collateral may correspond to ground 

support equipment and (y) any amounts held in the Collateral Proceeds Account shall not be included.

“Collateral Proceeds Account” means a deposit account in the name of the Borrower that 

is subject to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Appropriate Party establishing 

Control (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) of such account by the Collateral Agent.

“Commitment” means the commitment of the Initial Lender to make Loans in the amount 

of $15,000,000.00, as such commitment may be reduced or terminated pursuant to Section 2.07.

“Communications” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(d)(ii).

“Competitor” means (i) any Person operating an Eligible Business and (ii) any Affiliate 

of any Person described in clause (i) (other than any Affiliate of such Person as a result of common 

control by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof and any Affiliate of such Person under 

common control with such Person which Affiliate is not actively involved in the management and/or 

operations of such Person).

“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.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued 

by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or 

by which it or any of its property is bound.

“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 analogous thereto. 

“Convertible Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Parent that is convertible into 

common Equity Interests of the Parent (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount 

determined by reference to the price of such common Equity Interests).

“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either 

a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length 

(disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.

“Credit Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors.
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“Credit Rating” means a rating as determined by a Credit Rating Agency of the Parent’s 

non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term indebtedness.

“Credit Rating Agency” means a nationally recognized credit rating agency that evaluates 

the financial condition of issuers of debt instruments and then assigns a rating that reflects its assessment 

of the issuer’s ability to make debt payments.

“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate 

(which will include a lookback) being established by the Required Lenders in accordance with the 

conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining 

“Daily Simple SOFR” for business loans; provided that, if the Administrative Agent decides that any such 

convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Required Lenders may 

establish another convention in its reasonable discretion, subject to the determination by the 

Administrative Agent of the administrative feasibility of such convention.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and 

all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, 

rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States 

or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with 

the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means an interest rate (before as well as after judgment) equal to the

applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum.

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer (including through a plan of 

division), license, lease or other disposition of any property by any Person (including (i) any sale and 

leaseback transaction, any issuance of Equity Interests by a Subsidiary of such Person and (ii) with 

respect to Intellectual Property, any covenant not to sue, release, abandonment, lapse, forfeiture, 

dedication to the public or other similar disposition of Intellectual Property), 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.

“Disqualified Equity Interest” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or the terms 

of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or 

upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely 

for Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or 

otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders 

thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior 

repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination 

of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, 

(c) provides for scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or 

exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity 

Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date; provided that 

if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of the Parent or any 

Subsidiary or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified 

Equity Interests solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Parent or its Subsidiaries in 

order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s 

termination, death or disability.
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“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of the 

United States of America, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.

“DOT” means the U.S. Department of Transportation.

“Early Opt-in Election” means, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBO Rate, the 

occurrence of:

(1) (x) so long as the Initial Lender is a Lender, the Initial Lender and (y) otherwise, the 

Required Lenders, in each case notifying to the Administrative Agent that the Initial 

Lender or the Required Lenders have determined that at least five currently 

outstanding U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain 

(as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including 

SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and 

such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly 

available for review), and

(2) (x) so long as the Initial Lender is a Lender, the election by the Initial Lender and (y) 

otherwise, the joint election by the Required Lenders and the Borrower to trigger a 

fallback from USD LIBO Rate and, in each case, the provision to the Administrative 

Agent and the other Lenders of written notice of such election.

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm 

established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution 

Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution 

described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member 

Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject 

to consolidated supervision with its parent.

“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.

“Eligible Appraiser” means (a) with respect to aircraft or engines: Morten Beyer & 

Agnew, International Bureau of Aviation, Ascend Worldwide Group, ICF International Inc., BK 

Associates, Inc., Aircraft Information Services Inc., AVITAS, Inc., PAC Appraisal Inc., Aviation 

Specialists Group, Aviation Asset Management Inc., IBA Group Ltd., Alton Aviation Consultancy LLC, 

Acumen Aviation, Collateral Verifications, Inc., BBC Aviation Enterprises LLC, Aviation Advisors 

Group, LLC or Aviation Management Consulting, Inc., (b) with respect to slots, gates or routes: Morten 

Beyer & Agnew, ICF International Inc., PAC Appraisal Inc., BK Associates, Inc. or Alton Aviation 

Consultancy LLC, (c) with respect to parts, Morten Beyer & Agnew, ICF International Inc., SagePopovich, Inc., PAC Appraisal Inc., Aviation Asset Management Inc., Acumen Aviation, Alton Aviation 

Consultancy LLC, Collateral Verifications, Inc., BBC Aviation Enterprises LLC, Aviation Advisors 

Group, LLC, or Aviation Management Consulting, Inc., (d) [reserved], (e) with respect to any other type 

of property, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Andersen Tax LLC, BBC Aviation Enterprises LLC, Aviation 

Advisors Group, LLC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, CBRE Group Inc., Alvarez & Marsal or Jones Lang 
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LaSalle Incorporated, Aviation Management Consulting, Inc. or (solely with respect to ground support 

equipment) Collateral Verifications, Inc. and (f) any independent appraisal firm appointed by the 

Borrower and acceptable to the Appropriate Party.

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee 

under Section 11.04(b)(iii), Section 11.04(b)(v) and 11.04(b)(vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may 

be required under Section 11.04(b)(iii)); provided that no Competitor shall be an Eligible Assignee.

“Eligible Business” means an “air carrier” within the meaning of Section 40102 of Title 

49 that holds a certificate under Section 41102 of Title 49.

“Eligible Collateral” means, as of any date, all Collateral on which the Collateral Agent 

has, as of such date, to the extent purported to be created by the applicable Security Document, a valid 

and perfected first priority Lien and/or mortgage (or comparable Lien) for the benefit of the Secured 

Parties and which is otherwise subject only to Permitted Liens and satisfies the requirements set out in the 

Loan Documents for such type of Collateral.

“Eligible Receivables” means all Qualified Receivables (as defined in the Pledge and 

Security Agreement) that are part of the Collateral.

“Eligible Receivables Account” means that certain concentration account specified to the 

Administrative Agent in the name of a Credit Party, and any replacement account, which, in each case, 

must be a segregated deposit account and subject at all times to an account control agreement in form and 

substance satisfactory to the Appropriate Party.

“Eligible Receivables Determination Date” means the fifth Business Day following the 

last day of each March, June, September and December (beginning with December 2020).

“Eligible Receivables Revenue” means all payments received by, or otherwise required to 

be paid to, the Credit Parties (and their Affiliates), and all other amounts the Credit Parties are entitled to,

under any Eligible Receivable.

“Eligible Receivables Test Period” means, at any Eligible Receivables Determination 

Date or other date of determination, the period of twelve (12) calendar months ending on the last day of 

the calendar month ending immediately prior to such date.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, Laws, 

regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, 

licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions, including all common law, relating to pollution or the 

protection of health, safety or the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, 

including those related to Hazardous Materials, air emissions, discharges to waste or public systems and 

health and safety matters.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability or obligation, contingent or otherwise 

(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), 

directly or indirectly, resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the 

generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, disposal or permitting or arranging for the 

disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or 

threatened release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual 

arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
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“Equity Interests” means, as to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other 

ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase 

or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) 

such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other 

ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition 

from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests 

in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, 

and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of 

determination (other than Convertible Indebtedness or any other debt security that is convertible into or 

exchangeable for Equity Interests of such Person).

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 

and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under 

common control with any Credit Party within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and 

Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code or 

Section 302 of ERISA).

“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the 

failure by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate to meet all applicable requirements under the Pension 

Funding Rules or the filing of an application for the waiver of the minimum funding standards under the 

Pension Funding Rules; (c) the incurrence by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability 

pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA or a cessation of operations with respect to a Pension Plan 

within the meaning of Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (d) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Credit 

Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in 

reorganization or insolvent (within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA); (e) the filing of a notice of intent 

to terminate a Pension Plan under, or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under, 

Section 4041 of ERISA; (f) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; 

(g) any event or condition that constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, 

or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (h) the determination that any Pension 

Plan is in at-risk status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA) or that a 

Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or 

Section 305 of ERISA); (i) the imposition or incurrence of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other 

than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Credit Party or 

any ERISA Affiliate; (j) the engagement by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate in a transaction that 

could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (k) the imposition of a lien upon any 

Credit Party pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA; or (l) the making of an 

amendment to a Pension Plan that could result in the posting of bond or security under Section 436(f)(1) 

of the Code.

“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 Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the 

reserve percentage in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations 

issued from time to time by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement 

(including any emergency, special, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to 

eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D). The Adjusted 

LIBO Rate for each outstanding Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any 

change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
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“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Article VII.

“Excluded Assets” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement. 

“Excluded Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent that (i) is not wholly-owned, 

directly or indirectly, by the Parent, (ii) is a captive insurance company, (iii) is an Immaterial Subsidiary, 

(iv) is a Receivables Subsidiary, (v) is a Foreign Subsidiary or a CFC Holdco existing on the Closing 

Date or (vi) is a Finance Entity; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Subsidiary will not be an 

Excluded Subsidiary if it (x) owns assets that are intended to be included in the Collateral, (y) owns 

individually, or in the aggregate with other Subsidiaries (including any Subsidiary that would otherwise 

qualify as an Excluded Subsidiary), a majority of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that owns any 

assets that are intended to be included in the Collateral or is party to any agreements that constitute (or 

would constitute) Collateral or (z) guarantees Material Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its 

Subsidiaries (other than any acquired Subsidiary that guarantees assumed Indebtedness of a Person 

acquired pursuant to an acquisition permitted under this Agreement that is existing at the time of such 

acquisition or investment; provided that such Indebtedness was not created in contemplation of or in 

connection with such acquisition and the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased).

“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 pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender 

acquires such interest in the Loans (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under 

Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, 

pursuant to Section 2.16, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s 

assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it 

changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with 

Section 2.16(g) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“Export Control Laws” means any applicable export control Laws including the 

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R. 120 et seq.) and the Export Administration 

Regulations (15 C.F.R. 730 et seq.).

“FAA” means the United States Federal Aviation Administration and any successor 

thereto.

“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 

agreements 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.

“FCPA” has the meaning specified in Section 3.15(b).
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“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the rate calculated 

by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s Federal funds transactions by depositary 

institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its 

public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal

Reserve Bank of New York as the Federal funds effective rate and (b) 0%.

“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

of the United States.

“Finance Entity” means any Person created or formed by or at the direction of the Parent 

or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing aircraft and aircraft related assets and related predelivery payment obligations of the Parent or such Subsidiaries; provided that such (i) Person holds no 

material assets other than the aircraft or aircraft related assets to be financed or assets pursuant to which 

related pre-delivery payment obligations arise, (ii) financing is in the ordinary course of business of the 

Parent and its Subsidiaries or otherwise customary for airlines based in the United States and (iii) Person 

holds no assets constituting, or otherwise intended to be included in, Collateral.

“Financial Officer” means, as to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal 

accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person.

“Financial Statement Report” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as 

of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or 

otherwise) with respect to USD LIBO Rate. As of the Closing Date, the Floor shall be 0%. 

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

“Foreign Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement 

or agreement maintained or contributed to by the Parent or any Subsidiary with respect to employees 

employed outside the United States (other than any governmental arrangement).

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in 

making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of 

credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

“GAAP” means, subject to Section 1.03, United States generally accepted accounting 

principles as in effect from time to time; provided that if at any time any change in GAAP would affect 

the computation of any financial ratio or financial requirement, or compliance with any covenant, set 

forth in any Loan Document, the Required Lenders and the Borrower will negotiate in good faith to 

amend such ratio, requirement or covenant to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change 

in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided, further, that until so amended, (a) 

such ratio, requirement or covenant will continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such 

change therein and (b) the Borrower will provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders 

reconciliation statements to the extent requested.
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“Gate Leasehold” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any 

other nation, or of 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 

(including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such 

Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation 

payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or 

indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or 

advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to

purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such 

Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, 

(iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or 

level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such 

Indebtedness or other obligation or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the 

obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to 

protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (b) any Lien on any assets of 

such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such 

Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any 

holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not 

include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any 

Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related 

primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or 

determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the 

guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.

“Guarantor” means each Guarantor listed on the signature page to this Agreement and 

any other Person that Guarantees the Obligations under this Agreement and any other Loan Document.

“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 other substances or wastes of any nature regulated under or with respect to which liability or 

standards of conduct are imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Immaterial Subsidiaries” means one or more Subsidiaries, for which (a) the assets of all 

such Subsidiaries constitute, in the aggregate, no more than 7.50% of the total assets of the Parent and its 

Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the 

Parent for which financial statements are available), and (b) the revenues of all such Subsidiaries account 

for, in the aggregate, no more than 7.50% of the total revenues of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a 

consolidated basis for the four (4) fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal 

quarter of the Parent for which financial statements are available; provided that (x) a Subsidiary will not 

be an Immaterial Subsidiary if it (i) directly or indirectly guarantees, or pledges any property or assets to 

secure, any Obligations, (ii) owns any assets that are intended to be included in the Collateral or is party

to any agreements that constitute (or would constitute) Collateral, or (iii) owns a majority of the Equity 
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Interests of any Subsidiary that owns any assets that are intended to be included in the Collateral or is 

party to any agreements that constitute (or would constitute) Collateral and (y) the Borrower shall not be 

an Immaterial Subsidiary.

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of 

the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such 

Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under (i) letters of 

credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and bank guaranties and (ii) surety 

bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;

(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or 

services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);

(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property 

owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other 

title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or 

is limited in recourse;

(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;

(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and

(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership 

or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in 

which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made 

non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date 

shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any 

Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) that is expressly made non-recourse or limitedrecourse (limited solely to the assets securing such Indebtedness) to such Person shall be deemed to be 

equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value 

of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

“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), Other Taxes.

“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.03(b).

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.12.

“Initial Lender” means Treasury or its designees (but, for the avoidance of doubt, 

excluding any assignee of the Loans). 
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“Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement.

“Interest Payment Date” means the first Business Day following the 14th day of each 

March, June, September and December (beginning with December 15, 2020), and the Maturity Date.

“Interest Period” means, as to any Borrowing, (a) for the initial Interest Period, the period 

commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date and 

(b) for each Interest Period thereafter, the period commencing on the last day of the next preceding 

Interest Period and ending on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

“International Registry” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and 

Security Agreement.

“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, the rate per annum 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 rate as displayed on the 

Bloomberg “LIBOR01” screen page (or any successor or replacement screen on such service; in each 

case the “Screen Rate”) for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than 

three (3) months and (b) the Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) 

that is equal to or exceeds three (3) months, in each case, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two 

(2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by 

such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other 

securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of 

debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another 

Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement 

pursuant to which the investor incurs Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (h) of the definition of 

“Indebtedness” in respect of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction 

or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another 

Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. For purposes of 

covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without 

adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment but giving effect to any 

returns or distributions of capital or repayment of principal actually received in case by such Person with 

respect thereto.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service. 

“ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International 

Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time 

to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by 

the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.

“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, 

treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or 

authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged 

with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, 

directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental 

Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
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“Lenders” means the Initial Lender and any other Person that shall have become party 

hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party 

hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. 

“LIBO Rate” means, the greater of (a) the rate appearing on the Bloomberg “LIBOR01” 

screen page (or any successor or replacement screen on such service) at approximately 11:00 a.m., 

London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for 

dollar deposits with a maturity of three (3) months; provided that (i) if such rate is not available at such 

time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” shall be the Interpolated Rate, and (ii) if the Interpolated Rate 

is not available (except as set forth in Section 2.10), the “LIBO Rate” shall be the LIBO Rate for the 

immediately preceding Interest Period, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest 

Period and (b) 0%.

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, deposit 

arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, any option or other agreement to sell or give 

a security interest in an asset, or preference, priority, or other security interest or preferential arrangement 

of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any 

easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having 

substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

“Loan” means a loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

“Loan Application Form” means the application form and any related materials submitted 

by the Borrower to the Initial Lender in connection with an application for the Loans under Division A, 

Title IV, Subtitle A of the CARES Act.

“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, any Security Document, any 

promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.11(b) and any other documents entered into in connection 

herewith (including an Administrative Agency Fee Letter, if any).

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

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse 

effect on, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or 

otherwise) or prospects of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (b) a material adverse effect 

on (i) the ability of the Borrower or any Credit Party to perform its Obligations, (ii) the legality, validity, 

binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or any Credit Party of any Loan Document to which 

it is a party or the validity, perfection and first priority of the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the 

Collateral Agent taken as a whole or with respect to a substantial portion of the Collateral, or (iii) the 

rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, the Lenders or the Agents under any Loan 

Documents; provided that the impacts of the COVID-19 disease outbreak will be disregarded for purposes 

of clause (a) of this definition to the extent (i) publicly disclosed in any SEC filing of the Parent or 

otherwise provided to the Initial Lender prior to the Closing Date and (ii) the scope of such adverse effect 

is no greater than that which has been disclosed as of the Closing Date.

“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries 

(other than the Loans) outstanding under the same agreement in a principal amount exceeding 

$2,300,000.00.

“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.
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“Maturity Date” means the date that is five (5) years after the Closing Date (except that, 

if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the preceding Business Day).

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.14.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency 

business.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in 

Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to 

make contributions, during the preceding five (5) plan years has made or been obligated to make 

contributions, or has any liability.

“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan with respect to which any Credit Party or any 

ERISA Affiliate is a contributing sponsor, and that has two (2) or more contributing sponsors at least two 

(2) of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

“Net Proceeds” means in connection with any Disposition or Recovery Event, the 

aggregate cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of a 

Disposition of Collateral (including, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received in respect 

of or upon the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any such Disposition of Collateral) 

or Recovery Event, net of the direct costs and expenses relating to such Disposition and incurred by the 

Parent or a Subsidiary (including the sale or disposition of such non-cash consideration) or any such 

Recovery Event, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales 

commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Disposition or Recovery Event, taxes 

paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result of the Disposition or Recovery Event, in each case, 

after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements.

“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver 

or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of 

Section 11.02 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

“Note” means the promissory note executed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11(b).

“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and 

duties of, each Credit Party 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 

required to be performed, or to become due or to be performed, now existing or hereafter arising and 

including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party 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 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 or any other Credit Party 

under any Loan Document, (b) the obligation of any Credit Party to reimburse any amount in respect of 

any of the foregoing that the Lenders, in each case in their sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on 

behalf of any Credit Party and (c) the obligation of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to take any 

action or refrain from taking any action as required by the covenants and other provisions contained in 

this Agreement and any other Loan Document.

“Obligee Guarantor” has the meaning specified in Section 9.06.
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“Organizational Documents” means (a) as to any corporation, the charter or certificate or 

articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect 

to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (b) as to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of 

formation or organization and the operating or limited liability agreement (or equivalent or comparable 

constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction) and (c) as to any partnership, joint 

venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement 

of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in 

connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the 

jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or 

organization of such entity.

“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 the Loans 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 2.19(b)).

“Outstanding Amount” means, with respect to Loans on any date, the aggregate 

outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or 

repayments of Loans occurring on such date.

“Parent” has the meaning specified in introductory paragraph hereof.

“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(d).

“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(d).

“Payroll Support Program Agreement” means that certain Payroll Support Program 

Agreement dated as of April 16, 2020, between the Borrower and Treasury.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA (as modified by the 

CARES Act) regarding minimum funding standards and minimum required contributions (including any 

installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans and set forth in, with respect to 

plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 

of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 

of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple 

Employer Plan, but excluding a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by any Credit 
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Party or any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum 

funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.

“Perfection Requirement” has the meaning specified in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement.

“Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call or capped call option (or 

substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Parent’s common Equity Interests purchased by the 

Parent in connection with the issuance of any Convertible Indebtedness; provided that the purchase price 

for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction does not exceed the net proceeds received by the Parent from 

the sale of such Convertible Indebtedness issued in connection with the Permitted Bond Hedge 

Transaction.

“Permitted Business” means any business that is the same as, or reasonably related, 

ancillary, supportive or complementary to, the business in which the Parent and its Subsidiaries are 

engaged on the date of this Agreement.

“Permitted Liens” means:

(a) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure the payment and performance of) the 

Obligations or any Guaranteed Obligations;

(b) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet 

delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and 

diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity 

with GAAP has been made therefor;

(c) Liens imposed by law, including carriers’, vendors’, materialmen’s, 

warehousemen’s, landlord’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s, employees’ or other like Liens, in each case, 

incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(d) Liens arising by operation of law in connection with judgments, attachments or 

awards which do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder;

(e) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to 

secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of 

business;

(f) to the extent applicable, salvage or similar rights of insurers, in each case as it 

relates to Collateral; and

(g) Liens expressly permitted by the Pledge and Security Agreement.

“Permitted Refinancing” means with respect to any Person, any refinancings, renewals, 

or extensions of any Indebtedness of such Person so long as: (a) such refinancings, renewals, or 

extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, 

or extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon and the fees and expenses incurred in 

connection therewith and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto; (b) such 

refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity 

(measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or 

extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are or could reasonably be expected 
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to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; (c) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, 

or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the 

refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as 

favorable to the Lenders as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended 

Indebtedness; (d) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person 

that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to 

the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended and (e) to the extent the Indebtedness that is 

refinanced, renewed, or extended is unsecured, the Indebtedness resulting from such refinancing, renewal 

or extension must be unsecured.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint 

venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“PIK Interest Amount” means, in respect of any Interest Payment Date, the amount of 

interest accrued during an Interest Period calculated based on the PIK Interest Rate applicable during such 

Interest Period. 

“PIK Interest Rate” means (a) in respect of any Interest Period, the Additional Tax Payer 

Protection Rate plus (b) in respect of any Interest Period ending on or prior to the first anniversary of the 

date hereof, the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Rate. 

“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, 

maintained for employees of the Parent or any Subsidiary, or any such plan to which the Parent or any 

Subsidiary is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees or with respect to which any Credit 

Party has any liability.

“Platform” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, DebtX or a substantially similar 

electronic transmission system.

“Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement executed 

and delivered by the Borrower and each Guarantor on the Closing Date in form and substance acceptable 

to the Initial Lender and the Collateral Agent, as it may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise 

modified from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of the “Pledge and Security 

Agreement” shall include the terms of all Applicable Annexes (as defined in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement).

“Prepayment Notice” means a notice by the Borrower to prepay Loans, which shall be in 

such form as the Appropriate Party may approve.

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum 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 Required Lenders) or any similar release by the 

Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Required Lenders). Any change in the Prime Rate shall 

take effect at the opening of business on the day such change is publicly announced or quoted as being 

effective.

“Proceeds” means “proceeds,” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(e).
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“Receivables Subsidiary” means (x) a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Parent formed 

for the purpose of and which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing or 

securitization of accounts receivables (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations 

(contingent or otherwise) of which (1) is guaranteed by the Parent or by any Subsidiary of the Parent, 

excluding any guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) 

pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (2) is recourse to or obligates the Parent or any 

Subsidiary of the Parent in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (3) 

subjects any property or asset of the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent (other than accounts 

receivable and related assets) or any property or asset of the type that is intended to be include in the 

Collateral, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant 

to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary of the 

Parent (other than another Receivables Subsidiary) has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or 

understanding (other than pursuant to the related financing of accounts receivable) other than on terms no 

less favorable to the Parent or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons 

who are not Affiliates of the Parent and (c) with which neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary of the Parent 

has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Subsidiary’s financial condition, other than a minimum 

capitalization in customary amounts, or to cause such Subsidiary to achieve certain levels of operating 

results or (y) any Subsidiary of a Receivables Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parent and any 

Subsidiary of the Parent may enter into Standard Securitization Undertakings for the benefit of a 

Receivables Subsidiary.

“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) the Collateral Agent or (c) any 

Lender, as applicable.

“Recovery Event” means any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or 

casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any Collateral or any Event of Loss 

(as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement).

“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if 

such Benchmark is USD LIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two London banking 

days preceding the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is not USD LIBO Rate, the time 

determined by the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion, provided that such time is determined 

to be administratively feasible by the Administrative Agent.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(c).

“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 Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the 

partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and 

representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
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“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve 

Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the 

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other 

than events for which the thirty (30)-day notice period has been waived.

“Required Filings” shall have the meaning specified in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement.

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Loans representing more than 

50% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Loans of all Lenders at such time. 

“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK 

Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority. 

“Responsible Officer” means (a) the chief executive officer, president, executive vice 

president or a Financial Officer of the Borrower or such Credit Party, as applicable, (b) solely for 

purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates and certified Organizational Documents and 

resolutions pursuant to Section 4.01, any vice president, secretary or assistant secretary of the Borrower or 

such Credit Party and (c) solely for purposes of Borrowing Requests, prepayment notices and notices for 

Commitment terminations or reductions given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the 

Borrower so designated from time to time by one of the officers described in clause (a) in a notice to the 

Administrative Agent (together with evidence of the authority and capacity of each such Person to so act 

in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent). Any document delivered hereunder that 

is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been 

authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or other action on the part of such Credit Party and such 

Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Credit Party.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, 

securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of any Person, or any payment (whether in 

cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the 

purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or 

on account of any return of capital to such Person’s shareholders, partners or members (or the equivalent 

Persons thereof).

“Route Authority” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement.

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Sanctioned Country” has the meaning specified in Section 3.15(a).

“Sanctioned Person” has the meaning specified in Section 3.15(a).

“Sanctions” has the meaning specified in Section 3.15(a).

“Screen Rate” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Interpolated Rate”.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority 

succeeding to any of its principal functions.
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“Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Security Document” means the Pledge and Security Agreement and any security or 

pledge agreement, mortgage, hypothecation or other agreement, instrument or document relating to 

collateral for the Loans (including any short form agreements, supplements, control agreements, collateral 

access agreements and registrations executed or made) that may exist at any time and from time to time, 

as amended from time to time.

“Slot” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

“SOFR” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured 

overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR 

Administrator’s Website at approximately 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the immediately 

succeeding Business Day.

“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor 

administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight 

financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

“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 as they become 

absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or 

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. For the avoidance of doubt, a Person shall not fail to be Solvent on 

any date solely as a result of such person’s audit having a “going concern” or like qualification, exception 

or explanatory paragraph or any qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph as to the scope of such 

audit solely due to the COVID-19 disease outbreak.

“Spare Parts” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security 

Agreement.

“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means all representations, warranties, covenants, 

indemnities, performance Guarantees and servicing obligations entered into by the Parent or any 

Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary), which are customary in connection with any financing 

of accounts receivable. 

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, 

association or joint venture or other business entity of which a majority of the Equity Interests having 

ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or 
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interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time owned or 

the management of which is controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such 

Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer 

to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent.

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit 

derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward 

commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or 

options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, 

forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency 

swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other 

similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of 

the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, 

and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, that are subject to the terms 

and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps 

and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other 

master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master 

Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

“Swap Termination Value” means, as to any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking 

into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, 

(a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) 

determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date 

referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap 

Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations 

provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate 

of a Lender).

“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a socalled synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of 

property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but, upon the 

insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person 

(without regard to accounting treatment).

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, 

withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any 

Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Term SOFR” means, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable 

Reference Time, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by 

the Relevant Governmental Body.

“Trade Date” means the date on which an assigning Lender enters into a binding 

agreement to sell and assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to another 

Person. 

“Treasury” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.

“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under 

the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential 

Regulation Authority) or any Person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from 
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time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain 

credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment 

firms.

“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public 

administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement 

excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Uniform Commercial Code” and “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in 

effect from time to time in the State of New York or, when the context implies, the Uniform Commercial 

Code as in effect from time to time in any other applicable jurisdiction.

“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

“USD LIBO Rate” means the LIBO Rate for U.S. dollars.

“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in 

Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(g).

“Valuation Certificate” means a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the 

Required Lenders, executed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent specifying a value in Dollars (and not 

a range of values), dated as of the delivery thereof, that certifies, at the time of determination, in 

reasonable detail the Appraised Value of the Eligible Collateral specified therein.

“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the equity interests of such 

Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

“Wholly-Owned” means, as to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all 

of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (a) director’s qualifying shares and (b) shares 

issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by Applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by 

one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or other person 

making or transferring to any Lender any payment on behalf of the Borrower.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) 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 powers are described in the 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the 

applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the 

form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability 

arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of such Person or any 

other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been 

exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that 

Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those power.
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SECTION 1.02 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.” The word “or” is not exclusive. 

The word “year” shall refer (i) in the case of a leap year, to a year of three hundred sixty-six (366) days, 

and (ii) otherwise, to a year of three hundred sixty-five (365) days. 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 “hereunder,” and words of similar 

import, shall be 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 or 

regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law 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 1.03 Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP. 

(a) Accounting Terms. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all 

accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall be construed in conformity with GAAP. All annual 

financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries referred to in Section 3.05(a), and Section 5.01(a)

shall be audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of independent public accountants of nationally 

recognized standing, prepared in accordance with GAAP (and shall not be subject to any “going concern” 

or like qualification (other than a qualification solely resulting from (x) the impending maturity of any 

Indebtedness or (y) any prospective or actual default under any financial covenant), exception or 

explanatory paragraph or any qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph as to the scope of such 

audit) and stating that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the 

financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent and its 

Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided that, solely 

to the extent the Parent has not and does not retain independent public accountants for the review of its 

annual financial statements (including for delivery to other holders of the Parent’s Indebtedness or equity 

interests), the obligations to furnish the applicable audited annual financial statements of the Parent and 

its Subsidiaries referred to in Section 3.05(a), and Section 5.01(a) shall instead be satisfied by furnishing 

(x) annual financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries certified by a Financial Officer stating 

that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, 

results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a 

consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and (y) the tax returns of the Parent for 

the corresponding calendar years (any such audit report or certification of annual financial statements 

referred to in this Section, a “Financial Statement Report”). Financial statements and other information 

required to be delivered by the Parent to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b) shall be 

prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation. Notwithstanding the 

foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any 

financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to 

be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and 

FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded. 
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(b) Changes in GAAP. If the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent (who will 

forward such notification to the Lenders) 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, the Required Lenders 

shall have notified the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of their objection to such 

amendment or such provision shall have been amended in accordance herewith.

SECTION 1.04 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 thereto.

SECTION 1.05 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in 

connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a 

different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the 

asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred 

from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such 

new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its 

Equity Interests at such time.

ARTICLE II

COMMITMENT AND BORROWING

SECTION 2.01 Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the 

Initial Lender agrees to make the Loans to the Borrower in one installment on the Closing Date in an 

aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Initial Lender’s Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this 

Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. 

SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowing.

(a) Borrowing. The Borrower shall make the Borrowing of the Loans on the Closing 

Date. 

(b) Amount. The Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $15,000,000.00. 

(c) PIK Interest. In accordance with Section 2.09(e), the principal amount of the 

Loan shall also be increased on each Interest Payment Date by the PIK Interest Amount with respect to 

such Interest Payment Date unless the Borrower pays such PIK Interest Amount in cash on such Interest 

Payment Date pursuant to an election to do so in accordance with Section 2.09(e).

(d) Funding of Borrowings. Each Lender shall make the amount of each Borrowing 

to be made by it hereunder available to the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of immediately 

available funds to the Administrative Account not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the 

proposed date thereof. The Administrative Agent will make all such funds so received available to the 

Borrower in like funds, by wire transfer of such funds in accordance with the instructions provided in the 

applicable Borrowing Request; provided that if all such requested funds are not received by the 
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Administrative Agent by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the proposed date for such Borrowing, the 

Administrative Agent shall distribute such funds on the next succeeding Business Day.

SECTION 2.03 Borrowing Request.

(a) Notice by Borrower. In order to request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify 

the Administrative Agent of such request in writing not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), three 

(3) Business Days prior to the date of the requested Borrowing. Such notice shall be irrevocable and shall 

be in the form of a written Borrowing Request, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible 

Officer of the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the applicable Lenders of any 

Borrowing Request given pursuant to this Section 2.03(a) (and the contents thereof), and of each Lender’s 

portion of the requested Borrowing.

(b) Content of Borrowing Request. The Borrowing Request for a Borrowing 

pursuant to this Section 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); and (iii) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.

SECTION 2.04 [Reserved].

SECTION 2.05 [Reserved].

SECTION 2.06 Prepayments.

(a) Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the 

Administrative Agent, at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans in whole or in part without 

premium or penalty, subject to the requirements of this Section. Partial prepayments of the Loans shall be 

in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower may at any time elect to prepay the Loans 

with funds contained in the Eligible Receivables Account or the Collateral Proceeds Account.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments.

(i) Dispositions of Collateral. Within three (3) Business Days of the receipt 

by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Proceeds from a Disposition of Collateral not 

permitted by Section 6.04, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to 100% of 

such Net Proceeds.

(ii) Recovery Events. Within three (3) Business Days of the receipt by the 

Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Proceeds from a Recovery Event in respect of 

Collateral, the Borrower shall either (x) prepay the Loans in an amount equal to 100% of such 

Net Proceeds or (y) deposit such Net Proceeds into the Collateral Proceeds Account for such 

purpose and thereafter such Net Proceeds shall be applied (to the extent not otherwise applied 

pursuant to the immediately succeeding proviso) to prepay the Loans; provided that (I) the 

Borrower may use such Net Proceeds to (A) replace the assets which are the subject of such 

Recovery Event with assets that are of the same type of Collateral or (B) repair the assets which 

are the subject of such Recovery Event, in each case, within 270 days after such deposit is made, 

(II) all such Net Proceeds amount may, at the option of the Borrower at any time, be applied to 

repay the Loans, and (III) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the amount of any such 

deposit may be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay the Loans. 
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(iii) Certain Debt Issuances. Immediately upon receipt by the Parent or any 

of its Subsidiaries of any proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness that is secured by 

Liens on the Collateral (other than Permitted Liens), the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an 

amount equal to 100% of any such proceeds from any such Indebtedness. 

(iv) Change of Control. Immediately upon the occurrence of a Change of 

Control, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate 

outstanding principal amount of Loans.

(c) Notices. Each such notice pursuant to this Section shall be in the form of a 

written Prepayment Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the 

Borrower, and must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City 

time) three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment (which delivery may initially be by 

electronic communication including fax or email and shall be followed by an original authentic 

counterpart thereof). Each Prepayment Notice shall specify (x) the prepayment date and (y) the principal 

amount of the Loans or portion thereof to be prepaid. Each Prepayment Notice shall be irrevocable.

(d) Payments. Any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.06 shall be 

accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount prepaid as set forth in Section 2.09(c).

SECTION 2.07 Reduction and Termination of Commitments. The Initial Lender’s 

Commitment shall automatically and permanently be reduced by the amount of any Borrowing of a Loan. 

The Borrower may, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Initial Lender and the 

Administrative Agent, terminate the Commitment or, from time to time, reduce the Commitment. Any 

such reduction in the Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $250,000 or a whole multiple thereof, 

and shall permanently reduce the Commitment.

SECTION 2.08 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative 

Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on the 

Maturity Date. 

SECTION 2.09 Interest.

(a) Interest Rates. Subject to paragraph (b) of this Section, the Loans shall bear 

interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Rate plus the Additional 

Tax Payer Protection Rate.

(b) Default Interest. If any amount payable by the Borrower under this Agreement 

or any other Loan Document (including principal of any Loan, interest, fees and other amount) is not paid 

when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear 

interest at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Default Rate. Upon the request of the Required 

Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all 

Loans outstanding hereunder at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Default Rate.

(c) Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in cash in 

arrears on or before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto 

and at such other times as may be specified herein; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to 

paragraph (b) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or 

prepayment of any Loan (including mandatory prepayments under Section 2.06(b)), accrued interest on 

the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and 

(iii) any PIK Interest Amount may be paid in kind in accordance with Section 2.09(e).
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(d) Interest Computation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a 

year of three hundred sixty (360) days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed 

(including the first day but excluding the last day). The Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the 

Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error. 

(e) Payment of Interest in Kind. By written notice to the Administrative Agent at 

least thirty (30) days prior to each Interest Payment Date, the Borrower may elect to pay all of the PIK 

Interest Amount in respect of such Interest Payment Date in cash on such Interest Payment Date. If the 

Borrower does not elect to pay any such PIK Interest Amount in cash as set forth in this clause, such PIK 

Interest Amount shall be paid by increasing the principal amount of the Loan by an amount equal to such 

PIK Interest Amount as of the applicable Interest Payment Date.

SECTION 2.10 Benchmark Replacement Setting.

(a) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in 

any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, 

and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any 

setting of the then-current Benchmark, as notified by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent in 

writing, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) or (2) of the 

definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark 

Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in 

respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or 

further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a 

Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark 

Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such 

Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark 

setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of 

such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent by the Required 

Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or 

any other Loan Document, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written 

notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.

(b) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the 

implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent (after consultation with the 

Required Lenders) will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time 

to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any 

amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective 

without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(c) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Initial Lender or the 

Required Lenders, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Administrative Agent, which will then 

promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or 

an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date, (ii) the 

implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a 

Benchmark pursuant to clause (d) below and (iv) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark 

Unavailability Period. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of 

the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. Any determination, decision or 

election that may be made by any Lender (or group of Lenders) or the Administrative Agent, if 

applicable, pursuant to this Section 2.10 including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or 

adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to 

take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest 
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error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this 

Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this 

Section 2.10. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent does 

not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, any 

determination made by it in connection with the adoption of Benchmark Replacement Conforming 

Changes or for the impact of such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, nor for the failure to 

adopt any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes due to the failure of the Required Lenders to 

cooperate in good faith in connection with the determination of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming 

Changes. 

(d) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary 

herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a 

Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or USD 

LIBO Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other 

information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in 

its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has 

provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark 

is or will be no longer representative, then the definition of “Interest Period” may be modified for any 

Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if 

a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or 

information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) used by the Administrative 

Agent or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be 

representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the definition of “Interest 

Period” may be modified for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously 

removed tenor.

(e) Benchmark Unavailability Period. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period, 

all calculations of interest by reference to a LIBO Rate hereunder shall instead be made by reference to 

the Alternate Base Rate.

SECTION 2.11 Evidence of Debt.

(a) Maintenance of Records. The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register 

in accordance with Section 11.04(c). The entries made in the records maintained pursuant to this 

paragraph (a) shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the existence and amounts of the 

obligations recorded therein. Any failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain such records or make 

any entry therein or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of the Borrower under 

this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 

(b) Promissory Notes. The Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such 

Lender a promissory note of the Borrower payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to 

such Lender and its registered assigns) in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto, which shall evidence 

such Lender’s Loan.

SECTION 2.12 Payments Generally.

(a) Payments by Borrower. All payments to be made by the Borrower hereunder and 

the other Loan Documents shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, 

recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all such payments shall be made to 

the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, to 

the Administrative Account in immediately available funds not later than 12:00 noon (New York City 
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time) on the date specified herein. All amounts received by a Lender or the Administrative Agent after 

such time on any date shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day and 

any applicable interest or fees shall continue to accrue. The Administrative Agent will promptly 

distribute to each Lender its ratable share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment 

in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s applicable lending office (or otherwise 

distribute such payment in like funds as received to the Person or Persons entitled thereto as provided 

herein). If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall fall due on a day that is not a Business Day, 

payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be reflected 

in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such next succeeding Business Day 

would fall after the Maturity Date, payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. 

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments hereunder or under any other Loan 

Document shall be made in Dollars.

(b) Application of Insufficient Payments. Subject to Section 7.02, if at any time 

insufficient funds are received by and available to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to pay fully all 

amounts of principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied 

(i) first, to pay interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled 

thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest, fees and other amounts then due to such parties, and 

(ii) second, to pay principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance 

with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

(c) Presumptions by Administrative Agent. 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, but shall not be obligated to, 

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 Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in 

accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the 

Administrative Agent is not required to make any payment to the Lenders until it is in possession of 

cleared funds from the Borrower. 

(d) Deductions by Administrative Agent. If any Lender (other than the Initial 

Lender) shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.13 or 11.03(c), 

then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, 

(i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender for 

the benefit of the Administrative Agent to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to the Administrative Agent 

until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account 

as cash collateral for, and for application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such 

Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative 

Agent in its discretion.

(e) Several Obligations of Lenders. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to 

make Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.03(c) are several and not joint. The failure of 

any Lender to make any Loan or to make any such payment on any date required hereunder shall not 

relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be 

responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or to make its payment under 

Section 11.03(c).
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SECTION 2.13 Sharing of Payments. 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 

Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a proportion of the 

aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations greater than its pro 

rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the 

Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and 

such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, 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 Loans and other amounts owing them; 

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 (x) any 

payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this 

Agreement or (y) 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 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 under 

Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant 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.

SECTION 2.14 Compensation for Losses. In the event of (a) the payment of any 

principal of the Loans other than on the last day of an Interest Period (including as a result of an Event of 

Default), (b) the failure to borrow or prepay the Loans (or any portion thereof) on the date specified in 

any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (c) the assignment of the Loans (or any portion thereof) other 

than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower 

pursuant to Section 2.19(b), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the 

loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. 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 that 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, for 

the date that would have been the applicable Interest Period), over (ii) the amount of interest that would 

accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that 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 London interbank 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 promptly after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs.

(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, 

compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for 
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the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve 

requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);

(ii) 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 liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

(iii) 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;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient 

of making or maintaining any Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such 

Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon 

request of such Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the 

case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as 

the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) [Reserved]. 

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. 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) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent 

manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate 

within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(d) Delay in Requests. 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 incurred or reductions suffered more than nine (9) months 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 (except that, if the Change in 

Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to 

above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

SECTION 2.16 Taxes.

(a) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section, the term “Applicable Law” 

includes FATCA.

(b) 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 
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received had no such deduction or withholding been made. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that, 

absent a Change in Law, the Borrower is not required to withhold or deduct from any such payments to 

the Initial Lender on account of any U.S. federal withholding taxes or Taxes imposed pursuant to 

FATCA.

(c) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower. The Borrower shall timely pay to the 

relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Initial 

Lender, the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any 

Other Taxes.

(d) Indemnification by Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, 

within thirty (30) 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 if such Lender is not the Initial Lender), or by the Administrative Agent on its own 

behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender (other than the Initial Lender) shall 

severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within thirty (30) 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 11.04(d) 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 such 

Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender (other than 

the Initial 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 such Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under 

this paragraph (e).

(f) 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.

(g) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender (other than the Initial 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 properly completed and executed 

documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower (or, if such Lender is not the Initial Lender, the 

Administrative Agent) as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate 

of withholding. In addition, any Lender (other than the Initial 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 
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(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 paragraphs (g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) of this Section) 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.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(A) any Lender (other than the Initial Lender) that is a U.S. Person 

shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or about 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), executed 

copies 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, executed copies of IRS 

Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E 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 or IRS Form W-8BEN-E 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) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor 

forms) and, in the case of an Agent, a withholding certificate that satisfies the 

requirements of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv) and 1.1441-

1(e)(3)(v) as applicable to a U.S. branch that has agreed to be treated as a U.S. 

Person for withholding tax purposes;

(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 B-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 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to 

the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax 

Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS 

Form W-8BEN-E; or
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(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial 

owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS 

Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax 

Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 or Exhibit B-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 B-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 about 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 (other than the Initial 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, if any, 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. Notwithstanding 

anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Initial Lender shall be entitled to the benefits of this 

Section 2.16 and all related provisions under this Agreement without regard to whether it provides any 

documentation described in this Section 2.16(g).

(h) 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-ofpocket 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, 
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upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over 

pursuant to this paragraph (h) (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 (h), in no event will 

the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this 

paragraph (h) the payment of which 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.

(i) 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.

SECTION 2.17 [Reserved].

SECTION 2.18 [Reserved]. 

SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation 

under Section 2.15, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any 

Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such 

Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) 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 2.15 or 2.16, 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.

(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under 

Section 2.15, 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 2.16 and, in 

each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with 

paragraph (a) of this Section, or if any Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, 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, and 

consents required by, Section 11.04), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments 

pursuant to Section 2.15 or Section 2.16) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan 

Documents to an Eligible 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 paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment 

fee (if any) specified in Section 11.04;

(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 
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payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under 

Section 2.14) 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);

(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for 

compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such 

assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;

(iv) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and

(v) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a NonConsenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, 

waiver or consent.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or 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.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Credit Parties represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 

Agent and the Lenders on the date hereof and on the Closing Date that:

SECTION 3.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each of the Credit Parties and 

their respective Material Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, 

in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all 

requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and 

approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its 

obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, 

as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or 

operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, except, in each 

case referred to in clause (a) (other than with respect to any Credit Party), (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that 

failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and 

performance by each Credit Party of each Loan Document to which it is party have been duly authorized 

by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms 

of its Organizational Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the 

creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any material Contractual 

Obligation to which each Credit Party is a party or affecting each Credit Party or the material properties 

of any Credit Party or (ii) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or 

any arbitral award to which any Credit Party or its property is subject or (c) violate any Law, except to the 

extent such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, 

exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or 

any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or 

enforcement against, each Credit Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for (i) 

such approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions or notices that have been duly obtained, 
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taken or made and in full force and effect and (ii) filings and consents contemplated by the Security 

Documents or Section 5.14.

SECTION 3.04 Execution and Delivery; Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, 

and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered 

by each Credit Party. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will 

constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable against each Credit Party 

in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, 

reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by 

general principles of equity.

SECTION 3.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change.

(a) Financial Statements. The financial statements described in Schedule 3.05 were 

prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as 

otherwise expressly noted therein, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the 

Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations and cash flows for the 

period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered 

thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein.

(b) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent annual balance 

sheet included in the financial statements described in Schedule 3.05, there has been no event or 

circumstance that, either individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have 

a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.06 Litigation. Except for those matters which have been publicly 

disclosed in any SEC filing of the Parent filed prior to the Closing Date, there are no actions, suits, 

proceedings, claims, disputes or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, 

threatened, at Law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any 

Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) either 

individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or 

(b) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any of the transactions

contemplated hereby.

SECTION 3.07 Contractual Obligations; No Default. None of the Credit Parties and 

their respective Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that, either 

individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No 

Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions 

contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

SECTION 3.08 Property. Each of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries 

has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property 

necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title that, either 

individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

Each Credit Party has good title to the Collateral owned by it, free and clear of all Liens other than 

Permitted Liens.

SECTION 3.09 Taxes. The Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries have 

filed all federal, state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state 

and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their 

properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good 
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faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are being 

maintained in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be 

expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10 Disclosure. (a) The Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries 

have disclosed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders all agreements, 

instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which they are subject, and all other matters known to 

them, that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material 

Adverse Effect. The Loan Application Form, reports, financial statements, certificates and other written 

information (other than projected or pro forma financial information) furnished by or on behalf of the 

Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the 

transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under 

any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken as a 

whole, do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to 

make the statements therein (when taken as a whole), in the light of the circumstances under which they 

were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected or pro forma financial information, 

the Credit Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon 

assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation and delivery (it being understood that 

such projected information may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material) and (b) 

as of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and 

correct in all respects.

SECTION 3.11 Compliance with Laws. Each of the Credit Parties and their 

respective Subsidiaries is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws (including Environmental 

Laws) and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such 

instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in 

good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to so comply, either 

individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.12 ERISA Compliance.

(a) Except as could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the 

aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions 

of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws and (ii) each Plan that is intended to be a qualified 

plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter, opinion letter or 

advisory letter from the IRS to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of 

the Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the IRS to be exempt from federal income 

tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by 

the IRS, and, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, nothing has occurred that would prevent or cause the 

loss of such tax-qualified status.

(b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened or 

contemplated claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any 

Plan that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse 

Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with 

respect to any Plan that, either individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected 

to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) No ERISA Event has occurred, and neither any Credit Party nor any ERISA 

Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that, either individually or in the aggregate, could 
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reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event that, either individually or in the 

aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have individually or in the 

aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the present value of all accrued benefits under each Pension Plan 

(based on those assumptions used to fund such Pension Plan) did not, as of the last annual valuation date 

prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of 

such Pension Plan allocable to such accrued benefits by a material amount. 

(e) To the extent applicable, each Foreign Plan has been maintained in compliance 

with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable requirements of Law and has been 

maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities, except to the extent 

that the failure so to comply could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to 

have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary has incurred any obligation in 

connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan that, either individually or in the 

aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse 

Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have individually or in the aggregate, a Material 

Adverse Effect, the present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each 

Foreign Plan that is funded, determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year of the Parent 

or Subsidiary, as applicable, on the basis of actuarial assumptions, each of which is reasonable, did not 

exceed the current value of the property of such Foreign Plan by a material amount, and for each Foreign 

Plan that is not funded, the obligations of such Foreign Plan are properly accrued.

SECTION 3.13 Environmental Matters. Except with respect to any matters that, 

either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse 

Effect, none of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries (a) 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, (b) knows of any basis for any permit, license or other approval required 

under any Environmental Law to be revoked, canceled, limited, terminated, modified, appealed or 

otherwise challenged, (c) has or could reasonably be expected to become subject to any Environmental 

Liability, (d) has received notice of any claim, complaint, proceeding, investigation or inquiry with 

respect to any Environmental Liability (and no such claim, complaint, proceeding, investigation or 

inquiry is pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent, is threatened or contemplated) or (e) knows of any 

facts, events or circumstances that could give rise to any basis for any Environmental Liability with 

respect thereto.

SECTION 3.14 Investment Company Act. None of the Credit Parties is an 

“investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 

1940.

SECTION 3.15 Sanctions; Export Controls; Anti-Corruption; AML Laws.

(a) None of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries and no director, 

officer, or affiliate of the foregoing is a Person that is: (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or 

enforced by the United States (including, but not limited to, those administered by the U.S. Department of 

the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department 

of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security) (“Sanctions”), (ii) organized or resident in a country or 

territory that is the subject of country-wide or region-wide Sanctions (including, currently, Crimea, Cuba, 

Iran, North Korea, and Syria) (each a “Sanctioned Country”) or located in a Sanctioned Country except to 

the extent authorized under Sanctions or (iii) a Person with whom dealings are restricted or prohibited by 
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Sanctions as a result of a relationship of ownership or control with a Person listed in (i) or (ii) (each of (i), 

(ii) and (iii) is a “Sanctioned Person”). 

(b) For the period beginning eight (8) years prior to the date hereof, each of the 

Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees and, 

to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, such respective affiliates, have been, in all material respects, in 

compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations 

thereunder (the “FCPA”) and any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws and regulations 

(collectively with the FCPA, the “Anticorruption Laws”) and all applicable Sanctions, Export Control 

Laws, and AML Laws.

SECTION 3.16 Solvency. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are Solvent on a 

consolidated basis after giving effect to the borrowing of the Loans.

SECTION 3.17 Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.17 sets forth the name of, and the ownership 

interests of the Parent and each of its Subsidiaries in, each Subsidiary of the Parent, and indicates which 

of such Subsidiaries are Excluded Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.

SECTION 3.18 Senior Indebtedness. The Loans, the Obligations and the Guaranteed 

Obligations constitute “senior indebtedness” (or any other similar or comparable term) under and as 

defined in the documentation governing any Indebtedness of the Credit Parties that is subordinated in 

right of payment to any other Indebtedness thereof.

SECTION 3.19 Insurance Matters. The properties of the Credit Parties are insured 

pursuant to Section 5.06 hereof. Each insurance policy required to be maintained by the Credit Parties 

pursuant to Section 5.06 is in full force and effect and all premiums in respect thereof that are due and 

payable have been paid.

SECTION 3.20 Labor Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have 

individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a) there are no strikes, lockouts, slowdowns 

or other material labor disputes against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiary thereof pending or, to the 

knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened, (b) the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries have 

complied with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign Laws relating to the employment (or 

termination thereof), the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Parent and its 

Subsidiaries comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and any other applicable federal, state, local or 

foreign Law dealing with such matters and (c) all payments due from the Credit Parties and their 

respective Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against the Credit Parties and their 

respective Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other 

benefits, have been paid or properly accrued in accordance with GAAP as a liability on the books of the 

Parent or such Subsidiary. There are no complaints, unfair labor practice charges, grievances, 

arbitrations, unfair employment practices charges or any other claims or complaints against the Credit 

Parties or their respective Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened to be 

filed with any Governmental Authority or arbitrator based on, arising out of, in connection with, or 

otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment of any employee of the Credit Parties 

and their respective Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to 

result in a Material Adverse Effect. 

SECTION 3.21 Insolvency Proceedings. None of the Credit Parties has taken, and 

none of the Credit Parties is currently evaluating taking, any action to seek relief or commence 

proceedings under any Debtor Relief Law in any applicable jurisdiction. 
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SECTION 3.22 Margin Regulations. 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 3.23 Liens. There are no Liens of any nature whatsoever on any 

Collateral other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02 hereof. 

SECTION 3.24 Perfected Security Interests. 

(a) As of the Closing Date (or such later date as permitted under Section 5.14) and as 

of the date of each Borrowing, the Security Documents, taken as a whole, are effective to create in favor 

of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable first priority 

security interest in all of the Collateral to the extent purported to be created thereby. 

(b) As of the Closing Date (or such later date as permitted under Section 5.14) and as 

of the date of each Borrowing, each Credit Party has or shall have satisfied the Perfection Requirement 

with respect to the Collateral.

SECTION 3.25 US Citizenship. The Borrower is a “citizen of the United States” as 

defined in Section 40102(a)(15) of Title 49 and as that statutory provision has been interpreted by the 

DOT pursuant to its policies. 

SECTION 3.26 Eligible Business Status. The Borrower is an Eligible Business and, 

during the time period from April 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019, derived more than 50% of its air 

transportation revenue from the transportation of passengers. The Borrower holds an air carrier operating 

certificate issued pursuant to Chapter 447 of Title 49. The Borrower possesses all necessary certificates, 

franchises, licenses, permits, rights, designations, authorizations, exemptions, concessions, frequencies 

and consents which relate to the operation of the routes flown by it and the conduct of its business and 

operations as currently conducted, except where failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, 

could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

SECTION 4.01 Closing Date Conditions. The effectiveness of this Agreement and 

the funding of the Borrowing hereunder are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with 

Section 11.02) of the following conditions (and, in the case of each document specified in this Section to 

be received by the Initial Lender (and the applicable Agent or Agents), such document shall be in form 

and substance satisfactory to the Initial Lender and/or the applicable Agent or Agents):

(a) Executed Counterparts. The Initial Lender and the Agents shall have received 

from each party hereto a counterpart of this Agreement, any Security Documents to which it is a party and 

the Note, each signed on behalf of such party. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, delivery 

of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement or any Security Documents by telecopy 

or other electronic means, or confirmation of the execution of this Agreement on behalf of a party by an 

email from an authorized signatory of such party shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed 

counterpart of this Agreement.
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(b) Certificates. The Initial Lender and any applicable Agent shall have received 

such customary certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates 

of Responsible Officers of the Credit Parties as the Lenders may require evidencing the identity, authority 

and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection 

with the Loan Documents;

(c) Organizational Documents. The Initial Lender shall have received customary 

resolutions or evidence of corporate authorization, secretary’s certificates and such other documents and 

certificates (including Organizational Documents and good standing certificates) as the Initial Lender may 

request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Credit Party and any other legal 

matters relating to the Credit Parties, the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.

(d) Opinion of Counsel to Credit Parties. The Initial Lender and the applicable 

Agent or Agents shall have received all opinions of counsel (including any additional opinions of counsel 

as required under any Security Document) to the Credit Parties that is acceptable to the Initial Lender, 

addressed to the Initial Lender and the applicable Agent or Agents and dated the Closing Date, in form 

and substance satisfactory to the Initial Lender and the applicable Agent (and the Parent hereby instructs 

such counsel to deliver such opinions to such Persons).

(e) Beneficial Ownership Regulation Information. At least five (5) days prior to the 

Closing Date, the Borrower shall deliver to the Initial Lender a Beneficial Ownership Certification.

(f) Expenses. The Borrower shall have paid all reasonable fees, expenses (including 

the fees and expenses of legal counsel) and other amounts due to the Initial Lender, the Administrative 

Agent and the Collateral Agent (to the extent that statements for such expenses shall have been delivered 

to the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date); provided that such expenses payable by the Borrower 

may be offset against the proceeds of the Loans funded on the Closing Date.

(g) Officer’s Certificate. The Initial Lender shall have received a certificate 

executed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent confirming (i) that the representations and warranties 

contained in Article III of this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date, (ii) that the 

information provided in the Loan Application Form submitted by the Borrower was true and correct on 

and as of the date of delivery thereof and (iii) that no Default or Event of Default exists or will result from 

the borrowing of the Loans on the Closing Date.

(h) Other Documents. The Initial Lender and the Agents shall have received such 

other documents as it may request.

(i) Appraisals. The Initial Lender shall have received Appraisals and, in the case of 

Qualified Receivables, a Valuation Certificate, in each case satisfactory in form and substance and, in the 

case of Appraisals, performed by an Eligible Appraiser dated as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days 

prior to the Closing Date.

(j) Security Interests. Each Credit Party shall have, and shall have caused its 

Subsidiaries to, take any action and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, any 

agreement, document or instrument required in order to create a valid, perfected first priority security 

interest in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (including 

delivery of UCC financing statements in appropriate form for filing under the UCC and of the Intellectual 

Property security agreements included in the Required Filings and entering into control agreements). 

Each Credit Party shall have satisfied, and caused its Subsidiaries to satisfy, the Perfection Requirement 
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with respect to the Collateral. In addition, the Credit Parties shall have delivered a completed Perfection 

Certificate (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement). 

(k) Consents and Authorizations. Each Credit Party shall have obtained all consents 

and authorizations from Governmental Authorities and all consents of other Persons (including 

shareholder approvals, if applicable) that are necessary or advisable in connection with this Agreement, 

any Loan Document, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the continuing operations 

of the Credit Parties and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form and substance 

satisfactory to the Initial Lender.

(l) Lien Searches. The Initial Lender shall have received (i) UCC, Intellectual 

Property and other lien searches conducted in the jurisdictions and offices where liens on material assets 

of the Credit Parties are required to be filed or recorded and (ii) to the extent Collateral consists of (x) 

Aircraft and Engine Assets (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement), aircraft registry lien 

searches conducted with the FAA and the International Registry, and (y) Spare Part Assets (as defined in 

the Pledge and Security Agreement), registry lien searches conducted with the FAA (with reference to 

each Designated Spare Parts Location set forth on Schedule 2.1 of the Pledge and Security Agreement), in 

each case, reflecting the absence of Liens on the assets of the Credit Parties, other than Permitted Liens or 

Liens to be discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Initial 

Lender.

(m) Collateral Coverage Ratio. On the Closing Date (and after giving pro forma 

effect to any Borrowings on such date), the Collateral Coverage Ratio shall not be less than 2.0 to 1.0, as 

evidenced by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent.

(n) Solvency Certificate. The Initial Lender shall have received a certificate of the 

chief financial officer or treasurer (or other comparable officer) of the Parent certifying that the Borrower 

and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) are, and will be immediately after giving effect to any Loans 

borrowed on the Closing Date, Solvent. 

(o) [Reserved]. 

(p) Control Agreements. The Initial Lender and the Collateral Agent shall have 

received fully executed copies of account control agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the 

Initial Lender with respect to the Eligible Receivables Account, if any.

(q) Other Matters. Since December 31, 2019, (i) there has been no event or 

circumstance that, either individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have 

a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) none of the Credit Parties has made a Disposition of any assets 

constituting Collateral had this Agreement been in effect at such time.

(r) Waivers. The Initial Lender shall have received an executed copy of an 

amendment or waiver with respect to the Promissory Note dated as of December 16, 2019, among Eastern 

Airlines LLC, Kenneth M. Woolley and Synovus Bank in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial 

Lender. 

SECTION 4.02 Additional Borrowing Conditions. The funding by the Lenders of 

the Borrowing to occur on the Closing Date is additionally subject to the satisfaction of the following 

conditions:
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(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received a written Borrowing Request in

accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03(a), with a copy to the Initial Lender;

(b) the representations and warranties of the Credit Parties set forth in this 

Agreement and in any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the 

case of any such representation or warranty already qualified by materiality, in all respects) on and as of 

the date of such Borrowing (or, in the case of any such representation or warranty expressly stated to have 

been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date); 

(c) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such 

Borrowing or from the application of proceeds thereof; 

(d) on the date of the funding of such Borrowing (and after giving pro forma effect 

thereto and the pledge of any Additional Collateral), the Collateral Coverage Ratio shall not be less than 

2.0 to 1.0 as evidenced by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent; and

(e) on or prior to the date of such Borrowing, each Credit Party shall have satisfied 

the Perfection Requirement with respect to the Collateral.

Each Borrowing Request by the Borrower hereunder and each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a 

representation and warranty by the Borrower on and as of the date of the applicable Borrowing as to the 

matters specified in clauses (b) and (c) above in this Section.

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until all the later of (i) the date on which all of the Obligations shall have been paid in 

full and (ii) such later date specified in this Agreement, the Credit Parties covenant and agree with the 

Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements. The Parent will furnish to the Administrative 

Agent and each Lender:

(a) as soon as available, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of 

each fiscal year of the Parent (or, if earlier, five (5) days after the date required to be filed with the SEC) 

(commencing with the fiscal year ended prior to the Closing Date), a consolidated balance sheet of the 

Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of 

income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case 

in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year and accompanied by a Financial Statement 

Report;

(b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of 

each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Parent (or, if earlier, five (5) days after 

the date required to be filed with the SEC) (commencing with the first of such fiscal quarters ended prior 

to the Closing Date), a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such 

fiscal quarter, the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash 

flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Parent’s fiscal year then ended, in each case setting 

forth in comparative form, as applicable, the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous 

fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, certified by a Financial Officer of the 

Parent as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, 
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shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in 

accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the 

absence of notes; 

(c) for so long as the Initial Lender is the only Lender, as soon as available, but in 

any event no later than seventy-five (75) days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Parent, 

forecasts prepared by management of the Parent and a summary of material assumptions used to prepare 

such forecasts, in form satisfactory to the Initial Lender, including projected consolidated balance sheets 

and statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a quarterly 

basis for such fiscal year; and

(d) solely at the request of the Appropriate Party (which shall be no more than 

quarterly), at a time mutually agreed with the Appropriate Party and the Parent, participate in a 

conference call for Lenders to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent and 

its Subsidiaries and any forecasts which have been delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01.

SECTION 5.02 Certificates; Other Information. The Parent will deliver to the 

Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) [reserved];

(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in 

Sections 5.01(a) and (b), a duly completed certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent 

certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details 

thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

(c) [reserved];

(d) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any notice of default or potential 

default or other material written notice received by the Parent or any Subsidiary from, or furnished by the 

Parent or any Subsidiary to, any holder of Material Indebtedness of the Parent or any Subsidiary;

(e) promptly after receipt thereof by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, 

copies of each material notice or other material written correspondence received from the SEC (or 

comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible 

investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding material financial or other material operational 

results of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof; 

(f) [reserved]; 

(g) promptly following any request therefor, (i) such other information regarding the 

operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) or 

prospects of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as 

the Administrative Agent, the Initial Lender or any other Lender (acting through the Administrative 

Agent) may from time to time request; or (ii) beneficial ownership information and documentation 

reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from time to time for purposes of 

ensuring compliance with Sanctions and AML Laws. For purposes of determining whether or not a 

representation with respect to any indirect ownership is true or a covenant is being complied with under 

this Section, the Parent shall not be required to make any investigation into (i) the ownership of publicly 

traded stock or other publicly traded securities or (ii) the ownership of assets by a collective investment 

fund that holds assets for employee benefit plans or retirement arrangements; and
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(h) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in 

Sections 5.01(a) and (b), a duly completed certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower 

certifying as to its compliance with Article X of this Agreement.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) or Section 5.02(d)

or (e) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be 

delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on 

which such materials are publicly available as posted on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and 

Retrieval system (EDGAR); or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Parent’s behalf on an 

Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access 

(whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided

that: (A) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Parent shall deliver paper copies of such 

documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Parent to deliver such paper 

copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or 

such Lender and (B) the Parent shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by facsimile or 

electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Lenders by electronic mail 

electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no 

obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above.

SECTION 5.03 Notices. The Parent will promptly notify the Administrative Agent 

and each Lender of:

(a) promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries 

obtains knowledge thereof, the occurrence of any Default;

(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit, investigation or proceeding by or 

before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Parent or any Controlled 

Affiliate thereof, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws, that could reasonably be 

expected to be adversely determined, and, if so determined, could reasonably be expected to have a 

Material Adverse Effect;

(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, either individually or together with any 

other ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) notice of any action arising under any Environmental Law or of any 

noncompliance by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary with any Environmental Law or any permit, 

approval, license or other authorization required thereunder that, if adversely determined, could 

reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(e) to the extent not publicly disclosed pursuant to an SEC filing of the Parent, any 

material change in accounting or financial reporting practices by the Parent, any Credit Party or any 

Subsidiary;

(f) any change in the Credit Ratings from a Credit Rating Agency with negative 

implications, or the cessation by a Credit Rating Agency of, or its intent to cease, rating the Borrower’s or 

the Parent’s debt; and

(g) any matter or development that has had or could reasonably be expected to have 

a Material Adverse Effect. 
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Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a 

Responsible Officer of the Parent setting forth the details of the occurrence requiring such notice and 

stating what action the Parent has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.04 Preservation of Existence, Etc. Each Credit Party will, and will 

cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal 

existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction 

permitted by Section 6.03 or Section 6.04; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, licenses, 

permits, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to 

the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and 

(c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the nonpreservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties. Each Credit Party will, and will cause 

each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) maintain, preserve and protect all of its properties and equipment necessary 

in the operation of its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) 

and (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, except to the extent that 

the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.06 Maintenance of Insurance. Subject to any additional requirements 

under any Security Document, each Credit Party will maintain with financially sound and reputable 

insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the 

kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and 

in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated 

Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Parent and its Subsidiaries; provided that 

insurance in respect of Collateral shall be maintained with such third party insurance companies except to 

the extent expressly permitted in the Pledge and Security Agreement) as are customarily carried under 

similar circumstances by such Persons.

SECTION 5.07 Payment of Obligations. Each Credit Party will pay, discharge or 

otherwise satisfy as the same shall become due and payable, all of its obligations and liabilities, including 

Tax liabilities, except to the extent (a) the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate 

proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained 

by the Parent or such Credit Party or (b) the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a 

Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.08 Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each 

of its Subsidiaries to, comply with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and 

decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except to the extent that the failure to do so could 

not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.09 Environmental Matters. Except to the extent that the failure to do so 

could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Credit Party will, and will 

cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) comply with all Environmental Laws, (b) obtain, maintain in full 

force and effect and comply with any permits, licenses or approvals required for the facilities or 

operations of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) conduct and complete any investigation, study, 

sampling or testing, and undertake any corrective, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other action 

necessary to identify, report, remove and clean up all Hazardous Materials present or released at, on, in, 

under or from any of the facilities or real properties of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
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SECTION 5.10 Books and Records. Each Credit Party will maintain proper books of 

record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied 

shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Parent or 

such Subsidiary, as the case may be. 

SECTION 5.11 Inspection Rights. Each Credit Party will, and, to the extent relevant 

for inspections of Collateral will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit representatives, agents and 

independent contractors of the Administrative Agent, the Initial Lender, the Treasury Inspector General

and the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery to visit and inspect any of its properties 

(including all Collateral), to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies 

thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, 

and independent public accountants, all at the reasonable expense of the Parent and at such reasonable 

times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested; provided that, other 

than with respect to such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default or by the 

Initial Lender, the Treasury Inspector General or the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery, 

(a) only the Administrative Agent (or its representatives, agents and independent contractors) at the 

direction of a Lender may exercise rights under this Section and (b) the Administrative Agent (or its 

representatives, agents and independent contractors) shall not exercise such rights more often than two (2) 

times during any calendar year; provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists the Administrative 

Agent, any Lender, the Treasury Inspector General or the Special Inspector General for Pandemic 

Recovery (or any of their respective representatives, agents or independent contractors) may do any of the 

foregoing under this Section at the expense of the Parent and at any time during normal business hours 

and without advance notice. 

SECTION 5.12 Sanctions; Export Controls; Anti-Corruption Laws and AML Laws. 

Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries will remain in compliance in all material respects with applicable 

Sanctions, Export Control Laws, Anticorruption Laws, and AML Laws. Until all Obligations have been 

paid in full, neither any Credit Party, any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, nor any director or officer of any 

Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party shall become a Sanctioned Person or a Person that is 

organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or located in a Sanctioned Country except to the extent 

authorized under Sanctions. 

SECTION 5.13 Guarantors; Additional Collateral.

(a) The Guarantors listed on the signature page to this Agreement hereby Guarantee 

the Guaranteed Obligations as set forth in Article IX. If any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded 

Subsidiary) is formed or acquired after the Closing Date, if any Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded 

Subsidiary or if required in connection with the addition of Additional Collateral, then the Parent will 

cause such Subsidiary, promptly (in any event, within thirty (30) days of such Subsidiary being formed or 

acquired or of such Subsidiary ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary) (i) to become a Guarantor of the 

Loans pursuant to joinder documentation reasonably acceptable to the Appropriate Party and on the terms 

and conditions set forth in Article IX, (ii) to become a party to each applicable Security Document and all 

other agreements, instruments or documents that create or purport to create and perfect a first priority 

Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in 

its assets that are of a type that are intended to be included in the Collateral (other than any Excluded 

Assets), subject to and in accordance with the terms, conditions and provisions of the Loan Documents, 

(iii) to satisfy the Perfection Requirement, (iv) to deliver a secretary’s certificate of such Subsidiary, in 

form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Appropriate Party, with appropriate insertions and 

attachments, and (v) to deliver legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions 

shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, satisfactory to the Appropriate Party.
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(b) If the Parent or any Subsidiary desires, or is required pursuant to the terms of this 

Agreement, to add Additional Collateral or, if any Subsidiary acquires any existing Collateral from a 

Grantor (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) that it is required pursuant to the terms of this 

Agreement to maintain as Collateral, in each case, after the Closing Date, the Parent shall, in each case at 

its own expense, promptly (in any event, unless any other time period is specified in this Agreement or 

any other Loan Document, within thirty (30) days of the relevant date) (i) cause any such Subsidiary to 

become a Grantor (to the extent such Subsidiary is not already a Grantor) pursuant to joinder 

documentation acceptable to the Appropriate Party and on the terms and conditions set forth in the 

relevant Security Documents, (ii) cause any such Subsidiary to become a party to each applicable Security 

Document and all other agreements, instruments or documents that create or purport to create and perfect 

a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the 

Secured Parties applicable to such Collateral, in form and substance satisfactory to the Appropriate Party 

(it being understood that in the case of any Additional Collateral of a type, or in a jurisdiction, that has not 

been theretofore included in the Collateral, such Additional Collateral may be subject to such additional 

terms and conditions as requested by the Appropriate Party), (iii) promptly execute and deliver (or cause 

such Subsidiary to execute and deliver) to the Collateral Agent such documents and take such actions to 

create, grant, establish, preserve and perfect the first priority Liens (subject to Permitted Liens) (including 

to obtain any release or termination of Liens not permitted under the definition of “Additional Collateral” 

in Section 1.01 or under Section 6.02 and to satisfy all Perfection Requirements, including the filing of 

UCC financing statements, filings with the FAA and registrations with the International Registry, as 

applicable) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties on such assets of the 

Parent or such Subsidiary, as applicable, to secure the Obligations to the extent required under the 

applicable Security Documents or reasonably requested by the Appropriate Party, and to ensure that such 

Collateral shall be subject to no other Liens other than Permitted Liens and (iv) if requested by the 

Appropriate Party, deliver (or cause such Subsidiary to deliver) legal opinions to the Collateral Agent, for 

the benefit of the Secured Parties, relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form 

and substance, and from counsel, satisfactory to the Appropriate Party.

SECTION 5.14 Post-Closing Matters. As promptly as practicable, and in any event 

within the time periods after the Closing Date specified on Schedule 5.14 or such later date as the Initial 

Lender may agree to in writing in its sole discretion, the Parent shall deliver the documents or take the 

actions specified on Schedule 5.14 that would have been required to be delivered or taken on the Closing 

Date.

SECTION 5.15 Further Assurances. In each case subject to the terms, conditions and 

limitations in the Loan Documents, (a) each Credit Party shall remain in compliance with the Perfection 

Requirement with respect to all Collateral (including any assets, rights and properties that (x) become 

Collateral after the Closing Date and (y) any permitted replacement or substitute assets, rights and 

properties thereof (including any Additional Collateral) and (b) each Credit Party shall, promptly and at 

its expense, execute any and all further documents and instruments and take all further actions, that may 

be required or advisable under applicable law or that the Initial Lender, the Administrative Agent or the 

Collateral Agent may request, in order to create, grant, establish, preserve, protect, renew or perfect the 

validity, perfection or first priority of the Liens and security interests created or intended to be created by 

the Security Documents, in each case to the extent required under this Agreement or the Security 

Documents (including with respect to any additions to the Collateral (including any Additional Collateral) 

or replacements, substitutes or proceeds thereof or with respect to any other property or assets hereafter 

acquired by any Credit Party that are of a type that are intended to be included in the Collateral). 

SECTION 5.16 Delivery of Appraisals and Valuation Certificates. The Parent shall 

(1) (x) with respect to Eligible Collateral other than Eligible Collateral constituting Qualified 

Receivables, within ten (10) Business Days prior to the last Business Day of (A) September of each year, 
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beginning with September 30, 2021, deliver to the Administrative Agent one or more Appraisals and (B) 

March of each year, beginning with March 31, 2021, deliver to the Administrative Agent one or more 

Valuation Certificates and (y) with respect to Eligible Collateral constituting Qualified Receivables, 

within ten (10) Business Days prior to the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of 

each year, beginning with December 31, 2020, deliver to the Administrative Agent one or more Valuation 

Certificates and (2) promptly (but in any event within thirty (30) days) following request by the 

Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) if an Event of Default has occurred 

and is occurring, deliver to the Administrative Agent one or more Appraisals, in each case of clauses (1) 

and (2) above, determining the Appraised Value of the relevant Collateral. 

SECTION 5.17 Ratings. At any time when the Initial Lender is a Lender, the 

Borrower shall, upon request by the Initial Lender, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a public rating 

in respect of the Loans by any two of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch in connection with any contemplated 

assignment of, or participation in, the Loans. 

SECTION 5.18 Regulatory Matters. 

(a) US Citizenship. The Borrower will at all times maintain its status as a “citizen of 

the United States” as defined in Section 40102(a)(15) of Title 49 and as that statutory provision has been 

interpreted by the DOT pursuant to its policies. 

(b) Eligible Business Status. The Borrower will at all times maintain its status as an 

Eligible Business. The Borrower will at all times possess all necessary certificates, franchises, licenses, 

permits, rights, designations, authorizations, exemptions, concessions, frequencies and consents which 

relate to the operation of the routes flown by it and the conduct of its business and operations as currently 

conducted, except where failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be 

expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will at all times possess an air carrier 

operating certificate issued pursuant to Chapter 447 of Title 49.

SECTION 5.19 Eligible Receivables. 

(a) The Credit Parties shall (x) instruct and use their reasonable best efforts to cause 

counterparties to all Eligible Receivables to direct payments of all Eligible Receivables Revenue into the 

Eligible Receivables Account and (y) cause sufficient counterparties to the Eligible Receivables to direct 

payments of Eligible Receivables Revenue into the Eligible Receivables Account such that during any 

Eligible Receivables Test Period, at least 90% of Eligible Receivables Revenue for such period is 

deposited directly into the Eligible Receivables Account. To the extent the Parent, any Subsidiary or any 

of their respective Controlled Affiliates receives any payments of Eligible Receivables Revenue to an 

account other than the Eligible Receivables Account, such Person shall wire transfer as soon as 

practicable, but in any event within three (3) Business Days of receipt, any such amounts to the Eligible 

Receivables Account. All amounts in the Eligible Receivables Account shall be conclusively presumed 

to be Collateral and proceeds of Collateral, and the Agents and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire 

as to the source of the amounts on deposit in the Eligible Receivables Account. On each Eligible 

Receivables Determination Date, the Parent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a 

Responsible Officer of the Parent certifying that all Eligible Receivables Revenue for such Eligible 

Receivables Test Period was deposited into the Eligible Receivables Account (and at least 90% of all 

Eligible Receivables Revenues were deposited directly into the Eligible Receivables Account).

(b) If the Collateral Coverage Ratio as of any CCR Reference Date is less than 1.60 

to 1.00, then all amounts on deposit in the Eligible Receivables Account or transferred thereto shall be 

required to be held in the Eligible Receivables Account uninvested, and the Parent and the Subsidiaries 
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shall not transfer any funds from the Eligible Receivables Account (except for application to prepay the 

Loans then outstanding in accordance with Section 2.06(a)), until the first CCR Reference Date on which 

the Collateral Coverage Ratio is 1.60 to 1.00 or more, whereupon funds may once again be transferred 

from the Eligible Receivables Account for purposes other than prepayment of the Loans.

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until all the later of (i) the date on which all of the Obligations shall have been paid in 

full and (ii) such later date specified in this Agreement, the Credit Parties covenant and agree with the 

Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01 [Reserved].

SECTION 6.02 Liens. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries 

to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets constituting Collateral, 

whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for Permitted Liens.

SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes. The Parent will not, and will not permit any 

of its Subsidiaries to, merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of 

(whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now 

owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would 

result therefrom:

(a) any Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Borrower; provided that the Borrower 

shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries; provided that (x) 

when any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary is merging with another Subsidiary, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary 

shall be the continuing or surviving Person and (y) when any Subsidiary that is a Credit Party is merging 

with another Subsidiary, then such other Subsidiary shall be a Credit Party; 

(b) any Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon 

voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Parent or to another Subsidiary; provided that (x) if the 

transferor in such a transaction is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, then the transferee shall either be the 

Parent or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and (y) if the transferor in such a transaction is a Credit 

Party, then the transferee shall be a Credit Party; 

(c) the Parent and its Subsidiaries may make Dispositions permitted by Section 6.04; 

(d) any Investment permitted by Section 6.06 may be structured as a merger, 

consolidation or amalgamation; 

(e) any Subsidiary may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs if it owns no 

material assets, engages in no business and otherwise has no activities other than activities related to the 

maintenance of its existence and good standing; and

(f) any Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon

voluntary liquidation or otherwise), provided that such assets do not constitute all or substantially all of

the consolidated assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries.
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SECTION 6.04 Dispositions. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its 

Subsidiaries to, sell or otherwise make any Disposition of Collateral or enter into any agreement to make 

any sale or other Disposition of Collateral (in each case, including by way of any sale or other Disposition 

of any Guarantor), except, subject to Article X and so long as no Default shall have occurred and be 

continuing at the time of any action described below, or would result therefrom: 

(a) Dispositions of Collateral among the Credit Parties (including any Person that 

shall become a Credit Party simultaneous with such Disposition in the manner contemplated by 

Section 5.13); provided that:

(i) such Collateral remains at all times subject to a Lien with the same 

priority and level of perfection as was the case immediately prior to such Disposition (and 

otherwise subject only to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the 

Secured Parties following such Disposition;

(ii) concurrently therewith, the Credit Parties shall execute any documents 

and take any actions reasonably required to create, grant, establish, preserve or perfect such Lien 

in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement or the Security Documents;

(iii) if requested by the Appropriate Party, concurrently therewith the 

Appropriate Party shall receive an opinion of counsel to the applicable Credit Party (x) in the case 

of Collateral that consists of Route Authorities, Slots and/or Gate Leaseholds, as to the creation 

and perfection under Article 9 of the UCC of the Lien of the security agreement or mortgage, as 

applicable, and subject to assumptions and qualifications (including as provided in the opinion(s) 

delivered on the Closing Date), and (y) in the case of any other Collateral, as to the creation and 

perfection of the Lien of such security agreement or mortgage, as applicable, in form and 

substance satisfactory to the Appropriate Party; and

(iv) concurrently with any Disposition of Collateral to any Person that shall 

become a Credit Party simultaneous with such Disposition in the manner contemplated by 

Section 5.13, such Person shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.13; 

(b) to the extent constituting a Disposition of Collateral, the incurrence of Liens that 

are permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.02;

(c) Dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents in exchange for other cash or Cash 

Equivalents constituting Collateral and having reasonably equivalent value therefor; 

(d) the abandonment or Disposition of assets no longer useful or used in the 

business; provided that such abandonment or Disposition is (A) in the ordinary course of business and (B) 

with respect to assets that are not material to the business of the Parent and the Subsidiaries taken as a 

whole; 

(e) [reserved];

(f) any Disposition of property resulting from an event of loss with respect to any 

aircraft, airframe, engine, spare engine or Spare Parts if the Credit Party is replacing such aircraft, 

airframe, engine, spare engine or Spare Parts in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents; and

(g) any Disposition of Collateral permitted by any of the Security Documents.
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SECTION 6.05 Restricted Payments. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of 

its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation 

(contingent or otherwise) to do so, except, subject to additional restrictions set forth in Article X, so long 

as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described below or would 

result therefrom:

(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Parent and any other 

Person that owns an Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, ratably according to their respective holdings of 

such Equity Interests in respect of which such Restricted Payment is being made;

(b) the Parent and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or 

other distributions payable solely in common Equity Interests of such Person;

(c) the Parent and each Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire 

Equity Interests issued by it with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new 

common Equity Interests; 

(d) the Parent and each Subsidiary may pay withholding or similar taxes payable by 

any future, present or former employee, director or officer (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, 

executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) in connection with any 

repurchases of Equity Interests or the exercise of stock options; 

(e) the repurchase of Equity Interests or other securities deemed to occur upon (A) 

the exercise of stock options, warrants or other securities convertible or exchangeable into Equity 

Interests or any other securities, to the extent such Equity Interests or other securities represent a portion 

of the exercise price of those stock options, warrants or other securities convertible or exchangeable into 

Equity Interests or any other securities or (B) the withholding of a portion of Equity Interests issued to 

employees and other participants under an equity compensation program of the Parent or its Subsidiaries 

to cover withholding tax obligations of such persons in respect of such issuance; 

(f) payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances, common stock or other 

Restricted Payments by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the 

issuance of fractional shares upon (A) the exercise of options or warrants, (B) the conversion or exchange 

of capital stock of any such Person or (C) the conversion or exchange of Indebtedness or hybrid securities 

into capital stock of any such Person; 

(g) the Parent may make cash payments in connection with any conversion or 

exchange of Convertible Indebtedness in amount equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of such 

Convertible Indebtedness and (ii) the proceeds of any payments received by the Parent or any of its 

Subsidiaries pursuant to the exercise, settlement or termination of any related Permitted Bond Hedge 

Transaction;

(h) the Parent may make payments in connection with a Permitted Bond Hedge 

Transaction (i) by delivery of shares of the Parent’s Equity Interests upon net share settlement thereof or 

(ii) by (A) set-off against the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and (B) payment of an early 

termination amount thereof in common Equity Interests of the Parent upon any early termination thereof; 

(i) Restricted Payments not to exceed the amount allowable pursuant to 

Schedule 6.05(i); and
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(j) the Parent and each Subsidiary, to the extent they are an S corporation or other

tax pass-through entity, may make distributions to the extent reasonably required to cover its owners’ tax

obligations in respect of the Parent’s or Subsidiary’s earnings.

SECTION 6.06 Investments. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its 

Subsidiaries to, make any Investments, except:

(a) Investments held by the Parent or such Subsidiary in the form of cash or Cash 

Equivalents; 

(b) (i) Investments in Subsidiaries in existence on the Closing Date, (ii) other 

Investments in existence on the Closing Date and listed in Section I to Schedule 6.06 and (iii) other 

Investments described on Section II to Schedule 6.06, and, in each case, any refinancing, refunding, 

renewal or extension of any such Investment that does not increase the amount thereof;

(c) advances to officers, directors and employees of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in 

an aggregate amount not exceeding, at any time outstanding, an amount that is customary and consistent 

with past practice, for travel, entertainment, relocation and similar ordinary business purposes;

(d) (x) Investments of the Parent in the Borrower or any other Credit Party, (y) 

Investments of any Subsidiary in the Parent or any other Credit Party and (z) Investments made between 

Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties; provided that any such Investments made pursuant to this 

clause (d) in the form of intercompany indebtedness incurred by a Credit Party and owed to a Subsidiary 

that is not a Credit Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations and the Guaranteed Obligations on 

customary terms (it being understood and agreed that any Investments permitted under this clause (d) in 

the form of intercompany indebtedness that are not already subordinated on such terms as of the Closing 

Date shall not be required to be so subordinated until the date that is thirty (30) days after the Closing 

Date);

(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts 

receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and 

Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account 

debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

(f) Investments consisting of the indorsement by the Parent or any Subsidiary of 

negotiable instruments payable to such Person for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business; 

(g) to the extent constituting an Investment, transactions otherwise permitted by 

Sections 6.03 and 6.05; 

(h) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (i) obligations of trade 

creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Parent or any of its 

Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy 

or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer or (ii) litigation, arbitration or other disputes; 

(i) Investments represented by obligations in respect of Swap Contracts that are not 

speculative in nature and that are entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Parent or any of its 

Subsidiaries has (or will have) actual exposure (other than those in respect of the Equity Interests or 

Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries); 

(j) accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business; 
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(k) any guarantee of Indebtedness of the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent, other 

than any guarantee of Indebtedness secured by Liens that would not be permitted under Section 6.02; 

(l) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investment is made with the 

capital stock of the Parent; 

(m) Investments having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each 

such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value other than a 

reduction for all returns of principal in cash and capital dividends in cash), when taken together with all 

Investments made pursuant to this clause (m) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed 30% of the 

total consolidated assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries at the time of such Investment; 

(n) Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions to the extent constituting Investments; and

(o) Investments in Finance Entities in the ordinary course of business of the Parent 

and its Subsidiaries or that are otherwise customary for airlines based in the United States.

SECTION 6.07 Transactions with Affiliates. The Parent will not, and will not permit 

any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of any kind involving aggregate payments or 

consideration in excess of $1,500,000.00 with any Affiliate of the Parent, whether or not in the ordinary 

course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Parent or such 

Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Parent or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’slength transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, subject to delivery of, with respect to any 

transaction or series of related transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $3,750,000.00, 

a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent certifying as to compliance with the foregoing; 

provided that, subject to Article X, the foregoing restriction shall not apply to: 

(a) transactions between or among any of the Parent and any Wholly-Owned 

Subsidiaries, 

(b) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.05,

(c) Investments permitted by Section 6.06(b), or (c) or (d), 

(d) transactions described in Schedule 6.07, 

(e) any employment agreement, confidentiality agreement, non-competition 

agreement, incentive plan, employee stock option agreement, long-term incentive plan, profit sharing 

plan, employee benefit plan, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement 

entered into by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and payments 

pursuant thereto, and

(f) payment of fees, compensation, reimbursements of expenses (pursuant to 

indemnity arrangements or otherwise) and reasonable and customary indemnities provided to or on behalf 

of officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 6.08 [Reserved].

SECTION 6.09 [Reserved].
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SECTION 6.10 Changes in Nature of Business. The Parent will not, and will not 

permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than those businesses 

conducted by the Parent and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof or any business reasonably related or 

incidental thereto or representing a reasonable expansion thereof.

SECTION 6.11 Sanctions; AML Laws. The Parent will not, and will not permit any 

of its Subsidiaries to, directly or knowingly indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute 

or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person to fund 

any activities or business of or with any Person in a manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions 

or AML Laws by any Person.

SECTION 6.12 Amendments to Organizational Documents. The Parent will not, and 

will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to amend, modify, or grant any waiver or release under or terminate 

in any manner, any Organizational Documents in any manner materially adverse to, or which would 

impair the rights of, the Lenders.

SECTION 6.13 [Reserved]

SECTION 6.14 Prepayments of Junior Indebtedness. The Parent will not, and will 

not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or

otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment 

or maturity, any Indebtedness secured by junior Liens on the Collateral or that is subordinated in right of 

payment to the Obligations, in each case other than in connection with a Permitted Refinancing of such 

Indebtedness.

SECTION 6.15 Lobbying. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its 

Subsidiaries to, directly, or to the Parent or such Subsidiary’s knowledge, indirectly, use the proceeds of 

the Loans, or lend, contribute, or otherwise make available such proceeds to any other Person (i) for 

publicity or propaganda purposes designated to support or defeat legislation pending before the U.S. 

Congress or (ii) to fund any activities that would constitute “lobbying activities” as defined under 2 

U.S.C. § 1602. The Parent shall, and shall cause its subsidiaries to, comply with the provisions of 31 

U.S.C. § 1352, as amended, and with the regulations at 31 C.F.R. Part 21.

SECTION 6.16 Use of Proceeds. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its 

Subsidiaries to, use the proceeds of the Loans for any purpose other than for general corporate purposes 

and operating expenses (including payroll, rent, utilities, materials and supplies, repair and maintenance, 

and scheduled interest payments on other Indebtedness incurred before February 15, 2020), in each case 

in compliance with all Applicable Law to the extent permitted by the CARES Act; provided, however,

that the proceeds of the Loans shall not be used for any non-operating expenses (including capital 

expenses, delinquent taxes and payments of principal on other Indebtedness), unless the Parent can 

demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Initial Lender, that payment of any such non-operating expense is 

necessary to optimize the continued operations of the Parent’s business and does not merely constitute a 

transfer of risk from an existing creditor or investor to the Federal taxpayer.

SECTION 6.17 Financial Covenants.

(a) [Reserved]. 
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(b) Collateral Coverage Ratio.

(i) Within ten (10) Business Days after (x) the last day of March, June, 

September and December of each year (beginning with December 2020) or (y) any date on which 

an Appraisal is delivered pursuant to clause Error! Reference source not found. of Section 5.16

(each such date in clauses (x) and (y), a “CCR Reference Date” and the tenth Business Day after 

a CCR Reference Date, a “CCR Certificate Delivery Date”), the Parent shall deliver to the 

Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent containing a calculation 

of the Collateral Coverage Ratio (a “CCR Certificate”).

(ii) If the Collateral Coverage Ratio with respect to any CCR Reference Date 

is less than 1.60 to 1.00, the Borrower shall, no later than ten (10) Business Days after the 

applicable CCR Certificate Delivery Date, (x) prepay any outstanding Loans such that following 

such prepayment, the Collateral Coverage Ratio with respect to such CCR Reference Date, 

recalculated by subtracting any such prepaid portion of the Loans, shall be no less than 1.60 to 

1.00 and/or (y) designate Additional Collateral as additional Eligible Collateral and comply with 

Sections 5.13 and 5.15, collectively, in an amount such that following such designation, the 

Collateral Coverage Ratio with respect to such CCR Reference Date, recalculated by adding such 

Additional Collateral, shall be no less than 1.60 to 1.00.

(iii) At the Parent’s request, the Lien on any Collateral will be released; 

provided, in each case, that the following conditions are satisfied or waived: (a) no Event of 

Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (b) either (x) after giving effect to such release, 

the Collateral Coverage Ratio is not less than 2.00 to 1.00 (or in the case of a swap or exchange of 

existing Additional Collateral with new Additional Collateral, less than 1.60 to 1.00) or (y) the 

Parent shall prepay or cause to be prepaid the Loans and/or shall designate Eligible Collateral as 

Additional Collateral and comply with Sections 5.13 and 5.15, collectively, in an amount 

necessary to cause the Collateral Coverage Ratio to not be less than 2.00 to 1.00 (or in the case of 

a swap or exchange of existing Additional Collateral with new Additional Collateral, less than 

1.60 to 1.00) and (c) the Parent shall deliver a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer 

demonstrating compliance with this Section 6.17(b)(iii). 

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01 Events of Default. If any of the following events (each, an “Event of 

Default”) shall occur:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same 

shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or 

otherwise;

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan, or any fee or any other 

amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Section) payable under this Agreement or 

under any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure 

shall continue unremedied for a period of two (2) or more Business Days;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any 

Credit Party, including those made prior to the Closing Date, in or in connection with this Agreement, the 

Loan Application Form or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or 
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thereof, or any waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other 

document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, the Loan Application Form or any 

other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof, or any waiver hereunder or 

thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect (or, in the case of any such 

representation or warranty under this Agreement, the Loan Application Form or any other Loan 

Document already qualified by materiality, such representation or warranty shall prove to have been 

incorrect) when made or deemed made;

(d) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or 

agreement contained in Section 5.03(a), 5.04 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence), Section 5.19(b)

or in Article VI or Article X;

(e) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or 

agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than those specified in 

clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Section) and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) 

or more days after notice thereof by the Administrative Agent or the Initial Lender to the Parent;

(f) (i) Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall fail to make any payment 

when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in 

respect of any Material Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under this Agreement) and such failure 

shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument governing 

such Material Indebtedness; or (ii) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall fail to observe or 

perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any 

instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of 

which default or other event results in the holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such 

Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) 

causing such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed 

(automatically or otherwise), or causing an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such 

Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (f)(ii) shall not apply to 

secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer (or disposition of 

property as a result of a casualty or condemnation event) of the property or assets securing such 

Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such 

Indebtedness and such Indebtedness is repaid when required under the documents providing for such 

Indebtedness;

(g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be 

filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of any Credit Party or any Material 

Subsidiary thereof or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Debtor Relief Law now or 

hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or

similar official for any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary thereof or for a substantial part of its 

assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for a period of sixty 

(60) or more days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(h) any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary thereof shall (i) voluntarily 

commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any 

Debtor Relief Law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely 

and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (g) of this Section, (iii) apply for 

or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official 

for the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting 

the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general 
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assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the 

foregoing;

(i) any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary thereof shall become unable, admit 

in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(j) there is entered against any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary thereof (i) a 

final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (as to all such judgments and 

orders) exceeding $2,300,000.00 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to 

which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has not denied or failed to acknowledge 

coverage), or (ii) a non-monetary final judgment or order that, either individually or in the aggregate, has 

or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement 

proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 

thirty (30) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending 

appeal or otherwise, is not in effect;

(k) an ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan 

that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Credit Party under Title IV of 

ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC that, either individually or in the aggregate, 

has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(l) [reserved]; 

(m) any material provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and 

delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in 

full of all Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Credit Party or any other Person who is 

a party to any Loan Document contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any 

Loan Document; or any Credit Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation 

under any Loan Document, or purports in writing to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document;

(n) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, 

or shall be asserted in writing by any Credit Party not to be, a legal, valid and perfected Lien on any 

material portion of the Collateral (individually or in the aggregate), with the priority required by the 

applicable Security Documents, except (i) as a result of the sale or other Disposition of the applicable 

Collateral to a Person that is not a Credit Party in a transaction not prohibited under the Loan Documents 

or (ii) as a result of either Agent’s failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory 

notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Documents or (iii) as a result of acts or 

omissions with respect to possessory collateral held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement; 

or

(o) any Guarantee of any Obligations by any Credit Party under any Loan Document 

shall cease to be in full force in effect (other than in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents), 

then, and in every such event (other than an event described in clause (g) or (h) of this Section), and at 

any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Initial Lender may, and the Administrative 

Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders or the Initial Lender shall, by notice to the 

Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:

(i) 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 Credit 
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Parties 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 

the other Credit Parties; and

(ii) 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;

provided that, in case of any event described in clause (g) or (h) of this Section, the principal of the Loans 

then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations 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 Credit Parties.

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 Initial Lender and the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or the Required Lenders, all payments 

received on account of the Obligations shall 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 (including fees and disbursements and other charges of 

counsel payable under Section 11.03 and amounts payable under an Administrative Agency Fee 

Letter (if any)) payable to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in their respective 

capacities as such;

(ii) second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, 

indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders 

(including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel payable under Section 11.03) 

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 accrued 

and unpaid 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 

paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

ARTICLE VIII

AGENCY

SECTION 8.01 Appointment and Authority. Each Lender hereby irrevocably 

appoints The Bank of New York Mellon to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent and as the 
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Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Agents to take such 

actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms of the Loan 

Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental or related thereto; 

provided that notwithstanding anything in this Article VIII or this Agreement to the contrary, the terms 

and conditions of the relationship between the Initial Lender and the Agents shall be governed by a 

separate agreement between the Initial Lender and the Agents. The Borrower and the Guarantors 

acknowledge and agree that the Agents are Agents of the Lenders and not of the Borrower or the 

Guarantors. In connection with an assignment of the Loans by the Initial Lender, upon the Administrative 

Agent’s request, the Borrower and the Agents shall enter into an Administrative Agency Fee Letter. The 

provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall 

not have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. Without limiting the generality of 

the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized to (i) execute any and all documents (including 

releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as 

contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents 

and (ii) negotiate, enforce or settle any claim, action or proceeding affecting the Lenders in their capacity 

as such, at the direction of the Required Lenders, which negotiation, enforcement or settlement will be 

binding upon each Lender. 

SECTION 8.02 Collateral Matters. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints 

and authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding 

and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Credit Parties to secure any of the 

Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto and to enter 

into and perform the other Loan Documents. 

SECTION 8.03 Removal or Resignation of Administrative Agent. While the Initial 

Lender is a Lender, the Administrative Agent may be removed or give notice of its resignation subject to 

any conditions as separately agreed between the Initial Lender and the Administrative Agent. Any such 

resignation as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 8.03 shall also constitute its resignation as 

the Collateral Agent; provided that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on 

behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall 

continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed. 

Upon such removal or receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Initial Lender shall have the right to 

appoint a successor. After the Initial Lender is no longer a Lender, either Agent may resign at any time 

by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower in writing, and either Agent may be removed at any time with 

or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Borrower and 

such Agent and signed by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required 

Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be required during 

the continuance of an Event of Default), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so 

appointed by the Required Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be 

required during the continuance of an Event of Default)) and shall have accepted such appointment within 

30 days after (i) the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation or (ii) the Required Lenders deliver 

removal instructions, then the retiring or removed Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders (with the consent 

of the Borrower (which consent shall not be required during the continuance of an Event of Default)), 

appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate 

of any such bank. If no successor Agent has been appointed pursuant to the immediately preceding 

sentence, such Agent’s resignation or removal shall become effective and the Required Lenders shall 

thereafter perform all the duties of such Agent hereunder and/or under any other Loan Document until 

such time, if any, as the Required Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be 

required during the continuance of an Event of Default)) appoint a successor Administrative Agent and/or 

Collateral Agent, as the case may be. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a 

successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and 
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duties of its predecessor Agent, and its predecessor Agent shall be discharged from its duties and 

obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those 

payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an 

Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for 

the benefit of such retiring 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 acting as Agent. 

SECTION 8.04 Exculpatory Provisions.

(a) The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set 

forth herein and in the other Loan Documents or as separately agreed between the Initial Lender and the 

Agents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the 

foregoing:

(i) neither Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, 

regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, except that The Bank of New 

York Mellon shall always have a fiduciary duty to Treasury while serving as its Agent in 

accordance with the provisions of the separate writing between The Bank of New York Mellon 

and Treasury;

(ii) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or 

exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated 

hereby or by the other Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise as directed in 

writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be 

expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); and

(iii) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, 

neither Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any 

information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or 

obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of its 

Affiliates in any capacity.

(b) Neither Agent shall be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise 

incur liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in 

the exercise of any of its rights or powers. Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the 

contrary, prior to taking any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Agent shall 

be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses in 

connection with taking such action. Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it 

with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the 

Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Sections 7.01 and 11.02) or in the 

absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by the final non-appealable 

judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action nor any omission 

to act, taken by either Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders (or such other number of percentage 

of Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents) shall constitute 

gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default 

unless and until written notice thereof, conspicuously labeled as a “notice of default” and specifically 

describing such Default, is given to an Agent Responsible Officer by the Borrower or a Lender.

(c) Neither Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire 

into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any 

other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or 
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thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the 

covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any 

Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan 

Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set 

forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be 

delivered to the Administrative Agent.

(d) In no event shall either Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in 

the performance of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document arising out of or caused 

by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, 

epidemics, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural 

catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or 

computer (software and hardware) services (it being understood that such Agent shall use reasonable 

efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as 

soon as practicable under the circumstances).

(e) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for 

relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing 

believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each 

Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it in good faith 

to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Delivery of 

reports, information and documents to an Agent is for informational purposes only and an Agent’s receipt 

of the foregoing will not constitute actual or constructive knowledge or notice of any information 

contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Borrower’s 

compliance with any of its covenants hereunder. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be 

counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be 

liable for any action taken or not taken by it in reliance on the advice of any such counsel, accountants or 

experts. Any funds held by an Agent shall, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Borrower, be held 

uninvested in a non-interest bearing account.

(f) Neither Agent shall have any obligation to calculate or confirm the calculation of 

any financial covenant contained herein.

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, neither Agent 

shall be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral; for filing any 

financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office or 

otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral (except, in the 

case of possessory Collateral, for the Collateral Agent maintaining possession of any such Collateral

received by it in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents); for the validity, perfection, priority 

or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral; for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or 

any agreement or assignment contained therein; for the validity of the title of any grantor to the 

Collateral; for insuring the Collateral; or for the payment of taxes, charges or assessments on the 

Collateral. The Collateral Agent agrees that it will check any possessory Collateral received by it against 

any itemized list in the Pledge and Security Agreement of Collateral to be delivered to it in accordance 

with the Pledge and Security Agreement.

SECTION 8.05 Reliance by Agents. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and 

shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, opinion, consent, statement, 

instrument, document or other writing believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed 

or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by 

telephone and believed by it in good faith to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any 
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liability for relying thereon. Delivery of reports, information and documents to an Agent is for 

informational purposes only and an Agent’s receipt of the foregoing will not constitute actual or 

constructive knowledge or notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information 

contained therein, including the Borrower’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder. Each Agent 

may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and 

other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance 

with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

SECTION 8.06 Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties 

and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents or attorneys appointed by it 

and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. Each 

Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or 

through their respective Related Parties. 

SECTION 8.07 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender (other 

than the Initial Lender) acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the 

Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents 

and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this 

Agreement. Each Lender (other than the Initial Lender) also acknowledges that it will, independently and 

without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and 

based on such documents and information 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.

SECTION 8.08 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the 

pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any 

Credit Party, 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:

(a) 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 

Agents (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of 

the Lenders and the Agents and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders 

and the Agents under Section 11.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) 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 

judicial 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 for the reasonable 

compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and 

counsel, and any other amounts due the Agents under the Loan Documents. 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 proceeding.
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ARTICLE IX

GUARANTEE

SECTION 9.01 Guarantee of the Obligations. Each Guarantor jointly and severally 

hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Secured Parties, the due and punctual payment 

in full and performance of all Obligations (or such lesser amount as agreed by the Required Lenders in 

their sole discretion with respect to Obligations owed to the Lenders) when the same shall become due or 

required to be performed, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, 

performance, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become and any performance that 

would have been required to be taken due but for the operation of the automatic stay under 

Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”).

SECTION 9.02 Payment or Performance by a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby 

jointly and severally agrees, in furtherance of the foregoing and the other terms of this Article IX and not 

in limitation of any other right which the Secured Parties may have at law or in equity against any 

Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of the Borrower to pay or perform any of the Guaranteed 

Obligations when and as the same shall become due or required to be performed, whether at stated 

maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that 

would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy 

Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), such Guarantor will pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, or perform, or cause to 

be performed, to the Secured Parties an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all 

Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed 

Obligations (including interest which, but for the Borrower’s becoming the subject of a case under the 

Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed 

against the Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed 

Obligations then owed or required to be performed to the Secured Parties as aforesaid.

SECTION 9.03 Liability of Guarantors Absolute. Each Guarantor agrees that its 

obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected 

by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than 

payment and performance in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and 

without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

(a) this Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and performance when due and not 

merely of collection;

(b) either Agent and any of the other Secured Parties may enforce this Guarantee 

upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between the 

Borrower and the Secured Parties with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;

(c) a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such 

Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against the Borrower or any other Guarantors and whether 

or not Borrower or such Guarantors are joined in any such action or actions;

(d) payment or performance by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the 

Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor’s liability for 

any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid or performed;

(e) the Required Lenders, upon such terms as they deem appropriate, without notice 

or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction, 
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limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time to time 

may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, 

manner or terms of payment or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, 

release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the 

Guaranteed Obligations or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; 

(iii) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or 

modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment or performance of the Guaranteed 

Obligations, any other guarantees of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person 

(including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; and (iv) enforce its rights and 

remedies even though such action may operate to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or 

subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against the Borrower or any security for the 

Guaranteed Obligations; and

(f) this Guarantee and the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be legal, 

valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or 

termination for any reason (other than payment or performance in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), 

including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to 

any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, 

illegality or unenforceability of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, any impossibility in the performance 

of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, 

except for the payment and performance in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and to the fullest extent 

permitted by Applicable Law, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or 

impaired or otherwise affected by: (i) any failure, delay or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or 

election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or 

otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy with 

respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, or with respect to any security for the payment and performance of 

the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to 

departure from, any of the terms or provisions hereof or any other Loan Document; (iii) the Guaranteed 

Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or 

unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the Lender’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the 

corporate structure or existence of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding 

restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) the release of, or any impairment of or failure to perfect 

or continue perfection of or protect a security interest in, any collateral which secures any of the 

Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which the Borrower or any 

Guarantor may allege or assert against either Agent or the Lenders in respect of the Guaranteed 

Obligations, including failure of consideration, lack of authority, validity or enforceability, breach of 

warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; (vii) any 

change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any Credit Party, or any insolvency, 

bankruptcy, reorganization, examinership or other similar proceeding affecting any Credit Party or its 

assets or any resulting release or discharge of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (viii) the fact that any 

Person that, pursuant to the Loan Documents, was required to become a party hereto may not have 

executed or is not effectually bound by this Agreement, whether or not this fact is known to the Secured 

Parties; (ix) any action permitted or authorized hereunder; (x) any other circumstance, or any existence of 

or reliance on any representation by the Agents, any Secured Party or any other Person, that might 

otherwise constitute a defense to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, the Borrower, any Guarantor or any 

other guarantor or surety; and (xi) any other event or circumstance that might in any manner vary the risk 

of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.

SECTION 9.04 Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the 

benefit of the Lender: (a) any right to require the Lender, as a condition of payment or performance by 

such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person; (ii) proceed against 
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or exhaust any security in favor of the Lender; or (iii) pursue any other remedy in the power of the Agents 

or Secured Parties whatsoever or (b) presentment to, demand for payment or performance from and 

protest to the Borrower or any Guarantor or notice of acceptance; and (c) any defenses or benefits that 

may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or 

which may conflict with the terms hereof. The Agents and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, 

foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept 

an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure or exercise any other right or remedy available to 

them against the Borrower or any other Credit Party without affecting or impairing in any way the 

liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in 

full. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Credit Party waives any defense arising out 

of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to Applicable Law, to impair or to 

extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Credit Party 

against the Borrower or any other Credit Party, as the case may be, or any security.

SECTION 9.05 Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc. Until the 

Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full, each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or 

remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against the Borrower or any 

other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guarantee or the performance by such 

Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation (a) any right of subrogation, 

reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against the 

Borrower with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any 

claim, right or remedy that the Agents or the Secured Parties now has or may hereafter have against the 

Borrower, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter 

held by the Agents or the Secured Parties. In addition, until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been 

paid in full, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have 

against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations. If any 

amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, 

indemnification or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been 

finally and paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be 

paid over to the Secured Parties to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether 

matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.

SECTION 9.06 Subordination. Any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor 

now or hereafter and all rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under Applicable Law or 

otherwise, held by any Guarantor (the “Obligee Guarantor”) are hereby subordinated in right of payment 

or performance to the Guaranteed Obligations until the Guaranteed Obligations is paid and performed in 

full. Any amount in respect of such indebtedness or rights collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor 

after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for the Secured Parties and 

shall forthwith be paid over to the Secured Parties to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed 

Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee 

Guarantor under any other provision hereof.

SECTION 9.07 Continuing Guarantee. This Guarantee is a continuing guarantee and 

shall remain in effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full. 

Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guarantee as to future transactions 

giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.

SECTION 9.08 Financial Condition of the Borrower. The Loans may be made to the 

Borrower without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other 

condition of the Borrower at the time of such grant. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain 

information from the Borrower on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of the Borrower 
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and its ability to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, and each Guarantor assumes the 

responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of the Borrower and of all 

circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

SECTION 9.09 Reinstatement. In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed 

Obligations are paid by the Borrower or any Guarantor, the obligations of any other Guarantor hereunder 

shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all 

or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from the Secured Parties 

as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise must be so recovered or returned, and any such payments 

and amounts which are so rescinded, recovered or returned shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all 

purposes hereunder.

SECTION 9.10 Discharge of Guarantees. If, in compliance with the terms and 

provisions of the Loan Documents, (x) all of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of 

the Parent or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including 

by merger or consolidation) to any Person (other than to the Parent or to any other Subsidiary of the 

Parent), the Guarantee of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall 

automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any beneficiary or any other 

Person effective as of the time of such asset sale or (y) a Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary 

(other than as a result of a Guarantor becoming a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary), the Borrower may 

request the release of the Guarantee of such Guarantor, whereupon the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall 

be discharged and released.

ARTICLE X

CARES ACT REQUIREMENTS

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Credit Parties, on behalf 

of themselves and their Affiliates, represent, warrant, and agree with the Lenders that:

SECTION 10.01 CARES Act Compliance. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries are 

in compliance, and will at all times comply, with all applicable requirements under Title IV of the 

CARES Act, including any applicable requirements pertaining to the Borrower’s eligibility to receive the 

Loans. The Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries will provide any information requested by the 

Initial Lender or Agents to assess the Borrower’s compliance with applicable requirements under Title IV 

of the CARES Act, its obligations under this Article X or its eligibility to receive the Loans under the 

CARES Act. The Borrower is not a “covered entity” as defined in Section 4019 of the CARES Act. 

SECTION 10.02 Dividends and Buybacks. 

(a) Until the date that is twelve (12) months after the date on which the Loans are no 

longer outstanding, neither any Borrower Eligible Business nor any of its Affiliates (other than an 

Affiliate that is a natural person) shall, in any transaction, purchase an equity security of any Borrower 

Eligible Business or of any direct or indirect parent company of a Borrower Eligible Business or of any 

Subsidiary of the Parent that, in each case, is listed on a national securities exchange, except to the extent 

required under a contractual obligation in effect as of the date of enactment of the CARES Act.

(b) Until the date that is twelve (12) months after the date on which the Loans are no 

longer outstanding, no Borrower Eligible Business shall pay dividends, or make any other capital 

distributions, with respect to the common stock of any Borrower Eligible Business, except that an S

corporation or other tax pass-through entity that is a Borrower Eligible Business may make distributions
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to the extent reasonably required to cover its owners’ tax obligations in respect of the Borrower Eligible

Business’s earnings.

SECTION 10.03 Maintenance of Employment Levels. Until September 30, 2020, 

each Borrower Eligible Business shall maintain its employment levels as of March 24, 2020, to the extent 

practicable, and in any case shall not reduce its employment levels by more than ten percent (10%) from 

the levels on March 24, 2020.

SECTION 10.04 United States Business. Each Borrower Eligible Business is created 

or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States and has significant operations in 

and a majority of its employees based in the United States.

SECTION 10.05 Limitations on Certain Compensation.

(a) Beginning on the Closing Date, and ending on the date that is one (1) year after 

the date on which the Loans are no longer outstanding, each Borrower Eligible Business and its Affiliates 

shall not pay any of each Borrower Eligible Business’s Corporate Officers or Employees whose Total 

Compensation exceeded $425,000 in calendar year 2019 or the Subsequent Reference Period (other than 

an Employee whose compensation is determined through an existing collective bargaining agreement 

entered into before March 1, 2020):

(i) Total Compensation which exceeds, during any twelve (12) consecutive 

months of the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is one (1) year 

after the date on which the Loans are no longer outstanding, the Total Compensation the 

Corporate Officer or Employee received in calendar year 2019 or the Subsequent Reference 

Period; or

(ii) Severance Pay or Other Benefits in connection with a termination of 

employment with any Borrower Eligible Business which exceed twice the maximum Total 

Compensation received by such Corporate Officer or Employee in calendar year 2019 or the 

Subsequent Reference Period.

(b) Beginning on the Closing Date, and ending on the date that is one (1) year after 

the date on which the Loans are no longer outstanding, each Borrower Eligible Business and its Affiliates 

shall not pay any of each Borrower Eligible Business’s Corporate Officers or Employees whose Total 

Compensation exceeded $3,000,000 in calendar year 2019 or the Subsequent Reference Period, Total 

Compensation which exceeds, during any twelve (12) consecutive months of such period, in excess of the 

sum of:

(i) $3,000,000; and

(ii) Fifty percent (50%) of the excess over $3,000,000 of the Total 

Compensation received by such Corporate Officer or Employee in calendar year 2019 or the 

Subsequent Reference Period.

(c) For purposes of determining applicable amounts under this Section with respect 

to any Corporate Officer or Employee who was employed by any Borrower Eligible Business or any of 

their Affiliates for less than all of calendar year 2019, the amount of Total Compensation in calendar year 

2019 shall mean such Corporate Officer’s or Employee’s Total Compensation on an annualized basis.
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SECTION 10.06 Continuation of Certain Air Service. Until March 1, 2022, each 

Borrower Eligible Business shall comply with any applicable requirement issued by the Secretary of 

Transportation under section 4005 of the CARES Act to maintain scheduled air transportation service to 

any point served by any Borrower Eligible Business before March 1, 2020. The Borrower acknowledges 

that neither Treasury, nor any other actor, department, or agency of the Federal Government, shall 

condition the issuance of any Loan under this Agreement on the Borrower’s implementation of measures 

to enter into negotiations with the certified bargaining representative of a craft or class of employees of 

the Borrower Eligible Business under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or the National 

Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), regarding pay or other terms and conditions of employment.

SECTION 10.07 Treasury Access. The Borrower Eligible Business and its Affiliates 

will provide Treasury, the Treasury Inspector General, the Special Inspector General for Pandemic 

Recovery, and such other entities as authorized by Treasury timely and unrestricted access to all 

documents, papers, or other records, including electronic records, of the Borrower related to the Loans, to 

enable Treasury, the Treasury Inspector General, and the Special Inspector General for Pandemic 

Recovery to make audits, examinations, and otherwise evaluate the Borrower’s compliance with the terms 

of this Agreement. This right also includes timely and reasonable access to the Borrower’s and its 

Affiliates’ personnel for the purpose of interview and discussion related to such documents.

SECTION 10.08 Additional Defined Terms. As used in this Article, the following 

terms have the meanings specified below:

“Borrower Eligible Business” means, collectively, the Borrower, its Affiliates that are 

Eligible Businesses, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns. 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of this Article X, an “Affiliate” of the 

Borrower shall not include any Person(s) that become affiliated with the Borrower solely by virtue of the 

consummation of a Change of Control transaction resulting in repayment of the Loans in full.

“Corporate Officer” means, with respect to any Borrower Eligible Business, its 

president; any vice president in charge of a principal business unit, division, or function (such as sales, 

administration or finance); any other officer who performs a policy-making function; or any other person 

who performs similar policy making functions for the Borrower Eligible Business. Executive officers of 

subsidiaries or parents of any Borrower Eligible Business may be deemed Corporate Officers of the 

Borrower Eligible Business if they perform such policy-making functions for the Borrower Eligible 

Business. 

“Employee” has the meaning given to the term in section 2 of the National Labor 

Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152 and includes any individual employed by an employer subject to the 

Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), and for the avoidance of doubt includes all individuals who 

are employed by the Borrower Eligible Business who are not Corporate Officers.

“Severance Pay or Other Benefits” means any severance payment or other similar 

benefits, including cash payments, health care benefits, perquisites, the enhancement or acceleration of 

the payment or vesting of any payment or benefit or any other in-kind benefit payable (whether in lump 

sum or over time, including after March 24, 2022) by any Borrower Eligible Business or its Affiliates to a 

Corporate Officer or Employee in connection with any termination of such Corporate Officer’s or 

Employee’s employment (including, without limitation, resignation, severance, retirement, or constructive 

termination), which shall be determined and calculated in respect of any Employee or Corporate Officer 

of the Borrower Eligible Business in the manner prescribed in 17 C.F.R. 229.402(j) (without regard to its 

limitation to the five (5) most highly compensated executives and using the actual date of termination of 
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employment rather than the last business day of the Borrower Eligible Business’s last completed fiscal 

year as the trigger event).

“Subsequent Reference Period” means (i) for a Corporate Officer or Employee whose 

employment with the Borrower Eligible Business or an Affiliate started during 2019 or later, the twelve 

(12) month period starting from the end of the month in which the officer or employee commenced

employment, if such officer’s or employee’s total compensation exceeds $425,000 (or $3,000,000) during

such period and (ii) for a Corporate Officer or Employee whose Total Compensation first exceeds

$425,000 during a 12-month period ending after 2019, the 12-month period starting from the end of the

month in which the Corporate Officer’s or Employee’s Total Compensation first exceeded $425,000 (or

$3,000,000).

“Total Compensation” means compensation including salary, wages, bonuses, awards of 

stock, and any other financial benefits provided by the Borrower Eligible Business or an Affiliate, as 

applicable, which shall be determined and calculated for the 2019 calendar year or any applicable twelve 

(12)-month period in respect of any Employee or Corporate Officer of the Borrower Eligible Business in 

the manner prescribed under paragraph e.5 of the award term in 2 C.F.R. part 170, App. A, but excluding 

any Severance Pay or Other Benefits in connection with a termination of employment. 

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.01 Notices; Public Information.

(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications

expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices 

and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing in English and shall be delivered by 

hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile or email as 

follows:

(i) if to a Credit Party, to it at 550 E. Swedesford Rd. #210, Wayne, PA 19087,

 Attention of Steve Harfst (Telephone No. (609) 488-0044; Email: sharfst@goeasternair.com); 

(ii) if to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to The Bank of

New York Mellon at 240 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10286, Attention of Joanna 

Shapiro, Managing Director (Telephone No. 212-815-4949; Email: 

joanna.g.shapiro@bnymellon.com with a copy to UST.Cares.Program@bnymellon.com); 

(iii) if to Treasury, as the Initial Lender, to The Department of the Treasury of 

the United States at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20220, Attention of 

Assistant General Counsel (Banking and Finance) (Telephone No. 202-622-0283; Email: 

eric.froman@treasury.gov); and 

(iv) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile number or email

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 electronic communications, to the 

extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
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(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders 

hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail, FpML, and 

Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Lenders and reasonably acceptable 

to the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant 

to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices 

under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the 

Parent 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 limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or a Lender 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 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.

(c) Change of Address, etc. Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile 

number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

(d) Platform.

(i) The Borrower and the Lenders agree that the Administrative Agent may, 

but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the other 

Lenders by posting the Communications on the Platform.

(ii) The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties 

(as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability 

for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or 

statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any 

Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the 

Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any 

liability to the Credit Parties, 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 Platform. “Communications” means, 

collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material 

provided by or on behalf of the Credit Parties pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions 

contemplated therein that is distributed to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by means of 

electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.

(e) Public Information. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that certain of the 

Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public 

information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the 

foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such 

Persons’ securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to 
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identify that portion of the materials and information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder 

and under the other Loan Documents (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) that may be distributed to the 

Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked 

“PUBLIC,” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the 

first page thereof; (ii) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have 

authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing 

any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of U.S. 

federal and state securities Laws (provided, however, that to the extent that such Borrower Materials 

constitute Information, they shall be subject to Section 11.12); (iii) all Borrower Materials marked 

“PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side 

Information;” and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are 

not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated 

“Public Side Information”. Each Public Lender will designate one or more representatives that shall be 

permitted to receive information that is not designated as being available for Public Lenders. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, financial statements and related documentation, in each case, provided 

pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) shall be deemed to be marked “PUBLIC”, unless the Parent notifies 

the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material non-public information. 

SECTION 11.02 Waivers; Amendments.

(a) No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative; Enforcement. No failure or delay by the 

Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, remedy, power or 

privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any 

single or partial exercise of any such right, remedy, power or privilege, or any abandonment or 

discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right remedy, power or privilege, preclude any other or further 

exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, 

powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder and 

under the Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers or 

privileges that any such Person would otherwise have. 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan 

Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents 

against the Credit Parties shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in 

connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, (i) so long as the 

Initial Lender is a Lender, either the Initial Lender or, at the Initial’s Lender’s option, the Administrative 

Agent in accordance with Section 7.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders and (ii) if the Initial Lender is no 

longer a Lender, the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the 

Required Lenders) in accordance with Section 7.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided that the 

foregoing shall not prohibit (i) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and 

remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacities as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent) 

hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in 

accordance with Section 11.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13) or (iii) any Lender from filing proofs 

of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative 

to a Credit Party under any Debtor Relief Law; provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person 

acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (x) the Required 

Lenders shall have the rights otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.01

and (y) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding proviso and subject to 

Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights or remedies 

available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
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(b) Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement 

(including Section 2.10 and Section 8.01), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or 

any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall be effective 

unless in writing executed by the Borrower and the Required Lenders, and acknowledged by the 

Administrative Agent, or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required 

Lenders, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the 

specific purpose for which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(i) extend or increase any Commitment of any Lender without the written 

consent of such Lender;

(ii) reduce the principal of, or rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, 

or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the 

written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby (provided that only the 

consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (x) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” 

or to waive the obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or (y) to amend any 

financial covenant (or any defined term directly or indirectly used therein), even if the effect of 

such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or other Obligation or to 

reduce any fee payable hereunder);

(iii) postpone any date scheduled for any payment of principal of, or interest 

on, any Loan, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan 

Document, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the written 

consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

(iv) change Section 2.12(b) or Section 2.13 in a manner that would alter the 

pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly 

and adversely affected thereby; 

(v) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 without the written consent 

of the Initial Lender; or

(vi) change any provision of this Section or the percentage in the definition of 

“Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of 

Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise 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 amendment, waiver or consent shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the 

rights or duties hereunder or under any other Loan Document of either of the Agents, unless in writing 

executed by such Agent, in each case in addition to the Borrower and the Lenders required above.

In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) if the Borrower 

shall have identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any 

provision of the Loan Documents, then, upon the delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the 

Borrower to the Administrative Agent identifying such error and directing the Administrative Agent to 

execute an amendment to correct such error, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be 

permitted to amend such provision, and, in each case, such amendment shall become effective without 

any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in 

writing by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days following 

receipt of notice thereof and (ii) that any Security Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise 

modified with the consent of the applicable Grantor (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) 
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and the Administrative Agent to add assets (or categories of assets) to the Collateral covered by such 

Security Document, as contemplated by the definition of Additional Collateral, or to remove any assets or 

categories of assets (including after-acquired assets of that category) from the Collateral covered by such 

Security Document to the extent the release thereof is permitted by Section 6.17(b)(iii).

SECTION 11.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket 

expenses incurred by the Initial Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and their 

Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Initial Lender, 

the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent), and shall pay all fees and time charges and 

disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, 

in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, 

the Loan Documents, any other agreements or documents executed in connection herewith or therewith 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, the Collateral Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and 

disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender), and shall 

pay all fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, the 

Collateral Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in 

connection with this Agreement and the Loan Documents, any other agreements or documents executed 

in connection herewith or therewith, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions 

hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) 

including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all 

such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring, negotiations or enforcement in 

respect of this Agreement, the Loan Documents and other agreements or documents executed in 

connection herewith or therewith.

(b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the 

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (and any sub-agents thereof) 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, obligations, 

penalties, fines, settlements, judgments, disbursements and related costs and related expenses (including 

the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold 

harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be 

employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any 

Person (including the Parent) 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 contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or the 

use or proposed 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 Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any 

Environmental Liability related in any way to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or 

prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based 

on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Parent, and regardless of 

whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee 

other than the Initial Lender, 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 paragraph (b)

shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. 

arising from any non-Tax claim.
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(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails 

to indefeasibly pay any amount required under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the 

Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (or any sub-agents thereof) or any Related Party of any of the 

foregoing, each Lender (other than the Initial Lender) severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent 

or Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agents) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro 

rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is 

sought based on each Lender’s Applicable Percentage at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any 

such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); 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 the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agents), or against 

any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (or any 

such sub-agents) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this 

paragraph (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(e).

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by 

Applicable Law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, 

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, the transactions contemplated hereby or 

thereby, any Loan, or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b) above 

shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other 

materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission 

systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated 

hereby or thereby.

(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than 

five (5) days after demand therefor; provided that the terms of this Section shall not apply to the Initial 

Lender.

(f) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the 

termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder and the resignation or 

removal of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 11.04 Successors and Assigns.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. 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 the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or 

obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and 

any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void), and no Lender may 

assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in 

accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance 

with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security 

interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (e) of 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 (d) 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.
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(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more 

Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a 

portion of the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment by any Lender (other than 

the Initial Lender) shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts.

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of 

the assigning Lender’s Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to 

and/or by related Approved Funds (determined after giving effect to such assignments) 

that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the 

aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an 

Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, 

the principal outstanding balance of the 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 or, if “Trade Date” is 

specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than 

$1,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default or Event 

of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such 

consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(ii) Proportionate Amounts. 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 with respect to the Loans assigned.

(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment by 

the Initial Lender. The consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, 

delayed or conditioned) shall be required for any assignment by any Lender other than the Initial 

Lender unless (x) a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such 

assignment, or (y) such assignment is to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; provided that the 

Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto 

by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received 

notice thereof. 

(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall 

execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a 

processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole 

discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The

assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative 

Questionnaire.

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made 

to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made 

to a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated 

for the primary benefit of, a natural person).
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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this 

Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee 

thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement 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 Section 11.03

with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any 

assignment or transfer by a Lender other than the Initial Lender of rights or obligations under this 

Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph 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 (d) of 

this Section.

(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an 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 principal amounts 

(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 absent manifest error, and the Borrower, 

the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 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. 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.

(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, 

the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a Competitor, a 

natural person, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the 

primary benefit of, a natural person, or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) 

(each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement 

(including all or a portion of the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this 

Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties 

hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the 

Collateral Agent and Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection 

with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender 

shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 11.03(b) with respect to any payments made by such 

Lender to its Participant(s).

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 to any 

amendment, modification or waiver described in Section 11.02(b)(i) through (v) that affects such 

Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 

2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under 

Section 2.16(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.16(g) shall be 

delivered to the participating Lender)) 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 2.19 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 2.15 or 2.16, 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 
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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 2.19(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each 

Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that 

such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 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 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 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.

(e) Certain Pledges. 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; provided that no such pledge or 

assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee 

or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

SECTION 11.05 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties 

made by any Credit Party herein and in any Loan Document or other documents delivered in connection 

herewith or therewith or pursuant hereto or thereto shall be considered to have been relied upon by the 

other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof and the making of the 

Borrowings hereunder, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and 

notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may have had notice 

or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Borrowing, and shall continue in full force and effect as 

long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied and so long as the 

Commitments have not expired or been terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 11.03, 11.15

and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the 

transactions contemplated hereby, the payment in full of the Obligations, the expiration or termination of 

the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

SECTION 11.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.

(a) Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in 

counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an 

original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the 

other Loan Documents, 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 that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties 

hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in 

electronic (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of 

this Agreement.
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(b) Electronic Execution. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words 

of like import in this Agreement and in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include 

electronic signatures 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 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 New York State 

Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic 

Transactions Act. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, delivery of an executed counterpart of 

a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic means, or confirmation of the 

execution of this Agreement on behalf of a party by an email from an authorized signatory of such party 

shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. 

SECTION 11.07 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan 

Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of 

the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or 

impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid 

or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as 

possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a 

particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

SECTION 11.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be 

continuing, each Lender, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from 

time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits 

(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held, and other 

obligations (in whatever currency) 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 due and unpaid Obligations of the 

Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or 

its respective 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. The 

rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and 

remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or its respective Affiliates may have. Each 

Lender (other than the Initial Lender) agrees to notify the Borrower and 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 11.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be 

governed by and construed in accordance with the federal law of the United States if and to the extent 

such law is applicable, and otherwise in accordance with the law of the State of New York applicable to 

contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.

(b) Jurisdiction and Venue. Each of the Credit Parties and each Lender agrees (a) to 

submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court for the District of 

Columbia for any civil action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Loan 

Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
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(c) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process 

in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of 

any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.

SECTION 11.10 Waiver of Jury Trial. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, 

each Credit Party and each Lender hereby unconditionally waives trial by jury in any civil legal action or 

proceeding relating to this Agreement, the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or 

thereby.

SECTION 11.11 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 11.12 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the 

Agents and the Lenders (other than the Initial Lender) agree to maintain the confidentiality of the 

Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its 

Related Parties (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 required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such 

Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of 

Insurance Commissioners); (c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or by any subpoena or similar 

legal process; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder 

or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other 

Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) subject to an agreement 

containing provisions substantially the same as (or no less restrictive than) those of this Section, to (i) any 

assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and 

obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any 

swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower 

and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; provided that, in each case under this 

clause (f)(ii), such actual or prospective party is not a Competitor; (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any 

rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Loans or (ii) the CUSIP 

Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers 

with respect to the Loans; (h) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information 

(x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, or (y) becomes available 

to either Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source 

other than the Borrower who did not acquire such information as a result of a breach of this Section. 

For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the 

Parent or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective 

businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender 

on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, in the 

case of information received from the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries 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 11.13 Money Laundering; Sanctions. The Borrower shall provide to the 

Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Lenders information and documentation that the 

Lenders may reasonably request that identifies the Borrower and its Affiliates, which information may 

include the name and address of the Borrower and its Affiliates and other information regarding 
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beneficial ownership of the Borrower and its Affiliates that will allow the Lenders to ensure compliance 

with Sanctions and the AML Laws. For purposes of determining whether or not a representation with 

respect to any indirect ownership is true or a covenant is being complied with under this Section 11.13,

the Borrower shall not be required to make any investigation into (i) the ownership of publicly traded 

stock or other publicly traded securities or (ii) the ownership of assets by a collective investment fund that 

holds assets for employee benefit plans or retirement arrangements.

SECTION 11.14 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 that are treated as interest on such Loan under Applicable Law (collectively, “charges”), shall 

exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that 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. To the extent lawful, the interest and charges that would have 

been paid in respect of such Loan but were not paid 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 amount collectible at the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated 

amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day to the date of 

repayment, shall have been received by such Lender. Any amount collected by such Lender that exceeds 

the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate shall be applied to the reduction of the principal 

balance of such Loan or refunded to the Borrower so that at no time shall the interest and charges paid or 

payable in respect of such Loan exceed the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate. 

SECTION 11.15 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf 

of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any Lender exercises its right of 

setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, 

declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement 

entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, 

receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, 

then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied 

shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such 

setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender (other than the Initial Lender) severally agrees to pay to the 

Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered 

from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the 

date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to 

time in effect.

SECTION 11.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all 

aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or 

other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and 

acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a) (i) no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship 

between any Credit Party and any of their respective Subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent, the 

Collateral Agent or any Lender is intended to be or has been created in respect of the transactions 

contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents, irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent, 

the Collateral Agent or any Lender has advised or is advising any Credit Party or any of their respective 

Subsidiaries on other matters, (ii) the lending and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the 

Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions 

between Credit Parties and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 

Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, (iii) the Credit Parties have consulted their own legal, 

accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent that they has deemed appropriate and (iv) the Credit 

Parties are capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the 
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transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; and (b) (i) the Administrative Agent, 

the Collateral Agent and the Lenders each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as 

expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an 

advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person; 

(ii) none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders has any obligation to the 

Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby 

except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the 

Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be 

engaged, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Credit Parties 

and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the 

Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Credit Parties or any of their respective 

Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Credit Parties hereby waive and release any claims 

that they may have against any of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders with 

respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any 

transaction contemplated hereby.

SECTION 11.17 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 the parties, each party hereto (including each Credit Party) 

acknowledges that any liability arising under a Loan Document of any Credit Party that is an Affected 

Financial Institution, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and 

conversion powers of the applicable 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 the 

applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising under any Loan Documents which may be 

payable to it by any Credit Party that is an Affected Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any BailIn Action on any such liability, including (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 Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, 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 any 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 the applicable Resolution Authority.

[Signature pages follow.]

[Loan and Guarantee Agreement – Eastern Airlines] 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, 

as Administrative Agent 

By 

Name: Bret S. Derman 

Title: Vice President 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, 

as Collateral Agent 

By 

Name: Bret S. Derman 

Title: Vice President 

Schedule 3.05

Financial Statements

The consolidated financial statements of the Parent for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

The consolidated financial statements of the Parent for the fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
Schedule 3.17

Subsidiaries

None. 
Schedule 5.14

Post-Closing Matters

None.
Schedule 6.05(i)

Restricted Payments

$750,000.00 
Schedule 6.06

Investments

Section I

None. 

Section II

None.
Schedule 6.07

Affiliate Transactions

None.
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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF 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 the Assignor (as defined below) and the 

Assignee (as defined below). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given 

to them in the Loan and Guarantee Agreement identified below (as amended, restated, amended and restated, 

supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan and Guarantee 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 Loan and Guarantee 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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement, any other Loan 

Documents 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 respective facilities identified below (including any guarantees included in such 

facilities), 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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement, any other Loan Document 

and 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, but not limited to, 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 by 

the Assignor to the Assignee 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: _________________________________________ (the “Assignor”)

2. Assignee: _________________________________________ (the “Assignee”)

[Assignee is an [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]

3. Borrower: Eastern Airlines LLC

4. Administrative Agent: The Bank of New York Mellon, as the administrative agent under the Loan

and Guarantee Agreement

5. Loan and Guarantee Agreement: The Loan and Guarantee Agreement dated as of October 28, 2020 

among Eastern Airlines LLC, as Borrower or Parent, The Bank of New York Mellon, as

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto, and

each lender from time to time party thereto

6. Assigned Interest[s]: 
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Assignor Assignee

[Loans 

Assigned1]

2

Aggregate 

Amount of Loans 

for all Lenders3

Amount of 

Loans Assigned8

Percentage 

Assigned of 

Loans4

$ $ %

$ $ %

$ $ %

[7. Trade Date: ______________]5

[Page break]

 

1 Specify which tranche of Loans are being assigned.

2 Note to Form: To include if loan has multiple tranches that are not fungible (i.e., different maturities).

3 Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and 

the Effective Date.

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

5 To be completed if the Assignor(s) and the Assignee(s) intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the 

Trade Date.
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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 terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:_________________________________

Title:

ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:_________________________________

Title:

Accepted:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as 

Administrative Agent

By: _________________________________

Title:

[Consented to:

EASTERN AIRLINES LLC

By: ________________________________

Title:]6

 

6 To be included only if the consent of the Borrower is required for such Assignment and Assumption by the terms of the Loan and 

Guarantee Agreement. 
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ANNEX 1

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, including to obtain such consent, if any, as required under the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, 

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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the 

execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents 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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement or any other Loan 

Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or 

any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

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 Loan and 

Guarantee Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.04 of the Loan 

and Guarantee Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required thereunder), (iii) from and 

after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement and 

each other Loan Document as a Lender, and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the 

obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the 

type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its 

decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has 

received a copy of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, and has received or has been afforded the 

opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 

thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own 

credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned 

Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 

Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed 

appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and 

to purchase the Assigned Interest, (vii) if it is not already a Lender under the Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is an Administrative Questionnaire and the 

applicable “know your customer” documentation requested by the Administrative Agent and as required 

by the Loan and Guarantee Agreement and (viii) the Administrative Agent has received a processing and 

recordation fee of $3,500 as of the Effective Date (to the extent required by the Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement, unless waived), (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the 

Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender or Agent, 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 Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance 

with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be 

performed by it as a Lender, including its obligations pursuant to Section 2.16 of the Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement and (c) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take 

such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan and Guarantee Agreement 
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and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to such Agent by the terms thereof, together with such 

actions and powers as are reasonably incidental or related thereto.

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 that have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the 

Assignee for amounts that 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. 

Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy 

shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This 

Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the federal law of the 

United States if and to the extent such law is applicable, and otherwise in accordance with the law of the 

State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.
EXHIBIT B-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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement dated as of October 28, 

2020 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement”), among Eastern Airlines LLC, as Borrower or Parent, The Bank of New York Mellon, as 

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto, and each 

Lender from time to time party thereto. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, the 

undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as 

any 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 “10 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 in 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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement 

and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan and Guarantee Agreement. 

[NAME OF LENDER] 

By:_________________________________ 

Name: 

Title: 

Date: ________ __, 20[ ] 

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EXHIBIT B-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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement dated as of October 28, 

2020 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement”), among Eastern Airlines LLC, as Borrower or Parent, The Bank of New York Mellon, as 

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto, and each 

Lender from time to time party thereto. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 of the Loan and Guarantee 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 “10 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 nonU.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 in 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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement 

and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan and Guarantee Agreement. 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT] 

By:_________________________________ 

Name: 

Title: 

Date: ________ __, 20[ ] 

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[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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement dated as of October 28, 

2020 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement”), among Eastern Airlines LLC, as Borrower or Parent, The Bank of New York Mellon, as 

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto, and each 

Lender from time to time party thereto. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 of the Loan and Guarantee 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 “10 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 W8IMY 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 in 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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement 

and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan and Guarantee Agreement. 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT] 

By:_________________________________ 

Name: 

Title: 

Date: ________ __, 20[ ] 

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[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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement dated as of October 28, 

2020 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement”), among Eastern Airlines LLC, as Borrower or Parent, The Bank of New York Mellon, as 

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto, and each 

Lender from time to time party thereto. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, the 

undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any 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 Note(s) evidencing such 

Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Loan and Guarantee 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 “10 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 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 in 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 Loan and Guarantee Agreement 

and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan and Guarantee Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER] 

By:_________________________________ 

Name: 

Title: 

Date: ________ __, 20[ ] 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF NOTE

[New York, New York]

[Date] 

$[ ] 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, EASTERN AIRLINES LLC, a Virginia limited liability 

company (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the Lender set forth above (the “Lender”) or its 

registered assigns in accordance with Section 11.04 of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement (as defined 

below), in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds at the office of the 

Administrative Agent (such term, and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein, having the 

meaning assigned to it in the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2020 (as amended, 

restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan and 

Guarantee Agreement”), among EASTERN AIRLINES LLC, as Borrower or Parent, The Bank of New 

York Mellon, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, each Guarantor from time to time party 

thereto, and each lender from time to time party thereto) (i) on the dates set forth in the Loan and Guarantee 

Agreement, the principal amounts set forth in the Loan and Guarantee Agreement with respect to Loans 

made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Loan and Guarantee Agreement and (ii) on each Interest 

Payment Date, interest at the rate or rates per annum as provided in the Loan and Guarantee Agreement on 

the unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Loan and 

Guarantee Agreement. 

The Borrower promises to pay interest, on written demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent 

permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at the rate or rates provided in the Loan and 

Guarantee Agreement. 

The Borrower hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) diligence, presentment, demand, 

protest and notice of any kind whatsoever. Subject to the terms of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, 

including Section 7.02 thereof, nonexercise by the holder hereof of any of its rights hereunder in any 

particular instance shall not constitute a waiver thereof in that or any subsequent instance. 

All borrowings evidenced by this note and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and interest 

hereon and the respective dates thereof shall be endorsed by the holder hereof on the schedule attached 

hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part 

hereof, or otherwise recorded by such holder in its internal records; provided, however, that the failure of 

the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such notation shall not affect the obligations of 

the Borrower under this note. 

This note is one of the Notes referred to in the Loan and Guarantee Agreement that, among other things, 

contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for 

optional and mandatory prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the 

amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Loan and Guarantee Agreement, all upon the terms and 

conditions therein specified. 

THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS 

OF THE LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT. 

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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE 

FEDERAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES IF AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH LAW IS 

APPLICABLE, AND OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF 

NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY 

WITHIN SUCH STATE.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be duly executed by its authorized 

officer as of the day and year first above written.

EASTERN AIRLINES LLC

By:

Name:

Title:
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LOANS AND PAYMENTS

Date Amount of Loan

Maturity 

Date

Payments of 

Principal/Interest

Principal 

Balance of 

Note

Name of 

Person 

Making the 

Notation
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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

The Bank of New York Mellon

 as Administrative Agent

Attention: Joanna Shapiro, Managing Director

240 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor 

New York, NY 10286

Telephone: 212-815-4949

Email: joanna.g.shapiro@bnymellon.com

UST.Cares.Program@bnymellon.com

and:

The Department of the Treasury of the United States

Attention: Assistant General Counsel (Banking and Finance)

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20220

Telephone: 202-622-0283

Email: eric.froman@treasury.gov

October 26, 2020 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, EASTERN AIRLINES LLC, a limited liability company organized 

under the laws of Nevada (the “Borrower”), refers to the Loan and Guarantee Agreement to be dated as of 

October 28, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the 

“Agreement”), among Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the United States 

Department of the Treasury as the Initial Lender and The Bank of New York Mellon as Administrative 

Agent and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the 

meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. This notice constitutes a Borrowing Request pursuant 

to the Agreement, and the Borrower hereby gives you notice pursuant to Sections 2.03(a) and (b) of the 

Agreement that it requests a Borrowing under the Agreement, and in connection therewith specifies the 

following information with respect to the Borrowing requested hereby: 

(A) The Borrowing shall be denominated in dollars and shall be in an aggregate

principal amount equal to: $15,000,000.00

(B) Date of Borrowing (which is a Business Day): October 28, 2020

(C) Location and number of Borrower’s account to which funds of the requested

Borrowing are to be disbursed: 

Bank Name:

Account Name: 

Account Number:
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ABA Number:

The undersigned hereby certifies that (a) on and as of the date of the Borrowing requested 

hereby (or, in the case of any such representation or warranty expressly stated to have been made as of a 

specific date, as of such specific date), the representations and warranties of the Credit Parties set forth in 

the Agreement and in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the 

case of any such representation or warranty already qualified by materiality, in all respects), (b) on and as 

of the date of the Borrowing requested hereby, no Default has occurred or is continuing or will result 

from the requested Borrowing or from the application of proceeds thereof, (c) this Borrowing Request is 

made in compliance with the requirements of Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Agreement and (d) all 

conditions in Sections 4.01 (with respect to the Borrowing on the Closing Date only) and 4.02 of the 

Agreement have been satisfied as of the date of the Borrowing requested hereby.

Delivery of this Borrowing Request may initially be made by electronic communication 

including fax or email and shall be followed by an original authentic counterpart thereof. 

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Very truly yours,

EASTERN AIRLINES LLC

By7:

Name: 

Title: 

 

7 This Borrowing Request must be signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. As used herein, a Responsible Officer is 

any of the following: Chief Executive Officer, Financial Officer (i.e., Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, 

treasurer or controller), President, or Executive Vice President, as well as any other officer or employee of the Borrower so

designated from time to time by one of the aforementioned officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent (together with 

evidence of the authority and capacity of each such Person to so act in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative

Agent).