Exhibit




Exhibit 10.1


	
				
	CONFORMED COPY
	 
	CUSIP NO. _______ 

	 
	 
	 
	 










TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 24, 2016
Among


QUESTAR CORPORATION,
as the Borrower,


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


and


THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.
as Syndication Agent
and
MIZUHO BANK, LTD. and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Lead Bookrunners


$250,000,000 1-Year Term Loan Facility



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	Section
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article I.  DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
	1

	1.01
	

	Defined Terms
	1

	1.02
	

	Other Interpretive Provisions
	15

	1.03
	

	Accounting Terms
	15

	1.04
	

	Rounding
	15

	1.05
	

	References to Agreements and Laws
	15

	1.06
	

	Times of Day
	16

	Article II.  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS
	16

	2.01
	

	Initial Loans and Incremental Loans
	16

	2.02
	

	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
	16

	2.03
	

	Procedure for Borrowing
	17

	2.04
	

	Fees
	18

	2.05
	

	Reserved
	18

	2.06
	

	Reserved
	18

	2.07
	

	Optional Prepayments
	18

	2.08
	

	Reserved
	18

	2.09
	

	Reserved
	18

	2.10
	

	Interest
	18

	2.11
	

	Computation of Interest and Fees
	19

	2.12
	

	Funding of Borrowings
	20

	2.13
	

	Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
	20

	2.14
	

	Reserved
	21

	2.15
	

	Reserved
	21

	2.16
	

	Defaulting Lenders
	21

	Article III.  TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
	22

	3.01
	

	Taxes
	22

	3.02
	

	Illegality
	26

	3.03
	

	Inability to Determine Rates
	26

	3.04
	

	Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Loans
	26

	3.05
	

	Compensation for Losses
	27

	3.06
	

	Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation
	27

	3.07
	

	Survival
	28

	Article IV.  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
	28

	4.01
	

	Conditions of Initial Obligation to Extend Credit
	28

	4.02
	

	Conditions to all Loans
	29

	Article V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	29

	5.01
	

	No Default
	29

	5.02
	

	Organization and Good Standing
	30

	5.03
	

	Authorization
	30

	5.04
	

	No Conflicts or Consents
	30





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	5.05
	

	Enforceable Obligations
	30

	5.06
	

	Audited Financial Statements
	30

	5.07
	

	Other Obligations and Restrictions
	30

	5.08
	

	Full Disclosure
	30

	5.09
	

	Litigation
	31

	5.10
	

	Labor Disputes and Acts of God
	31

	5.11
	

	ERISA Plans and Liabilities
	31

	5.12
	

	Environmental and Other Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws; Sanctions
	31

	5.13
	

	Borrower’s Subsidiaries
	32

	5.14
	

	Title to Properties; Licenses
	32

	5.15
	

	Government Regulation
	32

	5.16
	

	Solvency
	33

	Article VI.  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWER
	33

	6.01
	

	Payment and Performance
	33

	6.02
	

	Books, Financial Statements and Reports
	33

	6.03
	

	Other Information and Inspections
	34

	6.04
	

	Notice of Material Events
	35

	6.05
	

	Maintenance of Properties
	35

	6.06
	

	Maintenance of Existence and Qualifications
	35

	6.07
	

	Payment of Trade Liabilities, Taxes, etc
	35

	6.08
	

	Insurance
	36

	6.09
	

	Interest
	36

	6.10
	

	Compliance with Agreements and Law
	36

	6.11
	

	Environmental Matters
	36

	6.12
	

	Evidence of Compliance
	36

	6.13
	

	Use of Proceeds
	36

	6.14
	

	Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness
	37

	Article VII.  NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWER
	37

	7.01
	

	Indebtedness
	37

	7.02
	

	Limitation on Liens
	37

	7.03
	

	Limitation on Investments and New Businesses
	37

	7.04
	

	Limitation on Mergers
	38

	7.05
	

	Limitation on Issuance of Securities by Subsidiaries of Borrower
	38

	7.06
	

	Transactions with Affiliates
	38

	7.07
	

	Prohibited Contracts
	38

	7.08
	

	ERISA
	39

	7.09
	

	Limitation on Sales of Property
	39

	7.10
	

	Swap Contracts
	39

	7.11
	

	Consolidated Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio
	40

	Article VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	40

	8.01
	

	Events of Default
	40

	8.02
	

	Remedies upon Event of Default
	42

	8.03
	

	Application of Funds
	42

	Article IX.  ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	42

	9.01
	

	Appointment and Authority
	43

	9.02
	

	Rights as a Lender
	43





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	9.03
	

	Exculpatory Provisions
	43

	9.04
	

	Reliance by Administrative Agent
	44

	9.05
	

	Delegation of Duties
	44

	9.06
	

	Resignation of Administrative Agent
	44

	9.07
	

	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
	44

	9.08
	

	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
	45

	9.09
	

	Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers
	45

	Article X. MISCELLANEOUS
	45

	10.01
	

	Amendments, Etc
	45

	10.02
	

	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications
	46

	10.03
	

	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement
	48

	10.04
	

	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	48

	10.05
	

	Intentionally Left Blank
	49

	10.06
	

	Payments Set Aside
	49

	10.07
	

	Successors and Assigns
	49

	10.08
	

	Confidentiality
	53

	10.09
	

	Set-off
	53

	10.10
	

	Interest Rate Limitation
	53

	10.11
	

	Counterparts
	54

	10.12
	

	Integration
	54

	10.13
	

	Survival of Representations and Warranties
	54

	10.14
	

	Severability
	54

	10.15
	

	Replacement of Lenders
	54

	10.16
	

	Governing Law
	55

	10.17
	

	Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury
	55

	10.18
	

	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
	55

	10.19
	

	Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents
	56

	10.20
	

	USA PATRIOT Act Notice
	56

	10.21
	

	Time of the Essence
	56

	10.22
	

	ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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	ANNEXES AND SCHEDULES

	 
	 

	ANNEX I
	Initial Commitments and Applicable Percentages

	 
	 

	SCHEDULE  1.01
	Pricing Schedule

	SCHEDULE  5.07
	Obligations and Restrictions

	SCHEDULE  5.10
	Labor Disputes and Acts of God

	SCHEDULE  5.11
	ERISA Matters

	SCHEDULE  5.12
	Environmental Matters

	SCHEDULE  5.13
	Subsidiaries

	SCHEDULE  10.02
	Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices

	 
	 

	EXHIBITS

	 
	 

	EXHIBIT A:
	Form of Borrowing Request

	EXHIBIT A-1:
	Form of Interest Election Request

	EXHIBIT B:
	Form of Term Note 

	EXHIBIT C:
	Form of Compliance Certificate 

	EXHIBIT D:
	Assignment and Assumption

	EXHIBIT E:
	Opinion Matters

	EXHIBIT F:
	Form of Subordinated Promissory Note

	EXHIBIT G-1:
	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

	EXHIBIT G-2:
	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

	EXHIBIT G-3:
	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

	EXHIBIT G-4:
	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

	 
	 







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TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
This TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of February 24, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), among QUESTAR CORPORATION, a Utah corporation (the “Borrower”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent, THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Syndication Agent (together with its successors and assigns, “Syndication Agent”), MIZUHO BANK, LTD. and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agents (together with their successors and assigns, each a “Documentation Agent”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Lead Bookrunners, and each of the Lenders that is a signatory hereto or which becomes a signatory hereto pursuant to Section 10.07 (individually, together with its successors and assigns, a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”).
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a term loan facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:




ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS


1.01    Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:


“Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person, (i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, including, without limitation, Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any assets acquired by such specified Person, and any refinancing of the foregoing indebtedness on similar terms, taking into account current market conditions.


“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, each other Person that directly or indirectly (through one or more intermediaries or otherwise) controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to be “controlled by” any other Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power
(a)    to vote 20% or more of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or managing general partners; or
(b)    to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(c).

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“Agent-Related Persons” means the Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of JPMorgan Chase in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, and each Arranger, in its capacity as an Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.
“Agreement” means this Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1%, and (c) the LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the LIBO Rate, respectively.
“Alternate Base Rate Loans” means Loans hereunder at all times when they bear interest at a rate based upon the Alternate Base Rate.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall mean any requirement of Law related to terrorism financing or money laundering, including the Patriot Act, The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act”, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959), the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., as amended), and Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001).
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s percentage of outstanding Loans.
“Arranger” means each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint lead bookrunner.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease 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.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
“Base Rate Margin” means a rate per annum determined in accordance with the Pricing Schedule.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

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“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed, provided that when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“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, prior to the consummation of the Dominion Merger in accordance with the Dominion Merger Agreement (other than the Dominion Merger and the related transactions contemplated by the Dominion Merger Agreement):
(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a “person” or “group” shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Equity Interests that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote in the election of members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower; or


(b)a majority of the members of the board of directors (or other equivalent governing body) of the Borrower ceases to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the Effective Date, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or


(c)there shall have occurred under any indenture or other instrument evidencing any Indebtedness or Equity Interests in excess of $25,000,000 any “change in control” or similar provision (as set forth in the indenture, agreement or other evidence of such Indebtedness) obligating the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or repay all or any part of the Indebtedness or Equity Interests provided for therein;


On and after the consummation of the Dominion Merger, a “Change of Control” will occur only if Dominion holds less than 51% of the voting stock of the Borrower.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, its Initial Commitment and its Incremental Commitment, if any. 
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

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“Consolidated Funded Debt” means the aggregate of the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries described in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of the definition of Indebtedness in Section 1.01, on a consolidated basis after elimination of intercompany items.
“Consolidated Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio” means, at the time of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Debt to (b) the sum of Consolidated Funded Debt plus Shareholders' Equity.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the total amount of consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after deducting therefrom: (a) all current liabilities (excluding (i) any current liabilities that by their terms are extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed, and (ii) current maturities of long-term debt); and (b) the value of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangible assets, all as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“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.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, 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 and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“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.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless, in the case of any Loan, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which condition,  precedent, together with any applicable default ,shall be specifically identified in writing), has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within two Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent in writing, to confirm in writing that it will comply with its funding obligations (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, or a custodian appointed for it, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such capacity, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall 

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be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16 (b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Documentation Agent” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Dominion” means Dominion Resources, Inc., a Virginia corporation.
“Dominion Merger” means the merger of the Borrower with and into the Dominion Merger Sub, with the Borrower continuing as the surviving corporation, in accordance with the Dominion Merger Agreement
“Dominion Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 31, 2016 among Dominion, Dominion Merger Sub and the Borrower.
“Dominion Merger Sub” means Diamond Beehive Corp., a Utah corporation, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion.
“Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
“Eligible Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(g).
“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 relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests”, “equity interests” and “equity securities” means, with respect 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 non-voting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.  The term Equity Interests shall also include other securities or instruments that have both debt and equity features.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower 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).

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“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meanings of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of notice from a Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization (within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA); (d) the filing of a notice by the Plan administrator of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate under Section 4042 of ERISA a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA) upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Eurodollar Loan” means a Loan denominated in Dollars that bears interest at a rate based upon the LIBO Rate.
“Eurodollar Margin” means a rate per annum determined in accordance with the Pricing Schedule.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations or official interpretations thereof 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 and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and any rules, regulations or official interpretations thereof 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.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight US Federal funds transactions with members of the US Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. 
“Fee Letter” means the fee letter of even date herewith among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.  For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fund” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(g).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or Such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

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“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including, without limitation, any supranational 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. 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.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Incremental Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, a commitment of such Lender to make an Incremental Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in such amount as may be agreed to by such Lender in accordance therewith.  There are no Incremental Commitments by any Lender as of the Effective Date.
“Incremental Commitment Effective Date” means a Business Day mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the Lenders, if any, providing Incremental Commitments on which such Incremental Commitments become effective pursuant to Section 2.01(b). 
“Incremental Loan” means an incremental term Loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement in accordance with such Lender’s Incremental Commitment, and, as the context may require, each Alternate Base Rate Loan and Eurodollar Loan comprising any such Lender’s Incremental Loan.
“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 letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c)    net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
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(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)    capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations; and
(g)    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 capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes. As used in this definition, “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of Section 3.01(e)(ii), and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 10.15), any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with clause (B) of Section 3.01(e)(ii), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii).
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).
“Initial Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make an Initial Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in the amount set forth on Annex I.  The aggregate amount of the Initial Commitments is $250,000,000. 
“Initial Loan” means the initial term Loan made by each Lender to the Borrower on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, and, as the context may require, each Alternate Base Rate Loan and Eurodollar Loan comprising such Lender’s Initial Loan.
“Interest Election Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(c).
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Alternate Base Rate Loan, the last day of each calendar quarter with respect thereto and, as to any Lender, the Maturity Date for such Lender, and (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto, and, for Interest Periods longer than 3 months, each date which is 3 months, or a whole multiple thereof, from the first day of such Interest Period. 
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, (i) initially, the period commencing on the initial date of such Loan, or continuation date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending, 1 (or, to the extent funds are available, as determined by the Administrative Agent, 2 or 3) week(s) or 1, 3 or 6 (or, to the extent funds are available, as determined by the Administrative Agent, 2) month(s) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request, as the case may be, given with respect thereto, and 

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(ii) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending 1 week, or 1, 3 or 6 (or, to the extent funds are available, as determined by the Administrative Agent, 2 or 9) month(s) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than two Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided, that (A) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (B) any Interest Period (other than a 1, 2 or 3 week Interest Period) that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.
“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 capital stock 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, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. 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.
“Issuer Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the corporate or issuer rating of the Borrower as determined by either S&P or Moody’s.
“JPMorgan Chase” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors.
“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.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the greater of (i) zero percent (0.00%) per annum and (ii) the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) appearing at Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page which displays an average ICE Benchmark Administration Interest Settlement Rate (or any successor to or substitute for such index, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for Dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.  In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the greater of (i) zero percent (0.00%) per annum and (ii) the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) at which Dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

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“Loan” means each Initial Loan and each Incremental Loan, if any.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, the Fee Letters and each and every other agreement executed in connection with this Agreement.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Majority Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50.0% of the then aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans held by the Lenders. 
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material and adverse effect upon (a) the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries considered as a whole, (b) the consolidated operations and properties of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, (c) the Borrower’s ability to timely pay the Obligations, or (d) the enforceability of the material terms of any Loan Document.
“Maturity Date” means February 24, 2017. 
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Multi-Year Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2013 among the Borrower, as borrower, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders, agents and issuing banks party thereto, as amended by First Amendment to Amended and Restated Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of November 20, 2015 and Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 18, 2016, as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, providing for a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount as of the Effective Date of up to $500,000,000.
“Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether such Obligations are direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan 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.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect 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 Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

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“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(a)    operators’ liens under customary operating agreements, liens arising under gas transportation and purchase agreements on the gas being transported or processed which secure related gas transportation and processing fees only, statutory Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges statutory mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’, workmen’s and warehousemen’s Liens, and other similar statutory Liens, provided such Liens secure only indebtedness, liabilities and obligations which are not delinquent for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested as provided in Section 6.07 of this Agreement;
(b)    Liens on oil and gas properties which arise in the ordinary course of business under joint operating agreements or farm-out agreements that are entered into by the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of their business, provided that such Liens are in each case limited to the properties that are the subject of the relevant agreement and do not secure debt for borrowed money;
(c)    Liens on oil and gas properties which do not have developed reserves (producing or non-producing) properly attributable thereto; 
(d)    Liens on the Loan Parties’ office facilities;
(e)    Liens to secure the Obligations;
(f)    Liens of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition of Acquired Debt securing Acquired Debt (owed by Restricted Subsidiaries) of the type described in such clause, provided that such Acquired Debt meets the requirements of Section 7.01(c);
(g)    Liens incurred or deposits made to secure obligations under workers’ compensation laws or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations;
(h)    encumbrances consisting of easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any property of any Loan Party for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines that, do not secure Indebtedness or other monetary obligations and, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and do not materially impairs the use of such property by any Loan Party in the operation of its business and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto are or would be violated in any material respect by existing or proposed operations of any Loan Party;
(i)    deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for debt for borrowed money), operating leases and surety bonds;
(j)    Liens securing Indebtedness of any Loan Party incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of fixed or capital assets, provided that (i) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition, construction or improvement of such fixed or capital assets, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed 

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by such Indebtedness, (iii) the amount of Indebtedness initially secured thereby is not more than 100% of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of such fixed or capital asset;
(k)     the interest or title of a lessor under any operating lease entered into by any Loan Party in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased;
(l)     Liens not securing Indebtedness arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution, provided that no such deposit account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against access by the depositor in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the FRB and no such deposit account is intended by any Loan Party to provide collateral to the depository institution;
(m)    Liens not otherwise permitted so long as an equal and ratable Lien on such collateral security is granted to secure the Obligations; and
(n)    Liens not otherwise permitted so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed at any one time, as to all Loan Parties, 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
provided that nothing in this definition shall in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute an agreement or acknowledgment by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that the Indebtedness subject to or secured by any such Permitted Lien ranks (apart from the effect of any Lien included in or inherent in any such Permitted Liens) in priority to the Obligations.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
“Post-Default Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(a).
“Pricing Schedule” means the schedule attached hereto as Schedule 1.01 and identified as such.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal U.S. office; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.  Such rate is set by the Administrative Agent as a general reference rate of interest, taking into account such factors as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; it being understood that many of the Administrative Agent’s commercial or other loans are not priced in relation to such rate, that it is not necessarily the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer and that the Administrative Agent may make various commercial or other loans at rates of interest having no relationship to such rate.
“Principal Amount” means the outstanding principal amount of any Loan.
“Projected Oil and Gas Production” has the meaning specified in Section 7.10.
“Questar Gas” means Questar Gas Company, a Utah corporation, which is a Restricted Subsidiary.
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“Questar Gas 2012 Note Purchase Agreement” means the Note Purchase Agreement dated November 2, 2012 among Questar Gas and the purchasers party thereto pursuant to which the Questar Gas 2012 Notes were issued.
“Questar Gas 2013 Notes” means the Senior Notes issued by Questar Gas on December 20, 2013 in the original principal amount of $150,000,000 pursuant to the Questar Gas 2013 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Questar Gas 2013 Note Purchase Agreement” means the Note Purchase Agreement dated December 20, 2013 among Questar Gas and the purchasers party thereto pursuant to which the Questar Gas 2013 Notes were issued. 
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(c).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.
“Responsible Officer” means the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer of the Borrower. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other equity interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, 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 capital stock or other equity interest or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such capital stock or other equity interest.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary, including without limitation Questar Pipeline Company, Questar Gas Company and Wexpro Company.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Sanctions” means any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Shareholders’ Equity” means, as of any date of determination, the Borrower's (or with respect to Section 7.01(f), the Restricted Subsidiaries') "Total Equity" as set forth in the Borrower's (or with respect to Section 7.01(f), the Restricted Subsidiaries') most recent balance sheet as supplied pursuant to Section 6.02(a) or 6.02(b), as applicable, in each case adjusted to exclude unrealized noncash gains or losses resulting from "mark to market" adjustments pursuant to ASC 815.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

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“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, which 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, in respect of 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).
“Syndication Agent” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called 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 which, 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.
“364-Day Credit Agreement” means that certain 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of November 20, 2015, among the Borrower, as borrower, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders named therein, as amended by First Amendment to 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 18, 2016, as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, providing for a revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $250,000,000.
“Type” means as to any Loan or Borrowing, its nature as an Alternate Base Rate Loan or an Alternate Base Rate Borrowing, a Eurodollar Loan or a Eurodollar Borrowing. 
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America, its fifty states and the District of Columbia.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Person in which the Borrower does not own an interest (directly or indirectly) on the Effective Date which hereafter becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower and which, within 90 days thereafter, is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower by notice given to the Administrative Agent, provided that the Borrower may not designate as an Unrestricted Subsidiary any Subsidiary in which it has made an Investment of more than $25,000,000 (directly or indirectly) by any means other than newly issued stock or treasury stock of the Borrower, which may be used to make an Investment in Unrestricted Subsidiaries without limit, and provided further that in the event the book value of the assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at any time exceeds $25,000,000, such Subsidiary shall cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary and shall automatically become a Restricted Subsidiary.



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1.02    Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:


(a)The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.


(b)(i)    The words “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.


(ii)    Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.
(iii)    The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(iv)    The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(c)In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”


(d)Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.


1.03    Accounting Terms.


(a)All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.


(b)If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Majority Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Majority Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.


1.04    Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).


1.05    References to Agreements and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.



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1.06 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Central time (daylight or standard, as applicable).


ARTICLE II.
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS


2.01 Initial Loans and Incremental Loans.


(a)Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lender severally agrees to make a single term Loan to the Borrower on the Effective Date in a principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Initial Loan exceeding such Lender’s Initial Commitment or (ii) the sum of the total Initial Loans of all Lenders exceeding the total Initial Commitments.  The Borrower may not use the Initial Commitment by borrowing, repaying and prepaying the Initial Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing.  The Initial Loans shall be made only on the Effective Date as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their Initial Commitments. 
 
(b)So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may, once during the term hereof and prior to the consummation of the Dominion Merger, request Incremental Commitments from the Lenders to make Incremental Loans to the Borrower; provided, however, that (i) no Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Incremental Commitment, and any such Incremental Commitment shall be made at each Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, (ii) no Lender’s Commitment may ever be increased without its prior written consent, and (iii) the aggregate amount of Incremental Commitments, if any, shall not exceed $250,000,000.  If any Lender shall provide an Incremental Commitment, on the Incremental Commitment Effective Date, so long as each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied as of such date and no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred as of such date, each such Incremental Commitment shall become effective.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lender providing an Incremental Commitment severally agrees to make an additional single term Loan to the Borrower on such Incremental Commitment Effective Date in a principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Incremental Loan exceeding such Lender’s Incremental Commitment or (ii) the sum of the total Incremental Loans of all Lenders exceeding the total Incremental Commitments.  The Borrower may not use the Incremental Commitment, if any, by borrowing, repaying and prepaying the Incremental Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing.  The Incremental Loans, if any, shall be made only on the Incremental Commitment Effective Date as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their Incremental Commitments.


(c)The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it and make payments under Section 10.04(c) shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder, provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and not joint, and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans or make payments under Section 10.04(c).


(d)Subject to Section 3.03, the Loans may be (i) Eurodollar Loans, (ii) Alternate Base Rate Loans or (iii) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower.  Eurodollar Loans shall be made and maintained by each Lender at its applicable Lending Office, at its option, provided that the exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or create or increase any obligation of the Borrower not otherwise arising, or arising in such increased amount, under Section 3.04.


2.02    Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.


(a)The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal and accrued interest amount of each Loan of such Lender on the Maturity Date in respect of such Lender; provided that all Loans shall be paid on such earlier date upon which the maturity of the Loans shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.02(a).



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


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


(d)Absent manifest error, the entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) and (c) of this Section 2.02 shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 


(e)Any Lender may request that Loans made by it to the Borrower be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall, at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04), be represented by one or more Notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein.


(f)Each Lender is authorized to endorse the date, Type and amount of each Loan made by such Lender, each continuation thereof, each conversion of all or a portion thereof to the same or another Type, and the date and amount of each payment of principal with respect thereto on the schedule annexed to and constituting a part of its Note from the Borrower.  No failure to make or error in making any such endorsement as authorized hereby shall affect the validity of the obligations of the Borrower to repay the unpaid Principal Amount of the Loans made to the Borrower with interest thereon as provided in Section 2.10 or the validity of any payment thereof made by the Borrower.  Each Lender shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower copies of the Borrower’s Note and the schedules annexed thereto.


2.03    Procedure for Borrowing. The Borrower shall borrow the Initial Loans on the Effective Date, and shall borrow the Incremental Loans, if any, on the Incremental Commitment Effective Date, which in each case shall be a Business Day; provided that the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by hand delivery (including overnight courier), facsimile or e-mail electronic transmission to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, signed by the Borrower (the “Borrowing Request”) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time (a) three Business Days prior to the Effective Date or the Incremental Commitment Effective Date, as applicable, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and (b) on the Effective Date or the Incremental Commitment Effective Date, as applicable, in the case of Alternate Base Rate Loans.  Such written Borrowing Request shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, (ii) the Effective Date or the Incremental Commitment Effective Date, as applicable, (iii) whether the Borrowing is to consist of Eurodollar Loans, Alternate Base Rate Loans, or a combination thereof (in each case stating the amounts requested), (iv) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the length of the Interest Period(s) therefor, and (v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.12.  Each Borrowing shall be in an amount specified in the Borrowing Request not to exceed the aggregate amount of the Initial Commitments or the Incremental Commitments, as applicable.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof.  Each Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each Borrowing in accordance with its Initial Commitment and/or Incremental Commitment, if any, as applicable, available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.12.  The proceeds of each such Borrowing of Loans will be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.12.



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2.04    Fees. The Borrower shall pay to JPMorgan Securities LLC and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.


2.05    Reserved.


2.06    Reserved.


2.07    Optional Prepayments.


(a)The Borrower may, at its option, as provided in this Section 2.07, at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, specifying (i) the date and amount of prepayment, and (ii) the respective amounts to be prepaid in respect of such Loans.  Upon receipt of such prepayment notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof.  The payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified.  All prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall include accrued interest on the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment and, in the case of prepayments of Eurodollar Loans, any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.05.  The Loans shall also be subject to prepayment as provided in Section 10.15.


(b)Partial optional prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall be in an aggregate principal amount of (i) with respect to Eurodollar Loans, $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) with respect to Alternate Base Rate Loans, $500,000 or any whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.  All prepayments of Loans pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall be without the payment by the Borrower of any premium or penalty except for amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.05. 


2.08    Reserved.


2.09    Reserved.


2.10    Interest.


(a)Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto on the unpaid Principal Amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus the Eurodollar Margin for such day.  Each Alternate Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid Principal Amount thereof at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Base Rate Margin.  Upon the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 8.01(h)(i) or (ii), all Loans outstanding shall automatically bear interest (in each case as well after as before judgment), at a rate per annum which is one percent (1%) above the rate which would otherwise be applicable to such Loan pursuant to whichever of the two preceding sentences shall apply (the “Post-Default Rate”) until paid in full.  Upon the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 8.01(a), such overdue amount shall automatically bear interest (as well after as before judgment), at the Post-Default Rate.  Upon the occurrence and continuance of any other Event of Default other than those listed in the previous two sentences, all Loans outstanding shall bear interest (in each case as well after as before judgment), at the Post-Default Rate upon the written election of the Majority Lenders.  Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable on overdue principal shall be payable on demand.


(b)Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.  Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing for an additional Interest Period (and elect Interest Periods therefor), all as provided in this Section 2.10; provided, after giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten Interest Periods in effect with respect to Loans.  The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated 

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ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall then and thereafter be considered a separate Borrowing.


(c)To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.10, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (the “Interest Election Request”) by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery (including overnight courier), facsimile or e-mail electronic transmission to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 attached hereto or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, signed by the Borrower. 


(d)Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall identify the Borrower and specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.03: 


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


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


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


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


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


(f)Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s obligation with respect to each resulting Borrowing. 


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


2.11    Computation of Interest and Fees.


(a)Interest on Alternate Base Rate Loans and fees shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366- as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.  Interest on Eurodollar Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each determination of a LIBO Rate.  Any change in the interest rate resulting from a change in the Alternate Base Rate shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change in the applicable rate shall become effective.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in the Alternate Base Rate. 



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(b)The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the computations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.11(a). 


2.12    Funding of Borrowings. 
  
(a)Each Lender shall make each Initial Loan to be made by it hereunder on the Effective Date, and any Incremental Loan to be made by it hereunder, if any, on the Incremental Commitment Effective Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the Borrowing Request.


(b)Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed time of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.12(a) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then each such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the cost incurred by the Administrative Agent for making such Lender’s share of such Borrowing and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Alternate Base Rate Loans.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.


2.13    Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.


(a)Each Borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders, and each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of the principal of and interest on the Loans and on account of any fees hereunder, shall be made pro rata according to the Applicable Percentages, except that (i) payments or prepayments, and offsets against or reductions from the amount of payments and prepayments, in each case, specifically for the account of a particular Lender under the terms of Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 10.04 or Section 10.15 shall be made for the account of such Lender, and (ii) if any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, from and after the date upon which such Lender shall have become a Defaulting Lender, any payment made on account of principal of or interest on the Loans shall be applied, first for the account of the Lenders other than the Defaulting Lender, pro rata according to the Applicable Percentages of such Lenders, until the principal of and interest on the Loans of such Lenders shall have been paid in full and, second for the account of such Defaulting Lender, provided that the application of such payments in accordance with this clause (ii) shall not constitute an Event of Default or a Default, and no payment of principal of or interest on the Loans of such Defaulting Lender shall be considered to be overdue for purposes of Section 2.10(a), if, had such payments been applied without regard to this clause (ii), no such Event of Default or Default would have occurred and no such payment of principal of or interest on the Loans of such Defaulting Lender would have been overdue.  All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower on account of principal, interest and fees shall be made in immediately available funds without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders at the Administrative Agent’s office as notified to the Borrower from time to time at least five Business Days before any change in such office.  On the date of this Agreement, the office of the Administrative Agent is located as set forth on Schedule 10.02.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received.


(b)If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.  

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If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.


(c)Except as provided in Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 10.04, Section 10.15, and this Section 2.13, if any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by such Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).  The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off 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.
 
(d)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 that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the cost incurred by the Administrative Agent for making such distributed amount and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.


(e)If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.12(b) or Section 2.13(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.


2.14    Reserved.


2.15    Reserved.


2.16    Defaulting Lenders.


(a)Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:


(i)Waivers and Amendments.  That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.


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maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.09), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of that Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Applicable Percentages of the Lenders.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.


(b)Defaulting Lender Cure.  If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages, whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.


ARTICLE III.
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY


3.01    Taxes.


(a)Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.


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Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the Administrative Agent or Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.


(b)Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower.  Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.


(c)Tax Indemnifications.


(i)Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) withheld or deducted by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were properly imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  The Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection.  A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.


(ii)Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e).  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). 


(iii)The agreements in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.01(c) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.


(d)Evidence of Payments.  Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.



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(e)Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.


(i)Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.


(ii)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is a resident for tax purposes in the United States,


(A)any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and
 
(B)each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall 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 whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect), whichever of the following is applicable:


(I)    executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(II)    executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(III)    executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,
(IV)    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 G-1 to the effect showing that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of  Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,
(V)     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, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 or Exhibit G-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 

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provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner, or.
(VI)    executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be necessary to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
In addition, if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (B), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii)Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would change any claimed Tax exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.


(iv)The Borrower shall not be required to pay any Taxes or Other Taxes pursuant to this Section 3.01 in respect of United States federal income taxes if the obligation to withhold with respect to such Taxes or Other Taxes results from, or would not have occurred but for, the failure of any Foreign Lender or Foreign Participant to deliver the forms described in this Section 3.01(e) in the manner and at the times specified in such paragraphs; provided, however, that the Borrower shall be required to pay any Taxes or Other Taxes resulting from a Change in Law (or interpretation thereof) that becomes effective after the date hereof, subject to Section 3.04(d).  A Foreign Lender shall not be required to deliver any form or statement pursuant to this Section 3.01(e) that such Foreign Lender is not legally able to deliver.


(f)Treatment of Certain Refunds.  Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender.  If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.



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3.02    Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the LIBO Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Loans or to convert Alternate Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Loans of such Lender to Alternate Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.


3.03    Inability to Determine Rates. If the Majority Lenders determine that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the LIBO Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Loan, or that the LIBO Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Majority Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Alternate Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.


3.04    Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Loans.


(a)Subject to Section 3.04(d), if any Lender determines that as a result of any Change in Law, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Loans, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this subsection (a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 shall govern), (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or any foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Lending Office, and (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c)), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.


(b)Subject to Section 3.04(d), if any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.


(c)Subject to Section 3.04(d), the Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least 15 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 15 

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days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 15 days from receipt of such notice.


(d)Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 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 the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six 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 six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).  Additionally, if any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been compensated by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to Section 3.04(a), then such Lender shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of compensation payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under Section 3.04(a) with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Lender in the event such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  This Section 3.04(d) shall not be construed to require any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.


3.05    Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:


(a)any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than an Alternate Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or


(b)any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Alternate Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or


(c)any assignment of a Eurodollar Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.15;


including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Loan made by it at the LIBO Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Loan was in fact so funded.


3.06    Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.


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manifest error. In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.


(b)Upon any Lender’s making a claim for compensation under Section 3.01 or 3.04 or if the Borrower is required to pay any amount for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.15.


3.07    Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.


ARTICLE IV.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS


4.01    Conditions of Initial Obligation to Extend Credit. The obligations of the Lenders to make the Initial Loans shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.01):


(a)The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles or delivered by e-mail electronic transmission in portable document format (pdf) (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Effective Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Effective Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:


(i)executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Borrower;


(ii)a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;


(iii)such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;


(iv)such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that the Borrower is validly existing and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation;


(v)a favorable opinion of Colleen Larkin Bell, General Counsel for Questar Corporation, and a favorable opinion of Stoel Rives LLP, each such opinion to be addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit E and such other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Majority Lenders may reasonably request;


(vi)a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the validity against the Borrower of the Loan Documents, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;


(vii)a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and 4.02(b) have been satisfied, (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be 

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reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) that the Borrower is solvent; and


(viii)such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders reasonably may require.


(b)The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the pro forma capital and ownership structure of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, intercompany loans among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and any flow of funds statement delivered in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.


(c)The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all expenses (including, without limitation, Attorney Costs) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.


Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.


4.02    Conditions to all Loans. The obligation of each Lender to honor a Borrowing Request (other than an Interest Election Request requesting only the conversion of Loans from one Type to another or the continuation of Eurodollar Loans) in accordance with its Initial Commitment and Incremental Commitment (if any), is subject to the following conditions precedent:


(a)The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article V (excluding the representation and warranty set forth in Section 5.06(c) of this Agreement) or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under or in connection with this Agreement (excluding the representation and warranty set forth in Section 5.06(c) of this Agreement), shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Loans, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02(a) the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.06 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.02.


(b)No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Loans.


(c)The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with the requirements hereof.


Each Borrowing Request (other than an Interest Election Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Loans.


ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


To confirm each Lender’s understanding concerning Loan Parties and Loan Parties’ businesses, properties and obligations and to induce each Lender to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit hereunder, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:


5.01    No Default. No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default.

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5.02    Organization and Good Standing. Each Loan Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, having all powers required to carry on its business and enter into and carry out the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Loan Party is duly qualified, in good standing, and authorized to do business in all other jurisdictions within the United States wherein the character of the properties owned or held by it or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such qualification necessary, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Loan Party has taken all actions and procedures customarily taken in order to enter, for the purpose of conducting business or owning property, each jurisdiction outside the United States wherein the character of the properties owned or held by it or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such actions and procedures desirable, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.


5.03    Authorization. The Borrower has duly taken all action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of each Loan Document and to authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the performance of its obligations thereunder. The Borrower is duly authorized to borrow funds hereunder.


5.04    No Conflicts or Consents. The execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Loan Documents, the performance by the Borrower of its obligations under such Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the various Loan Documents, do not and will not (a) conflict with any provision of (i) any Law, (ii) the Organization Documents of the Borrower, or (iii) any agreement, judgment, license, order or permit applicable to or binding upon any Loan Party, including the Dominion Merger Agreement, (b) result in the acceleration of any Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party, or (c) result in or require the creation of any Lien upon any assets or properties of any Loan Party, except as expressly contemplated or permitted in the Loan Documents. Except as expressly contemplated in the Loan Documents no consent, approval, authorization or order of, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or third party, including Dominion, is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of any Loan Document or to consummate any transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.


5.05    Enforceable Obligations. This Agreement is, and the other Loan Documents when duly executed and delivered will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Laws of general application relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights.


5.06    Audited Financial Statements.


(a)The Audited Financial Statements (i) fairly present the Borrower’s consolidated financial position at the date thereof and the consolidated results of the Borrower’s operations and the Borrower’s consolidated cash flows for the respective periods thereof, and (ii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness. The Audited Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP.


(b)Reserved.


(c)Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.


5.07    Other Obligations and Restrictions. No Loan Party has any outstanding indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of any kind (including contingent obligations, tax assessments, and unusual forward or long-term commitments) which are, in the aggregate, material to the Borrower or material with respect to the Borrower’s consolidated financial condition and not shown in the Audited Financial Statements or disclosed on Schedule 5.07.


5.08    Full Disclosure. No certificate, statement or other information delivered herewith or heretofore by any Loan Party to any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or in connection with any transaction contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact known to any 

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Loan Party (other than industry-wide risks normally associated with the types of businesses conducted by Loan Parties) necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading as of the date made or deemed made. There is no fact known to the Borrower (other than industry-wide risks normally associated with the types of businesses conducted by Loan Parties) that has not been disclosed by the Borrower to each Lender in writing which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


5.09    Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Annual Report of the Borrower on Form 10-K as of December 31, 2015 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, there are no actions, suits or legal, equitable, arbitrative or administrative proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of any Loan Party threatened, against any Loan Party before any Governmental Authority which, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there are no outstanding judgments, injunctions, writs, rulings or orders by any such Governmental Authority against any Loan Party which, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


5.10    Labor Disputes and Acts of God. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.10, neither the business nor the properties of any Loan Party has been affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout or other labor dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance), which, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


5.11    ERISA Plans and Liabilities. All currently existing Pension Plans are listed on Schedule 5.11. Except as disclosed in the Audited Financial Statements or on Schedule 5.11, no ERISA Event has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan and all ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with ERISA in all material respects. No ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute to, or has incurred any other absolute or contingent liability under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA in respect of, any Multiemployer Plan. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11, no failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code exists with respect to any Pension Plan, whether or not waived by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, and the current value of the accumulated benefit obligation of each Pension Plan does not exceed the current value of the assets of such Pension Plan available for the payment of such benefits by more than $50,000,000.


5.12    Environmental and Other Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws; Sanctions.


(a)The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are conducting their businesses in compliance with all applicable Laws, including Environmental Laws, and have, and are in compliance with, all licenses and permits required under any such Laws except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Borrower has reasonably concluded that, except as disclosed in the Annual Report of the Borrower on Form 10-K as of December 31, 2015 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or on Schedule 5.12, such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


(b)Neither Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of Borrower, none of its Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors or agents of Borrower, such Subsidiaries or such Affiliates (i) has violated or is in violation of Anti-Terrorism Laws, (ii) has engaged or engages in any transaction, investment, undertaking or activity that conceals the identity, source or destination of the proceeds from any category of offenses designated in the “Forty Recommendations” and “Nine Special Recommendations” published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, (iii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction related to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iv) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law, or (v) has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption Law.



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(c)None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any director, officer, employee, agent, or affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are: (i) the target of any Sanctions, or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country, region or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Crimea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and Ukraine-related.


(d)The Borrower will not, directly or 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, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country, region or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).


(e)The Borrower represents and covenants that for the past 5 years, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has knowingly engaged in, or is now knowingly engaged in, or will engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country, region or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was, or whose government is or was, the subject of Sanctions.


5.13    Borrower’s Subsidiaries.


(a)    As of the Effective Date, the Borrower does not have any Subsidiary or own any stock in any other corporation or association except those listed on Schedule 5.13 and except in cases where the Borrower owns less than 5% of the outstanding capital stock of any such corporation. As of the Effective Date, neither the Borrower nor any Loan Party is a member of any general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture formed under the laws of the United States or any State thereof except those listed on Schedule 5.13 and joint ventures or other relationships which are established pursuant to a standard form operating agreement or similar agreement or which are partnerships for purposes of federal income taxation only, which are not corporations or partnerships (or subject to the Uniform Partnership Act) under applicable state Law, and whose businesses are limited to the exploration, development and operation of oil, gas or mineral properties, pipelines or gathering systems and interests owned directly by the parties in such associations, joint ventures or relationships. As of the Effective Date the Borrower owns, directly or indirectly, the equity interests in each of its Subsidiaries which is indicated on Schedule 5.13.
(b)    As of the Effective Date, the Borrower has no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.


5.14    Title to Properties; Licenses. Each Loan Party has good and defensible title to all of its material properties and assets, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens and of all impediments to the use of such properties and assets in such Loan Party’s business. Each Loan Party possesses all licenses, permits, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names, and other intellectual property (or otherwise possesses the right to use such intellectual property without violation of the rights of any other Person) which are reasonably necessary to carry out its business as presently conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted hereafter, and no Loan Party is in violation in any material respect of the terms under which it possesses such intellectual property or the right to use such intellectual property, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.


5.15    Government Regulation.


(a)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 (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying 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) subject to the provision of Section 7.01 or Section 7.09 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness and within the scope of Section 8.01(g) will be margin stock.



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(b)The Borrower and each other Loan Party owing Obligations is either exempt from or not subject to regulation under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Power Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (as any of the preceding acts have been amended) or any other Law which regulates the incurring by such Person of Indebtedness.


5.16    Solvency. Upon giving effect to the issuance of the Notes, the execution of the Loan Documents by the Borrower and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrower will be solvent (as such term is used in applicable bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, insolvency or similar Laws).


ARTICLE VI.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWER


To conform with the terms and conditions under which each Lender is willing to have credit outstanding to the Borrower, and to induce each Lender to enter into this Agreement and extend credit hereunder, the Borrower warrants, covenants and agrees that until the full and final payment of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification Obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) and termination of the Commitments of all Lenders:


6.01    Payment and Performance. The Borrower will pay all amounts due under the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms thereof and will observe, perform and comply with every covenant, term and condition expressed or implied in the Loan Documents. The Borrower will cause each other Loan Party to observe, perform and comply with every such term, covenant and condition in any Loan Document.


6.02    Books, Financial Statements and Reports. Each Loan Party will at all times maintain full and accurate books of account and records. The Borrower will maintain and will cause its Subsidiaries to maintain a standard system of accounting, will maintain its fiscal year, and will furnish (or provide electronic access pursuant to the last paragraph of this Section 6.02) the following statements and reports to Administrative Agent and each Lender at the Borrower’s expense:


(a)Within five days after the date required to be delivered to the SEC, but no later than 95 days after the end of each fiscal year, complete consolidated financial statements of the Borrower together with all notes thereto, which shall be prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, together with an unqualified opinion based on an audit using generally accepted auditing standards, by Ernst & Young LLP or another independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, stating that such consolidated financial statements have been so prepared. These financial statements shall contain a consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year and consolidated statements of earnings, of cash flows, and of changes in shareholders’ equity for such fiscal year, each setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year. On the date of delivery of such financial statements to Administrative Agent and each Lender, the Borrower will furnish to Administrative Agent and each Lender a Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, stating that such financial statements fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower, stating that such Person has reviewed the Loan Documents, containing all calculations required to be made to show compliance or non-compliance with the provisions of Section 7.11, and further stating that there is no condition or event at the end of such fiscal year or at the time of such certificate which constitutes a Default or specifying the nature and period of existence of any such condition or event.


(b)Within five days after the date required to be delivered to the SEC, but no later than 50 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet and income statement as of the end of such fiscal quarter and a consolidated statement of cash flows for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments. In addition, the Borrower will, together with each such set of financial statements, furnish a Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that such financial statements are accurate and complete (subject to normal year-end adjustments), stating that such Person has reviewed 

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the Loan Documents, containing all calculations required to be made by the Borrower to show compliance or non-compliance with the provisions of Section 7.11, and further stating that there is no condition or event at the end of such fiscal quarter or at the time of such certificate which constitutes a Default or specifying the nature and period of existence of any such condition or event.


(c)Promptly upon their becoming available, the Borrower shall provide copies of (or electronic access pursuant to the last paragraph of this Section 6.02 to) all registration statements, periodic reports and other statements and schedules filed by any Loan Party with any securities exchange, the SEC or any successor Governmental Authority.


Documents required to be furnished or delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a), (b) or (c) (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 the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’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 (including EDGAR), or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of its annual Form 10-K, each quarterly Form 10-Q and any other material filing by the Borrower with any securities exchange, the SEC or any successor Governmental Authority and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Sections 6.02(a) and (b) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) 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 (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders 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; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arranger 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 United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.08); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger 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.” 


6.03    Other Information and Inspections. The Borrower will furnish to each Lender any information which Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request concerning any covenant, provision or condition of the Loan Documents or any matter in connection with Loan Parties’ businesses and operations. The Borrower will permit, and will cause the other Loan Parties to permit, representatives appointed by Administrative Agent (including independent accountants, auditors, agents, attorneys, appraisers and any other Persons), to visit (with reasonable prior written notice unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) and inspect during normal business hours any of the Loan Parties properties, including its books of account, other books and records, and any facilities or other business assets, and to make extra copies therefrom and photocopies and photographs thereof, and to write down and record any information such representatives obtain. The Borrower will permit, and will cause the other Loan Parties to permit, Administrative Agent or any Lender or its representatives to investigate and verify the 

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accuracy of the information furnished to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the Loan Documents and to discuss all such matters with its officers, employees and representatives.


6.04    Notice of Material Events. The Borrower will promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after Borrower’s knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing, stating that such notice is being given pursuant to this Agreement, of:


(a)the occurrence of any event which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,


(b)the occurrence of any Default,


(c)the acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party having a principal balance of more than $35,000,000, or of any default by any Loan Party under any indenture, mortgage, agreement, contract or other instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them or any of their properties is bound, if such default would have a Material Adverse Effect,


(d)the occurrence of any ERISA Event,


(e)any single claim of $35,000,000 or more, any notice of potential liability under any Environmental Laws which would reasonably be expected to exceed such amount, or any other material adverse claim asserted against any Loan Party or with respect to any Loan Party’s properties,


(f)the filing of any suit or proceeding against any Loan Party in which an adverse decision would have a Material Adverse Effect,


(g)any material change in the accounting or financial reporting practices of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; and


(h)any written announcement by Moody’s or S&P after the Effective Date of any change or possible change in Issuer Rating.


Upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing matters set forth in clauses (a) through (f), the Loan Parties will take all necessary or appropriate steps to remedy promptly any such Material Adverse Effect, Default, acceleration, default or ERISA Event, to protect against any such adverse claim, to defend any such suit or proceeding, and to resolve all controversies on account of any of the foregoing. 


6.05    Maintenance of Properties. Each Loan Party will maintain, preserve, protect, and keep all property used or useful in the conduct of its business in good condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and in compliance with all applicable Laws in all material respects, and will from time to time make all repairs, renewals and replacements needed to enable the business and operations carried on in connection therewith to be promptly and advantageously conducted at all times in accordance with industry standards.


6.06    Maintenance of Existence and Qualifications. Each Loan Party will maintain and preserve its existence and its rights and franchises in full force and effect and will qualify to do business in all states or jurisdictions where required by applicable Law, except where the failure so to qualify will not have a Material Adverse Effect.


6.07    Payment of Trade Liabilities, Taxes, etc. Each Loan Party will timely file all required tax returns; timely pay all taxes, assessments, trade liabilities, royalties, and other governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income, profits or property; and maintain appropriate accruals and reserves for all of the foregoing in accordance with GAAP. Each Loan Party may, however, delay paying or discharging any of the foregoing so long as it is in good faith contesting the validity thereof by appropriate proceedings and has set aside on its books adequate reserves therefor.



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6.08    Insurance. In accordance with industry standards, each Loan Party will keep or cause to be kept insured or self-insured, at the option of each Loan Party, all property of a character usually insured by similar Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses. The insurance coverages and amounts will be reasonably determined by each Loan Party, based on coverages carried by prudent owners of similar property.


6.09    Interest. The Borrower hereby promises to pay to Administrative Agent and each Lender interest at the Post-Default Rate applicable to Alternate Base Rate Loans on all Obligations (including Obligations to pay fees or to reimburse or indemnify any Lender) which are not paid when due. Such interest shall accrue from the date such Obligations become due until they are paid.


6.10    Compliance with Agreements and Law. Each Loan Party will perform all material obligations it is required to perform under the terms of each indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, lease, franchise, agreement, contract or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound. Each Loan Party will conduct its business and affairs in compliance with all Laws applicable thereto, including Anti-Terrorism Laws, except in such circumstances in which (a) a requirement of Law is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower will maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to promote compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with the FCPA, any other applicable anti-corruption Laws and Sanctions.


6.11    Environmental Matters.


(a)Except as otherwise set forth in Schedule 5.12, each Loan Party will comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws now or hereafter applicable to such Loan Party, as well as all contractual obligations and agreements with respect to environmental remediation or other environmental matters, and shall obtain, at or prior to the time required by applicable Environmental Laws, all environmental, health and safety permits, licenses and other authorizations necessary for its operations and will maintain such authorizations in full force and effect.


(b)The Borrower will promptly furnish to Administrative Agent all written notices of violation, orders, claims, citations, complaints, penalty assessments, suits or other proceedings received by the Borrower, or of which it has notice, pending or threatened against the Borrower, by any Governmental Authority with respect to any alleged violation of or non-compliance with any Environmental Laws or any permits, licenses or authorizations in connection with its ownership or use of its properties or the operation of its business, if the violation, order, claim, citation, complaint, penalty assessment, suit or other proceeding could reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower in excess of $35,000,000.


(c)The Borrower will promptly furnish to Administrative Agent all requests for information, notices of claim, demand letters, and other notifications, received by the Borrower in connection with its ownership or use of its properties or the conduct of its business, relating to potential responsibility with respect to any investigation or clean-up of Hazardous Material at any location which could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to the Borrower in excess of $35,000,000.


6.12    Evidence of Compliance. Each Loan Party will furnish to each Lender at such Loan Party’s or the Borrower’s expense all evidence which Administrative Agent from time to time reasonably requests in writing as to the accuracy and validity of or compliance with all representations, warranties and covenants made by any Loan Party in the Loan Documents, the satisfaction of all conditions contained therein, and all other matters pertaining thereto.


6.13    Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans to refinance outstanding obligations under commercial paper issued by Borrower and to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection herewith, not in contravention of any Law, Sanctions or any Loan Document. In no event shall the funds from any Loan be used directly or indirectly by any Person for personal, family, household or agricultural purposes or for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing, acquiring or carrying any “margin stock” (as such term is defined in Regulation U promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or to extend credit to others directly or indirectly for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock. No part of the proceeds of the 

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Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption Law.  In no event shall the funds from any Loan be used directly or indirectly by any Person in violation of Sanctions.


6.14    Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness. All indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Borrower to any Restricted Subsidiary shall be made under and evidenced by a Subordinated Promissory Note substantially in the form of Exhibit F (with such changes as the Administrative Agent shall approve), a copy of which Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent.


ARTICLE VII.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWER


To conform with the terms and conditions under which each Lender is willing to have credit outstanding to the Borrower, and to induce each Lender to enter into this Agreement and make the Loans, the Borrower warrants, covenants and agrees that until the full and final payment of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification Obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) and termination of the Commitments of all Lenders:


7.01    Indebtedness. No Restricted Subsidiary will in any manner owe or be liable for Indebtedness except:


(a)Indebtedness owed by the Restricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower or unsecured Indebtedness owed by the Restricted Subsidiaries to a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary; 


(b)Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiaries for plugging and abandonment bonds issued by third parties or for letters of credit issued in place thereof which are required by regulatory authorities in the area of operations, and Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiaries for other bonds or letters of credit which are required by such regulatory authorities with respect to other normal oil and gas operations;


(c)Acquired Debt which meets the following requirements: (i) the documentation evidencing such Indebtedness shall contain no terms, conditions or defaults (other than pricing and the grant of a Lien which is permitted under this Agreement) which are more favorable to the third party creditor in any material respect than those contained in this Agreement are to Lenders and (ii) at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing hereunder;


(d)Reserved;
 
(e)Indebtedness under Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.10; and


(f)other Indebtedness; provided, at the time of incurrence thereof, after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness described in clause (a) of this Section 7.01) shall not exceed 65% of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Capital. As used herein, “Restricted Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Indebtedness means, on a consolidated basis, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiaries, and “Restricted Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Capital” means, on a consolidated basis, the sum of (i) the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Indebtedness plus (ii) the Restricted Subsidiaries’ aggregate Shareholders’ Equity as set forth in the Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recent balance sheet.


7.02    Limitation on Liens. Except for Permitted Liens, no Loan Party will create, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of the properties or assets which it now owns or hereafter acquires. No Loan Party will allow the filing or continued existence of any financing statement describing as collateral any assets or property of such Loan Party, other than financing statements which describe only collateral subject to a Lien permitted under this Section 7.02 and which name as secured party or lessor only the holder of such Lien.


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(a)engage directly or indirectly in any business or conduct any operations, except (i) in connection with or incidental to its present businesses and operations or complementary to such businesses or operations or (ii) in connection with businesses or operations that are not material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; or


(b)make any acquisitions of or capital contributions to any Person or any other Investment, except (i) Investments in the ordinary course of business, (ii) purchases of equity interests in Persons involved in the oil and gas industry if the aggregate amount of the purchase price for all such purchases (including the purchase in question) made by the Loan Parties after the date hereof does not exceed $75,000,000, (iii) mergers permitted under Section 7.04, and (iv) Investments received by any Loan Party in connection with workouts with, or bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceedings with respect to, customers, working interest owners, other industry partners or any other Person owing monies to such Loan Party.


7.04    Limitation on Mergers. Other than the consummation of the Dominion Merger in accordance with the Dominion Merger Agreement, the Borrower will not (i) merge or consolidate with or into any other Person unless the Borrower is the surviving business entity and no Default exists prior to such merger or consolidation or will exist immediately thereafter or (ii) 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.


7.05    Limitation on Issuance of Securities by Subsidiaries of Borrower. No Restricted Subsidiary will issue any additional equity securities except to another Loan Party, and no Loan Party will transfer any such equity securities owned by it except to another Loan Party.


7.06    Transactions with Affiliates.  No Loan Party will engage in any material transaction with any of its Affiliates (other than any other Loan Party) on terms which are less favorable in any material respect to it than those which would have been obtainable at the time in arms-length dealing with Persons other than such Affiliates.


7.07    Prohibited Contracts. No Loan Party will enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Dominion Merger Agreement) that limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to any other Loan Party or to otherwise transfer property to any other Loan Party, (ii) of any Restricted Subsidiary to Guarantee the Indebtedness of the Borrower or (iii) of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person, provided, however, that 


(a)clauses (i) and (ii) shall not prohibit restrictions or conditions imposed by an agreement related to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property securing such Indebtedness; 


(b)clause (iii) shall not be deemed to prohibit a Contractual Obligation contained in documentation governing unsecured senior Indebtedness of the Borrower that requires the granting of pari passu liens to secure such Indebtedness, for purposes of this clause, “senior Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is not subordinated to the Obligations; 


(c)clause (ii) shall not be deemed to prohibit limitations on the ratio of “Consolidated Indebtedness” of a Restricted Subsidiary to its “Consolidated Total Capitalization”; provided (1) such terms are defined substantially as such terms are defined in the Questar Gas 2012 Note Purchase Agreement and the Questar Gas 2013 Note Purchase Agreement and (2) the limitation on such ratio shall be not less than 70%;


(d)clause (ii) shall not be deemed to prohibit limitations on “Priority Debt” of a Restricted Subsidiary in excess of a percentage of the consolidated “Total Assets” of such Restricted Subsidiary and its “Restricted Subsidiaries”; provided: (1) such terms are defined substantially as such terms are defined in the Questar Gas 2012 Note Purchase Agreement and the Questar Gas 2013 Note Purchase Agreement and (2) the limitation on such percentage shall be not less than 15%;



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(e)clause (iii) shall not be deemed to prohibit a Contractual Obligation contained in documentation governing unsecured Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries; provided: (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 7.01 and (2) the documentation governing such unsecured Indebtedness provides that if such unsecured Indebtedness shall be secured, such Contractual Obligation contained in such documentation shall not prohibit the Obligations from being secured equally and ratably with such Indebtedness pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and


(f)solely with respect to Questar Fueling Company, this Section 7.07 shall not be deemed to prohibit Contractual Obligations contained in documentation governing Indebtedness of Questar Fueling Company; provided, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred by Questar Fueling Company thereunder shall not exceed $50,000,000.


7.08    ERISA. No ERISA Affiliate will incur any obligation to contribute to any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA.


7.09    Limitation on Sales of Property. No Loan Party will Dispose of any of its material assets or properties or any material interest therein, except:


(a)equipment which is worthless or obsolete or which is replaced by equipment of equal suitability and value;


(b)inventory (including oil and gas sold as produced and seismic data) which is sold in the ordinary course of business on ordinary trade terms;


(c)capital stock of any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries which is transferred to the Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower;


(d)interests in oil and gas properties, or portions thereof, to which no proved reserves of oil, gas or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons are properly attributed; and


(e)other property which is sold for fair consideration, provided that the aggregate amount of the consolidated net book value of such property sold during any fiscal year of the Borrower does not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the consolidated net book value of the Borrower’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ property, plant and equipment as of the last day of the previous fiscal year.


7.10    Swap Contracts. No Loan Party will be a party to or in any manner be liable on any Swap Contract, unless such contracts are entered into as a hedge of equity oil and gas production (whether production is produced by any Loan Party or purchased from third parties), to secure a known margin for the purchase and resale of third party natural gas, crude oil or electricity, or as a hedge of floating rate Indebtedness or foreign currency needs (and not as a speculative investment), such contracts are entered into in the ordinary course of the Loan Parties’ businesses, and


(a)if such contracts are entered into with the purpose and effect of fixing prices on oil or gas expected to be produced by Loan Parties:


(i)such contracts for any single month (determined, in the case of contracts that are not settled on a monthly basis, by a monthly proration acceptable to Administrative Agent) do not, in the aggregate, cover amounts greater than the Applicable Hedge Percentage for such month; and


(ii)such contracts do not require any Loan Party to provide any Lien on any property to secure the Loan Parties’ obligations thereunder, other than Liens on cash or cash equivalents and letters of credit; provided that the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents subject to Liens securing such contracts and the undrawn amount of all letters of credit securing such contracts shall not exceed $100,000,000 at any time.



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As used in this subsection, (i) the term “Applicable Hedge Percentage” means, with respect to any month, the percentage (not to exceed 100%) of the Loan Parties’ aggregate Projected Oil and Gas Production anticipated to be sold in the ordinary course of the Loan Parties’ businesses during such month which the management of the Borrower deems prudent based upon the Loan Parties’ business strategies, and (ii) the term “Projected Oil and Gas Production” means the projected production of oil or gas (measured by volume unit or BTU equivalent, not sales price) for the term of the contracts or a particular month, as applicable, from properties and interests owned by any Loan Party which have attributable to them proved oil or gas reserves.


(b)if such contracts are entered into with the purpose and effect of (i) fixing interest rates on a principal amount of Indebtedness of such Loan Party that is accruing interest at a variable rate, or (ii) converting a fixed interest rate on a principal amount of Indebtedness of such Loan Party to a variable rate, the aggregate notional amount of such contracts never exceeds the anticipated outstanding principal balance of the Indebtedness to be hedged by such contracts or an average of such principal balances calculated using a generally accepted method of matching interest swap contracts to declining principal balances, and, in the case of clause (i), the floating rate index of each such contract generally matches the index used to determine the floating rates of interest on the corresponding Indebtedness to be hedged by such contract.


7.11    Consolidated Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio. As of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, the Consolidated Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio will not exceed 70%.


ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES


8.01    Events of Default. Each of the following events constitutes an Event of Default under this Agreement:


(a)The Borrower fails to pay (i) any amount of principal of any Loan when and as required to be paid herein, or (ii) any other amount due and payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document on the fifth day after the date such amount becomes due;


(b)Any “default” or “event of default” occurs under any Loan Document which defines either such term, and the same is not remedied within the applicable period of grace (if any) provided in such Loan Document;


(c)The Borrower fails to duly observe, perform or comply with any term, covenant or agreement contained in Article VII or in Section 6.04 (with the exception of the failure to provide notice in the event that any Loan Party changes its name or location of its chief executive office);


(d)The Borrower fails (other than as referred to in subsections (a), (b) or (c) above) to duly observe, perform or comply with any covenant, agreement, condition or provision of any Loan Document, and such failure remains unremedied for a period of 30 days;


(e)Any representation or warranty previously, presently or hereafter made in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document shall prove to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on any date on or as of which made, or any Loan Document is asserted to be or at any time ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in any material respect as warranted in Section 5.05 for any reason other than its release or subordination by Administrative Agent;


(f)Any Loan Party fails to duly observe, perform or comply with any Contractual Obligation with any Person, if such failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect upon the Borrower;


(g)(i) Any Loan Party (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit 

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arrangement) of more than $25,000,000, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee 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 is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $25,000,000; or (iii) without limiting the foregoing, an “Event of Default” shall occur under, and as defined in, the Multi-Year Credit Agreement or the 364-Day Credit Agreement;


(h)The Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries having assets with a book value of at least $25,000,000:


(i)institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or


(ii)becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or there is issued or levied any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or


(iii)there is entered against any such Person a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding $35,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, 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 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; 


(i)Either (i) any failure to meet the minimum funding standard (as defined in Section 412(a) of the Code) resulting in a liability in excess of $35,000,000 exists with respect to any Pension Plan or any Multiemployer Plan, whether or not waived by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, or (ii) any ERISA Event occurs with respect to any Pension Plan or any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party to such Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, and the then current value of the accumulated benefit obligation of such Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan exceeds the then current value of the assets of such Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan available for the payment of such benefit liabilities by more than $50,000,000 (or in the case of an ERISA Event involving the withdrawal of a substantial employer, the withdrawing employer’s proportionate share of such excess exceeds such amount); or


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8.02    Remedies upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Majority Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:


(a)declare the Commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligations shall be terminated;


(b)declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and


(c)exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law;


provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate and the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.


8.03    Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:


(a)First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;


(b)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 Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause (b) payable to them;


(c)Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (c) payable to them;


(d)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 (d) held by them; and


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9.01    Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints JPMorgan Chase to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The provisions of this Article IX are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of such provisions.  It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.


9.02    Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.


9.03    Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:


(a)shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;


(b)shall not 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 the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and


(c)shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.


The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or 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 

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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.


9.04    Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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 (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan.  The Administrative 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.


9.05    Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub agents.


9.06    Resignation of Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Majority Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section 9.06.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 9.06).  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.


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to enter into this Agreement.  Each 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.


9.08    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 Loan 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, 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 Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.04 and 10.04) 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 Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.04 and 10.04.


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 to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.


9.09    Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “syndication agent,” “documentation agent,” “co-agent,” “book manager,” “lead manager,” “arranger,” “lead arranger” or “co-arranger” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of such Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.


ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS


10.01    Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Majority Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:


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(b)extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;


(c)postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;


(d)reduce the principal of, or the 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 affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Majority Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Post-Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Post-Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;


(e)change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; or


(f)change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Majority 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;
and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (ii) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.


10.02    Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.


(a)Notices Generally.  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:


(i)if to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and


(ii)if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified 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 sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient).  Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
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procedures approved by 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 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 otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice 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, 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.


(c)The Platform.  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS 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 Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).


(d)Change of Address, Etc.  Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.  Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States federal or state securities laws.


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telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.


10.03    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.


10.04    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.


(a)Costs and Expenses.  The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii) all out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender); provided, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall use reasonable efforts to engage one counsel absent conflicts of interest amongst such Persons, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 10.04, or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.


(b)Indemnification by the Borrower.  The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Syndication Agent, each Documentation Agent, 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, penalties, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party 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, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01), (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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation 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 Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNITEE; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) 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 or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such other Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.


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Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, 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 any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity.  The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of the last sentence of Section 2.01(b).


(d)Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and 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 subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee 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 other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.


(e)Payments.  All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.


(f)Survival.  The agreements in this Section 10.04 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.


10.05    Intentionally Left Blank.


10.06    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 the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off 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 set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share 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 Rate from time to time in effect.


10.07    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 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 subsection (b) of this Section 10.07, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section 10.07, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section 10.07, and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void.  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 subsection (d) of this Section 10.07 and, to the extent 

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expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.


(b)Assignments by Lenders.  Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment 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 Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it 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 subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section 10.07, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, 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 $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.


(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 or the Commitment assigned.


(iii)Required Consents.  No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section 10.07 and, in addition:


(A)the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; 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 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof; and


(B)the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.


(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 in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, 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 and any documentation as may be required pursuant to Section 3.01.


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or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).


(vi)No Assignment to Natural Persons.  No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.


(vii)Certain Additional Payments.  In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.


Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 10.07, 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 Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.  Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection 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 subsection (d) of this Section 10.07.
(c)Register.  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office 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 Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender.  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 natural person, a Defaulting Lender 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 its Commitment and/or 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 and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with 

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such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 10.04(c) 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, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant.  Subject to subsection (e) of this Section 10.07, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 10.07; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 3.06(b) and 10.15 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01 or 3.04, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Sections 3.06(b) and 10.15 with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender, provided 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 commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e)Reserved. 
 
(f)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 (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central 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.


(g)As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:


“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.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
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10.08    Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates, and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party 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 those of this Section 10.08, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For purposes of this Section 10.08, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary 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 Borrower or any Subsidiary and other than information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry, provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary 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 10.08 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.


Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States federal and state securities Laws.


10.09    Set-off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.


10.10    Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted to a Lender by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall 

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receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.


10.11    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import 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.


10.12    Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.


10.13    Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Loan, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.


10.14    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.  Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.


10.15    Replacement of Lenders. Under any circumstances set forth herein providing that the Borrower shall have the right to replace a Lender as a party to this Agreement, the Borrower may, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to assign its Commitment and Loans (with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower in such instance) pursuant to (and subject to the consents required by) Section 10.07(b) to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided that such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws and such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued 

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interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts); and provided, further, that if the Borrower elects to exercise such right with respect to any Lender pursuant to Section 3.06(b), it shall be obligated to replace all Lenders that have made similar requests for compensation pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04. Upon the making of any such assignment, the Borrower shall pay in full any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.05.


10.16    Governing Law.


(a)THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.


(b)ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.


10.17    Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.17.


10.18    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: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the Arranger are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower  has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger 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 Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor the Arranger has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its 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 and the Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by 

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law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent and the Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.


10.19    Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) 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.


10.20    USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107,56 (signed into law October 26,. 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.  The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide such documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.


10.21    Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents. 




10.22    ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.


	
		
	QUESTAR CORPORATION

	 
	 

	By:
	/s/ Ronald W. Jibson

	 
	Name: Ronald W. Jibson

	 
	Title: Chairman, President & CEO









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



	 
	 

	By:
	/s/ Justin Martin

	 
	Name: Justin Martin

	 
	Title: Authorized Officer







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	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender 

	 
	 

	By:
	/s/ Justin Martin

	 
	Name: Justin Martin

	 
	Title: Authorized Officer











































































































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	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., 
as a Lender and Syndication Agent 

	 
	 

	By:
	/s/ Maria Ferradas

	 
	Name: Maria Ferradas

	 
	Title: Vice President











































































































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	MIZUHO BANK, LTD., 
as a Lender and Documentation Agent

	 
	 

	By:
	/s/ Nelson Chang

	 
	Name: Nelson Chang

	 
	Title: Authorized Signatory











































































































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	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
as a Lender and Documentation Agent

	 
	 

	By:
	/s/ Nathan Starr

	 
	Name: Nathan Starr

	 
	Title: Portfolio Manager







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ANNEX I
COMMITMENTS
AND APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES


Questar Corporation Term Loan Facility Bank Group


	
			
	Lender
	Commitment
	% Commitment

	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	$75,000,000.00
	30.0000000000%

	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
	$75,000,000.00
	30.0000000000%

	Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
	$50,000,000.00
	20.0000000000%

	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
	$50,000,000.00
	20.0000000000%

	Total
	$250,000,000.00
	100%









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SCHEDULE 1.01
PRICING SCHEDULE
(Term Loan Facility)


Pricing shall be determined based upon the Borrower’s Issuer Rating, as follows:


	
				
	Pricing
Level
	Issuer Rating 
(S&P/Moody’s)
	Eurodollar Margin
	Base Rate
Margin

	1
	> A / A2
	0.75%
	0.00%

	2
	A- / A3
	0.85%
	0.00%

	3
	BBB+ / Baa1
	0.95%
	0.00%

	4
	BBB / Baa2
	1.05%
	0.05%

	5
	< BBB- / Baa3
	1.15%
	0.15%






provided that (a) if the respective Issuer Ratings issued by S&P or Moody’s differ by one notch, the higher rating will govern (with the Issuer Rating for Pricing Level 1 being the highest and the Issuer Rating for Pricing Level 5 being the lowest); (b) if there is a two notch or greater difference between the higher and the lower Issuer Rating, then the governing Issuer Rating will be one level better than the lower Issuer Rating; (c) if the Borrower has only one Issuer Rating, such Issuer Rating shall apply; and (d) if the Borrower ceases to have any Issuer Rating, Pricing Level 5 shall apply.


Pricing shall initially be determined at Pricing Level 1.  Thereafter, each change in pricing resulting from a publicly announced change in the Issuer Rating shall be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period commencing on the date of delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of notice thereof pursuant to Section 6.04(h) and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.



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SCHEDULE 5.07
OBLIGATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
None.



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SCHEDULE 5.10
LABOR DISPUTES
AND ACTS OF GOD
None.



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SCHEDULE 5.11
ERISA MATTERS
The Borrower sponsors the following ERISA qualified plans:
Questar Corporation Retirement Plan
Questar Corporation Employee Investment Plan
Questar Corporation Umbrella Health Plan
Questar Corporation Long-term Disability Plan
Questar Corporation Basic Life Plan
Questar Corporation Supplemental Life Plan
Questar Corporation Cafeteria Plan
Questar Corporation Employee Assistance Program
Questar Corporation Business Travel Accident Insurance Plan
Questar Corporation Catastrophe Accident Insurance Plan 
Questar Corporation Legal Services Plan



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SCHEDULE 5.12
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
None



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SCHEDULE 5.13
SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS


Wexpro Company
Wexpro II Company
Wexpro Development Company
Questar Pipeline Company
Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company
Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company 
Questar Field Services Company
Questar White River Hub, LLC (holds 50% ownership of White River Hub, LLC)
White River Hub, LLC
Questar InfoComm, Inc.
Questar Project Employee Company
Questar Energy Services, Inc.
Inland California Express, LLC (established, but not an active subsidiary)
Questar Gas Company
Questar Fueling Company



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SCHEDULE 10.02
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OFFICE,
CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
QUESTAR CORPORATION:
333 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Attention: Tony Ivins
Telephone: 801.324.5218
Facsimile: 801.324.5483
Electronic Mail: tony.ivins@questar.com
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
Administrative Agent’s Office
(for payments and Requests for Borrowings):


JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
10 South Dearborn, 9th Floor
Mail Code IL1-0090
Chicago, IL 60603
Attn: Justin Martin
Phone: 312-732-4441
Fax: 312-732-1762
Email Address: justin.2.martin@jpmorgan.com


Other Notices as Administrative Agent:


JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
10 South Dearborn, 9th Floor
Mail Code IL1-0090
Chicago, IL 60603
Attn: Justin Martin
Phone: 312-732-4441
Fax: 312-732-1762
Email Address: justin.2.martin@jpmorgan.com

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LENDERS:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
10 South Dearborn, 9th Floor
Mail Code IL1-0090
Chicago, IL 60603
Attn: Justin Martin
Phone: 312-732-4441
Fax: 312-732-1762
Email Address: justin.2.martin@jpmorgan.com




The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
445 S. Figueroa Street, 15th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attn: John Guilds, Director
Phone: 213-236-6175
Email Address: jguilds@us.mufg.jp


Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Attn: Kristin Lepri, Senior Vice President 
Phone: 212-282-4031
Email Address: Kristin.lepri@mizuhocbus.com 


Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
1000 Louisiana, 9th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
Attn: Nathan Starr
Phone:  713-319-1977
Email:  nathan.starr@wellsfargo.com
  



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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
Date: ___________, ______
To: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2016 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Questar Corporation, a Utah corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The undersigned hereby requests the Borrowing of the [Initial/Incremental] Loans:
1.    On                     (a Business Day).
2.    In the amount of $            .
3.    Comprised of                 .
[Type of Loan requested]
4.    For Eurodollar Loans: with an Interest Period of _____ [month(s) / week(s)].
The Borrowing requested herein complies with Section 2.01 of the Agreement.
	
		
	QUESTAR CORPORATION

	 
	 

	By:
	 

	 
	 

	Name:
	 

	 
	 

	Title:
	 









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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST
Date: ___________, ______
To:     JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2016 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Questar Corporation, a Utah corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The undersigned hereby requests a conversion or continuation of Loans
1.    On                     (a Business Day).
2.    In the amount of $            .
3.    Comprised of                 .
[Type of Loan requested]
4.    For Eurodollar Loans: with an Interest Period of -_____ [month(s) / week(s)].
The Interest Election Request requested herein complies with Section 2.10 of the Agreement.
	
		
	QUESTAR CORPORATION

	 
	 

	By:
	 

	 
	 

	Name:
	 









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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TERM NOTE
February 24, 2016
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”) hereby promises to pay to _____________________ or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2016 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement.  All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement. Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business.  The Lender may also attach schedules to this Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
	
		
	QUESTAR CORPORATION

	 
	 

	By:
	 

	 
	 

	Name:
	Ronald W. Jibson

	 
	 

	Title:
	Chairman, President & CEO











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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Financial Statement Date: ______
To:    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2016 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Questar Corporation, a Utah corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The undersigned Responsible Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that he/she is the                    of the Borrower, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on the behalf of the Borrower, and that:
[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements]
1.  Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the year-end audited financial statements required by Section 6.02(a) of the Agreement for the fiscal year of the Borrower ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such section.
[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements]
1.    Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the unaudited financial statements required by Section 6.02(b) of the Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended as of the above date. Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject only to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
2.    The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made under his/her supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.
3.    A review of the activities of the Borrower during such fiscal period has been made under the supervision of the undersigned with a view to determining whether during such fiscal period the Borrower performed and observed all its Obligations under the Loan Documents, and
[select one:]
[to the best knowledge of the undersigned during such fiscal period, the Borrower performed and observed each covenant and condition of the Loan Documents applicable to it.]
--or--
[the following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed and the following is a list of each such Default and its nature and status:]

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4.    The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article V (excluding the representation and warranty set forth in Section 5.06(c)) of the Agreement, and any representations and warranties of the Borrower that are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection with the Loan Documents, are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Compliance Certificate, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.06 of the Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.02 of the Agreement, including the statements in connection with which this Compliance Certificate is delivered.
5.    The financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule 2 attached hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of ________,201__.
	
		
	QUESTAR CORPORATION

	 
	 

	By:
	 

	 
	 

	Name:
	 

	 
	 

	Title:
	 











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SCHEDULE 2
to the Compliance Certificate
($ in 000’s) 
		
	I.
	Section 7.11 -- Consolidated Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio.




		
	A.
	Actual Consolidated Funded Debt at Statement Date:




		
	1.
	Indebtedness included in clause (a) of the definition of 


Indebtedness (all obligations for borrowed money and 
all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, 
loan agreements or other similar instruments):        $        


		
	2.
	Indebtedness included in clause (b) of the definition of 


Indebtedness (all direct or contingent obligations 
arising under letters of credit (including standby and 
commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, 
surety bonds and similar instruments):            $        


		
	3.
	Indebtedness included in clause (d) of the definition of 


Indebtedness (all obligations to pay the deferred 
purchase price of property or services (other than 
trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of 
business)):                        $        


		
	4.
	Indebtedness included in clause (e) of the definition of 


Indebtedness (indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest 
thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being 
purchased (including indebtedness arising under 
conditional sales or other title retention agreements), 
whether or not such indebtedness shall have been 
assumed or is limited in recourse):            $        


		
	5.
	Indebtedness included in clause (f) of the definition of 


Indebtedness (capital leases and Synthetic Lease 
Obligations):                        $____________


		
	6.
	Indebtedness included in clause (g) of the definition of 


Indebtedness (all Guarantees in respect of any of the 
foregoing):                        $_____________


		
	7.
	Consolidated Funded Debt 


(Lines I.A.1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6):            $        



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	B.
	Actual Capitalization at Statement Date:




		
	1.
	Consolidated Funded Debt


(Line I.A.7)                        $____________
		
	2.
	Shareholders’ Equity:                    $____________




3.    Capitalization 
(Line I.B.1 + 2)                        $____________


		
	C.
	Consolidated Funded Debt to Total Capitalization Ratio 


		
	D.
	(Line I.A.7 ÷ Line I.B.3):                        %


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EXHIBIT D
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, 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 pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1.    Assignor:                 
2.    Assignee:                 [and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of
[identify Lender]
3.    Borrower(s): Questar Corporation
		
	4.
	Administrative Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement


		
	5.
	Credit Agreement:  Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2016, among Questar Corporation, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent


6.    Assigned Interest:
	
				
	Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans
for all Lenders*
	Amount of
Commtiment/Loans
Assigned*
	Percentage
Assigned of
Commitment/Loans
	CUSIP Number

	$
	$
	$
	 

	$
	$
	$
	 

	$
	$
	$
	 







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[7.    Trade Date:            ]
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:


[Consented to and] Accepted:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:    
Title:
[Consented to:]
By:    
Title:

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ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
[                                     ]
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1.    Representations and Warranties.
1.1.    Assignor.  The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary; to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement 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 any 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 Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all requirements of an Eligible Assignee under the Credit Agreement (subject to receipt of such consents as may be required under the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.02 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, 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.
2.    Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3.    General Provisions.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by facsimile 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 law of the State of New York.



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EXHIBIT E
OPINION MATTERS
The matters contained in the following Sections of the Credit Agreement should be covered by the legal opinion:
Section 5.02 
Section 5.03 
Section 5.04 
Section 5.05 
Section 5.09 
Section 5.15(b)



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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE
$                                            [Date]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Questar Corporation (“Maker”), promises to pay to the order of                  (“Holder”) at its principal office in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah, in lawful currency of the United States of America, the principal sum of                  ($        ) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount from time to time outstanding of all unpaid advances made hereunder by Holder, on demand in like money at an annual rate (the “Intercompany Interest Rate”) as determined and published by the Questar Corporation Treasury Department on the first business day of each calendar month.  The rate shall apply to the entire month or any part thereof and may change each month without notice to the Maker as the Intercompany Interest Rate is calculated for that month.  Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed and shall be payable on the last business day of each month.
Advances under this Subordinated Promissory Note shall be evidenced by the signature of the Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer of the Holder on the appropriate line of the attached loan grid.
By its acceptance of this Subordinated Promissory Note, the Holder agrees that all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of Maker evidenced by this Subordinated Promissory Note is subordinate to Senior Indebtedness as defined in, and on the terms set forth in, the “Subordination Terms” set forth below.  
SUBORDINATION TERMS
SECTION 1
GENERAL


1.1    Definitions


In this Subordinated Promissory Note, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to such terms in (i) the Amended and Restated Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2013 among Maker, as Borrower, the Lenders and Issuing Banks from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender, (ii) the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of November 20, 2015 among Maker, as Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and (iii) the Term Loan Agreement dated as of February 24, 2016 among Maker, as Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (as such agreement[s] may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or refinanced from time to time, the “Credit Agreements”).  In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
		
	(a)
	“Obligor Debt” means all interest, fees and other amounts owing in connection with all Indebtedness of the Maker owed to the Subordinated Creditor.




		
	(b)
	“Senior Indebtedness” means the aggregate of all Obligations owing from time to time by the Maker to the Senior Lenders under the Credit Agreements and the other Loan Documents, whether present or future, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise (including any interest accruing thereon after the date of filing any petition by or against the Maker in connection with any bankruptcy or other proceeding and any other interest that would have accrued thereon but for the commencement of such proceeding, whether or not such interest is allowed as a claim enforceable against the Maker in a Proceeding as hereinafter defined). 





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	(c)
	“Senior Lenders” means, collectively, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agents, and the Lenders as defined in the Credit Agreements.




		
	(d)
	“Subordinated Creditor” means Holder.


 
		
	(e)
	“Subordinated Indebtedness” means the aggregate Obligor Debt owing from time to time by the Maker to the Subordinated Creditor, whether present or future, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise.




1.2    Governing Law


This Subordinated Promissory Note shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.  The Subordinated Creditor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United States federal courts sitting in Southern District of the State of New York, without prejudice to the rights of the Senior Lenders to take proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
1.3    Severability


If any provision of this Subordinated Promissory Note shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction or the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Subordinated Promissory Note.
SECTION 2
POSTPONEMENT AND SUBORDINATION OF PAYMENT


2.1    General Postponement and Subordination


Except as specifically provided for in Section 3:
		
	(f)
	the Subordinated Indebtedness shall be and is hereby expressly postponed and made subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of the Senior Indebtedness and termination of the Commitments as defined in the Credit Agreements; and




		
	(g)
	during the continuation of any Default under the Credit Agreements, the Subordinated Creditor shall not accept, and the Maker shall not make, any repayment, prepayment or other satisfaction of all or any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness (whether in cash, property or securities) prior to the payment in full in cash of the Senior Indebtedness and termination of the Commitments.




2.2    Priority of Senior Indebtedness on Dissolution or Insolvency


In the event of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, readjustment, reorganization, bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceedings (a “Proceeding”) relating to the Maker, or any of its property (whether voluntary or involuntary, partial or complete), or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Maker, the Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full in cash before the Subordinated Creditor shall be entitled to receive or retain any payment or distribution in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness.  In such event, in order to implement the foregoing, but subject always to the provisions of Section 7.1(a):


		
	(h)
	the Subordinated Creditor shall promptly file a claim or claims, in the form required in such proceedings, for the full outstanding amount of the Subordinated Indebtedness, and shall cause said claim or claims to be approved and all payments and other distributions in respect thereof to be made directly to the Senior Lenders, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the Senior Indebtedness held by each of them; 





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	(i)
	the Subordinated Creditor hereby irrevocably agrees that the Senior Lenders may, at their sole discretion, in the name of the Subordinated Creditor or otherwise, demand, sue for, collect, receive and receipt for any and all such payments or distributions, and any such receipts shall be distributed to the Senior Lenders according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the respective Senior Indebtedness held by them, and file, prove and vote or consent in any Proceeding with respect to any and all claims of the Subordinated Creditor relating to the Subordinated Indebtedness;




		
	(j)
	In any bankruptcy or other Proceeding in respect of the Maker, the Subordinated Creditor shall not, unless otherwise agreed by the Senior Lenders, (i) file any motion, application or other pleading seeking affirmative relief, including without limitation for the appointment of a trustee or examiner, for the conversion of the case to a liquidation proceeding, for the substantive consolidation of the Maker’s bankruptcy case with the case of any other entity, for the creation of a separate official committee representing only the Subordinated Creditor or any other form of affirmative relief of any other kind or nature, or (ii) file any objection or other responsive pleading opposing any relief requested by any Senior Lender; and




		
	(k)
	The Subordinated Creditor shall execute and deliver to the Senior Lenders or their representatives such further proofs of claim, assignments of claim and other instruments confirming the authorization referred to in the foregoing clause (b), and any powers of attorney confirming the rights of the Senior Lenders arising hereunder, and shall take such other actions as may be requested by the Senior Lenders or their representatives in order to enable the Senior Lenders or their representatives to enforce any and all claims in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness.




2.3    Payments Held in Trust 


If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Subordinated Promissory Note, any payment or distribution of any character (whether in cash, securities, or other property) or any security shall be received by the Subordinated Creditor in contravention of the terms of this Subordinated Promissory Note, such payment, distribution or security shall not be commingled with any asset of the Subordinated Creditor, shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered or transferred to, the Senior Lenders, or their representatives, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the  Senior Indebtedness held by each of them, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness then remaining unpaid, until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full.
2.4    Payment in Full on Senior Indebtedness


For purposes of this Subordinated Promissory Note, the Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been paid in full until the Senior Lenders shall have received full payment of the Senior Indebtedness in cash and all Commitments of the Senior Lenders under the Credit Agreements shall have irrevocably terminated.  
2.5    Application of Payments


All payments and distributions received by the Senior Lenders in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness, to the extent received in or converted into cash, may be applied by the Senior Lenders first to the payment of any and all expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) paid or incurred by them or their representatives in enforcing this Subordinated Promissory Note, or in endeavoring to collect or realize upon any of the Subordinated Indebtedness or any collateral security therefor, and any balance thereof shall, solely as between the Subordinated Creditor and the Senior Lenders, be applied by the Senior Lenders in such order of application as the Senior Lenders may from time to time select, toward the payment of the Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid.

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SECTION 3
PERMITTED PAYMENTS


3.1    Permitted Payments


At any time other than during the continuation of a Default under the Credit Agreements, the Subordinated Creditor shall, subject to Section 2.2, be entitled to receive payments on account of any Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness.
SECTION 4
SUBROGATION


4.1    Restriction on Subrogation


The Subordinated Creditor shall not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation or contribution under this Subordinated Promissory Note, as a result of any payment made hereunder or otherwise, until the Subordination Terms (as defined in Section 7 below) of the Subordinated Promissory Note have ceased to be effective in accordance with Section 7.1(a).
4.2    Transfer by Subrogation


If (a) the Senior Lenders or their representatives receive payment of any of the Subordinated Indebtedness, (b) the Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash and (c) there are no further Commitments outstanding under the Credit Agreements, then the Senior Lenders will each, at the Subordinated Creditor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to the Subordinated Creditor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty (except as to their right to transfer such Senior Indebtedness and related security free of encumbrances created by the Senior Lenders), necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Subordinated Creditor of an interest in its Senior Indebtedness and any security held therefor resulting from such payment of the Subordinated Indebtedness to the Senior Lenders.
SECTION 5
DEALINGS WITH MAKER


5.1    Restriction on Dealings by Subordinated Creditor


Except with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Subordinated Creditor shall not commence, or join with any other Person in commencing, any Proceeding respecting the Maker or any Subsidiary of the Maker.
5.2    Permitted Dealings by Senior Lenders


Notwithstanding anything in this Subordinated Promissory Note, the Subordinated Creditor acknowledges each of the Senior Lenders shall be entitled to:
		
	(a)
	lend monies or otherwise extend credit or accommodations to the Maker as part of the Senior Indebtedness or otherwise;




		
	(b)
	agree to any change in, amendment to, waiver of, or departure from, any term of the Credit Agreements or any other Loan Document including, without limitation, any amendment, renewal or extension of such agreement or increase in the payment obligations of the Maker under any such Loan Documents;




		
	(c)
	grant time, renewals, extensions, releases, discharges or other indulgences or forbearances to the Maker in respect of the Senior Indebtedness;



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	(d)
	waive timely and strict compliance with or refrain from exercising any rights under or relating to the Senior Indebtedness;




		
	(e)
	accept or make any compositions, arrangements, plans of reorganization or compromises with any Person as any of the Senior Lenders may deem appropriate in connection with the Senior Indebtedness;




		
	(f)
	change, whether by addition, substitution, removal, succession, assignment, grant of participation, transfer or otherwise, any of the Senior Lenders;




		
	(g)
	acquire, give up, vary, exchange, release, discharge or otherwise deal with or fail to deal with any security interests, guaranties or collateral relating to any Senior Indebtedness, this Subordinated Promissory Note or any other Loan Document or allow the Maker or any other Person to deal with the property which is subject to such security interests, guaranties or collateral, all as the Senior Lenders may deem appropriate; and/or




		
	(h)
	abstain from taking, protecting, securing, registering, filing, recording, renewing, perfecting, insuring or realizing upon any security interests, guaranties or collateral for any Senior Indebtedness; and no loss in respect of any of the security interests or guaranties received or held for and on behalf of the Senior Lenders, whether occasioned by fault, omission of negligence of any kind, whether of the Senior Lenders or otherwise, shall in any way limit or impair the liability of the Subordinated Creditor or the rights of the Senior Lenders under this Subordinated Promissory Note;




all of which may be done without notice to or consent of the Subordinated Creditor and without impairing, releasing or otherwise affecting any rights or obligations of the Subordinated Creditor hereunder or any rights of the Senior Lenders hereunder.
SECTION 6
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


6.1    Representations and Warranties


The Subordinated Creditor hereby represents and warrants to the Senior Lenders that:
		
	(a)
	the Subordinated Creditor is duly incorporated, formed, organized or amalgamated, as the case may be, and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, formation, organization or amalgamation, as the case may be;




		
	(b)
	the Subordinated Creditor has all necessary power and authority to enter into this Subordinated Promissory Note;




		
	(c)
	the Subordinated Creditor has taken all necessary action to authorize the creation, execution, delivery and performance of this Subordinated Promissory Note;




		
	(d)
	this Subordinated Promissory Note constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Subordinated Creditor, enforceable against the Subordinated Creditor in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general equity principles; and




		
	(e)
	neither the execution and delivery of this Subordinated Promissory Note, nor compliance with the terms and conditions hereof (i) will result in a violation of the organizational or constituent documents of the Subordinated Creditor or any resolutions passed by the board of directors, managers, general partner or shareholders of the Subordinated Creditor or any applicable law, order, judgment, injunction, award or decree; (ii) will result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any loan agreement, 



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indenture, trust deed or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Subordinated Creditor is a party or by which its or its assets are bound; or (iii) requires any approval or consent of any governmental authority having jurisdiction except such as have already been obtained and are in full force and effect.


SECTION 7
CONTINUING SUBORDINATION


7.1    Continuing Subordination; Reinstatement


The provisions of Sections 1 through 8 of the Subordinated Promissory Note (collectively, the “Subordination Terms”) shall create a continuing subordination and shall:


		
	(a)
	remain in full force and effect until the Senior Lenders have received payment in cash of the full amount of the Senior Indebtedness and no further Commitments are outstanding under the Credit Agreements; provided however, that Section 5.2(b) shall remain in effect until 91 days after such time;




		
	(b)
	be binding upon the Subordinated Creditor and its successors and assigns; and




		
	(c)
	inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Senior Lenders, to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Senior Lenders and their successors and assigns for their benefit and for the benefit of any other Person entitled to the benefit of any Loan Documents from time to time, including any permitted assignee of some or all of the Loan Documents.




Subordinated Creditor agrees that following such termination of the Subordination Terms, the Subordination Terms shall be automatically reinstated if for any reason any payment made on the Senior Indebtedness is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any Senior Lender, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.
7.2    Other Obligations not Affected


The subordination provided for herein is in addition to and not in substitution for any other agreement or any other security by whomsoever given or at any time held by any of the Senior Lenders in respect of the Senior Indebtedness, and the Senior Lenders shall at all times have the right to proceed against or realize upon all or any portion of any other agreement or any security or any other monies or assets to which the Senior Lenders may become entitled or have a claim in such order and in such manner as the Senior Lenders in their sole discretion may deem appropriate.
SECTION 8
GENERAL PROVISIONS


8.1    Notices


All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be given in the form and manner prescribed by Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreements.  All such notices to the Subordinated Creditor may be given to the Borrowers on behalf of the Subordinated Creditor and shall be sufficiently delivered if so given.


8.2    Amendments and Waivers


		
	(a)
	No provision of this Subordinated Promissory Note may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated orally nor may any breach of any of the provisions of this Subordinated Promissory Note be waived or discharged orally, and any such amendment, waiver, discharge or termination may only be made 



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in writing signed by the Senior Lenders (or their administrative agent), and if such amendment is intended to bind the Subordinated Creditor, by the Subordinated Creditor.


		
	(b)
	No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof unless specifically waived in writing, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.




		
	(c)
	Any waiver of any provision of this Subordinated Promissory Note or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given and shall not in any way be or be construed as a waiver of any future requirement.




8.3    Assignment by Lenders


The Subordinated Creditor acknowledges and agrees that each of the Senior Lenders shall have the right to assign and participate all or any portion of its rights and benefits under the Loan Documents (including their rights hereunder) pursuant to an assignment or participation that complies with the applicable provisions of the applicable Credit Agreements.  Such provisions of the Credit Agreements require consent of the Maker in the circumstances and instances therein described, and the Subordinated Creditor acknowledges that the Senior Lenders shall not be required to obtain a separate consent of the Subordinated Creditor. This Subordinated Promissory Note shall extend to and inure to the benefit of each of the Senior Leaders and their respective successors and permitted assigns.


8.4    Assignment and Certain Other Actions by Subordinated Creditor


Until payment in full of the Senior Indebtedness, the Subordinated Creditor shall not, without the prior written consent of the Senior Lenders (acting through their administrative agents), (a) accelerate the maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness to a date that is earlier than six (6) months after the Maturity Date as defined in the Credit Agreements; (b) take any collateral security or guarantees for any Subordinated Indebtedness; or (c) sell, assign, transfer, endorse, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of the Subordinated Indebtedness, unless the Subordinated Creditor gives the Administrative Agent written notice thereof and such sale, transfer, endorsement, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition is made expressly subject to this Subordinated Promissory Note and the assignee or transferee agrees in writing with the Administrative Agent as defined in the Credit Agreements to be bound by the Subordination Terms of this Subordinated Promissory Note. 


8.5    Further Assurances


The Subordinated Creditor shall, at the request of the Senior Lenders but at the expense of the Subordinated Creditor, do all such further acts and things and execute and deliver all such further documents as the Administrative Agent or the Senior Lenders may reasonably require in order to fully perform and carry out the Subordinations Terms of this Subordinated Promissory Note.


8.6    Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury


BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, SUBORDINATED CREDITOR EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND SUBORDINATED CREDITOR HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Maker has caused this Subordinated Promissory Note to be executed by its duly authorized representative(s) as of the date first above written.
	
		
	QUESTAR CORPORATION

	 
	 

	By:
	 

	 
	Name:

	 
	Title:




 





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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned, the Subordinated Creditor, hereby acknowledges the terms of the above Subordinated Promissory Note and covenants for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness not to participate in any violation thereof.
[QUESTAR CORPORATION] or [Name of applicable Restricted Subsidiary] 
	
		
	QUESTAR CORPORATION

	 
	 

	By:
	 

	 
	Name:

	 
	Title:







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EXHIBIT G-1
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 Term Loan Agreement dated as of February 24, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Questar Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and each lender from time to time party thereto.  
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments. 


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




	
		
	[NAME OF LENDER]

	By:
	 

	 
	Name:  

	 
	Title:  




Date: ________ __, 20[  ]



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EXHIBIT G-2
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 Term Loan Agreement dated as of February 24, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Questar Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and each lender from time to time party thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code].
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.


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




	
		
	[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

	By:
	 

	 
	Name:  

	 
	Title:  




Date: ________ __, 20[  ]



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EXHIBIT G-3
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)


Reference is hereby made to the Term Loan Agreement dated as of February 24, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Questar Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and each lender from time to time party thereto.  
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code. 
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.


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




	
		
	[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

	By:
	 

	 
	Name:  

	 
	Title:  




Date: ________ __, 20[  ]



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EXHIBIT G-4
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)


Reference is hereby made to the Term Loan Agreement dated as of February 24, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Questar Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and each lender from time to time party thereto.  
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit 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 Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.


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






	
		
	[NAME OF LENDER]

	By:
	 

	 
	Name:  

	 
	Title:  




Date: ________ __, 20[  ]



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