EX-10.1


  FINANCING AGREEMENT

  Dated as of June 13, 2022

  by and among

  SPIRE GLOBAL, INC.,
as Borrower,

  AND EACH SUBSIDIARY OF THE BORROWER
LISTED AS A GUARANTOR ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO,
as Guarantors,

  THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as Lenders,

  and

  BLUE TORCH FINANCE LLC,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

   

   

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  Table of Contents

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	Article I DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN TERMS
	1

	Section 1.01
	Definitions
	1

	Section 1.02
	Terms Generally
	54

	Section 1.03
	Certain Matters of Construction
	54

	Section 1.04
	Accounting and Other Terms
	55

	Section 1.05
	Time References
	56

	Section 1.06
	Rates
	56

	Section 1.07
	Obligation to Make Payments in Dollars
	57

	Article II THE LOANS
	58

	Section 2.01
	Commitments
	58

	Section 2.02
	Making the Loans
	59

	Section 2.03
	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
	60

	Section 2.04
	Interest
	61

	Section 2.05
	Reduction of Commitment; Prepayment of Loans
	62

	Section 2.06
	Fees
	65

	Section 2.07
	Term SOFR Option
	67

	Section 2.08
	Compensation for Losses
	67

	Section 2.09
	Taxes
	68

	Section 2.10
	Increased Costs and Reduced Return
	71

	Section 2.11
	Issues with SOFR Rate Option
	72

	Section 2.12
	Benchmark Replacement Setting
	74

	Article III [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	75

	Article IV APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS; DEFAULTING LENDERS; JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY OF BORROWERS
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	Section 4.01
	Payments; Computations and Statements
	75

	Section 4.02
	Sharing of Payments
	76

	Section 4.03
	Apportionment of Payments
	77

	Section 4.04
	Defaulting Lenders
	78

	Section 4.05
	Administrative Borrower; Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers
	79

	Article V CONDITIONS TO LOANS
	80

	Section 5.01
	Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness
	80

	Section 5.02
	Conditions Precedent to All Loans
	84

	Section 5.03
	Conditions Subsequent to Effectiveness
	85

	Article VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	86

	Section 6.01
	Representations and Warranties
	86

	Article VII COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES AND OTHER COLLATERAL MATTERS
	94

	Section 7.01
	Affirmative Covenants
	94

	Section 7.02
	Negative Covenants
	105

	Section 7.03
	Financial Covenants
	110

	Article VIII CASH MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND OTHER COLLATERAL MATTERS
	112

	Section 8.01
	Cash Management Arrangements
	112

	Article IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	113

	Section 9.01
	Events of Default
	113

	Section 9.02
	Cure Right
	116

	Article X AGENTS
	116

	Section 10.01
	Appointment
	116

	Section 10.02
	Nature of Duties; Delegation
	117

	Section 10.03
	Rights, Exculpation, Etc.
	118

	Section 10.04
	Reliance
	119

	Section 10.05
	Indemnification
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	Section 10.06
	Agents Individually
	119

	Section 10.07
	Successor Agent
	120

	Section 10.08
	Collateral Matters
	120

	Section 10.09
	Agency for Perfection
	122

	Section 10.10
	No Reliance on any Agent’s Customer Identification Program
	122

	Section 10.11
	No Third Party Beneficiaries
	123

	Section 10.12
	No Fiduciary Relationship
	123

	Section 10.13
	Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers
	123

	Section 10.14
	Collateral Custodian
	124

	Section 10.15
	[Reserved]
	124

	Section 10.16
	[Reserved]
	124

	Section 10.17
	Collateral Agent May File Proofs of Claim
	124

	Section 10.18
	Erroneous Distribution
	125

	Article XI GUARANTY
	125

	Section 11.01
	Guaranty
	125

	Section 11.02
	Guaranty Absolute
	125

	Section 11.03
	Waiver
	126

	Section 11.04
	Continuing Guaranty; Assignments
	127

	Section 11.05
	Subrogation
	127

	Section 11.06
	Contribution
	127

	Article XII MISCELLANEOUS
	128

	Section 12.01
	Notices, Etc.
	128

	Section 12.02
	Amendments, Etc.
	130

	Section 12.03
	No Waiver; Remedies, Etc.
	132

	Section 12.04
	Expenses; Taxes; Attorneys’ Fees
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	Section 12.05
	Right of Set-off
	134

	Section 12.06
	Severability
	134

	Section 12.07
	Assignments and Participations
	134

	Section 12.08
	Counterparts
	138

	Section 12.09
	Governing Law
	138

	Section 12.10
	Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process and Venue
	138

	Section 12.11
	Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc.
	139

	Section 12.12
	Consent by the Agents and Lenders
	139

	Section 12.13
	No Party Deemed Drafter
	140

	Section 12.14
	Reinstatement; Certain Payments
	140

	Section 12.15
	Indemnification; Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages
	140

	Section 12.16
	Records
	141

	Section 12.17
	Binding Effect
	141

	Section 12.18
	Highest Lawful Rate
	141

	Section 12.19
	Confidentiality
	142

	Section 12.20
	Public Disclosure
	143

	Section 12.21
	Integration
	143

	Section 12.22
	USA PATRIOT Act
	144

	Section 12.23
	Judgment Currency
	144

	Section 12.24
	Waiver of Immunity
	144

	Section 12.25
	English Language
	145



   

   

   

   

   

  			
	 
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  SCHEDULE AND EXHIBITS

  Schedule 1.01(A)	Lenders and Lenders’ Commitments

  Schedule 1.01(C)	Foreign Loan Documents

  Schedule 5.03	Post-Closing Foreign Loan Document Obligations 

   

   

  Exhibit A	Form of Joinder Agreement

  Exhibit B	Form of Assignment and Acceptance

  Exhibit C	Form of Notice of Borrowing

  Exhibit D	Form of Term SOFR Notice

  Exhibit E	Form of Compliance Certificate

  Exhibit F	Key Performance Indicators

  Exhibit 2.09(d)  	Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

   

   

   

  			
	 
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  FINANCING AGREEMENT

  Financing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022, by and among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Borrower” hereunder, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each subsidiary of any Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto (together with each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” hereunder, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party hereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”), Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Blue Torch”), as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and Blue Torch, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent” and together with the Collateral Agent, each an “Agent” and collectively, the “Agents”).

  RECITALS

  The Borrowers have asked the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrowers consisting of a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $120,000,000.  The proceeds of the term loans shall be used in accordance with Section 6.01(s).  The Lenders are severally, and not jointly, willing to extend such credit to the Borrowers subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

  In consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

  Article I
DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN TERMS

  Section 1.01	Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings indicated below:

  “13-Week Cash Flow” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.01(a)(vi).

  “Account Debtor” means, with respect to any Person, each debtor, customer or obligor in any way obligated on or in connection with any Account of such Person.

  “Acquisition” means the acquisition (whether by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) of all of the Equity Interests of any Person or all or substantially all of the assets of (or any division or business line of) any Person.

  “Action” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.12.

  “Additional Amount” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.09(a).

   

  			
	 
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  “Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided, further, that if Adjusted Term SOFR determined as provided above shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

  “Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.

  “Administrative Agent’s Accounts” means one or more accounts designated by the Administrative Agent at a bank designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time as the accounts into which the Loan Parties shall make all payments to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

  “Administrative Borrower” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4.05.

  “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.  For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Agent or any Lender be considered an “Affiliate” of any Loan Party.

  “Agent” and “Agents” have the respective meanings specified therefor in the preamble hereto.

  “Agreement” means this Financing Agreement, including all amendments, modifications and supplements and any exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall refer to the Agreement as the same may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative.

  “Annualized Recurring Revenue” means, as of the last day of any fiscal month, the product of (a) Contracted Recurring Revenue for such month multiplied by (b) twelve; provided that Annualized Recurring Revenue calculated pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed the amount of annual recurring revenue reported by the Administrative Borrower in its publicly filed financial statements for such period.

  “Anti-Corruption Laws” means all Requirements of Law concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada); the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46; The Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, S.C. 2000, c. 17; the United Nations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.U-2 including the Suppression of Terrorism and the United Nations Act, in each case as amended, and the anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and regulations of those jurisdictions in which the Loan Parties do business.

   

  			
	 
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  “Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means all Requirements of Law concerning or relating to terrorism or money laundering, including, without limitation, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. §§ 1956-1957), the USA PATRIOT Act and the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act,” 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5332 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and §§ 1951-1959) and the rules and regulations thereunder, and any law prohibiting or directed against the financing or support of terrorist activities (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A and 2339B) and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) and the regulations thereunder.

  “Applicable Margin” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to the interest rate of (a) any Reference Rate Loan or any portion thereof, 7.0% per annum or (b) any Term SOFR Loan or any portion thereof, 8.0% per annum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Margin shall be set at the applicable rate set forth in clause (a) above upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default.

  “Applicable Premium” means

  (a)	as of the date of the occurrence of an Applicable Premium Trigger Event specified in clause (b),(c) or (d) or (e) of the definition thereof:

  (i)	during the period from and after the Effective Date up to and including the date that is the first anniversary of the Effective Date (the "First Period"), an amount equal to the Make-Whole Amount plus an amount equal to 3.00% times the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding on the date of such Applicable Premium Trigger Event;

  (ii)	during the period after the First Period up to and including the date that is the second anniversary of the Effective Date (the "Second Period"), an amount equal to 2.00% times the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding on the date of such Applicable Premium Trigger Event; 

  (iii)	during the period after the Second Period up to and including the date that is the third anniversary of the Effective Date, an amount equal to 1.00% times the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding on the date of such Applicable Premium Trigger Event; and

  (iv)	thereafter, zero;

  (b)	[reserved]; and

  (c)	[reserved].

  “Applicable Premium Trigger Event” means

  (a)	[reserved];

  (b)	any payment by any Loan Party of all, or any part, of the principal balance of the Term Loan for any reason (including, without limitation, any optional prepayment or 

   

  			
	 
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  mandatory prepayment whether before or after (i) the occurrence of an Event of Default, or (ii) the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, and notwithstanding any acceleration (for any reason) of the Obligations) other than payments due under Sections 2.05(c)(i) or 2.05(c)(iv);

  (c)	the acceleration of the Obligations for any reason, including, without limitation, acceleration in accordance with Section 9.01, including as a result of the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding;

  (d)	the satisfaction, release, payment, restructuring, reorganization, replacement, reinstatement, defeasance or compromise of any of the Obligations in any Insolvency Proceeding, foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding or otherwise) or deed in lieu of foreclosure or the making of a distribution of any kind in any Insolvency Proceeding to any Agent, for the account of the Lenders in full or partial satisfaction of the Obligations; or

  (e)	the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

  “Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by an assigning Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent (and the Collateral Agent, if applicable), in accordance with Section 12.07 hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto or such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

  “Authorized Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or other financial officer performing similar functions, president, executive vice president of such Person or any manager (gérant) of any Lux Loan Party.

  “Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.12(d).

  “Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time and any successor statute or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

  “Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.12(a).

   

  			
	 
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  “Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

  “Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

  “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Reference Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.08 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

  “Benchmark Replacement Date” means a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent, which date shall be no later than the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

  (a)	in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced 

   

  			
	 
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  therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

  (b)	in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

  For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

  “Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

  (a)	a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

  (b)	a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

  (c)	a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.

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  set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

  “Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.12 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.12.

  “Blue Torch” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.

  “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

  “Board of Directors” means with respect to (a) any corporation, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership, (c) a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee or board of directors of such company or the sole member or the managing member thereof, and (d) any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

  “Borrower” and “Borrowers” have the respective meanings specified therefor in the preamble hereto.

  “Borrowing” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Loans made to or for the benefit of the Borrower on the same day by the Lenders pursuant to Article II.

  “Business Day” any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required to close or, in the case of a Lux Loan Party, any day on which commercial banks in Luxembourg are authorized or required to close or, in the case of a Scottish Loan Party, any day on which commercial banks in London and Edinburgh are authorized or required to close.

  “Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan” means any Canadian Pension Plan which contains a “defined benefit provision” as defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

  “Canadian Employee Benefit Plan” means any plan providing benefits to employees or former employees of a Loan Party employed in Canada to which a Loan Party is a party to or bound by or to which any Loan Party has an obligation to contribute relating to the provision of retirement benefits, post-employment or post-retirement benefits, life or accident insurance, hospitalization, health, medical or dental treatment or expenses, disability, employment insurance benefits, vacation pay, severance or termination pay or other employee benefits. 

  “Canadian Loan Parties” means any Loan Party incorporated, formed or organized under the laws of Canada or any Province or Territory of  Canada.

   

  			
	 
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  “Canadian Pension Plan” means a “registered pension plan” as such term is defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada).

  “Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of (a) the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that in accordance with GAAP are or should be included in “property, plant and equipment” or in a similar fixed asset account on its balance sheet, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed, including all Capitalized Lease Obligations, obligations under synthetic leases and capitalized software costs that are paid or due and payable during such period and (b) to the extent not covered by clause (a) above, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period to acquire by purchase or otherwise the business or fixed assets of, or the Equity Interests of, any other Person; provided, that the term “Capital Expenditures” shall not include any such expenditures which constitute (i) expenditures by a Loan Party made in connection with the replacement, substitution or restoration of such Loan Party’s assets pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(vi) from the Net Cash Proceeds of Dispositions and Extraordinary Receipts consisting of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, (ii) expenditures financed with the proceeds received from the sale or issuance of Equity Interests to a Person permitted under this Agreement so long as such proceeds are not commingled with any Loan Party’s funds and are deposited in an account subject to a Control Agreement and used exclusively to fund such expenditures, (iii) expenditures to purchase assets constituting an on-going business, including Permitted Acquisitions, (iv) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such Person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding any Loan Party) and for which no Loan Party has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period), and (v) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time.

  “Capitalized Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property by such Person as lessee that is required under GAAP to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.

  “Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, obligations of such Person and its Subsidiaries under Capitalized Leases, and, for purposes hereof, the amount of any such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

  “Cash Equivalents” means (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case, maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof; (b) commercial paper, maturing not more than 270 days after the date of issue rated P 1 by Moody’s or A 1 by Standard & Poor’s; (c) certificates of deposit maturing not more than 270 days after the date of issue, issued by commercial banking institutions and money market or demand deposit accounts maintained at commercial banking institutions, each of which is a member of the Federal Reserve System and has a combined capital and surplus 

   

  			
	 
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  and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (d) repurchase agreements having maturities of not more than 90 days from the date of acquisition which are entered into with major money center banks included in the commercial banking institutions described in clause (c) above and which are secured by readily marketable direct obligations of the United States Government or any agency thereof; (e) money market accounts maintained with mutual funds having assets in excess of $2,500,000,000, which assets are primarily comprised of Cash Equivalents described in another clause of this definition; (f) marketable tax exempt securities rated A or higher by Moody’s or A+ or higher by Standard & Poor’s, in each case, maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and (g) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, cash and cash equivalents that are substantially equivalent in such jurisdiction to those described in clauses (a) through (f) above in respect of each country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

  “Cash Management Accounts” means the bank accounts of each Loan Party maintained at one or more Cash Management Banks listed on Schedule 8.01, as may be amended or updated from time to time in accordance with Section 8.01.

  “Cash Management Bank” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 8.01(a).

  “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, judicial ruling, judgment 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, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy 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 shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

  “Change of Control” means each occurrence of any of the following:

  (a)	[reserved];

  (b)	an event or series of events by which any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d‐3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Borrower’s outstanding Equity Interests ordinarily having the right to vote at an election of directors;

  (c)	[reserved]; or

   

  			
	 
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  (d)	the Administrative Borrower  shall cease to have beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 100% of the aggregate voting or economic power of the Equity Interests of each of its Subsidiaries (other than in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(c)(i) and other than director qualifying shares or other nominal ownership requirements required under applicable law in respect of any Foreign Subsidiary), free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Specified Liens).

  “Collateral” means all of the property and assets and all interests therein and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted by such Person as security for all or any part of the Obligations.

  “Collateral Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.

  “Collateral Agent Advances” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.08(a).

  “Collections” means all cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment (including insurance proceeds, proceeds of cash sales, rental proceeds, and tax refunds).

  “Commitments” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.

  “Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

  “Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, duly executed by an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower.

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

   

  “Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period:

  (a)	the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period,

  plus

  (b)	without duplication, the sum of the following amounts for such period to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period:

  (i)	any provision for federal income taxes or other taxes measured by income, profits or capital,

  (ii)	Consolidated Net Interest Expense,

   

  			
	 
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  (iii)	any loss from extraordinary items (as defined under GAAP prior to FASB Account Standards Update No. 2015-01),

  (iv)	any depreciation and amortization expense,

  (v)	any aggregate net loss on the Disposition of property (other than accounts and Inventory) outside the ordinary course of business, 

  (vi) 	any fees, charges, losses, costs and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with or related to any acquisition (including any Permitted Acquisition), Restricted Payment, Investment, recapitalization, asset sale, issuance, incurrence, registration or repayment or modification of Indebtedness, issuance or offering of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment, negotiation, forbearance, extension, modification or waiver in respect of the documentation relating to any such transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, (1) any fees, expenses, or charges related to the incurrence or issuance, as applicable, of the Loans hereunder and all fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the negotiation or  entering into of the Loan Documents, and (2) any amendment, modification or waiver in respect of any Loan Documents or, in each case, the loans provided thereunder, or any other Indebtedness), 

  (vii)	director fees and expenses, severance, recruiting, retention and relocation costs, charges and expenses, 

  (viii)	(A) the amount of pro forma “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, and other expense reductions and synergies, net of actual cost savings realized during such period (collectively, the “Cost Savings”), projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from any operating improvements, restructuring transactions, cost saving initiatives, or other operational changes or initiatives of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, in each case which Cost Savings are reasonably identifiable, reasonably attributable to the relevant transaction or initiative, and reasonably anticipated by the Borrower in good faith to be realized within 6 months after the relevant transaction or initiative, and solely to the extent that the actions in respect of such transaction or initiative that are anticipated to result in such Cost Savings have been taken or initiated (or substantial steps in respect thereof have been taken or initiated) during or before the period in respect of which such amount is being added back under this clause (A); provided that the aggregate amount of add-backs and adjustments made pursuant to this clause (A) shall not exceed 5% of Consolidated EBITDA in any period (determined before giving effect to any add-backs and adjustments made pursuant to this clause (A) in such period); and (B) costs, expenses, charges, reserves or losses incurred in connection with the undertaking of any restructuring, integration or business optimization initiative or operative improvement (including related to Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder and adjustments to existing reserves); provided that the aggregate amount of add-backs and adjustments made pursuant to this clause (B) shall not exceed 5% of Consolidated EBITDA in any period (determined before giving effect to any add-backs and adjustments made pursuant to this clause (B) in such period), 

  (ix) 	charges, losses or expenses to the extent paid for, reimbursed, or indemnified by a Person other than the Administrative Borrower or its Subsidiaries (or reasonably 

   

  			
	 
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  expected to be so paid, reimbursed, or indemnified), but only to the extent that such amount is (a) not denied by the applicable insurance carrier or indemnifying party in writing within 180 days and (b) in fact reimbursed within one (1) year after the end of such period (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so paid or reimbursed within one (1) year), 

  (x)	all losses (i) upon any sale, abandonment or other disposition of any asset of Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower that is not sold, abandoned or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by Administrative Borrower) and (ii) from disposed, abandoned, divested and/or discontinued assets, properties or operations and/or discontinued operations (other than, at the option of the Administrative Borrower, assets or properties pending the divestiture or termination thereof),

  (xi) 	payments by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period in respect of purchase price holdbacks, earn-outs and other contingent obligations and long-term liabilities of Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness),

  (xii) 	realized foreign exchange losses resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets or liabilities on the balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries,

  (xiii)	unrealized net losses resulting from changes in the fair market value of any non-speculative Hedging Agreements and losses, charges and expenses attributable to the early extinguishment or conversion of Indebtedness, Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing expenses written off and premiums paid),

   

  (xiv)	costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance, listing fees and all executive, legal and professional fees related to the foregoing,

  (xv)	litigation and settlement expense, and

  (xvi)	any other non-cash expenditure, charge or loss for such period,  (other than any non-cash expenditure, charge or loss relating to write-offs, write-downs or reserves with respect to accounts and Inventory),

  minus

  (c)	without duplication, the sum of the following amounts for such period to the extent included in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income for such period:

  (i)	any credit for income taxes or other taxes measured by net income,

  (ii)	any gain from extraordinary items (as defined under GAAP prior to FASB Account Standards Update No. 2015-01),

   

  			
	 
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  (iii)	any aggregate net income from the Disposition of property (other than accounts and Inventory) outside the ordinary course of business, and

  (iv)	any other non-cash gain, excluding any non-cash gains which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; provided that, to the extent non-cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (c)(iv) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts in respect of such non-cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein;

  in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.   Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated, including pro forma adjustments, in accordance with Section 1.08

  	Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA for any period shall be calculated as to exclude (without duplication) the effect of any purchase accounting adjustments.

  “Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that the following shall be excluded:  (a) the net income of any other Person in which such Person or one of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third-party (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be consolidated into the net income of such Person), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid to such Person or Subsidiary, (b) effects of adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting, and (c) subject to Section 1.08, the net income of any other Person arising prior to such other Person becoming a Subsidiary of such Person or merging or consolidating into such Person or its Subsidiaries.

  “Consolidated Net Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) gross interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation, (i) all commissions, discounts, and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances and (ii) capitalized interest to the extent paid in cash, less (b) (i) interest income for such period and (ii) gains for such period on Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in interest income above and to the extent not deducted in the calculation of gross interest expense), plus (c) the sum of (i) losses for such period on Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in gross interest expense) and (ii) the upfront costs or fees for such period associated with Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in gross interest expense), in each case, determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

  “Contingent Indemnity Obligations” means any Obligation constituting a contingent, unliquidated indemnification obligation of any Loan Party, in each case, to the extent (a) such obligation has not accrued and is not yet due and payable and (b) no claim has been made or is reasonably anticipated to be made with respect thereto.

   

  			
	 
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  “Contingent Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intending to guarantee any Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of a primary obligor.

  “Contracted Recurring Revenue” shall mean, as of the last day of any fiscal month, the sum of (a) contracted subscription revenues of Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries, representing the sum of the signed contracts (solely to the extent that revenue thereunder has been recognized or will be recognized within 90 days following the initial execution thereof), (b) revenue derived from reoccurring space services contracts in pre and post space phases, and (c) revenue derived from reoccurring project based contracts related to the European Space Agency (Luxembourg and United Kingdom) when there is a multi-year binding agreement that has a renewable component in the contract, in each case of clauses (a), (b) and (c), with a term of at least one year and in effect at such date (other than for contracts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration so long as the amount of Contracted Recurring Revenue derived from such contracts shall not exceed 15% of the total amount Contracted Recurring Revenue) with, in the case of clause (a), customers for the delivery of recurring services for subscription revenue, net of any discounts, known churn, holdbacks, offsets or other similar adjustments, for the fiscal month most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.01(a); provided that the amount of Contracted Recurring Revenue derived from the contracts described in clause (c) shall not exceed 15% of the total amount Contracted Recurring Revenue.

  “Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

  “Control Agreement” means, with respect to any deposit account, any securities account, commodity account, securities entitlement or commodity contract, an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, among the Collateral Agent, the financial institution or other Person at which such account is maintained or with which such entitlement or contract is carried and the Loan Party maintaining such account, effective to grant “control” (as defined under the applicable UCC or PPSA) over such account to the Collateral Agent.

   “Cure Right” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02.

  “Current Value” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.01(m).

  “Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the 

   

  			
	 
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  Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.

  “Debtor Relief Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief law of the United States, Canada or other applicable jurisdiction from time to time in effect, including without limitation the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) and the Winding-up and Restructuring Act (Canada).

  “Default” means an event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

  "Defaulting Lender" means any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within 2 Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Administrative 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 conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within 2 Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Administrative Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (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 3 Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (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 Administrative 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, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, 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 permits 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 clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Administrative Borrower and each Lender.

   

  			
	 
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  “Deferred Purchase Price Obligations” means contractually committed payments in respect of deferred consideration, including, without limitation, in the form of seller financing, royalty payments, earn-outs or similar obligations, but specifically excluding any deferred compensation or other obligations paid to individual employees or consultants of the Person being acquired and not paid to all equity holders of such Person in their capacity as such.

  “Disbursement Letter” means a disbursement letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, by and among the Loan Parties, the Agents, the Lenders and the other Persons party thereto, and the related funds flow memorandum describing the sources and uses of all cash payments in connection with the transactions contemplated to occur on the Effective Date.

  “Disclosure Letter” means that certain Disclosure Letter, dated as of the Effective Date, delivered by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

  “Disposition” or “Dispose” means any transaction, or series of related transactions, pursuant to which any Person or any of its Subsidiaries sells, assigns, transfers, leases, licenses (as licensor) or otherwise disposes of any property or assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to any other Person, in each case, whether or not the consideration therefor consists of cash, securities or other assets owned by the acquiring Person.  For purposes of clarification, “Disposition” shall include (a) the sale or other disposition for value of any contracts, (b) any disposition of property through a “plan of division” under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or any comparable transaction under any similar law, or (c) the early termination or modification of any contract resulting in the receipt by any Loan Party of a cash payment or other consideration in exchange for such event (other than payments in the ordinary course for accrued and unpaid amounts due through the date of termination or modification).

  “Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and/or cash in lieu of fractional shares), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control, asset sale, fundamental change or other similar event), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and/or cash in lieu of fractional shares), in whole or in part (other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, fundamental change or other similar event), (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends or distributions in cash, or (d) is convertible into or exchangeable for (i) Indebtedness or (ii) any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests (except, in each case, as a result of a change of control, asset sale, fundamental change or other similar event), in each case of clauses (a) through (d), prior to the date that is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date at the time of issuance; provided (x) that, if such Equity Interests are issued to any plan for the benefit of any employee, officer, director, manager or consultant of Administrative Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employee, officer, director, manager or consultant, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Administrative Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory 

   

  			
	 
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  obligations or as a result of the termination, death or disability of such employee, director, manager or consultant and (y) for purposes of clause (a) through (d) above, it is understood and agreed that if any such maturity, redemption, conversion, exchange, repurchase obligation or scheduled payment is in part, only such part coming into effect prior to the date that is 91 days following the latest Final Maturity Date shall constitute Disqualified Equity Interests.

  “Dollar,” “Dollars” and the symbol “$” each means lawful money of the United States of America.

  “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state or commonwealth thereof or under the laws of the District of Columbia.

  “Effective Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 5.01.

  “Employee Plan” means an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), regardless of whether subject to ERISA, that any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains, sponsors or contributes to or is obligated to contribute to at any time during the preceding six calendar years.

  “Environmental Claim” means any action, suit, complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter or other communication, from any Person or Governmental Authority relating to or arising out of any threatened, alleged or actual (a) violation of, non-compliance with, or liability under, any Environmental Law, or (b) the manufacture, use, handling, processing, distribution, labeling, generation, transportation, storage, treatment, Release, threatened Release, disposal or arranging for the disposal of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials.

  “Environmental Law” means any Requirement of Law relating to, regulating  or governing (i) the pollution or protection of the environment, any environmental media, natural resources, human health or safety, or (ii) the manufacture, use, handling, processing, distribution, labeling, generation, transportation, storage, treatment, Release, threatened Release, disposal or arranging for the disposal of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials.

  “Environmental Liability” means all liabilities (contingent or otherwise, known or unknown), monetary obligations, losses (including monies paid in settlement), damages, natural resource damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, costs, client charges and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest arising directly or indirectly as a result of, from, or based upon (a) any Environmental Claim, (b) any actual, alleged or threatened violation of or non-compliance with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, (c) any actual, alleged or threatened Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, (d) any Remedial Action, (e) any adverse environmental condition or (f) any contract, agreement or other arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed contractually or by operation of law with respect to any of the foregoing (a)-(e).

   

  			
	 
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  “Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority arising out of any Environmental Liability.

  “Environmental Permit” means any permit, license, authorization, approval, registration or entitlement required by or issued pursuant to any Environmental Law or by any Governmental Authority pursuant to Environmental Law.

  “Equity Documents” means the Warrants, duly executed by Spire.

  “Equity Interests” means (a) all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting and (b) all securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

  “Equity Issuance” means either (a) the sale or issuance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any shares of its Equity Interests or (b) the receipt by the Administrative Borrower of any cash capital contributions.

   “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, and regulations thereunder, in each case, as in effect from time to time.  References to sections of ERISA shall be construed also to refer to any successor sections.

  “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of which such Person is a member and which would be deemed to be a “controlled group” or under “common control” within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 4001(a)(14) or 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.

  “ERISA Event” means (a) the occurrence of a Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standards of Section 412 or 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 or 303 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA) or the failure to make a contribution or installment required under Section 412 or Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (d) a determination that any Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “critical” or “endangered” status under Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of an amendment to a Pension Plan as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA; (f) the withdrawal by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to any Loan 

   

  			
	 
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  Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (g) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition that might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (h) the imposition of liability on any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069(a) of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (i) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan or the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (j) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent, upon any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates; (k) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Plan or the assets thereof, or against any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (l) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any such Pension Plan (or such other Employee Plan) to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; (m) the imposition on any Loan Party of any material fine, excise tax or penalty with respect to any Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan resulting from any noncompliance with any Requirements of Law; (n) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; or (o) the occurrence of any Foreign Plan Event.

  “Erroneous Distribution” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.18.

  “Escrow Account” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(c)(i).

  “Escrow Funds” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(c)(i).

  “EU Insolvency Regulation” means the Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast).

  “Event of Default” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 9.01.

  “Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, less (b) the sum of, without duplication, (i) all cash principal payments (excluding any principal payments made pursuant to Section 2.05(b) or Section 2.05(c)(i)) on the Loans made during such period (or following such period but prior to the applicable Excess Cash Flow Application Date), and all cash principal payments on Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement) of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries during such period (or following such period but prior to the applicable Excess Cash Flow Application Date) to the extent such other Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, and such payments are permitted to be made, under this Agreement, (ii) all Consolidated Net Interest Expense to the extent paid or payable in cash during such period, (iii) 

   

  			
	 
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  the cash portion of Capital Expenditures made by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period (or following such period but prior to the applicable Excess Cash Flow Application Date for such period) to the extent permitted to be made under this Agreement (excluding Capital Expenditures to the extent financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness or any Equity Issuance), (iv) all scheduled loan servicing fees and other similar fees in respect of Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries paid in cash during such period, to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, and such payments are permitted to be made, under this Agreement, (v) any Taxes paid in cash by such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, (vi) all cash expenses, cash charges, cash losses and other cash items that were added back in the determination of Consolidated EBITDA for such period, (vii) the aggregate amount of cash payments made in respect of Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments, or Restricted Payments during such period (or following such period but prior to the applicable Excess Cash Flow Application Date) and (viii) the excess, if any, of Working Capital at the end of such period over Working Capital at the beginning of such period (or minus the excess, if any, of Working Capital at the beginning of such period over Working Capital at the end of such period).

  “Excess Cash Flow Application Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.05(c)(i).

  “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

  “Excluded Account” means any (a) deposit account specifically and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of any Loan Party’s employees, (b) Petty Cash Accounts, (c) bona fide trust accounts, escrow accounts and fiduciary accounts (including customer reserve or deposit accounts), (d) health savings accounts and worker’s compensation accounts, (e) zero balance accounts, (f) any deposit account, securities account or commodity account maintained and used solely for the purpose of holding cash that serves as collateral or security (other than the Escrow Account), (g) any deposit account, securities account or commodity account that is located outside the United States (excluding any territory thereof), and (h) deposit accounts, securities accounts and commodity accounts exclusively used for withholding taxes, goods and services taxes, and sales taxes.

  “Excluded Prepayment Amount” shall have the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.05(g).

  “Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code owned directly or indirectly within the meaning of Section 958(a) of the Internal Revenue Code by any Loan Party that is a “United States shareholder” within the meaning of Section 951(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the dividends of which are not entitled to the dividends received deduction under Section 245A of the Internal Revenue Code; provided that immediately upon the effectiveness of any amendment of the Internal Revenue Code to allow any such Person described in this clause to guarantee the Obligations, without material adverse tax consequences to the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries, such Person shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary and (unless the Collateral Agent consents otherwise in writing), shall execute and deliver the agreements, instruments and other documents required by Section 7.01(b) and (b) any Immaterial Subsidiary.

   

  			
	 
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  “Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason not to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time the guarantee of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation.

  “Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.09, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.09(d) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

  “Executive Order No. 13224” means the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.

  “Existing Agent” means the agent in respect of the Existing Credit Facility.

  “Existing Credit Facility” means the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified and supplemented to date), by and among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the borrower, certain subsidiaries of the borrower as guarantors, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto and FP Credit Partners, L.P., in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for itself and the lenders.

  “Extraordinary Receipts” means any cash received by the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (and not consisting of proceeds described in Section 2.05(c)(ii) or (iii) hereof) in respect of (a) proceeds of insurance (other than to the extent that such insurance proceeds are (x) immediately payable to a person that is not any of the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law or with Contractual Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business or (y) received by the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as reimbursement for any out-of-pocket costs incurred or made by such Person prior to the receipt 

   

  			
	 
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  thereof related to the event resulting from the payment of such proceeds) or (b) condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof).

  “Facility” means the real property in which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries hold a fee interest identified on Schedule 1.01(B) to the Disclosure Letter and any New Facility hereafter acquired by the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the land on which each such facility is located, all buildings and other improvements thereon, and all fixtures located thereat or used in connection therewith.

  “FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

  “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal, tax or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

  “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to, for each day during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, 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 which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

  “Fee Letter” means the fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

  “Final Maturity Date” means June 13, 2026.  If such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.

  “Financial Statements” means (a) the consolidated audited financial statements of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended 2021, including balance sheets, income and cash flow statements and prepared in conformity with GAAP, and (b) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets, income and cash flow statements, for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

  “Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, as applicable. 

   

  			
	 
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  “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each year.

  “Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 1.00% per annum.

  “Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.09(d)(ii)(B).

  “Foreign Loan Documents” means each of the documents listed on Schedule 1.01(C) attached hereto.

  “Foreign Plan” means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained, sponsored or contributed to, or for which there is an obligation to contribute to, by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates that is subject to any Requirements of Laws other than, or in addition to, the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the laws of the District of Columbia, but excluding any Canadian Pension Plans. 

  “Foreign Plan Event” means, with respect to any Foreign Plan, (a) the existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any Requirement of Law, or in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from a Governmental Authority, (b) the failure to make any material required contribution or payment under any Requirement of Law within the time permitted by any Requirement of Law for such contributions or payments, (c) the receipt of a notice from a Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer any such Foreign Plan, or alleging the insolvency of any such Foreign Plan, (d) the incurrence of any material liability by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary under any law on account of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any participating employer therein, or (e) the occurrence of any transaction with respect to a Foreign Plan that is prohibited under any Requirement of Law and that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any material liability by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or the imposition on any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any material fine, excise tax or penalty with respect to a Foreign Plan resulting from any noncompliance with any Requirement of Law.

  “Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act” means the US Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (28 U.S.C. Sections 1602-1611), as amended.

  “Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

  “Funded Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date, all Indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person, determined on a consolidated basis, which by its terms matures more than one year after the date of calculation, and any such Indebtedness maturing within one year from such date which is renewable or extendable at the option of such Person to a date more than one year from such date (other than credit cards and other short-term working capital obligations), including, in any event, with respect to the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the Loans, but excluding any obligations in respect of letters of credit (other 

   

  			
	 
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  than the amount of any reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of drawn but unreimbursed for more than three (3) Business Days), letters of guaranty and bankers’ acceptances. 

  “Funding Losses” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.08.

  “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis, provided that for the purpose of Section 7.03 hereof and the definitions used therein, “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation of the Financial Statements, provided, further, that if there occurs after the date of this Agreement any change in GAAP that affects in any respect the calculation of any covenant contained in Section 7.03 hereof, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Borrower shall negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that relate to the calculation of such covenant with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and the Borrowers after such change in GAAP conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon, the covenants in Section 7.03 hereof shall be calculated as if no such change in GAAP has occurred.

  “Governing 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 or articles of association, and the operating agreement; (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture, declaration or other applicable agreement or documentation evidencing or otherwise relating to its formation or organization, governance and capitalization; and (d) with respect to any of the entities described above, any other 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.

  “Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any foreign, Federal, state, territory, provincial, city, town, municipality, county, local or other political subdivision thereof or thereto and any department, commission, board, bureau, instrumentality, agency or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

  “Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 11.01.

  “Guarantor” means (a) each Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, and (b) each other Person which guarantees, pursuant to Section 7.01(b) or otherwise, all or any part of the Obligations.

  “Guaranty” means (a) the guaranty of each Guarantor party hereto contained in Article XI hereof and (b) each other guaranty, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, made by any other Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents 

   

  			
	 
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  and the Lenders guaranteeing all or part of the Obligations on the Effective Date, pursuant to Section 5.03(d) or otherwise.

  “Hazardous Material” means any element, material, substance, waste, compound or chemical that is defined, listed or otherwise classified as a contaminant, pollutant, toxic or hazardous substance, hazardous waste, universal waste, special waste, or solid waste or is otherwise characterized by words of similar import under any Environmental Law or that is regulated under, or for which liability or standards of care are imposed, pursuant to any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, petroleum, polychlorinated biphenyls; asbestos-containing materials, lead or lead-containing materials, urea formaldehyde-containing materials, radioactive materials, radon, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and mold.

  “Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate, foreign currency, commodity or equity swap, collar, cap, floor or forward rate agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency, commodity or equity values (including, without limitation, any option with respect to any of the foregoing and any combination of the foregoing agreements or arrangements), and any confirmation executed in connection with any such agreement or arrangement.

  “Highest Lawful Rate” means, with respect to any Agent or any Lender, the maximum non-usurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Obligations under laws applicable to such Agent or such Lender which are currently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.

  “Holdout Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.02(c).

  “Illegality Notice” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(b).

  “Immaterial Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary that (i) contributed 4.0% or less of the revenues of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended period for which financial statements have been delivered, and (ii) had assets representing 4.0% or less of the total consolidated assets of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the last day of the most recently ended period for which financial statements have been delivered; provided, if at any time and from time to time after the Effective Date, Immaterial Subsidiaries comprise in the aggregate more than 10.0% of the revenues of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended period for which financial statements have been delivered or more than 10.0% of the consolidated assets of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently ended period for which financial statements have been delivered, then the Administrative Borrower shall, not later than thirty days after the date by which financial statements for such period are required to be delivered (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), designate in writing to the Administrative Agent that one or more of such Subsidiaries is no longer an Immaterial Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement to the extent required such that the foregoing condition ceases to 

   

  			
	 
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  be true.  As of the Effective Date, the Immaterial Subsidiaries are listed on Schedule 1.01(B) to the Disclosure Letter. 

  “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables or other accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business and not outstanding for more than 120 days after the date such payable was created and any earn-out, purchase price adjustment or similar obligation unless such has not been paid within 3 Business Days of the applicable due date for such payment); (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments or upon which interest payments are customarily made; (d) all reimbursement, payment or other obligations and liabilities of such Person created or arising under any conditional sales or other title retention agreement with respect to property used and/or acquired by such Person, even though the rights and remedies of the lessor, seller and/or lender thereunder may be limited to repossession or sale of such property; (e) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (f) all obligations and liabilities, including contingent obligations, , of such Person, in respect of letters of credit, acceptances and similar facilities (but only including unpaid drawings and unreimbursed payments in respect of such letters of credit, acceptances and similar facilities); (g) all net termination obligations, calculated on a basis satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or otherwise and in accordance with accepted practice, of such Person under Hedging Agreements; (h) all recourse monetary obligations under any receivables factoring, receivable sales or similar transactions and all monetary obligations under any synthetic lease, tax ownership/operating lease, off-balance sheet financing or similar financing; (i) all Contingent Obligations with respect to Indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (h) above; (j) all Disqualified Equity Interests; and (k) all obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (j) of this definition of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien upon property owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness.  The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (k) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (B) the fair market value of the property of such Person encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

  “Indemnified Matters” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.15.

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

  “Indemnitees” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.15.

  “Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of any Debtor Relief Law.

  “Intellectual Property” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.

   

  			
	 
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  “Intellectual Property Contract” means all agreements concerning Intellectual Property, including without limitation license agreements, technology consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, co-existence agreements, consent agreements and non-assertion agreements.

  “Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means an Intercompany Subordination Agreement made by the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

  “Interest Period” means, with respect to each Term SOFR Loan, a period commencing on the date of the making of such Term SOFR Loan (or the continuation of a Term SOFR Loan or the conversion of a Reference Rate Loan to a Term SOFR Loan) and ending 3 months thereafter; provided, however, that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended (subject to clauses (c)-(e) below) to the next succeeding Business Day, (b) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon the Term SOFR from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (c) any Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (d) with respect to an Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month that is 3 months after the date on which the Interest Period began, as applicable, and (e) the Borrowers may not elect an Interest Period which will end after the Final Maturity Date.

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

  “Inventory” means, with respect to any Person, all goods and merchandise of such Person leased or held for sale or lease by such Person, including, without limitation, all raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods, and all packaging, supplies and materials of every nature used or usable in connection with the shipping, storing, advertising or sale of such goods and merchandise, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and all such other property the sale or other disposition of which would give rise to an Account or cash.

  “Investment” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any investment by such Person in any other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances or other extensions of credit (excluding Accounts arising in the ordinary course of business), capital contributions or acquisitions of Indebtedness (including, any bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities), Equity Interests, or all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person), (b) the purchase or ownership of any futures contract or liability for the purchase or sale of currency or other commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract, or (c) any investment in any other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

   

  			
	 
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  “ISU” means the Investment Security Unit of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

  “Joinder Agreement” means a Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, duly executed by a Subsidiary of a Loan Party made a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.01(b).

  “Lease” means any lease, sublease or license of, or other agreement granting a possessory interest in, real property to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as lessor, lessee, sublessor, sublessee, licensor or licensee.

  “Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.

  “Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to and the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Test Period, the ratio of (a) all Funded Indebtedness of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Test Period.

  “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, pledge, lien (statutory or otherwise), security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, any Capitalized Lease and any assignment, deposit arrangement or financing lease intended as, or having the effect of, security.

  “Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of Qualified Cash as of such date.

  “Loan” means the Term Loan made by an Agent or a Lender to the Borrowers pursuant to Article II hereof.

  “Loan Account” means an account maintained hereunder by the Administrative Agent on its books of account at the Payment Office, and with respect to the Borrowers, in which the Borrowers will be charged with all Loans made to, and all other Obligations incurred by, the Borrowers.

  “Loan Document” means this Agreement, any Control Agreement, the Disbursement Letter, the Fee Letter, any Equity Document, any Guaranty, any Foreign Loan Document, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, any Joinder Agreement, any Mortgage, any Security Agreement, any Scottish Security Documents, the VCOC Management Rights Agreement, any landlord waiver, any collateral access agreement, any Perfection Certificate and any other agreement, instrument, certificate, report and other document executed and delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or otherwise evidencing or securing any Loan or any other Obligation.

   

  			
	 
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  “Loan Party” means any Borrower and any Guarantor. For the avoidance of any doubt, Spire Scotland is not a Loan Party, and need not become a Loan Party, in each case other than in accordance with section 7.01(b)(B).

  “Luxembourg Companies Law” means the Luxembourg law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended.

  “Lux Loan Party” means any Loan Party incorporated, established, organized or formed in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

  “Luxembourg Companies Register” means the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg).

  “Luxembourg Insolvency Event” means the commencement of proceedings for any of the following in relation to any Lux Loan Party incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg:

  (a)	the appointment of any juge commissaire or curateur pursuant to insolvency proceedings (faillite) under article 437 ff. of the Luxembourg Commercial Code (Code de commerce);

  (b)	suspension of payments (sursis de paiement) pursuant to article 593 of the Luxembourg Commercial Code (Code de commerce);

  (c)	the appointment of any commissaire for controlled management (gestion contrôlée) pursuant to the Grand Ducal regulation on controlled management, as amended (Arrêté grand-ducal du 24 mai 1935 complétant la législation relative aux sursis de paiement, au concordat préventif de la faillite et à la faillite par l'institution du régime de la gestion contrôlée, tel que modifié);

  (d)	a voluntary arrangement with creditors (concordat préventif de faillite) pursuant to the Luxembourg law on arrangements to prevent insolvency (loi du 14 avril 1886 concernant le concordat préventif de faillite, telle que modifiée);

  (e)	the appointment of any juge-commissaire or liquidateur for judicial liquidation (liquidation judiciaire) pursuant to article 1200-1 of the Luxembourg Companies Law;

  (f)	any Luxembourg court order appointing an interim administrator (administrateur provisoire);

  (g)	the appointment of any liquidateur pursuant to the Luxembourg Companies Law; and

  (h)	any other analogous process, procedure or reorganisation under any applicable law affecting the rights of creditors generally and/or for the appointment of any receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, conservator, custodian, trustee in bankruptcy, Court appointed liquidator or similar officeholder in respect of the relevant company of its assets.

   

  			
	 
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  “Luxembourg Domiciliation Regulation” means the Luxembourg law dated 31 May 1999 on the domiciliation of companies, as amended and as construed and supplemented by the criteria set out by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier in its circulars

  “Luxembourg Security Agreements” means (i) the Luxembourg law governed share pledge agreement among Spire as pledgor, the Collateral Agent as pledgee and in the presence of Spire Lux as company, (ii) the Luxembourg law governed account pledge agreement among Spire Lux as pledgor and the Collateral Agent as pledgee and (iii) the Luxembourg law governed receivables pledge agreement among Spire Lux and the Collateral Agent.

  “Make-Whole Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the difference (which shall not be zero) between (i) the aggregate amount of interest (including, without limitation, interest payable in cash, in kind or deferred) which would have otherwise been payable on the principal amount of the Term Loan paid on such date (or in the case of an Applicable Premium Trigger Event specified in clauses (b), (c) or (d) of the definition thereof, the principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding on such date) from the date of the occurrence of the Applicable Premium Trigger Event until the Final Maturity Date minus (ii) the aggregate amount of interest the Lenders would earn if the prepaid (or deemed prepayment in the case of an acceleration of the Loans) or reduced principal amount of the Term Loan were reinvested for the period from the date of prepayment (or deemed prepayment in the case of an acceleration of the Loans) or reduction until the Final Maturity Date at the Treasury Rate.

  “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on any of (a) the operations, assets, liabilities or financial condition of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform any of their obligations under any Loan Document, (c) the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (d) the rights and remedies of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or (e) the validity, perfection or priority of a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders on a material portion of Collateral.

  “Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, all contracts or agreements as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

  “Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, made by a Loan Party in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, securing the Obligations and delivered to the Collateral Agent.

  “Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has contributed, or has been obligated to contribute, to at any time during the preceding the six calendar years.

   

  			
	 
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  “Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to, any issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness, any Disposition or the receipt of any Extraordinary Receipts by any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Person or such Subsidiary, in connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (a) in the case of any Disposition or the receipt of any Extraordinary Receipts consisting of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Lien on any asset (other than Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is required to be, and is, repaid in connection therewith (other than Indebtedness under this Agreement), (b) reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking and advisory fees and other customary expenses and customary fees incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, (c) taxes (including sales, transfer, deed or mortgage recording taxes and taxes that would be payable in connection with any repatriation of such proceeds, regardless of whether such proceeds are actually repatriated) paid or reasonably estimated in good faith to be payable (it being understood that such estimated amounts shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds if not subsequently paid) as a result thereof to any taxing authorities by such Person or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, (d) net income taxes paid or reasonably estimated in good faith to be paid or payable in connection therewith (after taking into account any tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) (it being understood that such estimated amount shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds if not subsequently paid) and (e) any reserve established in accordance with GAAP (provided, that such reserved amounts shall be Net Cash Proceeds to the extent and at the time of any reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any such reserve), in each case, to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are (i) actually paid or payable to a Person that, except in the case of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, is not an Affiliate of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) properly attributable to such transaction or to the asset that is the subject thereof.

  “New Facility” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.01(m).

  “Non-U.S. Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.09(d).

  “Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.02(a).

  “NSIA” means the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (or any subordinate laws, regulations or guidance made thereunder).

  “NSIA Clearance” means: (i) the ISU or the Secretary of State notifies Spire Global Subsidiary that the Transfer is not a “notifiable acquisition” under the NSIA; (ii) the Secretary of State notifies Spire Global Subsidiary that no further action will be taken in relation to the Transfer under the NSIA; or (iii) the Secretary of State makes a final order in relation to the Transfer under the NSIA that permits the Transfer to be completed subject to the provisions of such final order (and, to the extent relevant, all conditions, provisions or obligations contained in such final order necessary for completion of the proposed transaction have been satisfied or complied with).

   

  			
	 
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  “Obligations” means all present and future indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of each Loan Party to the Agents and the Lenders arising under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether or not the right of payment in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, unsecured, and whether or not such claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any proceeding referred to in Section 9.01.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of each Loan Party under the Loan Documents include (a) the obligation (irrespective of whether a claim therefor is allowed in an Insolvency Proceeding) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, premiums (including the Applicable Premium, if any), attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts payable by such Person under the Loan Documents, and (b) the obligation of such Person to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Agent or any Lender (in its sole discretion) may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Person.  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Obligations shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations or any obligations arising under or in connection with the Warrant.

  “OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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

  “Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.

  “Participant Register” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.07(i).

  “Payment Office” means the Administrative Agent’s office located at 150 East 58th Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10155, or at such other office or offices of the Administrative Agent as may be designated in writing from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Borrower.

  “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.

  “Pension Plan” means an Employee Plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA maintained, sponsored or contributed to, or for which there is an obligation to contribute to, by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates at any time during the preceding six calendar years.

   

  			
	 
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  “Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent providing information with respect to the property of each Loan Party.

  “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has meaning specified therefor in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

  “Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by a Loan Party or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party to the extent that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

  (a)	no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the proposed Acquisition;

  (b)	[reserved];

  (c)	with respect to any Acquisition involving a Purchase Price of $3,000,000 or more, the Borrowers shall have furnished to the Agents at least 10 Business Days prior to the consummation of such Acquisition (i) an executed term sheet and/or letter of intent (setting forth in reasonable detail the terms and conditions of such Acquisition) and, at the request of any Agent, such other information and documents that any Agent may reasonably request and which is reasonably available to the Borrower, including, without limitation, reasonably current drafts of any instruments or other documents pursuant to which such Acquisition is to be consummated (including, without limitation, any related management, non-compete, employment, option or other material agreements), reasonably current drafts of any schedules to such agreements, instruments or other documents and reasonably current drafts of all other material ancillary agreements, instruments or other documents to be executed or delivered in connection therewith, (ii) pro forma financial statements of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the consummation of such Acquisition, (iii) a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Administrative Borrower, demonstrating on a pro forma basis compliance, as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal month for which internally prepared financial statements are available, with all covenants set forth in Section 7.03 hereof after the consummation of such Acquisition, and (iv) copies of such other agreements, instruments or other documents as any Agent shall reasonably request to the extent reasonably available to the Administrative Borrower;

  (d)	the agreements, instruments and other documents referred to in paragraph (c) above shall provide that (i) neither the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries shall, in connection with such Acquisition, assume or remain liable in respect of any Indebtedness of the Seller or Sellers, or other obligation of the Seller or Sellers (except for obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business in operating the property so acquired and necessary or desirable to the continued operation of such property and except for Permitted Indebtedness), and (ii) all property to be so acquired in connection with such Acquisition shall be free and clear of any and all Liens, except for Permitted Liens (and if any such property is subject to any Lien not permitted by this clause (ii) then concurrently with such Acquisition such Lien shall be released);

  (e)	such Acquisition shall be effected in such a manner so that the acquired assets or Equity Interests are owned either by a Loan Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party 

   

  			
	 
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  and, if effected by merger or consolidation involving a Loan Party, such Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person;

  (f)	the Borrowers shall have Liquidity in an amount equal to or greater than $25,000,000 immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the proposed Acquisition;

  (g)	the target or the assets so acquired must have had positive Consolidated EBITDA for the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter most recently concluded prior to the date of the proposed Acquisition for which financial statements are available (as reasonably demonstrated to the Administrative Agent);

  (h)	the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to the Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' total assets), or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired, are useful in or engaged in, as applicable, the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or a business reasonably related, complementary, or incidental thereto or a reasonable extension thereof;

  (i)	[reserved];

  (j)	such Acquisition shall be consensual and shall have been approved by the board of directors of the Person whose Equity Interests or assets are proposed to be acquired and shall not have been preceded by an unsolicited tender offer for such Equity Interests by, or proxy contest initiated by, Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or an Affiliate thereof;

  (k)	any such Subsidiary (and its equityholders) shall execute and deliver the agreements, instruments and other documents required by Section 7.01(b) within fifteen (15) Business Days post-close of the consummation of such Acquisition; 

  (l)	the Purchase Price payable in respect of (i) any single Acquisition or series of related Acquisitions shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate and (ii) all Acquisitions shall not exceed the sum of (y) $25,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement and (z) the amount of any contingent Purchase Price obligations previously incurred by the Administrative Borrower or its Subsidiaries on or after the Effective Date, but which was not subsequently paid in cash and no longer constitutes a liability on the balance sheet of the Administrative Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable; and

  (m)	the aggregate amount of all expenses incurred by the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any such Acquisition shall not exceed the greater of (i) $5,000,000 minus the aggregate amount calculated pursuant to the definition of Purchase Price and (ii) 10% of the aggregate consideration, whether cash property or securities, paid or delivered by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (whether as initial consideration or the amount of any Deferred Purchase Price Obligations) in connection with such Acquisition.

  “Permitted Cure Equity” means Qualified Equity Interests of the Administrative Borrower.

  “Permitted Disposition” means:

   

  			
	 
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  (a)	sale of Inventory and other assets held for sale in the ordinary course of business;

  (b)	licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business or on a non-perpetual, terminable, exclusive basis solely with respect to geographic area or field of use and which exclusive grant would not result in a transfer of all or substantially all of the rights or title to, or prevent or impair in any material respect the right to enforce and recover damages from, such Intellectual Property rights under applicable laws;

  (c)	leasing or subleasing assets in the ordinary course of business;

  (d)	(i) the lapse of Registered Intellectual Property of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the extent no longer used in or material to the conduct of their business or (ii) the abandonment of Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business so long as (in each case under clauses (i) and (ii)), (A) with respect to copyrights, such copyrights are not material revenue generating copyrights, and (B) such lapse is not materially adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties;

  (e)	any involuntary loss, damage or destruction of property;

  (f)	any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property;

  (g)	transfers of assets (i) from the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to a Loan Party, (ii) from a Loan Party to a Loan Party, (iii) from any Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower that is not a Loan Party to any other Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower and (iv) from a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party so long as such Disposition would constitute a Permitted Investment;

  (h)	Disposition of obsolete, immaterial, uneconomical, surplus or worn-out equipment in the ordinary course of business; 

  (i)	Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property or (iii) such property is exchanged for like property for use in a similar business;

  (j)	Dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents not otherwise in violation of this Agreement;

  (k)	Dispositions or discounts without recourse of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business;

  (l)	in order to resolve disputes that occur in the ordinary course of business the discounting or compromise for less than the face value thereof (with or without recourse) of notes or accounts receivable;

   

  			
	 
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  (m)	Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

  (n)	the unwinding of any Hedging Agreement or any cash management services;

  (o)	Dispositions of property subject to casualty events;

  (p)	the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Equity Interests to any Loan Party or the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Equity Interest; provided, that the collective ownership interest therein is not diluted;

  (q)	sales or dispositions of Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries in order to qualify members of the governing body of the Subsidiary if and to the extent required by applicable law; 

  (r)	any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release, surrender or waiver of contractual, tort, litigation or other claims of any kind, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, to the extent the Administrative Borrower reasonably determine in good faith, that such settlement, release, surrender or waiver is in the best interest of the applicable Loan Party;

  (s)	termination of leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses or similar use and occupancy agreements by the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of such Loan Party or Subsidiary; 

  (t)	Dispositions that are Permitted Liens, Permitted Investments or Permitted Restricted Payments or permitted under Section 7.02(f); and

  (u)	Disposition of property or assets not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (t) above for cash in an aggregate amount not less than the fair market value of such property or assets;

  provided that the Net Cash Proceeds of such Dispositions (including the proposed Disposition) (1) in the case of dispositions under clauses (h) and (u) above, do not exceed $750,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year and (2) in all cases, are paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders to the extent required pursuant to the terms of Section 2.05(c)(ii) or applied as provided in Section 2.05(c)(vi).

  “Permitted Indebtedness” means:

  (a)	any Indebtedness owing to any Agent or any Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

  (b)	any other Indebtedness listed on Schedule 7.02(b) to the Disclosure Letter, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness;

   

  			
	 
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  (c)	Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness;

  (d)	Permitted Intercompany Investments;

  (e)	Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business under performance, surety, statutory, and appeal bonds and other obligations of a like nature;

  (f)	Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability, or other insurance to the Loan Parties, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the period in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is outstanding only during such period; 

  (g)	the incurrence by any Loan Party of Indebtedness under Hedging Agreements that are incurred for the bona fide purpose of hedging the interest rate, commodity, or foreign currency risks associated with such Loan Party’s operations and not for speculative purposes; 

  (h)	Indebtedness incurred in respect of credit cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards, purchase cards (including so called "procurement cards" or "P-cards") or other similar cash management services, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

  (i)	Indebtedness incurred as result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the ordinary course of business; 

  (j)	reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, banker guarantees and other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time; 

  (k)	Guarantees in respect of Indebtedness to the extent permitted hereunder;  

  (l)	Subordinated Indebtedness; 

  (m)	unsecured Indebtedness in respect of obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by vendors on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money; 

  (n)	Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition consisting of purchase money obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations; provided that (i) such Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition, (ii) the maximum aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this clause shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;

   

  			
	 
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  (o)	Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) such Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition, (ii) the maximum aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this clause by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties shall not exceed $5,000,000;

  (p)	to the extent constituting Indebtedness, indemnification incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business or assets or any Investment permitted to be acquired or made hereunder;

  (q)	(i) Deferred Purchase Price Obligations incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 outstanding at any one time and (ii) deferred compensation obligations incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition;

  (r)	indemnification, working capital and other purchase price adjustments or other similar adjustments, in each case pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment;

  (s)	Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business or in the commercially reasonable business judgment of the Borrower;

  (t)	unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $1,000,000 outstanding at any one time; and 

  (u)	to the extent constituting Indebtedness, all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest and capitalized interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (p) above.

  “Permitted Intercompany Investments” means Investments made by (a) a Loan Party to or in another Loan Party, (b) a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to or in another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (c) a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to or in a Loan Party, so long as, in the case of a loan or advance, the parties thereto are party to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, and (d) a Loan Party to or in a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party so long as (i) the aggregate amount of all such Investments made by the Loan Parties to or in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties does not exceed $2,500,000 in any Fiscal Year (net of any repayments of such Investments), (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing either before or after giving effect to such Investment and (iii) the Loan Parties have Liquidity of not less than $25,000,000 after giving effect to such Investment.

  “Permitted Investments” means:

  (a)	Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

  (b)	Investments in negotiable instruments deposited or to be deposited for collection in the ordinary course of business;

   

  			
	 
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  (c)	advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business;

  (d)	Investments received in settlement of amounts due to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an Account Debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries;

  (e)	Investments existing on the date hereof, as set forth on Schedule 7.02(e) to the Disclosure Letter, but not any increase in the amount thereof as set forth in such Schedule; 

  (f)	Permitted Intercompany Investments; 

  (g)	Permitted Acquisitions;

  (h)	loans and advances to employees, directors, officers, managers and consultants  for business-related travel expenses, entertainment expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses or payroll advances, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

  (i)	Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business

  (j)	Investments consisting of loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Administrative Borrower pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved in good faith by the Board of Directors of Borrower, provided that such loans shall not exceed $1,000,000 in any Fiscal Year unless such loan transaction consists of taking back a note and no extension of cash;

  (k)	Investments in connection with deposit accounts, securities account and commodities accounts;

  (l)	Guarantees of Indebtedness and other obligations to the extent permitted hereunder;

  (m)	any Investment arising under Hedging Agreements that are incurred for the bona fide purpose of hedging the interest rate, commodity, or foreign currency risks associated with such Loan Party’s operations and not for speculative purposes;

  (n)	Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

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  accounts of and disputes with, franchisees, customers and suppliers, or as security for any such claims, accounts and disputes, or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment

  (p)	the  acquisition of Equity Interests in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or as security for any such Indebtedness or claim; 

  (q)	Investments consisting of promissory notes and other deferred payment obligations and noncash consideration delivered as the purchase consideration for a Permitted Disposition; 

  (r)	reasonable deposits for taxes and insurance and similar items reasonably required under lease obligations in the ordinary course of business; 

  (s)	Investments of any Person that becomes (or is merged or consolidated or amalgamated with) a Subsidiary on or after the date hereof on the date such Person becomes (or is merged or consolidated or amalgamated with) a Subsidiary; provided, that (i) such Investments exist at the time such Person becomes (or is merged or consolidated or amalgamated with) a Subsidiary, and (ii) such Investments are not made in anticipation or contemplation of such Person becoming (or merging or consolidating or amalgamated with) a Subsidiary;

  (t)	Investments consisting of advances or deposits made in accordance with Section 7.02(a)

  (u)	guarantees in respect of obligations not constituting Indebtedness for borrowed money entered into in the ordinary course of business;

  (v)	any intermediate Investment necessary to facilitate the ultimate consummation of an Investment otherwise permitted hereby; 

  (w)	investments made pursuant to and in accordance with Administrative Borrower’s Board-approved investment policy; and

  (x)	other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in any Fiscal Year (net of any repayments of such Investments).

  “Permitted Liens” means:

  (a)	Liens securing the Obligations;

  (b)	Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges the payment of which is not required under Section 7.01(c)(ii);

  (c)	Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings promptly initiated and 

   

  			
	 
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  diligently conducted, and a reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor;

  (d)	Liens described on Schedule 7.02(a) to the Disclosure Letter, provided that any such Lien shall only secure the Indebtedness that it secures on the Effective Date and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

  (e)	purchase money Liens on assets acquired or held by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business to secure Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof so long as such Lien only attaches to such property and any accessions, improvement, proceeds, dividends or distributions in respect thereof any after-acquired property;

  (f)	deposits and pledges of cash securing (i) obligations incurred in respect of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits or other insurance-related obligations, (ii) the performance of bids, tenders, leases, contracts (other than for the payment of money) and statutory obligations or (iii) obligations on surety, stay, customs or appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of alike nature,  but only to the extent such deposits or pledges are made or otherwise arise in the ordinary course of business and secure obligations not past due;

  (g)	with respect to any Facility, easements, zoning restrictions and similar encumbrances on real property and minor irregularities in the title thereto that do not (i) secure obligations for the payment of money or (ii) materially impair the value of such property or its use by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the normal conduct of such Person’s business;

  (h)	Liens of landlords and mortgagees of landlords (i) arising by statute or under any Lease or related Contractual Obligation entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ii) on fixtures and movable tangible property located on the real property leased or subleased from such landlord, or (iii) for amounts not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the books of such Person if required in accordance with GAAP;

  (i)	the title and interest of a lessor or sublessor in and to personal property leased or subleased (other than through a Capitalized Lease), in each case extending only to such personal property;

  (j)	non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business or on a non-perpetual, terminable, exclusive basis solely with respect to geographic area or field of use and which exclusive grant would not result in a transfer of all or substantially all of the rights or title to, or prevent or impair in any material respect the right to enforce and recover damages from, such Intellectual Property rights under applicable laws;

  (k)	judgment liens (other than for the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges) securing judgments and other proceedings not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01(j);

   

  			
	 
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  (l)	(i) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 of the Uniform Commercial Code on the items in the course of collection, (ii) Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes and (iii) rights of set-off or bankers’ liens upon deposits of cash or securities in favor of banks or other depository institutions or securities intermediaries, solely to the extent incurred in connection with the maintenance of such deposit accounts or securities accounts in the ordinary course of business;

  (m)	Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; 

  (n)	Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payments of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods;

  (o)	cash collateral securing Indebtedness permitted by clauses (h) and (j) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;

  (p)	UCC or PPSA financing statements or similar public filings that are filed as a precautionary measure in connection with operating leases or consignment of goods in the ordinary course of business; 

  (q)	good faith earnest money deposits made in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or any other Investment or letter of intent or purchase agreement not prohibited hereunder; 

  (r)	Liens consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Permitted Disposition, in each case, solely to the extent such Disposition would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

  (s)	(i) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements constituting Cash Equivalents; provided, that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those assets that are the subject of such repurchase agreement, and (ii) reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

  (t)	Liens that are customary contractual rights of setoff relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers in the ordinary course of business;

  (u)	 junior liens securing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (l) of Permitted Indebtedness;

  (v)	ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased are located;

   

  			
	 
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  (w)	deposits of cash with the owner or lessor of premises leased and operated by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the performance of such Loan Party or Subsidiary’s obligations under the terms of the lease for such premises; 

  (x)	non-consensual restrictions on the transfer or pledge of assets imposed by a Governmental Authority or comparable state or local legislation, regulations or ordinances or otherwise imposed by Requirements of Law; 

  (y)	Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (including any replacements, renewals or extensions thereof); provided, that (i) any Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under clause (j) (in the form of cash collateral) (k), (n) or (o) of Permitted Indebtedness or is Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (ii) such Liens cover solely the property so acquired or the property of the Person that became a Subsidiary and are not expanded to cover additional property (other than proceeds and products thereof and accessions thereto), (iii) such Liens secure only the same Indebtedness that such Liens secured immediately prior to the assumption of such Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, and (iv) such Liens were not created in contemplation of such assumption; 

  (z)	undetermined or inchoate liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations which have not at such time been filed or exercised or which relate to obligations not due or payable, or the validity of which is being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings by that Person; 

  (aa)	title defects, encroachments or irregularities or other matters relating to title which are of a minor nature and which in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of the affected property for the purpose for which it is used by that Person;

  (bb)	the right reserved to or vested in any municipality or governmental or other public authority by the terms of any lease, license agreement, franchise, grant or permit acquired by that Person or by any statutory provision to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

  (cc)	security given to a public utility or any municipality or Governmental Authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of its business provided that such security does not materially impair the use of the affected property for the purpose for which it is used by that Person; 

  (dd)	any Lien existing under the Spire Scotland Shares Pledge until the Spire Scotland Transfer Date; or

  (ee)	other Liens which do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money or letters of credit and as to which the aggregate amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $1,000,000.

   

  			
	 
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  “Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred to finance the acquisition, development, construction, restoration, replacement, rebuilding, maintenance, upgrade or improvement of any fixed or capital assets secured by a Lien permitted under clause (e) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is incurred within 30 days after such acquisition, development, construction, restoration, replacement, rebuilding, maintenance, upgrade or improvement, (b) such Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the asset financed and (c) the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding.

  “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means the extension of maturity, refinancing or modification of the terms of Indebtedness so long as:

  (a)	after giving effect to such extension, refinancing or modification, the amount of such Indebtedness is not greater than the amount of Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to such extension, refinancing or modification (other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon and the fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto);

  (b)	such extension, refinancing or modification does not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity (measured as of the extension, refinancing or modification) of the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced or modified;

  (c)	such extension, refinancing or modification is pursuant to terms that are not less favorable to the Loan Parties and the Lenders (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) than the terms of the Indebtedness (including, without limitation, terms relating to the collateral (if any) and subordination (if any)) being extended, refinanced or modified; and

  (d)	the Indebtedness that is extended, refinanced or modified is not recourse to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is liable on account of the obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended.

  “Permitted Restricted Payments” means any of the following Restricted Payments made by:

  (a)	any Subsidiary to the Administrative Borrower in amounts necessary to pay taxes and other customary expenses as and when due and owing by the Administrative Borrower in the ordinary course of its business (including salaries, commissions and other employee benefits, payroll and similar taxes and indemnities payable to and related reasonable and customary expenses incurred by employees of the Administrative Borrower in each case, paid in accordance with any applicable employment agreement to which such employee is a party), so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of such payment;

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  (c)	any Subsidiary of any Borrower to (i) such Borrower or (ii) another Subsidiary of such Borrower that is a Loan Party, 

  (d)	the Administrative Borrower to pay dividends or distributions in the form of common Equity Interests; 

  (e)	to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, any Subsidiary of the Borrower to consummate any transaction expressly permitted by any provision of Section 7.02(c);

  (f)	to repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value the Equity Interests or equity-based awards of Borrower held by any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees, distributees or permitted transferees of any of the foregoing) of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or by any other stockholder; provided that Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed $1,000,000 in any Fiscal Year;

  (g)	Borrower upon the conversion of any of Borrower’s convertible securities into other securities pursuant to the terms of such convertible securities or otherwise in exchange thereof and Borrower to pay cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional Equity Interests of Borrower in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof, or any exercise or conversion of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable therefor; 

  (h)	Borrower in the form of any repurchase of the Equity Interests of Borrower deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants or the settlement or vesting of other equity-based awards if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of, or tax withholdings with respect to, such options, warrants or other equity-based awards; 

  (i)	Payments of Subordinated Indebtedness to the extent in compliance with any subordination provisions thereof or the subordination agreement applicable thereto;

  (j)	Restricted Payments to consummate transactions constituting Permitted Investments or Permitted Dispositions;

  (k)	each Loan Party may make Restricted Payments to another Loan Party; 

  (l)	any Subsidiary may declare and pay cash dividends or distributions to its equity holders generally so long as the Person(s) that own the Equity Interests of the Subsidiary paying such dividends or distributions receives at least its proportionate share thereof (based upon the relative holding of the Equity Interests in the Subsidiary paying such dividends or distributions);

  (m)	reasonable and customary payments made in respect of indemnification, working capital and other purchase price adjustments or other similar adjustments pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition or permitted Investment by the Loan Parties to the extent deemed Restricted Payments hereunder to the extent restricted and otherwise permitted to be incurred or paid pursuant to the terms hereof; 

   

  			
	 
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  (n)	payments made in respect of any permitted earn-out obligations or other similar deferred payment obligations related to a Permitted Acquisition so long as (i) no Event of Default exists and is continuing at the time of such payment, (ii) after giving effect to such payment, the Loan Parties are in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the covenants set forth in Section 7.03(c) and (iii) such payments shall not exceed 25% of the Purchase Price for such Permitted Acquisition; and

  (o)	additional Restricted Payments in aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in any Fiscal Year.

  “Permitted Specified Liens” means Permitted Liens described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of Permitted Liens, and, solely in the case of Section 7.01(b)(i), including clauses (g), (h) and (i) of the definition of Permitted Liens.

  “Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture or other enterprise or entity or Governmental Authority.

  “Petty Cash Accounts” means Cash Management Accounts with deposits at any time in an aggregate amount not in excess of $50,000 for any one account and $250,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts.

  “Post-Default Rate” means a rate of interest per annum equal to the rate of interest otherwise in effect from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement plus 2.00%, or, if a rate of interest is not otherwise in effect, interest at the highest rate specified herein for any Loan then outstanding prior to an Event of Default plus 2.00%.

  “PPSA” has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.

  “Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant or calculation of any ratio hereunder, the determination or calculation of such test, covenant or ratio (including in connection with Specified Transactions) in accordance with Section 1.08.

  “Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to:

  (a)	[reserved], and

  (b)	a Lender’s obligation to make the Term Loan, the right to receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect thereto and all other matters (including, without limitation, the indemnification obligations arising under Section 10.05),, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, by (ii) the Total Term Loan Commitment, provided that if the Total Term Loan Commitment has been reduced to zero, the numerator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s portion of the Term Loan and the denominator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan.

   

  			
	 
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  “Projections” means financial projections of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(g)(ii).

  “Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Acquisition, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate cash consideration, paid by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (whether as initial consideration or the amount of any Deferred Purchase Price Obligations payable in cash) in connection with such Acquisition, plus (b) the aggregate amount of Funded Indebtedness of the acquired business (net of current assets of the acquired business) that would be reflected on a balance sheet (if such were to be prepared) of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to such Acquisition.

  “Qualified Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents on-hand of the Loan Parties maintained in deposit or securities accounts in the name of a Loan Party as of such date, which accounts (i) in the United States are subject to Control Agreements and (ii) not in the United States are subject to equivalent documentation that would cause such accounts to be subject to a first priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Collateral Agent; provided that for the first forty-five (45) days to occur after the Effective Date (or such later date as agreed to in writing by the Collateral Agent), the requirements in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall not apply to the determination of Qualified Cash.

  “Qualified Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all Equity Interests of such Person that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.

  “Real Property Deliverables” means each of the following agreements, instruments and other documents in respect of each Facility, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent:

  (a)	a Mortgage duly executed by the applicable Loan Party,

  (b)	evidence of the recording of each Mortgage in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the Lien purported to be created thereby or to otherwise protect the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders thereunder;

  (c)	a Title Insurance Policy or bring-down of the existing Title Insurance Policy with respect to each Mortgage;

  (d)	a current ALTA survey and a surveyor’s certificate, certified to the Collateral Agent and to the issuer of the Title Insurance Policy with respect thereto by a professional surveyor licensed in the state in which such Facility is located and reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

  (e)	an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, in the state where such Facility is located with respect to the enforceability of the Mortgage to be recorded and such other matters as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request;

   

  			
	 
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  (f)	a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared in accordance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Standards and Practices for “All Appropriate Inquiries” under Section 101(3)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act as referenced in 40 CFR Part 312 and ASTM E-1527-13 “Standard Practice for Environmental Assessments” (“Phase I ESA” (and if reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent based upon the results of such Phase I ESA, a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment), by a nationally-recognized environmental consulting firm, reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and

  (g)	such other agreements, instruments, appraisals and other documents (including guarantees and opinions of counsel) as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require.

  “Recipient” means any Agent and any Lender, as applicable.

   “Reference Rate” means, for any period, the greatest of (a) 2.50% per annum, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% per annum, (c) the Term SOFR (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of 1 month and shall be determined on a daily basis) plus 1.00% per annum, and (d) the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).  Each change in the Reference Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

  “Reference Rate Loan” means each portion of a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Reference Rate.

  “Reference Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

  “Register” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.07(f).

  “Registered Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property that is issued, registered, renewed or the subject of a pending application with a Governmental Authority.

  “Registered Loans” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.07(f).

  “Regulation T”, “Regulation U” and “Regulation X” mean, respectively, Regulations T, U and X of the Board or any successor, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

  “Related Fund” means, with respect to any Person, an Affiliate of such Person, or a fund or account managed by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

   

  			
	 
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  “Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the direct and indirect equityholders, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

  “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, seeping, migrating, dumping or disposing of any Hazardous Material (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers and other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material) into the indoor or outdoor environment, including, without limitation, the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in any environmental media, including the indoor or outdoor  air, soil, surface or ground water, sediments or property.

  “Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

  “Remedial Action” means any action (a) to correct, mitigate, or address any actual, alleged or threatened violation of or non-compliance with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, or (b) to clean up, remove, remediate, mitigate, abate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, investigate, prevent, minimize or in any other way address any environmental condition or the actual, alleged or threatened presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials (including the performance of pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial operation and maintenance activities).

  “Replacement Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.02(c).

   “Reportable Event” means an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA (other than an event not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under the regulations promulgated under such Section).

  “Required Lenders” means Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares aggregate at least 50.1%.

  “Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and any and all federal, state, provincial, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities), and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of any Governmental Authority, in each case that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

  “Restricted Payment” means (a) the declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, together with any payment or distribution pursuant to 

   

  			
	 
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  a “plan of division” under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or any comparable transaction under any similar law, (b) the making of any repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any direct or indirect parent of any Loan Party, now or hereafter outstanding, (c) the making of any payment to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition of shares of any class of Equity Interests of any Loan Party, now or hereafter outstanding, or (d) the return of any Equity Interests to any shareholders or other equity holders of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or make any other distribution of property, assets, shares of Equity Interests, warrants, rights, options, obligations or securities thereto as such.

  “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall sell or transfer any property used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

  “Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory that is the subject or target of any Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (which, as of the Effective Date, include the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

  “Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, OFAC’s Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, and any other Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) a Person that resides in, is organized in or located in, or has a place of business in, a Sanctioned Country or a country or territory that is designated as a “Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction” by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through any such jurisdiction (each of the foregoing in this clause (b), a “Sanction Target”), or a Person that owns 50% or more of the Equity Interests of, or is otherwise controlled by, or is acting on behalf of, one or more Sanction Targets, (c) any Person with whom or with which a U.S. Person is prohibited from dealing under any of the Sanctions, or (d) any Person owned or controlled by any Person or Persons described in clause (a) or (b).

  “Sanctions” means Requirements of Law concerning or relating to economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, the government of Canada, the government of Germany, the government of Australia, or other relevant sanctions authority.

  "Scottish Deed of Release" means the deed of release governed by Scots law dated on or around the date of this agreement and made between (a) FP Credit Partners L.P., (b) Spire Scotland and (c) Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc.

   

  			
	 
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  "Scottish Floating Charge" mean a floating charge governed by Scots law and made between a Scottish Loan Party and the Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Scottish Loan Party in question creates a floating charge over all of its business, assets and undertaking in favor of the Collateral Agent.

  “Scottish Loan Party” means any Loan Party incorporated, established, organized or formed in Scotland.

  "Scottish Security Document" means a Scottish Floating Charge or a Scottish Shares Pledge.

  "Scottish Shares Pledge" means a shares pledge governed by Scots law and made between any Loan Party which holds Equity Interests in a Scottish Loan Party (as pledgor) and the Collateral Agent (as pledgee) pursuant to which the Loan Party in question creates, or purports to create, an inchoate shares pledge over the Equity Interests in question.

  “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other similar or successor agency of the Federal government administering the Securities Act.

  “Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

  “Secured Party” means any Agent, and any Lender.

  “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

  “Securitization” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.07(l).

  “Security Agreement” means a Pledge and Security Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, made by a Loan Party in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties securing the Obligations, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including for the avoidance of doubt the Luxembourg Security Agreements).

  “Seller” means any Person that sells Equity Interests or other property or assets to a Loan Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party in a Permitted Acquisition.

  “SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

  “SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

  “SOFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the Term SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.

   

  			
	 
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  “Solvent” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value (on a going concern basis) of the property of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis is not less than the total amount of the liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (b) the present fair salable value (on a going concern basis) of the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person and its Subsidiaries on its existing debts, on a consolidated basis, as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (d) such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (e) such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s and its Subsidiaries’ property, on a consolidated basis, would constitute unreasonably small capital.

  “Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, (i) any investment that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary, (ii) any Permitted Acquisition, (iii) any disposition that results in a Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary, (iv) any investment in, acquisition of or disposition of assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of, or all or substantially all of the assets of, another Person, or (v) any other event that by the terms of this Agreement requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or giving Pro Forma Effect to any such transaction or event.

  “Spire” means Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

  “Spire Lux” means Spire Global Luxembourg S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 33, rue Sainte Zithe, L-2763 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) under number B 219312.

  “Spire Scotland” means Spire Global UK Limited, a company incorporated in Scotland with company registration number SC493745. 

  “Spire Scotland Transfer Date” means the date on which NSIA Clearance is obtained.

  “Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto.

  “Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of any Loan Party, the terms of which (including, without limitation, payment terms, interest rates, covenants, remedies, defaults and other material terms) are satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and which has been expressly subordinated in right of payment to all Indebtedness of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents 

   

  			
	 
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  (a) by the execution and delivery of a subordination agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, or (b) otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

  “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any date, any corporation, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, association, joint venture or other business entity (a) the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in such Person’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP or (b) of which more than 50% of (i) the outstanding Equity Interests having (in the absence of contingencies) ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors (or equivalent body) of such Person, (ii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership or limited liability company or (iii) in the case of a trust, estate, association, joint venture or other entity, the beneficial interest in such trust, estate, association or other entity business is, at the time of determination, owned or controlled directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such Person.  References to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower unless the context expressly provides otherwise.

  “Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

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

   “Term Loan” means the loans made by the Term Loan Lenders to the Borrowers on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii). 

  “Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make the Term Loan to the Borrowers in the amount set forth in Schedule 1.01(A) hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender under this Agreement, as the same may be terminated or reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

  “Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or a Term Loan.

  “Term Loan Obligations” means any Obligations with respect to the Term Loan (including, without limitation, the principal thereof, the interest thereon, and the fees and expenses specifically related thereto).

  “Term SOFR” means

  (a)	for any calculation with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the 

   

  			
	 
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  “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, 

  (b)	for any calculation with respect to a Reference Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Reference Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Reference Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Reference Rate Term SOFR Determination Day.

  “Term SOFR Adjustment” means, for any calculation with respect to a Reference Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan, a percentage per annum as set forth below for the applicable Type of such Loan and (if applicable) Interest Period therefor:

  Reference Rate Loans: 0.11448%

  Term SOFR Loans: 0.26161%

  “Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).

  “Term SOFR Deadline” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.07(a).

  “Term SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Reference Rate”.

  “Term SOFR Notice” means a written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit D or such other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

  “Term SOFR Option” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.07(a).

   

  			
	 
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  “Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

  “Test Period” means, at any date of determination, either (i) with respect to calculation of Leverage Ratio, Total ARR Leverage Ratio, Annualized Recurring Revenue or Recurring Revenue, the fiscal month of the Administrative Borrower then last ended as of such time for which financial statements are delivered (or are required to be delivered) pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(i) or pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii), as applicable, or (ii) in all other instances, the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date for which financial statements are delivered (or are required to be delivered), as applicable.

  “Title Insurance Policy” means a mortgagee’s loan policy, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, together with all endorsements made from time to time thereto, issued to the Collateral Agent by or on behalf of a title insurance company selected by or otherwise satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, insuring the Lien created by a Mortgage in an amount and on terms and with such endorsements satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, delivered to the Collateral Agent.

  “Total ARR Leverage Ratio” means, for any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Funded Indebtedness of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Annualized Recurring Revenue of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of such test period.

  “Total Commitment” means the Total Term Loan Commitments.

  “Total Term Loan Commitment” means the sum of the amounts of the Lenders’ Term Loan Commitments.

  “Transfer” means the transfer of the shares in Spire Scotland by FP Credit Partners, L.P. to Spire Global Subsidiary so as to release and discharge the security constituted pursuant to a share pledge agreement by Spire Global Subsidiary in favour of FP Credit Partners, L.P.

  “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any prepayment, (a) a rate per annum (computed on the basis of actual days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent on the date 3 Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment, to be the yield expressed as a rate listed in The Wall Street Journal for United States Treasury securities most nearly equal to the period from the date of such prepayment, repayment or date of required repayment to and including the first anniversary of the Effective Date, plus (b) 0.50%..

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

  “Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

   

  			
	 
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  “Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 1.04.

   “USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, Oct. 26, 2001)) as amended by the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-177, March 9, 2006) and as the same may have been or may be further renewed, extended, amended, or replaced.

  “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

  “U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.

  “VCOC Management Rights Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 5.01(d).

  “WARN” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6.01(p).

   “Warrants” means those certain Warrants to Purchase Stock, dated as of the date hereof, issued by Spire to Blue Torch and its affiliates.

  “Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.

  “Working Capital” means, at any date of determination thereof, (a) the sum, for any Person and its Subsidiaries, of (i) the unpaid face amount of all Accounts of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of prepaid expenses and other current assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination (other than cash, Cash Equivalents and any Indebtedness owing to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries by Affiliates of such Person), minus (b) the sum, for such Person and its Subsidiaries, of (i) the unpaid amount of all accounts payable of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all accrued expenses of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination (other than the current portion of long-term debt and all accrued interest and taxes).

  Section 1.02	Terms Generally.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to 

   

  			
	 
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  any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any right or interest in or to assets and properties of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.

  Section 1.03	Certain Matters of Construction.  References in this Agreement to “determination” by any Agent include good faith estimates by such Agent (in the case of quantitative determinations) and good faith beliefs by such Agent (in the case of qualitative determinations).  A Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to exist at all times during the period commencing on the date that such Default or Event of Default occurs to the date on which such Default or Event of Default is waived in writing pursuant to this Agreement or, in the case of a Default, is cured within any period of cure expressly provided for in this Agreement; and an Event of Default shall “continue” or be “continuing” until such Event of Default has been waived in writing by the Required Lenders.  Any Lien referred to in this Agreement or any other Loan Document as having been created in favor of any Agent, any agreement entered into by any Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any payment made by or to or funds received by any Agent pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any act taken or omitted to be taken by any Agent, shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be created, entered into, made or received, or taken or omitted, for the benefit or account of the Agents and the Lenders. Wherever the phrase “to the knowledge of any Loan Party” or words of similar import relating to the knowledge or the awareness of any Loan Party are used in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, such phrase shall mean and refer to (i) the actual knowledge of a senior officer of any Loan Party or (ii) the knowledge that a senior officer would have obtained if such officer had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of such officer’s duties, including the making of such reasonably specific inquiries as may be necessary of the employees or agents of such Loan Party and a good faith attempt to ascertain the existence or accuracy of the matter to which such phrase relates.  All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a default if such action is taken or condition exists.  In addition, all representations and warranties hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular representation or warranty proves to be incorrect or is breached, the fact that another representation or warranty concerning the same or similar subject matter is correct or is not breached will not affect the incorrectness of a breach of a representation or warranty hereunder.

  Section 1.04	Accounting and Other Terms.

  (a)	Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, each accounting term used herein shall have the meaning given it under GAAP.  For purposes of determining compliance with any incurrence or expenditure tests set forth in Section 7.01, Section 7.02 and Section 7.03, any amounts so incurred or expended (to the extent incurred or expended in a currency other than 

   

  			
	 
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  Dollars) shall be converted into Dollars on the basis of the exchange rates (as shown on the Bloomberg currency page for such currency or, if the same does not provide such exchange rate, by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by the Agents or, in the event no such service is selected, on such other basis as is reasonably satisfactory to the Agents) as in effect on the date of such incurrence or expenditure under any provision of any such Section that has an aggregate Dollar limitation provided for therein (and to the extent the respective incurrence or expenditure test regulates the aggregate amount outstanding at any time and it is expressed in terms of Dollars, all outstanding amounts originally incurred or spent in currencies other than Dollars shall be converted into Dollars on the basis of the exchange rates (as shown on the Bloomberg currency page for such currency or, if the same does not provide such exchange rate, by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by the Agents or, in the event no such service is selected, on such other basis as is reasonably satisfactory to the Agents) as in effect on the date of any new incurrence or expenditures made under any provision of any such Section that regulates the Dollar amount outstanding at any time).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to the accounting for leases as either operating leases or capital leases and the impact of such accounting in accordance with FASB ASC 842 on the definitions and covenants herein (but not any financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)), GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 shall be applied, and (ii) for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

  (b)	All terms used in this Agreement which are defined in Article 8 or Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York (the “Uniform Commercial Code” or the “UCC”) or, in respect of any Canadian Loan Parties, in the applicable Securities Transfer Act or Personal Property Security Act or applicable provisions of the Quebec Civil Code (collectively the “PPSA”) in effect from time to time in the relevant Province of Canada and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein, provided that terms used herein which are defined in the UCC or PPSA as in effect on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute except as any Agent may otherwise determine.

  Section 1.05	Time References.  Unless otherwise indicated herein, all references to time of day refer to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern daylight saving time, as in effect in New York City on such day.  For purposes of the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”; provided, however, that with respect to a computation of fees or interest payable to any Secured Party, such period shall in any event consist of at least one full day.

  Section 1.06	Rates.  The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to Reference Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition 

   

  			
	 
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  thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, Reference Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.  The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of Reference Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower.  The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain Reference Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

  Section 1.07	Obligation to Make Payments in Dollars.  All payments to be made by any Loan Party of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations under any Loan Document shall be made in Dollars in same day funds, and no obligation of any Loan Party to make any such payment shall be discharged or satisfied by any payment other than payments made in Dollars in same day funds.

  Section 1.08	Pro Forma Adjustments.  For purposes of calculating any financial ratio or test or compliance with any covenant determined by reference to Consolidated EBITDA or Recurring Revenue, any such calculation of Consolidated EBITDA or Recurring Revenue shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that any Specified Transactions that occurred during the most recently ended Test Period or subsequent to the most recently ended Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio or test or any such calculation of Consolidated EBITDA or Recurring Revenue is required to be made had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period.  If since the beginning of any applicable Test Period any Person that subsequently became a Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Administrative Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries since the beginning of such Test Period shall have made any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.08, then such financial ratio or test (or Consolidated EBITDA or Recurring Revenue) shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this Section 1.08.  All pro forma calculations made under this Agreement shall be based on the financial statements from the most recently ended Test Period.

  Section 1.09	Luxembourg Terms.  Where it relates to a Lux Loan Party or a security governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a reference herein to:

   

  			
	 
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  (a)	"constitutional documents" includes the up to date articles of association (statuts or statuts coordonnés) or the limited partnership agreement (contrat social) of that person, as appropriate; 

  (b)	an "agent" includes, without limitation, a mandataire; 

  (c)	a "matured obligation" includes, without limitation, any obligation that is certaine, liquide et exigible;

  (d)	a director or a manager includes an administrateur and a gérant, and in relation to a partnership, an administrateur or gérant of its associé-gérant commandité or general partner;

  (e)	a board of directors or board of managers includes a conseil d'administration or a collège de gérance;

  (f)	a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration, reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise), composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor includes bankruptcy (faillite), insolvency, voluntary or judicial liquidation (liquidation volontaire ou judiciaire), composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite), moratorium or reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), controlled management (gestion contrôlée), fraudulent conveyance, general settlement with creditors, reorganisation or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally; 

  (g)	a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer includes a juge délégué, commissaire, juge-commissaire, mandataire ad hoc, administrateur provisoire, liquidateur or curateur; 

  (h)	a lien or security interest includes any hypothèque, nantissement, gage, privilège, sûreté réelle, accord de transfert de propriété à titre de garantie, gage sur fonds de commerce, droit de rétention, and any type of security in rem (sûreté réelle) or agreement or arrangement having a similar effect and any transfer of title by way of security; 

  (i)	a "guarantee" includes (i) any garantie that is independent from the debt to which it relates and any suretyship (cautionnement) within the meaning of Articles 2011 et seq. of the Luxembourg Civil Code or (ii) a garantie professionelle de paiement within the meaning of the Luxembourg law of 10 July 2020; 

  (j)	a person being unable to pay its debts includes that person being in a state of cessation of payments (cessation de paiement) or having lost or meeting the criteria to lose its commercial creditworthiness (ébranlement de crédit); 

  (k)	attachments or similar creditors process means an executory attachment (saisie exécutoire) or conservatory attachment (saisie conservatoire); 

  (l)	a "set-off" includes, for purposes of the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, legal set-off

   

  			
	 
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  Section 1.10	Scottish Terms.  Where it relates to any Scottish Loan Party or any other entity incorporated or established, or having its center of main interests, in Scotland or otherwise relates to assets, rights, property, interests or security located in Scotland or otherwise governed by Scots law, a reference herein (or in any other Loan Document which is not governed by Scots law and to which any of the foregoing is applicable) to: (i) "assignment" includes assignation under Scots law, and "assign" shall be construed accordingly; (ii) "attachment" shall include execution and diligence under Scots law.

  Article II
THE LOANS

  Section 2.01	Commitments.   Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth:

  (i)	[reserved]; and

  (ii)	each Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make the Term Loan to the Borrowers on the Effective Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.

  (b)	Notwithstanding the foregoing:

  (i)	[Reserved].

  (ii)	The aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan made on the Effective Date shall not exceed the Total Term Loan Commitment.

  (iii)	Any principal amount of the Term Loan (including pursuant to Section 2.01(c) below) which is repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

  (c)	Escrow Funds.

  (i)	A portion of the proceeds of the Term Loan funded on the Effective Date in the amount of $19,735,305 shall be remitted to the Collateral Agent on the Effective Date to be held in a non-interest bearing escrow account maintained by the Collateral Agent in the United States (the “Escrow Account”). The funds held in the Escrow Account (the “Escrow Funds”) are property of the Borrower, pledged to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders, shall constitute Collateral securing the Obligations and, at the Collateral Agent’s discretion, may be applied to repay the Obligations during the existence of an Event of Default. The Escrow Funds may not be commingled with other funds held by the Collateral Agent. 

  (ii)	The Escrow Funds shall be released from the Escrow Account upon the Borrower’s satisfaction of (x) Annualized Recurring Revenue of at least $96,000,000 for the most recently ended Test Period and (y) a Total ARR Leverage Ratio not greater than 1.25 to 1.00 for the most recently ended Test Period (the “Escrow Conditions”).  If the Escrow Conditions are satisfied, the Collateral Agent agrees to promptly (and in any event within three (3) Business Days) 

   

  			
	 
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  issue an order to the applicable escrow agent to release the Escrow Funds to an account designated by the Administrative Borrower. 

  Section 2.02	Making the Loans.    The Administrative Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior written notice (in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto or such other form approved by the Administrative Agent (a “Notice of Borrowing”)), not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date which is 1 U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Loan (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent is willing to accommodate from time to time, but in no event later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the borrowing date of the proposed Loan).  Such Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the principal amount of the proposed Loan, (ii) in the case of Loans requested on the Effective Date, that such Loan is the Term Loan, (iii) whether the Loan is requested to be a Reference Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan and, in the case of a Term SOFR Loan, the initial Interest Period with respect thereto, (iv) the use of the proceeds of such proposed Loan, and (v) the proposed borrowing date, which must be a Business Day, and, with respect to the Term Loan, must be the Effective Date and (vi) the Borrower’s wiring instructions.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may act without liability upon the basis of written or telecopied notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from the Administrative Borrower (or from any Authorized Officer thereof designated in writing purportedly from the Administrative Borrower to the Administrative Agent).  Each Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of the terms of any such Notice of Borrowing.  The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any Authorized Officer’s authority to request a Loan on behalf of the Borrowers until the Administrative Agent receives written notice to the contrary.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of the signature appearing on any written Notice of Borrowing.

  (b)	Each Notice of Borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall be irrevocable and the Borrowers shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith.  

  (c)		Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.02(c), all Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their Pro Rata Shares of the Total Term Loan Commitment, as the case may be, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in that other Lender’s obligations to make a Loan requested hereunder, nor shall the Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of the default by any other Lender in that other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder, and each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans required to be made by it by the terms of this Agreement regardless of the failure by any other Lender.

  (ii)	[Reserved].

  (iii)	[Reserved].

  (iv)	[Reserved].

  (d)	[Reserved].

   

  			
	 
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  Section 2.03	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

    	[Reserved].

  (b)	The outstanding principal of all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Final Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which they are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

  (c)	Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrowers 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.

  (d)	The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers 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.

  (e)	The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to Section 2.03(c) or Section 2.03(d) shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that (i) 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 Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) in the event of any conflict between the entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to Section 2.03(c) and the accounts maintained pursuant to Section 2.03(d), the accounts maintained pursuant to Section 2.03(d) shall govern and control.

  (f)	Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Borrower.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 12.07) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

  Section 2.04	Interest.

  (a)	[Reserved].  

  (b)	Term Loan.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, at the option of the Administrative Borrower, the Term Loan or any portion thereof shall be either a Reference Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan.  Each portion of the Term Loan that is a Reference Rate Loan shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, from the date of the Term Loan until repaid, at a rate per annum equal to the Reference Rate plus the Applicable 

   

  			
	 
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  Margin, and each portion of the Term Loan that is a Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, from the date of the Term Loan until repaid, at a rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR for the Interest Period in effect for the Term Loan (or such portion thereof) plus the Applicable Margin.

  (c)	Default Interest.  To the extent permitted by law and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the election of the Collateral Agent (or automatically in the case of an Event of Default under clauses (f) or (g) of Section 9.01), (i) the principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans, fees, indemnities, or any other Obligations of the Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall bear interest, from the date such Event of Default occurred until the date such Event of Default is cured or waived in writing in accordance herewith, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the Post-Default Rate.

  (d)	Interest Payment.  Interest on each Loan shall be payable (i) in the case of a Reference Rate Loan, monthly, in arrears, on the first Business Day of each month, commencing on the first Business Day of the month following the month in which such Loan is made, (ii) in the case of a Term SOFR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and, if applicable  and (iii) in the case of each Loan, at maturity (whether upon demand, by acceleration or otherwise).  Interest at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable on demand.  Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, charge the Loan Account pursuant to Section 4.01 with the amount of any interest payment due hereunder.

  (e)	General.  All computations of interest for Reference Rate Loans shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable, and for the actual number of days, including the first day but excluding the last day, elapsed.  All other computations of interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days, including the first day but excluding the last day, elapsed. For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure thereunder, whenever any interest or any fee to be paid by any Loan Party hereunder or in connection herewith is to be calculated on the basis of a 360 day, 365 day or 366 day year, the yearly rate of interest to which the rate used in such calculation is equivalent is the rate so used multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by 360, 365 or 366, as applicable. 

  (f)	Conforming Changes.  In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders prior to the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.

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  the Criminal Code (Canada)) payable by a Loan Party under the Loan Documents exceed the maximum effective annual rate of interest on the “credit advanced” (as defined in such section 347) permitted under that section and, if any payment, collection or demand pursuant to a Loan Document in respect of “interest” (as defined in such section 347) is determined to be contrary to the provisions of such section 347, such payment, collection or demand will be deemed to have been made by mutual mistake of such Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender or Lenders and the amount of such payment or collection will be refunded to such Loan Party only to the extent of the amount which is greater than the maximum effective annual rate permitted by such laws. For purposes of determining compliance with such section 347, the effective annual rate of interest will be determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles over the term commencing on the date of advance and ending on the applicable maturity date and, in the event of dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by the Administrative Agent will be prima facie evidence for the purposes of such determination.

  Section 2.05	Reduction of Commitment; Prepayment of Loans.

  (a)	Reduction of Commitments.

  (i)	[Reserved].  

  (ii)	Term Loan.  The Total Term Loan Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Effective Date.

  (b)	Optional Prepayment.

  (i)	[Reserved].  

  (ii)	Term Loan.  The Borrowers may, at any time and from time to time, upon at least 5 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, prepay the principal of the Term Loan, in whole or in part (which notice may be conditioned upon the occurrence of other events, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrowers (by notice to the Administrative Agent prior to the specified effective date of such event) if such condition is not satisfied).  Each prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii) shall be accompanied by the payment of (A) accrued and unpaid interest to the date of such payment on the amount prepaid and (B) the Applicable Premium, if any, payable in connection with such prepayment of the Term Loan.  Each such prepayment shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal due on the Term Loan in the direct order of maturity.

  (iii)	Termination of Agreement.  The Borrowers may, upon at least 5 Business Days’ days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate this Agreement by paying to the Administrative Agent, in cash, the Obligations (other than unasserted contingent claims for indemnification and/or reimbursement), in full, plus the Applicable Premium, if any, payable in connection with such termination of this Agreement.  If the Administrative Borrower has sent a notice of termination pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(iii), then the Lenders’ obligations to extend credit hereunder shall terminate and the Borrowers shall be obligated to repay the 

   

  			
	 
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  Obligations, in full, plus the Applicable Premium, if any, payable in connection with such termination of this Agreement on the date set forth as the date of termination of this Agreement in such notice.

  (iv)	Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.05(b) to the contrary, any notice of termination or optional prepayment delivered by the Borrowers in accordance with this Section 2.05(b) may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or consummation of any other transaction, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrowers (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  

  (c)	Mandatory Prepayment.  

  (i)	Contemporaneously with the delivery to the Agents and the Lenders of audited annual financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(iii) (the “Excess Cash Flow Application Date”), commencing with the delivery to the Agents and the Lenders of the financial statements for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2023, the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(d) in an amount equal to 75% of any Excess Cash Flow of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year) in excess of $10,000,000.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of Loans required to be repaid pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(i) for any Fiscal Year shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis by the amount of optional prepayments of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.05(b) during such Fiscal Year (other than optional prepayments made with the proceeds of any Indebtedness) or, without duplication of any amount which would reduce the amount of Loans required to be repaid pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) for the next Fiscal Year, any optional prepayments of the Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.05(b) following the last day of such Fiscal Year and prior to the applicable Excess Cash Flow Application Date for such Fiscal Year (other than optional prepayments made with the proceeds of any Indebtedness).  Any Excess Cash Flow payment made pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(i) shall exclude the portion of Excess Cash Flow that is attributable to any Person or line of business acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder and that accrues prior to the closing date of the applicable Permitted Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder.

  (ii)	Promptly following any Disposition which qualify as Permitted Dispositions under clauses (h) or (u) of the definition of Permitted Disposition) by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(d) in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection with such Disposition to the extent that the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person (and not paid to the Administrative Agent as a prepayment of the Loans) shall exceed $750,000 for all such Dispositions in any Fiscal Year (and, for the avoidance of doubt, only by the amount in excess thereof); provided, that the Borrowers shall not be required to make such prepayment to the extent (A) such Net Cash Proceeds are reinvested in property that is useful in the business of the Loan Parties, in which the Administrative Agent will have a first-priority perfected Lien, within 90 days of the date of such Disposition (or, if such amounts are committed to be so reinvested within such 90-day period, such amounts are actually so reinvested within 90 days following the expiration of such initial 90-day period) (it being 

   

  			
	 
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  understood that such prepayment shall be due immediately upon the expiration of such 90-day or 180-day period, as applicable, if not reinvested), and (B) no Event of Default exists or would result therefrom.  Nothing contained in this Section 2.05(c)(ii) shall permit any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to make a Disposition of any property other than in accordance with Section 7.02(c)(ii).

  (iii)	Upon the issuance or incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) or upon an Equity Issuance of Permitted Cure Equity to exercise a Cure Right pursuant to Section 9.02, the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding amount of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(d) in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection therewith.  The provisions of this Section 2.05(c)(iii) shall not be deemed to be implied consent to any such issuance, incurrence or sale otherwise prohibited by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

  (iv)	Upon the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts, the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(d) in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection therewith to the extent that the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person (and not paid to the Administrative Agent as a prepayment of the Loans) shall exceed $750,000 for all such Extraordinary Receipts in any Fiscal Year (and, for the avoidance of doubt, only by the amount in excess thereof); provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to make such prepayment to the extent (A) such Net Cash Proceeds are reinvested in property that is useful in the business of the Loan Parties, in which the Administrative Agent will have a first-priority perfected Lien, within 90 days of the date of such Extraordinary Receipt (or, if such amounts are committed to be so reinvested within such 90-day period, such amounts are actually so reinvested within 180 days following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds) (it being understood that such prepayment shall be due immediately upon the expiration of such 90-day period or 180-day period, as applicable), and (B) no Event of Default exists or would result therefrom.  

  (v)	The Borrowers shall provide written notice to the Administrative Agent by 2:00 p.m. (New York time) at least one (1) Business Day prior to making any mandatory prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(c). 

  (vi)	[Reserved].

  (vii)	[Reserved].

  (d)	Application of Payments.  Each prepayment pursuant to subsections (c)(i), (c)(ii), (c)(iii) and (c)(iv) above shall be applied to the Term Loan until paid in full.  Each such prepayment of the Term Loan shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal of the Term Loan in the inverse order of maturity.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if the Administrative Agent has elected, or has been directed by the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders, to apply payments in respect of any Obligations in accordance with Section 4.03(b), prepayments required under Section 2.05(c) shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section 4.03(b). 

   

  			
	 
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  (e)	Interest and Fees.  Any prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall be accompanied by (i) accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of prepayment, (ii) any Funding Losses payable pursuant to Section 2.08, and (iii) the Applicable Premium, if any, payable in connection with such prepayment of the Loans to the extent required under Section 2.06(b).

  (f)	Cumulative Prepayments.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.05, payments with respect to any subsection of this Section 2.05 are in addition to payments made or required to be made under any other subsection of this Section 2.05.

  (g)	Excluded Prepayment Amounts.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any or all of the prepayments of the Loans pursuant to subsections (c)(i), (c)(ii), (c)(iii) and (c)(iv) above attributable to Foreign Subsidiaries are prohibited or delayed by any applicable local requirements of law from being repatriated to any Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, including through the repayment of intercompany Indebtedness (each, a “Repatriation”, with “Repatriated” and “Repatriate” having correlative meanings) (the Loan Parties hereby agreeing to use, and to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiaries to use, commercially reasonable efforts to take promptly all actions reasonably required by such requirements of law to permit such Repatriation) or the Administrative Borrower has determined in good faith that any of or all the Repatriation of such amounts could have adverse tax consequences to the Administrative Borrower or its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $750,000, the portion of such prepayments so affected (such amount, the “Excluded Prepayment Amount”) will not be required to be applied to prepay the Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.05 and instead shall be available for any purposes not prohibited under this Agreement in the applicable jurisdiction; provided, if and to the extent any portion of such Excluded Prepayment Amount ceases to be prohibited or delayed by applicable local requirements of law or the Administrative Borrower has determined in good faith that it may repatriate such amount without incurring such adverse tax consequences, the Loan Parties shall reasonably promptly Repatriate, or cause to be Repatriated, an amount equal to such portion of the Excluded Prepayment Amount, and the Loan Parties shall reasonably promptly pay such portion of the Excluded Prepayment Amount to the Lenders, which payment shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.05(d).  For the avoidance of doubt, the non-application of any Excluded Prepayment Amount pursuant to this Section 2.05(g) shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default.

  Section 2.06	Fees.

  (a)	[Reserved].  

  (b)	Applicable Premium.

  (i)	Upon the occurrence of an Applicable Premium Trigger Event, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, the Applicable Premium, if any.

  (ii)	Any Applicable Premium payable in accordance with this Section 2.06(b) shall be presumed to be equal to the liquidated damages sustained by the Lenders as the result of the occurrence of the Applicable Premium Trigger Event and the Loan Parties agree that 

   

  			
	 
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  it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing.  THE LOAN PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING APPLICABLE PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACCELERATION.

  (iii)	The Loan Parties expressly agree that:  (A) the Applicable Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) the Applicable Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made; (C) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the Loan Parties giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Applicable Premium; (D) the Loan Parties shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph; (E) their agreement to pay the Applicable Premium is a material inducement to Lenders to provide the Commitments and make the Loans, and (F) the Applicable Premium represents a good faith, reasonable estimate and calculation of the lost profits or damages of the Agents and the Lenders and that it would be impractical and extremely difficult to ascertain the actual amount of damages to the Agents and the Lenders or profits lost by the Agents and the Lenders as a result of such Applicable Premium Trigger Event.

  (iv)	Nothing contained in this Section 2.06(b) shall permit any prepayment of the Loans or reduction of the Commitments not otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

  (c)	Fee Letter.  As and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letter, the Borrowers shall pay the fees set forth in the Fee Letter.

  Section 2.07	Term SOFR Option.

  (a)	The Borrowers may, at any time and from time to time, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to have interest on all or a portion of the Loans be charged at a rate of interest based upon the Term SOFR (the “Term SOFR Option”) by notifying the Administrative Agent in writing prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least 1 U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (i) the proposed borrowing date of a Loan (as provided in Section 2.02), (ii) in the case of the conversion of a Reference Rate Loan to a Term SOFR Loan, the commencement of the proposed Interest Period or (iii) in the case of the continuation of a Term SOFR Loan as a Term SOFR Loan, the last day of the then current Interest Period (the “Term SOFR Deadline”).  Notice of the Borrowers’ election of the Term SOFR Option for a permitted portion of the Loans and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section 2.07(a) shall be made by delivery to the Administrative Agent of (A) a Notice of Borrowing (in the case of the initial making of a Loan) in accordance with Section 2.02 or (B) a Term SOFR Notice prior to the Term SOFR Deadline (by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Term SOFR Notice received by the Administrative Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same day)).  Promptly upon its receipt of each such Term SOFR Notice, the Administrative Agent shall provide a copy thereof to each of the Lenders.  Each Term SOFR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrowers.

   

  			
	 
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  (b)	Interest on Term SOFR Loans shall be payable in accordance with Section 2.04(d).  On the last day of each applicable Interest Period, unless the Borrowers properly have exercised the Term SOFR Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable to such Term SOFR Loans automatically shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Reference Rate Loans of the same type hereunder.  At any time that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers no longer shall have the option to request that any portion of the Loans bear interest at the Term SOFR and the Administrative Agent shall have the right to convert the interest rate on all outstanding Term SOFR Loans to the rate of interest then applicable to Reference Rate Loans of the same type hereunder on the last day of the then current Interest Period.

  (c)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrowers (i) shall have not more than 5 Term SOFR Loans in effect at any given time, and (ii) only may exercise the Term SOFR Option for Term SOFR Loans of at least $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof.

  (d)	The Borrowers may prepay Term SOFR Loans at any time; provided, however, that in the event that Term SOFR Loans are prepaid on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including as a result of any mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(c) or any application of payments or proceeds of Collateral in accordance with Section 4.03 or Section 4.04 or for any other reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, the Borrowers shall indemnify, defend, and hold the Agents and the Lenders and their participants harmless against any and all Funding Losses in accordance with Section 2.08.

  Section 2.08	Compensation for Losses.  In the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any Term SOFR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (ii) the conversion of any Term SOFR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), or (iii) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term SOFR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for any loss, cost and expense attributable to such event, including any loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or redeployment of funds or from any fees payable (“Funding Losses”).

  Section 2.09	Taxes.   Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any and all Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of any Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Taxes from or in respect of any such payment, (i) the applicable Withholding Agent shall make such deduction or withholding, (ii) the applicable Withholding Agent shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and (iii) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased by the amount (an “Additional Amount”) necessary such that after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.09) the applicable 

   

  			
	 
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  Recipient receives the amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

  (b)	In addition, each Loan Party shall pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any Other Taxes, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of any Other Taxes by any Secured Party.  Each Loan Party shall deliver to each Secured Party official receipts in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes payable hereunder promptly after payment of such Taxes or Other Taxes.

  (c)	The Loan Parties hereby jointly and severally indemnify and agree to hold each Secured Party harmless from and against Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without limitation, Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes imposed on any amounts payable under this Section 2.09) paid or payable by such Secured Party or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Secured Party and any expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.  Such indemnification shall be paid within 10 days from the date on which any such Person makes written demand therefore specifying in reasonable detail the nature and amount of such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Secured Party (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of another Secured Party shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

  (d)		Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.09(d)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

  (ii)	Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

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

   

  			
	 
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  (B)	any Lender that is not a U.S. Person (a “Foreign Lender”) shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be reasonably requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

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

  (2)	executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

  (3)	in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.09(d)-1 hereto to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E; or

  (4)	to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.09(d)-2 or Exhibit 2.09(d)-3, IRS Form W-9, or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.09(d)-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

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

   

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

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

  (e)	Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.07(i) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

  (f)	If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.09 (including by the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to this Section 2.09), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.09 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (f) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the 

   

  			
	 
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  payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or Additional Amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

  (g)	The obligations of the Loan Parties under this Section 2.09 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

  Section 2.10	Increased Costs and Reduced Return.    If any Secured Party shall have determined that any Change in Law shall (i) subject such Secured Party, or any Person controlling such Secured Party to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to this Agreement or any Loan made by such Agent or such Lender, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Secured Party or any Person controlling such Secured Party of any amounts payable hereunder (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (e) of the definition of Excluded Taxes or (C) Connection Income Taxes), (ii) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against any Loan or against assets of or held by, or deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, such Secured Party or any Person controlling such Secured Party or (iii) impose on such Secured Party or any Person controlling such Secured Party any other condition regarding this Agreement or any Loan, and the result of any event referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall be to increase the cost to such Secured Party of making any Loan, or agreeing to make any Loan, or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Secured Party hereunder, then, upon demand by such Secured Party, the Borrowers shall pay to such Secured Party such additional amounts as will compensate such Secured Party for such increased costs or reductions in amount.

  (b)	If any Secured Party shall have determined that any Change in Law either (i) affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Secured Party or any Person controlling such Secured Party, and such Secured Party determines that the amount of such capital is increased as a direct or indirect consequence of any Loans made or maintained, such Secured Party’s or such other controlling Person’s other obligations hereunder, or (ii) has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Secured Party’s or such other controlling Person’s capital to a level below that which such Secured Party or such controlling Person could have achieved but for such circumstances as a consequence of any Loans made or maintained, or any agreement to make Loans, or such Secured Party’s or such other controlling Person’s other obligations hereunder (in each case, taking into consideration, such Secured Party’s or such other controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then, upon demand by such Secured Party, the Borrowers shall pay to such Secured Party from time to time such additional amounts as will compensate such Secured Party for such cost of maintaining such increased capital or such reduction in the rate of return on such Secured Party’s or such other controlling Person’s capital.

   

  			
	 
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  (c)	All amounts payable under this Section 2.10 shall bear interest from the date that is 10 days after the date of demand by any Secured Party until payment in full to such Secured Party at the Reference Rate.  A certificate of such Secured Party claiming compensation under this Section 2.10, specifying the event herein above described and the nature of such event shall be submitted by such Secured Party to the Administrative Borrower, setting forth the additional amount due and an explanation of the calculation thereof, and such Secured Party’s reasons for invoking the provisions of this Section 2.10, and shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error.

  (d)	Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Administrative Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

  (e)	The obligations of the Loan Parties under this Section 2.10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

  Section 2.11	Issues with SOFR Rate Option.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Article II, the following shall apply:

  (a)	Interest Rate Unascertainable, Inadequate or Unfair.  Subject to Section 2.12, if, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any Term SOFR Loan:

  (i)	the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that “Adjusted Term SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, or

  (ii)	the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan or a conversion thereto or a continuation thereof that Adjusted Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making and maintaining such Loan, and the Required Lenders have provided notice of such determination to the Administrative Agent,

  the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.

  Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, any obligation of the Lenders to make Term SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to continue Term SOFR Loans or to convert Reference Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent 

   

  			
	 
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  (with respect to clause (b), at the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Reference Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding affected Term SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Reference Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period.  Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant Section 2.08.  Subject to Section 2.12, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that “Adjusted Term SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on Reference Rate Loans shall be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Reference Rate” until the Administrative Agent revokes such determination.

  (b)	Illegality.  If any Lender determines that any Requirement of 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 Loans whose interest is determined by reference to SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or to determine or charge interest based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent) (an “Illegality Notice”), (x) any obligation of the Lenders to make Term SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to continue Term SOFR Loans or to convert Reference Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans, shall be suspended, and (y) the interest rate on which Reference Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Reference Rate”, in each case until each affected Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of an Illegality Notice, the Borrower shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, upon demand from any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans to Reference Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Reference Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Reference Rate”), on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans to such day, in each case until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by each affected Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.08.

  (c)	The obligations of the Loan Parties under this Section 2.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

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    	Benchmark Replacement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement.  Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.  No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.12(a) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date.

  (b)	Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.  In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

  (c)	Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders in advance of (i) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (ii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement.  The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.12(d) and (y) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period.  Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.12, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.12.

  (d)	Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a 

   

  			
	 
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  Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

  (e)	Benchmark Unavailability Period.  Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a SOFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Reference Rate Loans.  During a Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of Reference Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of Reference Rate.

  Article III
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  Article IV

APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS; DEFAULTING LENDERS;
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY OF BORROWERS

  Section 4.01	Payments; Computations and Statements.    The Borrowers will make each payment under this Agreement not later than 3:p.m (New York City time) on the day when due, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent’s Accounts.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day may, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, be deemed received the next succeeding Business Day and wired to the Loan Account.  All payments shall be made by the Borrowers without set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, deduction or other defense to the Agents and the Lenders.  Except as provided in Section 2.02, after receipt, the Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal ratably to the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  The Lenders and the Borrowers hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, charge the Loan Account of the Borrowers with any amount due and payable by the Borrowers under any Loan Document.  Any amount charged to the Loan Account of the Borrowers pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be deemed an Obligation hereunder, funded by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and subject to Section 2.02 of this Agreement.  Whenever any payment to be made under any such Loan Document shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or fees, as the case may be.  Except as set forth herein, all computations of fees  and interest shall be made 

   

  			
	 
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  by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days and for the avoidance of doubt shall not include any date of payment.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fees hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes in the absence of manifest error.

  (b)	Upon written request, the Administrative Agent shall provide the Administrative Borrower, promptly after the end of each calendar month, a summary statement (in the form from time to time used by the Administrative Agent) of the opening and closing daily balances in the Loan Account of the Borrowers during such month, the amounts and dates of all Loans made to the Borrowers during such month, the amounts and dates of all payments on account of the Loans to the Borrowers during such month and the Loans to which such payments were applied, the amount of interest accrued on the Loans to the Borrowers during such month, and the amount and nature of any charges to the Loan Account made during such month on account of fees, commissions, expenses and other Obligations.  All entries on any such statement shall be presumed to be correct and, 30 days after the same is sent, shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error.

  Section 4.02	Sharing of Payments.  Except as provided in Section 2.02 hereof, if any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of any Obligation in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of similar obligations obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in such similar obligations held by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however, that (a) if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and each Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered and (b) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (i) any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender and any payment of an amendment, consent or waiver fee to consenting Lenders pursuant to an effective amendment, consent or waiver with respect to this Agreement), or (ii) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans, other than to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).  The Borrowers agree that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all of its rights (including the Lender’s right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrowers in the amount of such participation.

  Section 4.03	Apportionment of Payments.  Subject to Section 2.02 hereof:

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  respect of any other Obligations, shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among such of the Lenders as are entitled thereto, in proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares or otherwise as provided herein or, in respect of payments not made on account of Loans, as designated by the Person making payment when the payment is made.

  (b)	After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and upon the direction of the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders shall, apply all payments in respect of any Obligations, including without limitation, all proceeds of the Collateral, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, (i) first, ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any fees, expense reimbursements, indemnities and other amounts then due and payable to the Agents until paid in full; (ii) second, to pay interest then due and payable in respect of the Collateral Agent Advances until paid in full; (iii) third, to pay principal of the Collateral Agent Advances until paid in full; (iv) fourth, [reserved]; (v) fifth, [reserved], (v) sixth, [reserved]; (vii) seventh, [reserved]; (viii) eighth, ratably to pay the Term Loan Obligations in respect of any fees (other than any Applicable Premium), expense reimbursements, indemnities and other amounts then due and payable to the Term Loan Lenders until paid in full; (ix) ninth, ratably to pay interest then due and payable in respect of the Term Loan until paid in full; (x) tenth, ratably to pay principal of the Term Loan until paid in full; (xi) eleventh, ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any Applicable Premium then due and payable to the Lenders until paid in full; and (xii) twelfth, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations then due and payable.

  (c)	For purposes of Section 4.03(b) (other than clause (xi) thereof), “paid in full” means payment in cash of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents according to the terms thereof, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not same would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding, except to the extent that default or overdue interest (but not any other interest) and loan fees, each arising from or related to a default, are disallowed in any Insolvency Proceeding; provided, however, that for the purposes of clause (b)(xi), “paid in full” means payment in cash of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents according to the terms thereof, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not the same would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding.

  (d)	In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 4.03 and other provisions contained in any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that both such priority provisions in such documents shall be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other.  In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of Section 4.03 shall control and govern.

  Section 4.04	Defaulting Lenders.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:

   

  			
	 
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  (a)	Such 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 12.02.

  (b)	The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to such Defaulting Lender any payments made by any Borrower to the Administrative Agent for such Defaulting Lender's benefit, and, in the absence of such transfer to such Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent shall transfer any such payments to each other non-Defaulting Lender ratably in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares (without giving effect to the Pro Rata Shares of such Defaulting Lender) (but only to the extent that such Defaulting Lender's Loans were funded by the other Lenders) or, if so directed by the Administrative Borrower and if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and to the extent such Defaulting Lender's Loans were not funded by the other Lenders), retain the same to be re-advanced to the Borrowers as if such Defaulting Lender had made such Loans to the Borrowers.  Subject to the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may hold and, in its discretion, re-lend to the Borrowers for the account of such Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender.

  (c)	Any such failure to fund by any Defaulting Lender shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this Agreement and shall entitle the Borrowers to replace the Defaulting Lender with one or more substitute Lenders, and the Defaulting Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder.  Such notice to replace the Defaulting Lender shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date such notice is given.  Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Defaulting Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the Defaulting Lender being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever.  If the Defaulting Lender shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance.  The replacement of any Defaulting Lender shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 12.07.

  (d)	The operation of this Section shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Commitments of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the performance by any Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender.

  (e)	This Section shall remain effective with respect to such Lender until either (i) the Obligations under this Agreement shall have been declared or shall have become immediately due and payable or (ii) the non-Defaulting Lenders, the Agents, and the Borrowers shall have waived such Defaulting Lender's default in writing, and the Defaulting Lender makes its Pro Rata Share of the applicable defaulted Loans and pays to the Agents all amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender in respect thereof; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; 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 

   

  			
	 
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  or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender's having been a Defaulting Lender.

  Section 4.05	Administrative Borrower; Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers.

  (a)	Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Spire as the borrowing agent and attorney-in-fact for the Borrowers (the “Administrative Borrower”) which appointment shall remain in full force and effect unless and until the Agents shall have received prior written notice signed by all of the Borrowers that such appointment has been revoked and that another Borrower has been appointed Administrative Borrower.  Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Borrower (i) to provide to the Agents and receive from the Agents all notices with respect to Loans obtained for the benefit of any Borrower and all other notices and instructions under this Agreement and (ii) to take such action as the Administrative Borrower deems appropriate on its behalf to obtain Loans and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.  It is understood that the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral of the Borrowers in a combined fashion, as more fully set forth herein, is done solely as an accommodation to the Borrowers in order to utilize the collective borrowing powers of the Borrowers in the most efficient and economical manner and at their request, and that neither the Agents nor the Lenders shall incur liability to the Borrowers as a result hereof.  Each Borrower expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the handling of the Loan Account and the Collateral in a combined fashion since the successful operation of each Borrower is dependent on the continued successful performance of the integrated group.

  (b)	Each Borrower hereby accepts joint and several liability hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Agents and the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each of the Borrowers and in consideration of the undertakings of the other Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the Obligations.  Each of the Borrowers, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the other Borrowers, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations (including, without limitation, any Obligations arising under this Section 4.05), it being the intention of the parties hereto that all of the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of each of the Borrowers without preferences or distinction among them.  If and to the extent that any of the Borrowers shall fail to make any payment with respect to any of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such event, the other Borrowers will make such payment with respect to, or perform, such Obligation.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Obligations of each of the Borrowers under the provisions of this Section 4.05 constitute the absolute and unconditional, full recourse Obligations of each of the Borrowers, enforceable against each such Person to the full extent of its properties and assets, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other circumstances whatsoever.

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  any or all of the Borrowers as often as occasion therefor may arise and without requirement on the part of the Agents, the Lenders or such successors or assigns first to marshal any of its or their claims or to exercise any of its or their rights against any of the other Borrowers or to exhaust any remedies available to it or them against any of the other Borrowers or to resort to any other source or means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations hereunder or to elect any other remedy.  The provisions of this Section 4.05 shall remain in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full or otherwise fully satisfied.

  (d)	Each of the Borrowers hereby agrees that it will not enforce any of its rights of contribution or subrogation against the other Borrowers with respect to any liability incurred by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, any payments made by it to the Agents or the Lenders with respect to any of the Obligations or any Collateral, until such time as all of the Obligations have been paid in full in cash.  Any claim which any Borrower may have against any other Borrower with respect to any payments to the Agents or the Lenders hereunder or under any other Loan Documents are hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in right of payment, without limitation as to any increases in the Obligations arising hereunder or thereunder, to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations.

  Article V
CONDITIONS TO LOANS

  Section 5.01	Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness.  This Agreement shall become effective as of the Business Day (the “Effective Date”) when each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied in a manner satisfactory to the Agents:

  (a)	Payment of Fees, Etc.  The Borrowers shall have paid on or before the Effective Date all fees, costs, expenses and taxes then payable pursuant to Section 2.06 and Section 12.04, except for taxes not required to be paid pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(ii).

  (b)	Representations and Warranties; No Event of Default.  The following statements shall be true and correct:  (i) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to any Secured Party pursuant hereto or thereto on or prior to the Effective Date are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date (in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Effective Date or would result from this Agreement or the other Loan Documents becoming effective in accordance with its or their respective terms.

  (c)	Legality.  The making of the initial Loans shall not contravene any law, rule or regulation applicable to any Secured Party.

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  Agent and, unless indicated otherwise, dated the Effective Date and, if applicable, duly executed by the Persons party thereto:

  (i)	a Security Agreement, together with the original stock certificates representing all of the Equity Interests (which are certificated) and all original promissory notes required to be pledged thereunder, in each case accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and other proper instruments of transfer;

  (ii)	the results of searches for any effective UCC and PPSA financing statements, tax Liens or judgment Liens filed against any Loan Party or its property, which results shall not show any such Liens (other than Permitted Liens acceptable to the Collateral Agent);

  (iii)	a Perfection Certificate;

  (iv)	the Disbursement Letter;

  (v)	the Fee Letter;

  (vi)	the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;

  (vii)	each of the Equity Documents;

  (viii)	the management rights letter, dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties and the Agents, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “VCOC Management Rights Agreement”);

  (ix)	subject to Section 5.03(d), each of the Foreign Loan Documents;

  (x)	the Financial Statements; provided, that the Agents hereby acknowledge receipt of the foregoing Financial Statements;

  (xi)	a certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, certifying (A) as to copies of the Governing Documents of such Loan Party, together with all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, a true and complete copy of the charter, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or other publicly filed organizational document of each Loan Party certified as of a recent date not more than 30 days prior to the Effective Date by an appropriate official of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party which shall set forth the same complete name of such Loan Party as is set forth herein and the organizational number of such Loan Party, if an organizational number is issued in such jurisdiction), (B) as to a copy of the resolutions or written consents of such Loan Party (including a copy of the resolution of the board of managers of each Lux Loan party) authorizing (1) the borrowings hereunder and the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is or will be a party, and (2) the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Loan Party is or will be a party and the execution and delivery of the other documents to be delivered by such Person in connection herewith and therewith, including, without limitation, in the case of the Borrower, the Equity Documents, (C) the names and true signatures of the representatives of such Loan Party authorized to sign each Loan Document (in the case of a 

   

  			
	 
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  Borrower, including, without limitation, Notices of Borrowing, Term SOFR Notices and all other notices under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) to which such Loan Party is or will be a party and the other documents to be executed and delivered by such Loan Party in connection herewith and therewith, together with evidence of the incumbency of such authorized officers, (D) as to the matters set forth in Section 5.01(b), (E) a copy of an extract (extrait) from the Luxembourg Companies Register in respect of each Lux Loan Party, (F) a copy of the negative certificate (certificat de non inscription d’une décision judiciaire) issued by the Luxembourg Companies Register in respect of each Lux Loan Party and (G) with respect to any Lux Loan Party, confirming that (1) it does not meet or threaten to meet the criteria of bankruptcy (faillite), insolvency, voluntary or judicial liquidation (liquidation volontaire ou judiciaire), composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite), controlled management (gestion controlée), reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), general settlement with creditors, reorganisation or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally, is not in a state of cessation of payments (cessation de paiements), and has not lost commercial creditworthiness (ébranlement de credit) and no application has been made by any other person entitled for the appointment of a commissaire, juge commissaire, liquidateur, curateur or similar officer pursuant to any voluntary or judicial insolvency, winding-up, liquidation or similar proceedings and that no application has been made by such Lux Loan Party for a voluntary or judicial winding-up or liquidation and (2) such Lux Loan Party complies with the Luxembourg Domiciliation Regulation;

  (xii)	a certificate of the chief financial officer or other financial officer of the Administrative Borrower (A) certifying that the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (after giving effect to the Loans made on the Effective Date) are Solvent, (B) attaching a copy of the Projections described in Section 6.01(g)(ii) hereof and certifying as to the compliance with the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.01(aa)(ii), (C) certifying that after giving effect to all Loans to be made on the Effective Date and the refinancing of the Existing Credit Facility, (x) Liquidity of the Loan Parties is not less than $95,000,000 and (y) Total ARR Leverage Ratio determined as of the last day of the fiscal month of the Administrative Borrower ended May 31, 2022 (which determination shall, for purposes of this clause (y) only, exclude an amount equal to the Escrow Funds from the determination of Funded Indebtedness pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Total ARR Leverage Ratio and include an additional $6,000,000 in the determination of Annualized Recurring Revenue pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Total ARR Leverage Ratio), is not greater than 1.25 to 1.00;

  (xiii)	[reserved];

  (xiv)	a certificate of the appropriate official(s) of the jurisdiction of organization and, except to the extent such failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each jurisdiction of foreign qualification of each U.S. Loan Party certifying as of a recent date not more than 30 days prior to the Effective Date as to the subsistence in good standing of, and the payment of taxes by, such Loan Party in such jurisdictions;

  (xv)	an opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., counsel to the Loan Parties, as to such matters as the Agents may reasonably request, including, without limitation, the Warrant;

   

  			
	 
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  (xvi)	evidence of the insurance coverage required by Section 7.01 and such other insurance coverage with respect to the business and operations of the Loan Parties as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case, where requested by the Collateral Agent, with such endorsements as to the named insureds or loss payees thereunder as the Collateral Agent may request and providing that such policy may be terminated or canceled (by the insurer or the insured thereunder) only upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and each such named insured or loss payee;

  (xvii)	evidence of the payment in full of all Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Facility, together with (A) a termination and release agreement with respect to the Existing Credit Facility and all related documents, duly executed by the Loan Parties and the Existing Agent, (B) if applicable, a satisfaction of mortgage for each mortgage filed by the Existing Agent on each Facility, (C) if applicable, a termination of security interest in Intellectual Property for each assignment for security recorded by the Existing Agent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office and covering any intellectual property of the Loan Parties, and (D) UCC 3 termination statements for all UCC-1 financing statements and PPSA discharges of all PPSA financing statements, in each case filed by the Existing Agent and covering any portion of the Collateral;

  (xviii)	such other agreements, instruments, approvals, opinions and other documents, each satisfactory to the Agents in form and substance, as any Agent may reasonably request.

  (e)	Material Adverse Effect.  The Collateral Agent shall have determined, in its sole judgment, that no event or development with respect to the Loan Parties shall have occurred since December 31, 2021 which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (f)	[Reserved].  

  (g)	[Reserved].  

  (h)	Approvals.  All consents, authorizations and approvals of, and filings and registrations with, and all other actions in respect of, any Governmental Authority or other Person required in connection with the making of the Loans, or the conduct of the Loan Parties’ business, or the consummation of any of the underlying transactions,  shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect.

  (i)	Proceedings; Receipt of Documents.  All proceedings in connection with the making of the initial Loans and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and all documents incidental hereto and thereto, shall be satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and its counsel, and the Collateral Agent and such counsel shall have received all such information and such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as the Collateral Agent or such counsel may reasonably request.

   

  			
	 
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  (j)	Management Reference Checks.  The Collateral Agent shall have received satisfactory reference checks for, and shall have had an opportunity to meet with, key management of each Loan Party.

  (k)	Due Diligence.  The Agents shall have completed their business, legal and collateral due diligence with respect to each Loan Party and the results thereof shall be acceptable to the Agents, in their sole and absolute discretion.  

  (l)	Security Interests.  The Loan Documents shall create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable first priority security interest in the Collateral secured thereby (subject only to Permitted Liens).

  (m)	Notice of Borrowing.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof.

  (n)	Litigation.  There shall exist no claim, action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, shareholder or derivative litigation) pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority which relates to the Loans or which, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, is reasonably likely to be adversely determined, and that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  Section 5.02	Conditions Precedent to All Loans.  The obligation of any Agent or any Lender to make any Loan after the Effective Date is subject to the fulfillment, in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of each of the following conditions precedent:

  (a)	Payment of Fees, Etc.  The Borrowers shall have paid all fees, costs, expenses and taxes then payable by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, Section 2.06 and Section 12.04 hereof.

  (b)	Representations and Warranties; No Event of Default.  The following statements shall be true and correct, and the submission by the Administrative Borrower to the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing with respect to each such Loan, and the Borrowers' acceptance of the proceeds of such Loan, shall each be deemed to be a representation and warranty by each Loan Party on the date of such Loan that:  (i) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to any Secured Party pursuant hereto or thereto on or prior to the date of such Loan are true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or "Material Adverse Effect" in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such date as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date (in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), (ii) at the time of and after giving effect to the making of such Loan and the application of the proceeds thereof, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the making of the Loan to be made, on such date and (iii) the conditions set forth in this Section 5.02 have been satisfied as of the date of such request.

   

  			
	 
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  (c)	Legality.  The making of such Loan shall not contravene any law, rule or regulation applicable to any Secured Party.

  (d)	Notices.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof.

  (e)	Proceedings; Receipt of Documents.  All proceedings in connection with the making of such Loan and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and all documents incidental hereto and thereto, shall be satisfactory to the Agents and their counsel, and the Agents and such counsel shall have received such other agreements, instruments, approvals, opinions and other documents, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, as any Agent may reasonably request.

  Section 5.03	Conditions Subsequent to Effectiveness.  As an accommodation to the Loan Parties, the Agents and the Lenders have agreed to execute this Agreement and to make the Loans on the Effective Date notwithstanding the failure by the Loan Parties to satisfy the conditions set forth below on or before the Effective Date.  In consideration of such accommodation, the Loan Parties agree that, in addition to all other terms, conditions and provisions set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, those conditions set forth in Section 5.01 and Section 5.02, the Loan Parties shall satisfy each of the conditions subsequent set forth below on or before the date applicable thereto (it being understood that (i) the failure by the Loan Parties to perform or cause to be performed any such condition subsequent on or before the date applicable thereto shall constitute an Event of Default and (ii) to the extent that the existence of any such condition subsequent would otherwise cause any representation, warranty or covenant in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to be breached, the Required Lenders hereby waive such breach for the period from the Effective Date until the date on which such condition subsequent is required to be fulfilled pursuant to this Section 5.03):

  (a)	On or before the date that is 60 days after the Effective Date (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall agree in its sole discretion), Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Collateral Agent a landlord waiver, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and which may be included as a provision contained in the relevant Lease, executed by each landlord with respect to each of the Leases set forth on Schedule III to the Security Agreement where the location is within the U.S. and the  Collateral at such location has a value in excess of $250,000.

  (b)	On or before the date that is 60 days after the Effective Date (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall agree in its sole discretion), the Collateral Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Collateral Agent a collateral access agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, executed by each Person who possesses Collateral with a value in excess of $250,000.

  (c)	On or before the date that is 45 days after the Effective Date (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall agree in its sole discretion), the Collateral Agent shall have received all Control Agreements (other than Excluded Accounts) for each deposit or securities 

   

  			
	 
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  account located in the United States that, in the reasonable judgment of the Agents, are required for the Loan Parties to comply with the Loan Documents as of the Effective Date, each duly executed by, in addition to the applicable Loan Party, the applicable financial institution.

  (d)	on the date Spire Lux or any Lux Loan Party enters into Luxembourg Security Agreements, (i) provide the Collateral Agent with a copy of the shareholders’ register (registre d’associés or registre d’actionnaires) of such Lux Loan Party, reflecting the granting of the Lien in favour of Collateral Agent, and (ii) send a notice of account pledge to any account bank in respect of pledged accounts and cause such account bank to execute a form of waiver and acknowledgment within the period provided for in the applicable Luxembourg Security Agreements.

  (e)	Within the time periods set forth on Schedule 5.03 hereto (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall agree in its sole discretion), the Collateral Agent shall have received the Foreign Loan Documents each duly executed by, in addition to the applicable Loan Party, the applicable Agent or financial institution or their respective counsels, as applicable.

  Article VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  Section 6.01	Representations and Warranties.  Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties as follows:

  (a)	Organization, Good Standing, Etc.  Each Loan Party (i) to the extent applicable, is a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or private limited liability duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated and, in the case of the Borrowers, to make the borrowings hereunder, and to execute and deliver each Loan Document to which it is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and (iii) is, to the extent applicable, duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary, except (solely for the purposes of this subclause (iii)) where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Lux Loan Party has complied with the legal requirements of the Luxembourg Domiciliation Regulation.

  (b)	Authorization, Etc.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is or will be a party, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action, (ii) do not and will not contravene (A) any of its Governing Documents, (B) any applicable material Requirement of Law or (C) any material Contractual Obligation binding on or otherwise affecting it or any of its properties, (iii) do not and will not result in or require the creation of any Lien (other than pursuant to any Loan Document) upon or with respect to any of its properties, and (iv) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval 

   

  			
	 
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  applicable to its operations or any of its properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii)(B), (ii)(C) and (iv), to the extent where such contravention, default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (c)	Governmental Approvals.  No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is or will be a party (A) other than filings and recordings with respect to Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing or recordation, on the Effective Date and (B) any authorizations or approvals that have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect.

  (d)	Enforceability of Loan Documents.  This Agreement is, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is or will be a party, when delivered hereunder and following all necessary registrations and filings, will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except (A) as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity and (B) as regards a Scottish Shares Pledge, with effect only on and from such time as a Lien is created over the Equity Interests the subject thereof as a right in rem thereunder in accordance with its terms and in accordance with the laws of Scotland.

  (e)	Capitalization.  On the Effective Date, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Effective Date, the authorized Equity Interests of the Administrative Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Administrative Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries are as set forth on Schedule 6.01(e) to the Disclosure Letter.  All of the issued and outstanding shares of Equity Interests of the Administrative Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries have been validly issued and, to the extent applicable, are fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof are not entitled to any preemptive, first refusal or other similar rights.  All Equity Interests of such Subsidiaries of the Administrative Borrower are owned by the Administrative Borrower free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Specified Liens).  Except as described on Schedule 6.01(e) to the Disclosure Letter, as of the Effective Date, there are no outstanding debt or equity securities of the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and no outstanding obligations of the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or other obligations of the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, directly or indirectly, any shares of Equity Interests of the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

  (f)	Litigation.  Except as set forth in Schedule 6.01(f) to the Disclosure Letter, there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened action, suit or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any of its properties before any court or other Governmental Authority or any arbitrator that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) relates to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby.

   

  			
	 
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  (g)	Financial Statements.

  (i)	The Financial Statements, copies of which have been delivered to each Agent and each Lender, fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal periods ended on such respective dates, all in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnotes and to year-end adjustments).  All material indebtedness and other liabilities (including, without limitation, Indebtedness, liabilities for taxes, long-term leases and other unusual forward or long-term commitments), direct or contingent, of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries are set forth in the Financial Statements to the extent required in accordance with GAAP (subject in the case of unaudited financial statements to the absence of footnotes and to year-end adjustments).  Since December 31, 2021, no event or development has occurred that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (ii)	The Administrative Borrower has heretofore furnished to each Agent and each Lender (A) projected quarterly balance sheets, income statements and statements of cash flows of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries through the Final Maturity Date, and (B) projected annual balance sheets, income statements and statements of cash flows of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries through the Final Maturity Date, which projected financial statements shall be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(vii).

  (h)	Compliance with Law, Etc.  No Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of (i) any of its Governing Documents, (ii) any Requirement of Law, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) any term of any Contractual Obligation (including, without limitation, any Material Contract) binding on or otherwise affecting it or any of its properties, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (i)	ERISA.  Except as set forth on Schedule 6.01(i) to the Disclosure Letter, (i) each Loan Party and each Employee Plan is in compliance with all Requirements of Law in all material respects, including ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, (ii) no material ERISA Event has occurred nor is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (iii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) with respect to each Pension Plan, including any required Schedule B (Actuarial Information) thereto, copies of which have been filed with the Internal Revenue Service and delivered to the Agents, is complete and correct and fairly presents the funding status of such Pension Plan, and since the date of such report, there has been no material adverse change in such funding status, (iv) copies of each agreement entered into with the PBGC, the U.S. Department of Labor or the Internal Revenue Service with respect to any Employee Plan have been delivered to the Agents, and (v) each Employee Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the trust related thereto is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.  No Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than 

   

  			
	 
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  the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due which are unpaid.  There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened material claims, actions, proceedings or lawsuits (other than claims for benefits in the normal course) asserted or instituted against (A) any Employee Plan or its assets, (B) any fiduciary with respect to any Employee Plan, or (C) any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates with respect to any Employee Plan.  Except as required by Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code, no Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains an employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) that provides health benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates or has any obligation to provide any such benefits for any current employee after such employee’s termination of employment. As of the date hereof, no Loan Party sponsors, administers, participates in, contributes to, or has any liability under or in respect of any Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Employee Benefit Plan and all material contributions and payments required to be made by any Loan Party to any “registered pension plan”, as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada), have been made in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the plan and applicable law, rules, regulations, orders and decrees.

  (j)	Taxes, Etc.  (i) All U.S. federal income and other material state and local and foreign income Tax returns and other reports required by applicable Requirements of Law to be filed by any Loan Party have been timely filed (taking into account any valid extensions) and (ii) all Taxes imposed upon any Loan Party or any property of any Loan Party which have become due and payable on or prior to the date hereof have been paid, except (A) unpaid Taxes in an aggregate amount at any one time not in excess of $500,000, and (B) Taxes contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the imposition of any Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof on the Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP.

  (k)	Regulations T, U and X.  No Loan Party is or will be engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X), and no proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or for any purpose that violates, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U and Regulation X.

  (l)	Reserved.

  (m)	Adverse Agreements, Etc.  Except as set forth under the Loan Documents, no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contractual Obligation or subject to any restriction or limitation in any Governing Document or any judgment, order, regulation, ruling or other requirement of a court or other Governmental Authority, which (either individually or in the aggregate) has, or in the future could reasonably be expected (either individually or in the aggregate) to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

  (n)	Permits, Etc.  Each Loan Party has, and is in compliance with, all permits, licenses, authorizations, approvals, entitlements and accreditations, including Environmental Permits, required for such Person lawfully to own, lease, manage or operate, or to acquire, each 

   

  			
	 
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  business and Facility currently owned, leased, managed or operated, or to be acquired, by such Person, except to the extent the failure to have or be in compliance therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No condition exists or event has occurred which, in itself or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would result in the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any such permit, license, authorization, approval, entitlement or accreditation, including any such Environmental Permit, and there is no claim that any of the foregoing is not in full force and effect except where such suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (o)	Properties.  Each Loan Party has good and marketable title to, valid leasehold interests in, or valid licenses to use, all property and assets material to its business, free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens.  All such properties and assets are in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted except to the extent the failure to be in such order or condition could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (p)	Employee and Labor Matters.  Except as set forth on Schedule 6.01(p) to the Disclosure Letter, as of the Effective Date, (i) each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Requirements of Law in all material respects pertaining to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours, and occupational safety and health, (ii) no Loan Party or any Subsidiary is party to any collective bargaining agreement, nor has any labor union been recognized as the representative of the employees of any Loan Party of Subsidiary, (iii) there is no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement, (iv) there has been no strike, work stoppage, slowdown, lockout, or other labor dispute pending or threatened against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, and (v) to the best knowledge of each Loan Party, no labor organization or group of employees has made a pending demand for recognition or certification, and there are no representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or threatened to be brought or filed, with the National Labor Relations Board or any other labor relations tribunal or authority. No Loan Party or Subsidiary has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”) or any similar Requirement of Law, which remains unpaid or unsatisfied.  All material payments due from any Loan Party or Subsidiary on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Loan Party or Subsidiary, except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (q)	Environmental Matters.  Except as set forth on Schedule 6.01(q) hereto, (i) no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has, and is in compliance with, all Environmental Permits for its respective operations and businesses, except to the extent any failure to have or be in compliance therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii)  there has been no Release or threatened in writing Release of Hazardous Materials on, in, at, under or from any properties currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or 

   

  			
	 
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  a respective predecessor in interest or at any disposal or treatment facility which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or any respective predecessor in interest, which in any case of the foregoing could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) there are no pending or threatened Environmental Claims against, or Environmental Liability of, any Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or any respective predecessor in interest that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (v)  neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is performing or responsible for any Remedial Action that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (vi)  the Loan Parties have made available to the Collateral Agent and Lenders true and complete copies of all material environmental reports, audits and investigations in the possession or control of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the operations and business of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries.

  (r)	Insurance.  Each Loan Party maintains all insurance required by Section 7.01(h).  Schedule 6.01(r) sets forth a list of all such insurance maintained by or for the benefit of each Loan Party on the Effective Date.

  (s)	Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Term Loan shall be used to (a) refinance the Existing Credit Facility, (b) to pay fees and expenses associated with this Agreement and (c) for general corporate purposes of the Loan Parties.

  (t)	Solvency.  After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and before and after giving effect to each Loan, each Loan Party is, and the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis are, Solvent.  No transfer of property is being made by any Loan Party and no obligation is being incurred by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with the actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of such Loan Party.

  (u)	Intellectual Property.  Except as set forth on Schedule 6.01(u) to the Disclosure Letter, each Loan Party owns or licenses or otherwise has the right to use all Intellectual Property rights that are necessary for the operation of its business, without infringement upon or conflict with the rights of any other Person with respect thereto, except for such infringements and conflicts which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Set forth on Schedule 6.01(u) to the Disclosure Letter is a complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date of (i) each item of Registered Intellectual Property owned by each Loan Party, (ii) each material work of authorship owned by each Loan Party and which is not Registered Intellectual Property and (iii) each material Intellectual Property Contract to which each Loan Party is bound as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No trademark or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any Loan Party infringes upon or conflicts with any rights owned by any other Person, and no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or threatened in writing, except for such infringements and conflicts which could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  To the knowledge of each Loan Party, no patent, invention, device, application, principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code pertaining to Intellectual Property is pending 

   

  			
	 
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  or proposed, which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (v)	Material Contracts.  Set forth on Schedule 6.01(v) to the Disclosure Letter is a complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date of all Material Contracts of each Loan Party, showing the parties and amendments and modifications thereto. As of the Effective Date, each Material Contract (i) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against each Loan Party that is a party thereto and, to the best knowledge of such Loan Party, all other parties thereto in accordance with its terms and (ii) is not in default due to the action of any Loan Party or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, any other party thereto except where such default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (w)	Investment Company Act.  None of the Loan Parties is required to register as an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

  (x)	COMI. Each Lux Loan Party has and, upon the opening of any insolvency proceedings pursuant to the EU Insolvency Regulation, will have its central administration (administration centrale), its place of effective management (siège de direction effective) and its centre of main interests (centre des intérêts principaux) (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) at the place of its registered office (siège statutaire) in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg being the jurisdiction in which each Lux Loan Party conducts the administration of its interests on a regular basis and which is ascertainable by third parties (there being a rebuttable presumption that a company's centre of main interests is in the jurisdiction in which it has its registered office) and will not have an "establishment" (being any place of operations where a company carries out or has carried out in the three month period prior to the request to open main insolvency proceedings a non-transitory economic activity with human means and assets), as defined in Article 2(10) of the EU Insolvency Regulation, outside the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 

  (y)	Sanctions; Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering Laws.  None of any Loan Party, any Subsidiary thereof, any of their respective directors, officers, or employees, shareholders or owners, nor, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any of their respective agents or Affiliates, (i) is a Sanctioned Person or currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) has assets located in a Sanctioned Country, (iii) conducts any business with or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Person, (iv) directly or indirectly derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons, (v) is a “Foreign Shell Bank” within the meaning of the USA Patriot Act, i.e., a foreign bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not affiliated with a bank that has a physical presence and an acceptable level of regulation and supervision, or (vi) is a Person that resides in or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction designated by the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Section 311 or 312 of the USA Patriot Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns.  Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates with all Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Law.  Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering 

   

  			
	 
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  Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws.  Each Loan Party and each Affiliate, officer, employee or director acting on behalf of any Loan Party is (and is taking no action that would result in any such Person not being) in compliance with (A) all applicable OFAC rules and regulations, (B) all applicable United States of America, United Kingdom, United Nations, European Union, German, Canadian, Australian and all other internationally respected national autonomous sanctions, embargos and trade restrictions and (C) all applicable provisions of the USA Patriot Act.  In addition, no Loan Party or any Subsidiary is engaged in any kind of activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that is subject to any sanctions administered by OFAC, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Germany, Canada, Australia or the United Nations.

  (z)	Anti-Bribery and Corruption.

  (i)	Neither any Loan Party nor, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, any director, officer, employee, or any other Person acting on behalf of any Loan Party, has offered, promised, paid, given or authorized the payment or giving of any money or other thing of value, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of any Person, including without limitation, any employee, official or other Person acting on behalf of any Governmental Authority, or otherwise engaged in any activity that may violate any Anti-Corruption Law.

  (ii)	Neither any Loan Party nor, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, any director, officer, employee, or any other Person acting on behalf of any Loan Party, has engaged in any activity that would breach any Anti-Corruption Laws.

  (iii)	To the best of each Loan Party’s knowledge and belief, there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any court or other Governmental Authority against any Loan Party or any of its directors, officers, employees or other Person acting on its behalf that relates to a potential violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions.

  (iv)	The Loan Parties will not directly or indirectly use, lend or contribute the proceeds of the Loans for any purpose that would breach the Anti-Corruption Laws.

  (aa)	Full Disclosure.

  (i)	Each Loan Party has disclosed to the Agents all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Agents (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrowers’ industry) in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or, when taken together, omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading.

   

  			
	 
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  (ii)	Projections have been prepared on a reasonable basis and in good faith based on assumptions, estimates, methods and tests that are believed by the Loan Parties to be reasonable at the time such Projections were prepared and information believed by the Loan Parties to have been accurate based upon the information available to the Loan Parties at the time such Projections were furnished to the Lenders, and none of the Loan Parties are aware of any facts or information that would lead it to believe that such Projections are incorrect or misleading in any material respect; it being understood that (A) Projections are by their nature subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Loan Parties’ control, (B) actual results may differ materially from the Projections and such variations may be material and (C) the Projections are not a guarantee of performance.

  Article VII
COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES AND OTHER COLLATERAL MATTERS

  Section 7.01	Affirmative Covenants.  So long as any principal of or interest on any Loan or any other Obligation (whether or not due) shall remain unpaid (other than Contingent Indemnity Obligations) or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party will, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:

  (a)	Reporting Requirements.  Furnish to each Agent for delivery to each Lender:

  (i)	as soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries commencing with the first full fiscal month ending after the Effective Date, (A) internally prepared consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and retained earnings and statements of cash flows as at the end of such fiscal month, and for the period commencing at the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such fiscal month, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date or period set forth in (1) beginning with the monthly period ending June 30, 2023 and for each such monthly period thereafter, the financial statements for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, and (2) beginning with the monthly period ending January 31, 2023, the Projections (within 45 days for months ending as of a Fiscal Quarter end), all in reasonable detail and certified by an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal month and the results of operations, retained earnings and cash flows of such Persons for such fiscal month and for such year-to-date period, in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with that of the most recent audited financial statements furnished to the Agents and the Lenders, subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end adjustments, and (B) a report of key performance indicators as set forth on Exhibit F hereto as well as any other key performance indicator reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;

  (ii)	as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries commencing with the first such Fiscal Quarter ending after the Effective Date, consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and retained earnings and statements of cash 

   

  			
	 
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  flows of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and for the period commencing at the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date or period set forth in (A) the financial statements for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and (B) the Projections, all in reasonable detail and certified by an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of such Persons as of the end of such quarter and the results of operations and cash flows of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such quarter and for such year-to-date period, in accordance with GAAP, subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end adjustments;

  (iii)	as soon as available, within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries, consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and retained earnings and statements of cash flows of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date or period set forth in (A) the financial statements and (B) the Projections for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by a report and an opinion, prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, of independent certified public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Borrower and satisfactory to the Agents (it being understood that PricewaterhouseCoopers is reasonably satisfactory to the Agents) (which report and opinion shall not include (1) any qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt about the ability of the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to continue as a going concern or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, or (2) any qualification which relates to the treatment or classification of any item and which, as a condition to the removal of such qualification, would require an adjustment to such item, the effect of which would be to cause any noncompliance with the provisions of Section 7.03);

  (iv)	simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements required by clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 7.01(a), a Compliance Certificate:

  (A)	stating that such Authorized Officer has reviewed the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and has made or caused to be made under his or her supervision a review of the condition and operations of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether such Persons were in compliance with all of the provisions of this Agreement and such Loan Documents at the times such compliance is required hereby and thereby, and that such review has not disclosed, and such Authorized Officer has no knowledge of, the occurrence and continuance during such period of an Event of Default or Default or, if an Event of Default or Default had occurred or is continuing, describing the nature and period of existence thereof and the action which such Persons propose to take or have taken with respect thereto,

  (B)	attaching a schedule showing the calculation of the financial covenants specified in Section 7.03, and

   

  			
	 
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  (C)	in the case of the delivery of the financial statements required by clause (iii) of this Section 7.01(a), attaching (1) a summary of all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date thereof by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and evidence that such insurance coverage meets the requirements set forth in Section 7.01(h), each Security Agreement and each Mortgage, together with such other related documents and information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require and (2) to the extent applicable, the calculation of Excess Cash Flow in accordance with the terms of Section 2.05(c)(i); 

  (v)	[reserved];

  (vi)	(A) for months ending as of a Fiscal Quarter end and the date that is the mid-point between such Fiscal Quarter month and the subsequent Fiscal Quarter month, in each case within thirty days of such date, a forecast of Liquidity of the Loan Parties as of the last day of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter; provided that if at any time the Liquidity of the Loan Parties is at any time less than $30,000,000, such Liquidity forecast must be delivered not later than Wednesday for each calendar week, and (B) not later than five (5) Business Days after the start of each calendar month, (i) a customary liquidity “flash” report setting forth, among other things, the Loan Parties’ cash balances for the immediately preceding calendar month, (ii) a customary “pipeline” report and (iii) a 13-Week Cash Flow (as defined below) for any month where the Liquidity of the Loan Parties was less than $60,000,000 at any time during the prior month; provided, that if the Liquidity of the Loan Parties is less than $30,000,000 at any time during a month, then commencing on Wednesday of the immediately following calendar week and for each calendar week thereafter until the Liquidity of the Loan Parties for each day in the immediately preceding calendar week is greater than $30,000,000, then (x) a calculation of the Liquidity of the Loan Parties as of the last day of the immediately preceding calendar week in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents and (y) a 13-week cash flow forecast of the Loan Parties in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents (the “13-Week Cash Flow”); provided, further, that, (a) a comparison of Liquidity against the 13-Week Cash Flow shall be included for any week that a calculation of Liquidity is delivered for a week that is included in the 13-Week Cash Flow and (b) if for any week that a calculation of Liquidity is delivered, the 13-Week Cash Flow is more than 4 weeks old, an updated 13-Week Cash Flow shall also be delivered;

  (vii)	as soon as available and in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower (A) attaching Projections for the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries, supplementing and superseding the Projections previously required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, prepared on a monthly basis and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, for the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year and (B) certifying that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.01(aa)(ii) are true and correct with respect to the Projections;

  (viii)	promptly after submission to any Governmental Authority, all material documents and information furnished to such Governmental Authority in connection with any investigation of any Loan Party other than routine inquiries by such Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, with respect to any such investigation, any material disclosures with regards to the dual/third nationals voluntary disclosure or any disclosure with regards to export licensing matters); provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall be permitted to redact any such 

   

  			
	 
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  documents or omit any information (A) to the extent necessary to preserve any applicable legal privilege (including attorney-client privilege), (B) the disclosure of which would reasonably be expected by Administrative Borrower to result in a conflict of interest (including, without limitation, matters relating to compliance with, amendments to, or the refinancing or payoff of, any Loan Documents), (C) if the disclosure of such information is prohibited by a binding agreement in favor of a third party (other than any Affiliate of the Administrative Borrower or its Subsidiaries), or (D) such information is highly confidential, sensitive, or constitutes a trade secret;

  (ix)	as soon as possible, and in any event within 3 Business Days after the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default or the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect, the written statement of an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default or other event or development having a Material Adverse Effect and the action which the affected Loan Party proposes to take with respect thereto;

  (x)	as soon as possible and in any event: (A) at least 10 days prior to any event or development that could reasonably be expected to result in or constitute an ERISA Event, and, to the extent not reasonably expected, within 5 days after the occurrence of any ERISA Event, notice of such ERISA Event (in reasonable detail), (B) within three days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC, copies of each notice received by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of the PBGC’s intention to terminate any Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Pension Plan, (C) within 10 days after the filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Service, copies of each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) with respect to each Pension Plan, (D) within 3 days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan or from the PBGC, a copy of each notice received by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability under Section 4202 of ERISA or indicating that such Multiemployer Plan may enter reorganization status under Section 4241 of ERISA and (E) within 10 days after any Loan Party sends notice of a plant closing or mass layoff (as defined in WARN) to employees, copies of each such notice sent by such Loan Party;

  (xi)	promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof but in any event not later than 3 Business Days after service of process with respect thereto on, or the obtaining of knowledge thereof by, any Loan Party, notice of each action, suit or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority or other regulatory body or any arbitrator which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

  (xii)	as soon as possible and in any event within 5 days after execution, receipt or delivery thereof, copies of any material notices that any Loan Party executes or receives in connection with any Material Contract;

  (xiii)	as soon as possible and in any event within 3 Business Days after execution, receipt or delivery thereof, copies of any material notices that any Loan Party executes or receives in connection with the sale or other Disposition of the Equity Interests of, or all or substantially all of the assets of, any Loan Party;

   

  			
	 
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  (xiv)	as soon as possible and in any event within the earlier of (i) 10 days after the delivery thereof to the Administrative Borrower’s or any other Borrower’s Board of Directors and (ii) the Administrative Borrower’s or any other Borrower’s earnings release, copies of all reports or other information so delivered (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any reports or information specifically delivered to any committee of Administrative Borrower’s or any other Borrower’s Board of Directors); provided, however, that the Administrative Borrower or any other Borrower shall be permitted to redact any such documents or omit any information (w) to the extent necessary to preserve any applicable legal privilege (including attorney-client privilege), (x) the disclosure of which would reasonably be expected by Administrative Borrower to result in a conflict of interest (including, without limitation, matters relating to compliance with, amendments to, or the refinancing or payoff of, any Loan Documents), (y) if the disclosure of such information is prohibited by a binding agreement in favor of a third party (other than any Affiliate of the Administrative Borrower or its Subsidiaries), or (z) such information is highly confidential, sensitive, or constitutes a trade secret;

  (xv)	promptly after (A) the sending or filing thereof, copies of all material statements, reports and other information any Loan Party sends to any holders of its Indebtedness with  an aggregate principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 or its securities generally or files with the SEC or any national (domestic or foreign) securities exchange and (B) promptly after the receipt thereof, a copy of any material notice received from any holder of its Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $1,000,000;

  (xvi)	promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final financial reports (including, without limitation, management letters), if any, submitted to any Loan Party by its auditors in connection with any annual or interim audit of the books thereof;

  (xvii)	promptly upon request, any certification or other customary evidence reasonably requested from time to time by any Lender in its sole discretion, confirming the Borrowers’ compliance with Section 7.02(r);

  (xviii)	simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries required by clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 7.01(a), if, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of the Financial Statements that is permitted by Section 7.02(q), the consolidated financial statements of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 7.01(a) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents; 

  (xix)	promptly upon request, such other information maintained by such Loan Party in the ordinary course of business concerning the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of any Loan Party as any Agent may from time to time may reasonably request; and

   

  			
	 
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  (xx)	promptly upon any amendment, modification, change or termination of any Material Contract that would reasonably be expected to result in the reduction of Recurring Revenue by an amount exceeding 5.0% of Recurring Revenue for the three consecutive fiscal month period of the Administrative Borrower then last ended.

  Information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii), Section 7.01(a)(iii), Section 7.01(a)(xv) or Section 7.01(a)(xvi) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Administrative Borrower posts such information, or provides a link thereto on Borrower’s website on the Internet at https://www.spire.com (or any new address identified by the company) or at http://www.sec.gov; or (ii) on which such information is posted on Administrative Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have been granted access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent). The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to herein, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by Administrative 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.

  (b)	Additional Borrowers, Guarantors and Collateral Security.  Cause:

  (i)	each Subsidiary of any Loan Party not in existence or not constituting a Subsidiary on the Effective Date,  but which later becomes a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent promptly and in any event within 15 Business Days (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree to in writing) after the formation, acquisition or change in status thereof, (A) a Joinder Agreement, pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall be made a party to this Agreement as a Borrower or a Guarantor, (B) a supplement to the Security Agreement, together with (1) any certificates evidencing certificated Equity Interests of any Person directly owned by such Subsidiary required to be pledged under the terms of the Security Agreement (but not creating any obligation to certificate any Equity Interests),, (2) undated stock powers for such certificated Equity Interests executed in blank, and (3) such opinions of counsel as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, (C) to the extent required under the terms of this Agreement, one or more Mortgages creating on the owned real property of such Subsidiary a perfected, first priority Lien (in terms of priority, subject only to Permitted Specified Liens) on such owned real property and such other Real Property Deliverables as may be required by the Collateral Agent with respect to each such owned real property, and (D) such other agreements, instruments, approvals or other documents reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to create, perfect, establish the first priority of (subject to Permitted Liens) or otherwise protect any Lien purported to be covered by any such Security Agreement or Mortgage or otherwise to effect the intent that such Subsidiary shall become bound by all of the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Loan Documents and that a security interest in all property and assets of such Subsidiary constituting Collateral shall become subject to a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent; and

  (ii)	each Loan Party directly owning any of the Equity Interests of any such Subsidiary to execute and deliver promptly and in any event within 20 Business Days (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree to in writing) after the formation or 

   

  			
	 
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  acquisition of such Subsidiary a Pledge Amendment (as defined in the Security Agreement), together with (A) any certificates evidencing the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary required to be pledged under the terms of the Security Agreement (but not creating any obligation to certificate any Equity Interests), (B) undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of assignment for such certificated Equity Interests executed in blank, (C) such opinions of counsel as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (D) such other agreements, instruments, approvals or other documents reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent including, but not limited to, those in form and substance substantially similar to those required pursuant to Section 5.03.

  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (y) no Excluded Subsidiary shall be required to become a Loan Party hereunder (and, as such, shall not be required to deliver the documents required by clause (i) above); provided, however, that if (I) the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary are owned by a Loan Party, such Loan Party shall deliver all such documents, instruments, agreements (including, without limitation, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, a pledge agreement governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of the organization of such Excluded Subsidiary) and certificates described in clause (ii) above to the Collateral Agent, and take all commercially reasonable actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent or otherwise necessary to grant and to perfect a first-priority Lien (subject to Permitted Specified Liens) in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, in 65% of the voting Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary and 100% of all other Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary owned by such Loan Party and (II) promptly and in any event within 20 days after the effectiveness of any amendment of the Internal Revenue Code to allow for 100% of the voting Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary to be pledged to the Collateral Agent without material adverse tax consequences to the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries (as determined by Administrative Borrower in good faith), upon the request of Collateral Agent, 100% of such voting Equity Interests shall be pledged pursuant to clause (ii) above and (z) Spire Scotland shall not be required to become a Loan Party hereunder and nor shall any Loan Party be required to create any Lien or inchoate shares pledge over the Equity Interests of Spire Scotland until the occurrence of the Spire Scotland Transfer Date, whereupon each Loan Party shall cause Spire Scotland to comply with section 7.01(b)(i) above on or before the date occurring 30 days after the occurrence of the Spire Scotland Transfer Date, provided that the only Liens which shall be created in respect of Spire Scotland shall be (AA) a Scottish floating charge granted by Spire Scotland and (BB) a Scottish shares pledge granted by Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. in respect of the Equity Interests of Spire Scotland.

  (c)	Compliance with Laws; Payment of Taxes.

  (i)	Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all Requirements of Law, judgments and awards (including any settlement of any claim that, if breached, could give rise to any of the foregoing), except to the extent the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (ii)	Pay, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, in full before delinquency, all Taxes imposed upon any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except (i) unpaid Taxes in an aggregate amount at any one time not in excess of $200,000, and (ii) Taxes contested in good faith by proper proceedings 

   

  			
	 
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  which stay the imposition of any Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP.

  (d)	Preservation of Existence, Etc.  Except in connection with the consummation of a transaction permitted by Section 7.02(c), maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary, except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to be so qualified and/or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (e)	Keeping of Records and Books of Account.  Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, adequate records and books of account, with complete entries made to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

  (f)	Inspection Rights.  Permit, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, the agents and representatives of any Agent at any time and from time to time during normal business hours and upon reasonably prior notice, at the expense of the Borrowers, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from its records and books of account, to visit and inspect its properties, to verify materials, leases, notes, accounts receivable, deposit accounts and its other assets, to conduct audits, appraisals or examinations and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with any of its directors, executive officers, independent accountants or any of its other representatives; provided that such examinations, visits, inspections and appraisals shall be conducted at the same time and limited to once per 12-month period unless an Event of Default is continuing.  In furtherance of the foregoing, each Loan Party hereby authorizes its independent accountants, and the independent accountants of each of its Subsidiaries, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of such Person (independently or together with representatives of such Person) with the agents and representatives of any Agent in accordance with this Section 7.01(f).

  (g)	Maintenance of Properties, Etc.  Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties which are necessary in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty excepted, and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder, except to the extent the failure to so maintain and preserve or so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (h)	Maintenance of Insurance.  Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, commercial general liability, worker’s compensation and business interruption insurance) with respect to the Collateral and its other properties (including all real property leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is (i) carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated, (ii) required by any Requirement of Law, and (iii) required by any Material Contract.  All property and commercial general liability/hazard policies covering the Collateral are 

   

  			
	 
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  to be made payable to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, as their interests may appear, in case of loss, under standard lenders’ loss payee endorsements and are to contain such other provisions as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require to fully protect the Lenders’ interest in the Collateral and to any payments to be made under such policies.  All certificates of insurance are to be delivered to the Collateral Agent and the policies are to be premium prepaid with the lenders’ loss payee and additional insured endorsement in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, as their respective interests may appear, and such other Persons as the Collateral Agent may designate from time to time, and shall provide for not less than 30 days’ (10 days’ in the case of non-payment) prior written notice to the Collateral Agent of the exercise of any right of cancellation.  If any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries fails to maintain such insurance, the Collateral Agent may arrange for such insurance, but at the Borrowers’ expense and without any responsibility on the Collateral Agent’s part for obtaining the insurance, the solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the collection of claims.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the sole right, in the name of the Lenders, any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, to file claims under any insurance policies, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies  

  (i)	Obtaining of Permits, Etc.  Obtain, maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to obtain, maintain and preserve, and take all necessary action to timely renew, all permits, licenses, authorizations, approvals, entitlements and accreditations that are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business, in each case, except to the extent the failure to obtain, maintain, preserve or take such action could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (j)	Environmental.

  (i)	Keep the Collateral free of any Environmental Lien;

  (ii)	Obtain, maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to obtain, maintain and preserve, and take all necessary action to timely renew, all Environmental Permits that are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business, and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, in each case, except to the extent the failure to so obtain, maintain, preserve or comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

  (iii)	Take all commercially reasonable steps to prevent any Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials in violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit at, in, on, under or from any property owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

   

  			
	 
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  (iv)	Provide the Collateral Agent with written notice within ten (10) Business Days of any of the following:  (A) obtaining knowledge of any Release of a Hazardous Material or environmental condition at, in, on, under or from any property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party, Subsidiary or predecessor in interest or any violation of Environmental Law or Environmental Permit that in any case could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (B) receipt of written notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed against any Collateral; or (C) obtaining knowledge of any Environmental Claim made in writing or Environmental Liabilities, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and provide such reports, documents and information as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time with respect to any of the foregoing.

  (k)	Fiscal Year.  Cause the Fiscal Year of the Loan Parties to end on December 31 of each calendar year unless the Agents consent (such consent not to be unreasonably, withheld, conditioned or delayed) to a change in such Fiscal Year (and appropriate related changes to this Agreement).

  (l)	Landlord Waivers; Collateral Access Agreements.  At any time any Collateral of a Loan Party with a book value in excess of $250,000 (when aggregated with all other Collateral at the same location) is located on any real property of a Loan Party (whether such real property is now existing or acquired after the Effective Date) which is not owned by a Loan Party, or is stored on the premises of a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain written subordinations or waivers or collateral access agreements, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

  (m)	After Acquired Real Property.  Upon the acquisition by any Loan Party after the date hereof of any fee interest in any real property located in the United States (each such interest being a “New Facility”) with a Current Value in excess of $1,000,000, immediately so notify the Collateral Agent, setting forth with specificity a description of the interest acquired, the location of the real property, any structures or improvements thereon and either an appraisal or such Loan Party’s good-faith estimate of the current value of such real property (for purposes of this Section, the “Current Value”).  The Collateral Agent shall notify such Loan Party whether it intends to require a Mortgage (and any other Real Property Deliverables) with respect to such New Facility.  Upon receipt of such notice requesting a Mortgage (and any other Real Property Deliverables), the Person that has acquired such New Facility shall promptly furnish the same to the Collateral Agent.  The Borrowers shall pay all fees and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, and all title insurance charges and premiums, in connection with each Loan Party’s obligations under this Section 7.01(m).

  (n)	Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws; Sanctions.

  (i)	Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, policies and procedures designed to promote compliance by each Loan Party, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with all Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

   

  			
	 
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  (ii)	Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions.

  (iii)	Promptly notify the Administrative Agent upon obtaining knowledge of any action, suit or investigations by any court or Governmental Authority in relation to an alleged breach of the Anti-Corruption Law by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party.

  (iv)	Not directly or indirectly use, lend or contribute the proceeds of any Loan for any purpose that would breach any Anti-Corruption Law, Anti-Money Laundering Law, or Sanctions.

  (v)	Not engage in any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that is subject to any Sanctions.

  (vi)	In order to comply with the “know your customer/borrower” requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, promptly provide to the Administrative Agent upon its reasonable request from time to time (A) information relating to individuals and entities affiliated with any Loan Party that maintains a business relationship with the Administrative Agent, and (B) such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such Loan Party in order to enable the Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

  (o)	Lender Meetings.  Upon the reasonable advance request of any Agent or the Required Lenders (which request, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, shall not be made more than once during each Fiscal Year), participate in a meeting with the Agents and the Lenders at the Borrowers’ corporate offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to among the Administrative Borrower, on one hand, and the Administrative Borrower and such Agent or the Required Lenders, on the other hand) at such time as may be agreed to among the Administrative Borrower, on the one hand, and the Administrative Borrower and such Agent or the Required Lenders, on the other hand.

  (p)	COMI.	 Each Lux Loan Party shall take all steps necessary to maintain its centre of main interests (as that term is used in Article 3 (1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

  (q)	Domiciliation. Each Lux Loan Party shall comply with the legal requirement of the Luxembourg Domiciliation Regulation.

  (r)	Further Assurances.  Take such action and execute, acknowledge and deliver, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to take such action and execute, acknowledge and deliver, at its sole cost and expense, such agreements, instruments or other documents as any Agent may reasonably require from time to time in order (i) to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) to subject to valid and perfected first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) Liens any of the Collateral of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, (iii) to establish and maintain the validity and effectiveness of any of the Loan Documents and the 

   

  			
	 
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  validity, perfection and priority (subject to Permitted Liens) of the Liens intended to be created thereby, and (iv) to better assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer and confirm unto each Secured Party the rights now or hereafter intended to be granted to it under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  In furtherance of the foregoing, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, to the extent a Loan Party fails to comply with this Section 7.01(q),  each Loan Party (i) authorizes each Agent to execute any such agreements, instruments or other documents in such Loan Party’s name and to file such agreements, instruments or other documents in any appropriate filing office, (ii) authorizes each Agent to file any financing statement required hereunder or under any other Loan Document, and any continuation statement or amendment with respect thereto, in any appropriate filing office without the signature of such Loan Party, and (iii) absent manifest error, ratifies the filing of any financing statement, and any continuation statement or amendment with respect thereto, filed without the signature of such Loan Party prior to the date hereof.

  Section 7.02	Negative Covenants.  So long as any principal of or interest on any Loan or any other Obligation (whether or not due) shall remain unpaid (other than Contingent Indemnity Obligations) or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party shall not, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:

  (a)	Liens, Etc.  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien upon or with respect to any of its properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; file or suffer to exist under the Uniform Commercial Code or any Requirement of Law of any jurisdiction, a financing statement (or the equivalent thereof) that names it or any of its Subsidiaries as debtor, except for financing statements that are filed under the PPSA in advance of a proposed payout of this facility; provided that at the time of such filing such financing statements do not perfect any Liens; sign or suffer to exist any security agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder to file such financing statement (or the equivalent thereof) other than, as to all of the above, Permitted Liens.

  (b)	Indebtedness.  Create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist, or otherwise become or remain liable with respect to, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist or otherwise become or remain liable with respect to, any Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness.

  (c)	Fundamental Changes; Dispositions.

  (i)	Wind-up, liquidate or dissolve, or merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any Person, including by means of a “plan of division” under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or any comparable transaction under any similar law, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that (A) any wholly-owned Subsidiary of any the Administrative Borrower may be (A) merged with or into another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower or into the Administrative Borrower, or may consolidate or amalgamate with a Loan Party or another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower, so long as (1) no other provision of this Agreement would be violated thereby, (2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either before or after giving effect to such transaction, (3) the Lenders’ rights in any Collateral, including, without limitation, the existence, perfection and priority of any Lien thereon, are not adversely affected in 

   

  			
	 
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  any material respect by such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, (4) if such merger, consolidation or amalgamation involves the Administrative Borrower, the Administrative Borrower shall be the surviving or continuing Person and (5) if such merger, consolidation or amalgamation involves any Loan Party, a Loan Party shall be the surviving or continuing Person and (B) wind-up, liquidate, or dissolve, so long as the assets of such Person are transferred to (A) if such Person is a Loan Party, another Loan Party and (B) if such Person is not a Loan Party, Administrative Borrower or another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower 

  (ii)	Make any Disposition, whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or any part of its business, property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (or agree to do any of the foregoing), or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries may make Permitted Dispositions.

  (d)	Change in Nature of Business.

  (i)	Make, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type engaged in as of the date hereof and any other businesses reasonably related, complementary or incidental thereto or reasonable extensions thereof.

  (ii)	[reserved].

  (e)	Loans, Advances, Investments, Etc.  Make or commit or agree to make, or permit any of its Subsidiaries make or commit or agree to make, any Investment in any other Person except for Permitted Investments.

  (f)	Sale and Leaseback Transactions.  Enter into, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into, any Sale and Leaseback Transaction except for any such sale of any fixed or capital assets by the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair value of such fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary acquires, or completes the construction of, such fixed or capital asset; provided that if such sale and leaseback results in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, such Capitalized Lease Obligation is permitted by clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and any Lien made the subject of such Capitalized Lease Obligation is permitted by clause (e) of the definition of Permitted Liens.

  (g)	[Reserved].

  (h)	Restricted Payments.  Make or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make any Restricted Payment other than Permitted Restricted Payments.

  (i)	Federal Reserve Regulations.  Permit any Loan or the proceeds of any Loan under this Agreement to be used for any purpose that would cause such Loan to be a margin loan in violation of the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.

   

  			
	 
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  (j)	Transactions with Affiliates.  Enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate, except (i) transactions consummated in the ordinary course of business and necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business, for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it or its Subsidiaries than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate thereof, and that are disclosed in all material respects to the Agents prior to the consummation thereof, if they involve one or more payments by the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $250,000 for any single transaction or series of related transactions, (ii) transactions with another Loan Party and transactions among a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries that is not prohibited by the other provisions of this Agreement, (iii) transactions permitted by 7.02(b), 7.02(c) 7.02(e) 7.02(h) and 7.02(k), (iv) sales of Qualified Equity Interests of the Administrative Borrower to Affiliates of the Administrative Borrower not otherwise prohibited by the Loan Documents and the granting of registration and other customary rights in connection therewith, (v) transactions existing on the Effective Date and described on Schedule 7.02(j) to the Disclosure Letter, or any extension, replacement or continuation of any such agreement, and (vi) reasonable and customary director and officer compensation (including bonuses and stock option programs), benefits and indemnification arrangements.

  (k)	Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.  Create or otherwise cause, incur, assume, suffer or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party (i) to pay dividends or to make any other distribution on any shares of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) to pay or prepay or to subordinate any Indebtedness owed to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) to make loans or advances to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) to transfer any of its property or assets to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 7.02(k) shall prohibit or restrict compliance with:

  (A)	this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

  (B)	any agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 7.02(k) to the Disclosure Letter, or any extension, replacement or continuation of any such agreement; provided, that, any such encumbrance or restriction contained in such extended, replaced or continued agreement is no less favorable to the Agents and the Lenders than the encumbrance or restriction under or pursuant to the agreement so extended, replaced or continued;

  (C)	any applicable law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, applicable currency control laws and applicable state corporate statutes restricting the payment of dividends in certain circumstances);

  (D)	in the case of clause (iv), (1) customary restrictions on the subletting, assignment or transfer of any specified property or asset set forth in a lease, 

   

  			
	 
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  license, asset sale agreement or similar contract for the conveyance of such property or asset and (2) any instrument or other document evidencing a Permitted Lien (or the Indebtedness secured thereby) from restricting on customary terms the transfer of any property or assets subject thereto;

  (E)	customary restrictions on dispositions of real property interests in reciprocal easement agreements;

  (F)	customary restrictions in agreements for the sale of assets on the transfer or encumbrance of such assets during an interim period prior to the closing of the sale of such assets; 

  (G)	customary restrictions in contracts that prohibit the assignment of such contract; 

  (H)	customary restrictions in joint venture and similar agreements;

  (I)	restrictions binding on a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time such Subsidiary first becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower;

  (J)	restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business or with respect to Permitted Investments; 

  (K)	customary net worth provisions or similar financial maintenance provisions contained in in contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; or

  (L)	restrictions contained in agreements entered into in respect of any Permitted Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary.

  (l)	Limitations on Negative Pledges.  Enter into, incur or permit to exist, or permit any Subsidiary to enter into, incur or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any agreement, instrument, deed, lease or other arrangement that validly prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien in favor of Collateral Agent upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or that requires the grant of any security for an obligation if security is granted for another obligation, except the following:  (i) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) [reserved], (iii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.02(b) of this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (iv) any customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale or other disposition of assets or of a Subsidiary pending such sale or other disposition; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets or Subsidiary to be sold or disposed of and such sale or disposition is permitted hereunder, (v) customary provisions in contracts restricting the 

   

  			
	 
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  assignment or sublet thereof, (vi) customary restrictions in joint venture and similar agreements, (vii) restrictions imposed in any contract, provided that such restrictions apply only to the property subject to such contract, (viii) customary net worth provisions or similar financial maintenance provisions contained in contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ix) customary restrictions contained in purchase agreements and acquisition agreements (including by way of merger, acquisition or consolidation), to the extent in effect pending the consummation of such transaction to the extent such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto, (x) prohibitions and limitations that are binding on a Subsidiary at the time such Subsidiary first becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such prohibitions and limitations were not created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and apply only to such Subsidiary  and (xi) applicable law rule, regulation or order.

  (m)	Modifications of Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Certain Other Agreements; Etc.

  (i)	Amend, modify or otherwise change (or permit the amendment, modification or other change in any manner of) any of the provisions of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Subordinated Indebtedness or of any instrument or agreement (including, without limitation, any purchase agreement, indenture, loan agreement or security agreement) relating to any such Indebtedness if such amendment, modification or change would be, except to the extent permitted by the applicable subordination provisions thereof or any subordination agreement with respect thereto, adverse to the Lenders or the issuer of such Indebtedness in any material respect;

  (ii)	make any payment, prepayment, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund payment or repurchase of any Subordinated Indebtedness in violation of the subordination provisions thereof or any subordination agreement with respect thereto; 

  (iii)	amend, modify or otherwise change any of its Governing Documents (including, without limitation, by the filing or modification of any certificate of designation, or any agreement or arrangement entered into by it) with respect to any of its Equity Interests (including any shareholders’ agreement), or enter into any new agreement with respect to any of its Equity Interests, except any such amendments, modifications or changes or any such new agreements or arrangements pursuant to this clause (iii) that either individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, provided that no such amendment, modification or change or new agreement or arrangement shall provide for any plan of division pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or any similar statute or provision under applicable law); or

  (iv)	agree to any amendment, modification or other change to or waiver of any of its rights under any Material Contract if such amendment, modification, change or waiver would be adverse in any material respect to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or the Agents and the Lenders.

  (n)	Investment Company Act of 1940.  Engage in any business, enter into any transaction, use any securities or take any other action or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing, that would cause it or any of its Subsidiaries to become subject to the registration 

   

  			
	 
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  requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by virtue of being an “investment company” not entitled to an exemption within the meaning of such Act.

  (o)	ERISA.  (i) Cause or fail to prevent, or permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to cause or fail to prevent, a material ERISA Event, or (ii) adopt, or permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to adopt, any employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA that provides benefits to employees after termination of employment other than customary severance payments or as required by Section 601 of ERISA or other Requirements of Law.

  (p)	Canadian Plans.  Establish, maintain, sponsor, administer contribute to or participate in or assume or incur any liability in respect of any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan.

  (q)	Environmental.  Permit the use, handling, generation, storage, treatment, Release or disposal of Hazardous Materials on, in, at, under or from any property owned, leased or operated by it or any of its Subsidiaries, except in compliance with Environmental Laws (other than any noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

  (r)	Accounting Methods.  Modify or change, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to modify or change its accounting basis from that utilized in the preparation of the Financial Statements (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP).

  (s)	Sanctioned Persons; Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

  (i)	Conduct, nor permit any of its Subsidiaries to conduct, any business or engage in any transaction or deal with or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Person, including the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to, from or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Person; or

  (ii)	Use, nor permit any of its Subsidiaries to use, directly or indirectly, any of the proceeds of any Loan, (A) to fund any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person or in any other manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any Person (including by any Person participating in any Loan, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise), or (B) for the purpose of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Law.

  Section 7.03	Financial Covenants.  So long as any principal of or interest on any Loan or any other Obligation (whether or not due) shall remain unpaid (other than Contingent Indemnity Obligations) or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party shall not, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:

  (a)	Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Leverage Ratio of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of any Test Period to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such date:

   

  			
	 
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	Fiscal Month End
	Leverage Ratio

	June 30, 2024
	12.00:1.00

	July 31, 2024
	12.00:1.00

	August 31, 2024
	12.00:1.00

	September 30, 2024
	9.00:1.00

	October 31, 2024
	9.00:1.00

	November 30, 2024
	9.00:1.00

	December 31, 2024
	6.00:1.00

	January 31, 2025
	6.00:1.00

	February 28, 2025
	6.00:1.00

	March 31, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	April 30, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	May 31, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	June 30, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	July 31, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	August 31, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	September 30, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	October 31, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	November 30, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	December 31, 2025
	3.00:1.00

	January 31, 2026
	3.00:1.00

	February 28, 2026
	3.00:1.00

	March 31, 2026
	3.00:1.00

	April 30, 2026
	3.00:1.00



   

   

  			
	 
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	May 31, 2026
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  (b)	Total ARR Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Total ARR Leverage Ratio of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of any Test Period to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such date:

  		
	Fiscal Month End
	Total ARR Leverage Ratio

	June 30, 2022
	1.40:1.00

	July 31, 2022
	1.40:1.00

	August 31, 2022
	1.40:1.00

	September 30, 2022
	1.35:1.00

	October 31, 2022
	1.35:1.00

	November 30, 2022
	1.35:1.00

	December 31, 2022
	1.30:1.00

	January 31, 2023
	1.30:1.00

	February 28, 2023
	1.30:1.00

	March 31, 2023
	1.20:1.00

	April 30, 2023
	1.20:1.00

	May 31, 2023
	1.20:1.00

	June 30, 2023
	1.10:1.00

	July 31, 2023
	1.10:1.00

	August 31, 2023
	1.10:1.00

	September 30, 2023
	1.05:1.00

	October 31, 2023
	1.05:1.00

	November 30, 2023
	1.05:1.00

	December 31, 2023
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	January 31, 2024
	1.00:1.00

	February 29, 2024
	1.00:1.00

	March 31, 2024
	1.00:1.00

	April 30, 2024
	1.00:1.00

	May 31, 2024
	1.00:1.00



   

  (c)	Liquidity.  Permit Liquidity of the Loan Parties to be less than $25,000,000 at any time.

  Article VIII

CASH MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
AND OTHER COLLATERAL MATTERS

  Section 8.01	Cash Management Arrangements.    Each of the Loan Parties that is a Domestic Subsidiary shall (i) establish and maintain of its domestic deposit accounts and/or securities accounts at one or more of the banks set forth on Schedule 8.01 to the Disclosure Letter and each other bank added pursuant to Section 8.01(d) (each a “Cash Management Bank”) and (ii) except as otherwise provided under Section 8.01(b), deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the next Business Day after the date of receipt thereof, all proceeds in respect of any Collateral, all Collections (of a nature susceptible to a deposit in a bank account) and all other amounts received by any Loan Party (including payments made by Account Debtors directly to any Loan Party) into a Cash Management Account.

  (b)	Within 45 days after the Effective Date (or such later date as agreed to in writing by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion), each of the Loan Parties shall that is a Domestic Subsidiary, with respect to each Cash Management Account (other than Excluded Accounts), deliver to the Collateral Agent a Control Agreement with respect to such Cash Management Account.  From and after the date that is 45 days following the Effective Date, the Loan Parties shall not maintain, and shall not permit any of their Subsidiaries to maintain, cash, Cash Equivalents or other amounts in any deposit account or securities account (other than Excluded Accounts), unless the Collateral Agent shall have received a Control Agreement in respect of each such Cash Management Account (other than Excluded Accounts).

  (c)	[Reserved].

  (d)	So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers may amend Schedule 8.01 to the Disclosure Letter to add or replace a Cash Management Bank or Cash Management Account; provided, however, that within thirty days of the opening of such Cash Management Account, each Loan Party and such prospective Cash 

   

  			
	 
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  Management Bank shall have executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent a Control Agreement (or equivalent documentation for accounts not located in the United States).

  (e)	Nothing in this Section 8.01 shall be deemed to require any Loan Party to repatriate any amounts held or received outside the United States.

  Article IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

  Section 9.01	Events of Default.  Each of the following events shall constitute an event of default (each, an “Event of Default”):

  (a)	any Borrower shall fail to pay, when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), (i) any interest on any Loan, any Collateral Agent Advance or any fee, indemnity or other amount payable under this Agreement (other than any portion thereof constituting principal of the Loans) or any other Loan Document, and such failure continues for a period of 3 Business Days or (ii) all or any portion of the principal of the Loans;

  (b)	any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party or by any officer of the foregoing under or in connection with any Loan Document or under or in connection with any certificate or other writing delivered to any Secured Party pursuant to any Loan Document shall have been incorrect in any material respect (or in any respect if such representation or warranty is qualified or modified as to materiality or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof) when made or deemed made;

  (c)	any Loan Party shall fail to perform or comply with any covenant or agreement contained in Section 7.01(a), Section 7.01(c), Section 7.01(d), Section 7.01(f), Section 7.01(h), Section 7.01(k), Section 7.01(m), Section 7.01(o), Section 7.02 or Section 7.03 or Article VIII, or any Loan Party shall fail to perform or comply with any covenant or agreement contained in any Security Agreement to which it is a party or any Mortgage to which it is a party;

  (d)	any Loan Party shall fail to perform or comply with any other term, covenant or agreement contained in any Loan Document to be performed or observed by it and, except as set forth in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 9.01, such failure, if capable of being remedied, shall remain unremedied for 20 days after the earlier of the date a senior officer of any Loan Party has knowledge of such failure and the date written notice of such default shall have been given by any Agent to such Loan Party;

  (e)	the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) any principal, interest or other amount payable in respect of Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement) having an aggregate amount outstanding in excess of $1,500,000 and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness, or any other default under any agreement or instrument 

   

  			
	 
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  relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event, shall occur and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such default or event is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness; or any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), redeemed, purchased or defeased or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case, prior to the stated maturity thereof;

  (f)	the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) shall institute any proceeding or voluntary case seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for any such Person or for any substantial part of its property, (ii) shall be generally not paying its debts as such debts become due or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, (iii) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) shall take any action to authorize or effect any of the actions set forth above in this subsection (f);

  (g)	any proceeding shall be instituted against the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official (including for the avoidance of doubt any Luxembourg Insolvency Event with respect to any Lux Loan Party) for any such Person or for any substantial part of its property, and either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 45 days or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation, the entry of an order for relief against any such Person or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property) shall occur;

  (h)	any material provision of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against any Loan Party intended to be a party thereto, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Loan Party or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Loan Party shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Loan Document;

  (i)	any Security Agreement, any Mortgage or any other security document, after delivery thereof pursuant hereto, shall for any reason fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders on any Collateral purported to be covered thereby, provided that this provision does not apply to any Scottish Shares Pledge until such time as a Lien is created over the Equity Interests the subject thereof as a right in rem thereunder in accordance with its terms and in accordance with the laws of Scotland;

   

  			
	 
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  (j)	one or more judgments, orders or awards (or any settlement of any litigation or other proceeding that, if breached, could result in a judgment, order or award) for the payment of money exceeding $1,500,000 in the aggregate (except to the extent fully covered (other than to the extent of customary deductibles) by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has been notified and has not denied coverage) shall be rendered against the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and remain unsatisfied and (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgment, order, award or settlement or (ii) there shall be a period of 10 consecutive days after entry thereof during which (A) a stay of enforcement thereof is not be in effect or (B) the same is not vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal;

  (k)	the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by the order of any court or any Governmental Authority from conducting, or otherwise ceases to conduct for any reason whatsoever, all or any material part of its business for a period which materially and adversely affects the ability of such Person to continue its business on a profitable basis;

  (l)	the loss, suspension or revocation of, or failure to renew, any license or permit now held or hereafter acquired by the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, if such loss, suspension, revocation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

  (m)	the indictment of the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any criminal statute, or commencement of criminal or civil proceedings against the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to which statute or proceedings the penalties or remedies sought or available include forfeiture to any Governmental Authority of any material portion of the property of such Person;

  (n)	(i) there shall occur one or more ERISA Events that individually or in the aggregate results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) there exists any fact or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 4068 of ERISA upon the property or rights to property of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates; or

  (o)	a Change of Control shall have occurred; 

  then, and in any such event, the Collateral Agent may, and shall at the request of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Administrative Borrower, (i) terminate or reduce all Commitments, whereupon all Commitments shall immediately be so terminated or reduced, (ii) declare all or any portion of the Loans then outstanding to be accelerated and due and payable, whereupon all or such portion of the aggregate principal of all Loans, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, all fees and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall become due and payable immediately, together with the payment of the Applicable Premium, if any, with respect to the Loans so repaid, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Loan Party and (iii) exercise any and all of its other rights and remedies under applicable law, hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (provided that any rights or remedies under the Luxembourg Security Agreement shall 

   

  			
	 
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  be exercised without any prior notice to any Loan Party); provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in subsection (f) or (g) of this Section 9.01 with respect to any Loan Party, without any notice to any Loan Party or any other Person or any act by any Agent or any Lender, all Commitments shall automatically terminate and all Loans then outstanding, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, all fees and all other amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Applicable Premium, if any, shall be accelerated and become due and payable automatically and immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Loan Party.

  Section 9.02	Cure Right.  In the event that the Borrowers fail to comply with the requirements of any financial covenant set forth in Section 7.03(a), until the expiration of the 10th Business Day after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered with respect to the applicable fiscal month hereunder, the Administrative Borrower shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Equity for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of the Administrative Borrower, and, in each case, to contribute any such cash to the capital of the Borrowers, and apply the amount of the proceeds thereof to increase Consolidated EBITDA with respect to such applicable quarter (the "Cure Right"); provided that (a) such proceeds are actually received by the Borrowers no later than 10 Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered with respect to such fiscal month hereunder, (b) such proceeds do not exceed the aggregate amount necessary to cure (by addition to Consolidated EBITDA) such Event of Default under Section 7.03(a) for such period, (c) the Cure Right shall not be exercised more than 4 times during the term of the Loans, (d) in each period of four Fiscal Quarters, there shall be no consecutive Fiscal Quarters during which the Cure Right is exercised, (e) there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness with the proceeds of the Cure Right for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenant in Section 7.03(a) or for determining any pricing, financial covenant based conditions or baskets with respect to the covenants contained in this Agreement, in each case in the Fiscal Quarter in which the Cure Right is used or subsequent periods that include such Fiscal Quarter, and (f) such proceeds shall be applied to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(c)(iii).  If, after giving effect to the foregoing pro forma adjustment (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, giving pro forma adjustment to any repayment of Indebtedness in connection therewith), the Borrowers are in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.03(a), the Borrowers shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of such Section as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply on such date, and the applicable breach or default of such Section 7.03(a) that had occurred shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement. The parties hereby acknowledge that this Section may not be relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios other than as applicable to Section 7.03(a) and shall not result in any adjustment to any amounts other than the amount of the Consolidated EBITDA referred to in the immediately preceding sentence.

   

   

  			
	 
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  Article X
AGENTS

  Section 10.01	Appointment.  Each Lender (and each subsequent maker of any Loan by its making thereof) hereby irrevocably appoints, authorizes and empowers the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to perform the duties of each such Agent as set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, including:  (i) to receive on behalf of each Lender any payment of principal of or interest on the Loans outstanding hereunder and all other amounts accrued hereunder for the account of the Lenders and paid to such Agent, and, subject to Section 2.02 of this Agreement, to distribute promptly to each Lender its Pro Rata Share of all payments so received; (ii) to distribute to each Lender copies of all material notices and agreements received by such Agent and not required to be delivered to each Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, provided that the Agents shall not have any liability to the Lenders for any Agent’s inadvertent failure to distribute any such notices or agreements to the Lenders; (iii) to maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Loans, and related matters and to maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Collateral and related matters; (iv) to execute or file any and all financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (v) to make the Loans and Collateral Agent Advances, for such Agent or on behalf of the applicable Lenders as provided in this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (vi) to perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lenders with respect to the Loan Parties, the Obligations, or otherwise related to any of same to the extent reasonably incidental to the exercise by such Agent of the rights and remedies specifically authorized to be exercised by such Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (vii)  to incur and pay such fees necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (viii) subject to Section 10.03, to take such action as such Agent deems appropriate on its behalf to administer the Loans and the Loan Documents and to exercise such other powers delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof or the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the power to give or to refuse to give notices, waivers, consents, approvals and instructions and the power to make or to refuse to make determinations and calculations); and (ix) to act with respect to all Collateral under the Loan Documents, including for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations.  As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Loans), the Agents shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), and such instructions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents) shall be binding upon all Lenders and all makers of Loans; provided, however, the Agents shall not be required to take any action which, in 

   

  			
	 
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  the reasonable opinion of any Agent, exposes such Agent to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law.

  Section 10.02	Nature of Duties; Delegation.    The Agents shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents.  The duties of the Agents shall be mechanical and administrative in nature.  The Agents shall not have by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, express or implied, is intended to or shall be construed to impose upon the Agents any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document except as expressly set forth herein or therein.  Each Lender shall make its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Loan Parties in connection with the making and the continuance of the Loans hereunder and shall make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and the value of the Collateral without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties, and neither the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into their possession before the initial Loan hereunder or at any time or times thereafter, provided that, upon the reasonable request of a Lender, each Agent shall provide to such Lender any documents or reports delivered to such Agent by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  If any Agent seeks the consent or approval of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents) to the taking or refraining from taking any action hereunder, such Agent shall send notice thereof to each Lender.  Each Agent shall promptly notify each Lender any time that the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents) have instructed such Agent to act or refrain from acting pursuant hereto.

  (b)	Each Agent may, upon any term or condition it specifies, delegate or exercise any of its rights, powers and remedies under, and delegate or perform any of its duties or any other action with respect to, any Loan Document by or through any of its Related Parties or any other trustee, co-agent or other Person (including any Lender).  Any such Related Party, trustee, co-agent or other Person shall benefit from this Article X to the extent provided by the applicable Agent.

  Section 10.03	Rights, Exculpation, Etc.  The Agents and their Related Parties shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by them under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents (i) may treat the payee of any Loan as the owner thereof until the Collateral Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof, pursuant to Section 12.07 hereof, signed by such payee and in form satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Agent or counsel to the Loan Parties), independent public accountants, and other experts selected by any of them and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by any of them in accordance with the advice of such counsel or experts; (iii) make no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, 

   

  			
	 
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  certificates, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents on the part of any Person, the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default, or to inspect the Collateral or other property (including, without limitation, the books and records) of any Person; (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (vi) shall not be deemed to have made any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectibility of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Agents be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.  The Agents shall not be liable for any apportionment or distribution of payments made in good faith pursuant to Section 4.03, and if any such apportionment or distribution is subsequently determined to have been made in error, and the sole recourse of any Lender to whom payment was due but not made shall be to recover from other Lenders any payment in excess of the amount which they are determined to be entitled.  The Agents may at any time request instructions from the Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which by the terms of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents the Agents are permitted or required to take or to grant, and if such instructions are promptly requested, the Agents shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action or to withhold any approval under any of the Loan Documents until they shall have received such instructions from the Required Lenders.  Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents).

  Section 10.04	Reliance.  Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.

  Section 10.05	Indemnification.  To the extent that any Agent or any Related Party of the foregoing is not reimbursed and indemnified by any Loan Party, and whether or not such Agent has made demand on any Loan Party for the same, the Lenders will, within five days of written demand by such Agent, reimburse such Agent and such Related Parties for and indemnify such Agent and such Related Parties from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, client charges and expenses of counsel or any other advisor to such Agent and such Related Parties), advances or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against such Agent and the Related Parties in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by such Agent and such Related Parties under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, in proportion to each Lender’s Pro Rata Share, including, without limitation, advances and disbursements made 

   

  			
	 
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  pursuant to Section 10.08; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, advances or disbursements for which there has been a final non-appealable judicial determination that such liability resulted from such Agent’s or such Related Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 10.05 shall survive the payment in full of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.

  Section 10.06	Agents Individually.  With respect to its Pro Rata Share of the Total Commitment hereunder and the Loans made by it, each Agent shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender or maker of a Loan.  The terms “Lenders” or “Required Lenders” or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender or one of the Required Lenders.  Each Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with any Borrower as if it were not acting as an Agent pursuant hereto without any duty to account to the other Lenders.

  Section 10.07	Successor Agent.  	  Any Agent may at any time give at least 30 days prior written notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Administrative Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Administrative Borrower, to appoint a successor Agent.  If no such successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent.  Whether or not a successor Agent has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

  (b)	With effect from the Resignation Effective Date, (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any Collateral held by such Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Agent is appointed) and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through such retiring Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as a successor Agent shall have been appointed as provided for above.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s Agent’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents.  After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article, Section 12.04 and Section 12.15 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent.

   

  			
	 
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  Section 10.08	Collateral Matters.

  (a)	The Collateral Agent may from time to time make such disbursements and advances (“Collateral Agent Advances”) which the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable to preserve, protect, prepare for sale or lease or dispose of the Collateral or any portion thereof, to enhance the likelihood or maximize the amount of repayment by the Borrowers of the Loans and other Obligations or to pay any other amount chargeable to the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, costs, fees and expenses as described in Section 12.04.  The Collateral Agent Advances shall be repayable on demand and be secured by the Collateral and shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to Reference Rate Loans.  The Collateral Agent Advances shall constitute Obligations hereunder which may be charged to the Loan Account in accordance with Section 4.01.  The Collateral Agent shall notify each Lender and the Administrative Borrower in writing of each such Collateral Agent Advance, which notice shall include a description of the purpose of such Collateral Agent Advance.  Without limitation to its obligations pursuant to Section 10.05, each Lender agrees that it shall make available to the Collateral Agent, upon the Collateral Agent’s demand, in Dollars in immediately available funds, the amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each such Collateral Agent Advance.  If such funds are not made available to the Collateral Agent by such Lender, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to recover such funds on demand from such Lender, together with interest thereon for each day from the date such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to the Collateral Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for three Business Days and thereafter at the Reference Rate.

  (b)	The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral upon termination of the Total Commitment and payment and satisfaction of all Loans and all other Obligations (other than Contingent Indemnity Obligations) in accordance with the terms hereof; or constituting property being sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of any Loan Party’s business or otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; or constituting property in which the Loan Parties owned no interest at the time the Lien was granted or at any time thereafter; or if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Lenders in accordance with Section 12.02.  Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 10.08(b).

  (c)	Without in any manner limiting the Collateral Agent’s authority to act without any specific or further authorization or consent by the Lenders (as set forth in Section 10.08(b)), each Lender agrees to confirm in writing, upon request by the Collateral Agent, the authority to release Collateral conferred upon the Collateral Agent under Section 10.08(b).  Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of confirmation from the Lenders of its authority to release any particular item or types of Collateral, and upon prior written request by any Loan Party, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders upon such Collateral; provided, however, that (i) the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Collateral Agent’s opinion, would expose the Collateral Agent to liability or create any obligations or entail any consequence 

   

  			
	 
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  other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Lien upon (or obligations of any Loan Party in respect of) all interests in the Collateral retained by any Loan Party.

  (d)	Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Loan Parties, each Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (i) no Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral under any Loan Document or to enforce any Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in accordance with the terms thereof, (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and (iii) the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Agents and the Lenders (but not any other Agent or any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral to be sold (A) at any public or private sale, (B) at any sale conducted by the Collateral Agent under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the Uniform Commercial Code), (C) at any sale or foreclosure conducted by the Collateral Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with applicable law or (D) any sale conducted pursuant to the provisions of any Debtor Relief Law (including Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), to use and apply all or any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale.

  (e)	The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lender to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Loan Parties or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered or that the Lien granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document has been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or is entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Collateral Agent in this Section 10.08 or in any other Loan Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, given the Collateral Agent’s own interest in the Collateral as one of the Lenders and that the Collateral Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to any other Lender, except as otherwise provided herein.

  Section 10.09	Agency for Perfection.  Each Agent and each Lender hereby appoints each other Agent and each other Lender as agent and bailee for the purpose of perfecting the security interests in and liens upon the Collateral in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, can be perfected only by possession or control (or where the security interest of a secured party with possession or control has priority over the security interest of another secured party) and each Agent and each Lender hereby acknowledges that it holds possession of or otherwise controls any such Collateral for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders as secured party.  Should the Administrative Agent or any Lender obtain possession or 

   

  			
	 
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  control of any such Collateral, the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Collateral Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Collateral Agent or in accordance with the Collateral Agent’s instructions.  In addition, the Collateral Agent shall also have the power and authority hereunder to appoint such other sub-agents as may be necessary or required under applicable state law or otherwise to perform its duties and enforce its rights with respect to the Collateral and under the Loan Documents.  Each Loan Party by its execution and delivery of this Agreement hereby consents to the foregoing.

  Section 10.10	No Reliance on any Agent’s Customer Identification Program. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates, participants or assignees, may rely on any Agent to carry out such Lender’s, Affiliate’s, participant’s or assignee’s customer identification program, or other requirements imposed by the USA PATRIOT Act or the regulations issued thereunder, including the regulations set forth in 31 C.F.R. §§ 1010.100(yy), (iii), 1020.100, and 1020.220 (formerly 31 C.F.R. § 103.121), as hereafter amended or replaced (“CIP Regulations”), or any other Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including any programs involving any of the following items relating to or in connection with any of the Loan Parties, their Affiliates or their agents, the Loan Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby:  (1) any identity verification procedures, (2) any recordkeeping, (3) comparisons with government lists, (4) customer notices or (5) other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or other regulations issued under the USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender, Affiliate, participant or assignee subject to Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act will perform the measures necessary to satisfy its own responsibilities under the CIP Regulations.

  Section 10.11	No Third Party Beneficiaries.  The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and no Loan Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

  Section 10.12	No Fiduciary Relationship.  It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Document (or any other similar term) with reference to any 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.

  Section 10.13	Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers.  By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:

  (a)	is deemed to have requested that each Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report with respect to the Administrative Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Report”) prepared by or at the request of such Agent, and each Agent shall so furnish each Lender with each such Report,

  (b)	expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Agents (i) do not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Reports, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Reports,

   

  			
	 
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  (c)	expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that any Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries and will rely significantly upon the Administrative Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ books and records, as well as on representations of their personnel,

  (d)	agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner in accordance with Section 12.19, and

  (e)	without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees:  (i) to hold any Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to the Borrowers, or the indemnifying Lender’s participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a loan or loans of the Borrowers, and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold any Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including, attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred by any such Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.

  Section 10.14	Collateral Custodian.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, the Collateral Agent or its designee may at any time and from time to time employ and maintain on the premises of any Loan Party a custodian selected by the Collateral Agent or its designee who shall have full authority to do all acts necessary to protect the Agents’ and the Lenders’ interests.  Each Loan Party hereby agrees to, and to cause its Subsidiaries to, cooperate with any such custodian and to do whatever the Collateral Agent or its designee may reasonably request to preserve the Collateral.  All costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent or its designee by reason of the employment of the custodian shall be the responsibility of the Borrowers and charged to the Loan Account.

  Section 10.15	[Reserved].  

  Section 10.16	[Reserved]. 

  Section 10.17	Collateral Agent May File Proofs of Claim.  In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law the Collateral 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 any Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrowers) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

   

  			
	 
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  (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 Secured Parties (including any claim for the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Secured Parties and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Secured Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) 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 Secured Party to make such payments to the Collateral Agent and, in the event that the Collateral Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Secured Parties, to pay to the Collateral Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Collateral Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

  Section 10.18	Erroneous Distribution.  If all or any part of any payment or other distribution by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent to any Borrower, Lender, or other Person is determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion to have been made in error as determined by the Administrative Agent (any such distribution, an “Erroneous Distribution”), then the relevant Borrower, Lender, or other Person shall forthwith on written demand (accompanied by a reasonably detailed calculation of such Erroneous Distribution) repay to the Administrative Agent the amount of such Erroneous Distribution received by such Person.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, that all or a portion of any distribution to a Borrower, Lender, or other Person was an Erroneous Distribution shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Borrower, Lender, and other potential recipient of an Erroneous Distribution hereunder waives any claim of discharge for value and any other claim of entitlement to, or in respect of, any Erroneous Distribution. 

  Article XI
GUARANTY

  Section 11.01	Guaranty.  Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally and unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all Obligations now or hereafter existing under any Loan Document, whether for principal, interest (including, without limitation, all interest that accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding of any Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such Insolvency Proceeding) fees, commissions, expense reimbursements, indemnifications or otherwise, (such obligations, to the extent not paid by the Borrowers, being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Secured Parties in enforcing any rights under the guaranty set forth in this Article XI.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, 

   

  			
	 
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  each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Borrowers to the Secured Parties under any Loan Document but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Borrower.  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Guaranteed Obligations shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.  In no event shall the obligation of any Guarantor hereunder exceed the maximum amount such Guarantor could guarantee under any Debtor Relief Law.

  Section 11.02	Guaranty Absolute.  Each Guarantor jointly and severally guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto.  Each Guarantor agrees that this Article XI constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not of collection and waives any right to require that any resort be made by any Agent or any Lender to any Collateral.  The obligations of each Guarantor under this Article XI are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce such obligations, irrespective of whether any action is brought against any Loan Party or whether any Loan Party is joined in any such action or actions.  The liability of each Guarantor under this Article XI shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby, to the extent permitted by applicable law, irrevocably waives any defenses it may now or hereafter have in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

  (a)	any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;

  (b)	any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Loan Party or otherwise;

  (c)	any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

  (d)	the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that any Guarantor may have at any time against any Person, including, without limitation, any Secured Party;

  (e)	any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate, limited liability company or partnership structure or existence of any Loan Party; or

  (f)	any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Secured Parties that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party or any other guarantor or surety.

   

  			
	 
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  This Article XI shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by Secured Parties or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

  Section 11.03	Waiver.  Each Guarantor hereby waives to the extent permitted by applicable law,  (i) promptness and diligence, (ii) notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Article XI and any requirement that the Secured Parties exhaust any right or take any action against any Loan Party or any other Person or any Collateral, (iii) any right to compel or direct any Secured Party to seek payment or recovery of any amounts owed under this Article XI from any one particular fund or source or to exhaust any right or take any action against any other Loan Party, any other Person or any Collateral, (iv) any requirement that any Secured Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or Lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right to take any action against any Loan Party, any other Person or any Collateral, and (v) any other defense available to any Guarantor.  Each Guarantor agrees that the Secured Parties shall have no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Guarantor or against, or in payment of, any or all of the Obligations.  Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated herein and that the waiver set forth in this Section 11.03 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.  Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to revoke this Article XI, and acknowledges that this Article XI is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.

  Section 11.04	Continuing Guaranty; Assignments.  This Article XI is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the later of the cash payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than Contingent Indemnity Obligations) and all other amounts payable under this Article XI and the Final Maturity Date, (b) be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Secured Parties and their successors, pledgees, transferees and assigns.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender may pledge, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, its Loans owing to it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted such Lender herein or otherwise, in each case as provided in Section 12.07.

  Section 11.05	Subrogation.  No Guarantor will exercise any rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against any Loan Party or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s obligations under this Article XI, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Secured Parties against any Loan Party or any other guarantor or any Collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Loan Party or any other guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security solely on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than Contingent Indemnity Obligations) and all other amounts payable under this Article XI shall have 

   

  			
	 
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  been paid in full in cash and the Final Maturity Date shall have occurred.  If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than Contingent Indemnity Obligations) and all other amounts payable under this Article XI and the Final Maturity Date, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Secured Parties to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Article XI, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or to be held as Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Article XI thereafter arising.  If (i) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Secured Parties of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Article XI shall be paid in full in cash and (iii) the Final Maturity Date shall have occurred, the Secured Parties will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment by such Guarantor.

  Section 11.06	Contribution.  All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves, in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty.  Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor under this Guaranty such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date.  “Fair Share” means, with respect to any Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Guarantor, to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Guarantors multiplied by, (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.  “Fair Share Contribution Amount” means, with respect to any Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law; provided, solely for purposes of calculating the “Fair Share Contribution Amount” with respect to any Guarantor for purposes of this Section 11.06, any assets or liabilities of such Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Guarantor.  “Aggregate Payments” means, with respect to any Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (A) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including, without limitation, in respect of this Section 11.06), minus (B) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Guarantor from the other Guarantors as contributions under this Section 11.06.  The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Guarantor.  The allocation among Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 11.06 shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Guarantor 

   

  			
	 
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  hereunder.  Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 11.06.

  Article XII
MISCELLANEOUS

  Section 12.01	Notices, Etc.  

  (a)	Notices Generally.  All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand, sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), overnight courier, or email.  In the case of notices or other communications to any Loan Party, Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, they shall be sent to the respective address set forth below (or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 12.01):

  Spire Global, Inc.
8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 1100
Vienna, VA 22182
Attention: Legal
Telephone: (202) 301-5127
Telecopier: N/A
Email: legal@spire.com

  if to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to it at the following address:

  Blue Torch Finance LLC
c/o Blue Torch Capital LP
150 East 58th Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10155
Email: BlueTorchAgency@alterdomus.com

  with a copy to:
SEI – Blue Torch Capital Loan Ops
1 Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
 

   

  			
	 
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  Telecopier: (469) 709-1839
Email: bluetorch.loanops@seic.com

  in each case, with a copy to:

  Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Attention: Eliot L. Relles
Telephone: (212) 310-8190
Email: eliot.relles@weil.com

  All notices or other communications sent in accordance with this Section 12.01, shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or 3 Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail; provided, that (i) notices sent by overnight courier service shall be deemed to have been given when received and (ii) notices 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), provided, further that notices to any Agent pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until received by such Agent.

  (b)	Electronic Communications.

  (i)	Each Agent and the Administrative 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.  Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Agents, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Agents that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.

  (ii)	Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (A) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (B) 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 (A), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (A) and (B) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

  Section 12.02	Amendments, Etc.   No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (excluding the Fee Letter), and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in 

   

  			
	 
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  writing and signed (x) in the case of an amendment, consent or waiver to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency or granting a new Lien for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders or extending an existing Lien over additional property, by the Agents and the Borrowers (or by the Administrative Borrower on behalf of the Borrowers), (y) in the case of any other waiver or consent, by the Required Lenders (or by the Collateral Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and (z) in the case of any other amendment, by the Required Lenders (or by the Collateral Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrowers (or by the Administrative Borrower on behalf of the Borrowers), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall:

  (i)	increase the Commitment of any Lender, reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Loans payable to any Lender, reduce the amount of any fee payable for the account of any Lender, or postpone or extend any scheduled date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest or fees on, the Loans payable to any Lender, in each case, without the written consent of such Lender;

  (ii)	change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that is required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;

  (iii)	amend the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” without the written consent of each Lender;

  (iv)	release all or a substantial portion of the Collateral (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), subordinate (x) any Lien granted in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, or release any Borrower or any Guarantor (except in connection with a Disposition of the Equity Interests thereof permitted by Section 7.02(c)(ii)) or (y) the Obligations in right of payment to the prior payment of any other Indebtedness or liabilities (or amend this Agreement in a manner having the effect of such subordination), in each case, without the written consent of each Lender; provided, that the Required Lenders may elect to release all or a substantial portion of the Collateral without the requirement to obtain the written consent of each Lender if such release is in connection with (x) an exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 9.01 or (y) any Disposition of all or a substantial portion of the Collateral by one or more of the Loan Parties with the consent of the Required Lenders after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default so long as such Disposition is conducted in a commercially reasonable manner as if such Disposition were a disposition of collateral by a secured creditor in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or in accordance with the PPSA, as applicable; or

  (v)	amend, modify or waive Section 4.02, Section 4.03 or this Section 12.02 of this Agreement without the written consent of each Lender; or

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  (i)	no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by an Agent, affect the rights or duties of such Agent (but not in its capacity as a Lender) under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

  (ii)	any amendment, waiver or consent to any provision of this Agreement (including Sections 4.01 and 4.02) that permits any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates to purchase Loans on a non-pro rata basis, become an eligible assignee pursuant to Section 12.07 and/or make offers to make optional prepayments on a non-pro rata basis shall require the prior written consent of the Required Lenders rather than the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

  (iii)	any Control Agreement, Guaranty, Mortgage, Security Agreement, collateral access agreement, landlord waiver or other agreement or document purporting to create or perfect a security interest in any of the Collateral (a “Collateral Document”) may be amended, waived or otherwise modified with the consent of the applicable Agent and the applicable Loan Party without the need to obtain the consent of any Lender or any other Person if such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver is delivered in order (A) to comply with local Requirements of Law (including foreign law or regulatory requirements) or advice of local counsel, (B) to cure any ambiguity, inconsistency, omission, mistake or defect or (C) to cause such Collateral Document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and if the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Borrower shall have jointly identified an ambiguity, inconsistency, omission, mistake or defect, in each case, in any provision of any Loan Document (other than a Collateral Document), then the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision; any amendment, waiver or modification pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days following receipt of notice thereof;

  (iv)	no consent of any Loan Party shall be required to change any order of priority set forth in Section 2.05(d) and Section 4.03; and

  (v)	no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent under the Loan Documents and any Loans held by such Person for purposes hereof shall be automatically deemed to be voted pro rate according to the Loans of all other Lenders in the aggregate (other than such Defaulting Lender).

  (c)	If any action to be taken by the Lenders hereunder requires the consent, authorization, or agreement of all of the Lenders or any Lender affected thereby, and a Lender other than the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent and their respective Affiliates and Related Funds (the “Holdout Lender”) fails to give its consent, authorization, or agreement, then the Collateral Agent, upon at least 5 Business Days prior irrevocable notice to the Holdout Lender, may permanently replace the Holdout Lender with one or more substitute lenders (each, a “Replacement Lender”), and the Holdout Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder.  Such notice to replace the Holdout Lender shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date such notice is given.  Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender and each Replacement Lender 

   

  			
	 
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  shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the Holdout Lender being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever.  If the Holdout Lender shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance.  The replacement of any Holdout Lender shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 12.07.  Until such time as the Replacement Lenders shall have acquired all of the Obligations, the Commitments, and the other rights and obligations of the Holdout Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Holdout Lender shall remain obligated to make its Pro Rata Share of Loans.

  Section 12.03	No Waiver; Remedies, Etc.  No failure on the part of any Agent or any Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right under any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.  The rights and remedies of the Agents and the Lenders provided herein and in the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.  The rights of the Agents and the Lenders under any Loan Document against any party thereto are not conditional or contingent on any attempt by the Agents and the Lenders to exercise any of their rights under any other Loan Document against such party or against any other Person.

  Section 12.04	Expenses; Taxes; Attorneys’ Fees.  The Borrowers will pay on demand, all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of each Agent (and, in the case of clauses (b) through (m) below, each Lender), regardless of whether the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees, costs, client charges and expenses of one firm of outside counsel for each Agent, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, of one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction to each Agent, taken as a whole) (and, in the case of clauses (b) through (m) below, each Lender), accounting, due diligence, periodic field audits, investigations, searches and filings, monitoring of assets, appraisals of Collateral, the rating of the Loans, title searches and reviewing environmental assessments, miscellaneous disbursements, examination, travel, lodging and meals, arising from or relating to:  (a) the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, performance and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the preparation of any additional Loan Documents pursuant to Section 7.01(b) or the review of any of the agreements, instruments and documents referred to in Section 7.01(f)), (b) any requested amendments, waivers or consents to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents whether or not such documents become effective or are given, (c) the preservation and protection of the Agents’ or any of the Lenders’ rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (d) the defense of any claim or action asserted or brought against any Agent or any Lender by any Person that arises from or relates to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Agents’ or the Lenders’ claims against any Loan Party, or any and all matters in connection therewith, (e) the commencement or defense of, or intervention in, any court proceeding arising from or related to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (f) the filing of any petition, complaint, answer, motion or other pleading by any Agent or any Lender, or the taking of any action in respect of the Collateral or other security, in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (g) the protection, collection, lease, sale, taking possession of or liquidation of, any Collateral or other 

   

  			
	 
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  security in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (h) any attempt to enforce any Lien or security interest in any Collateral or other security in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) any attempt to collect from any Loan Party, (j) any Environmental Claim, Environmental Liability or Remedial Action arising from or in connection with the past, present or future operations of, or any property currently, formerly or in the future owned, leased or operated by, any Loan Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessor in interest, (k) any Environmental Lien, (l) the rating of the Loans by one or more rating agencies in connection with any Lender’s Securitization, or (m) the receipt by any Agent or any Lender of any advice from professionals with respect to any of the foregoing.  Without limitation of the foregoing or any other provision of any Loan Document:  (x) the Borrowers agree to pay all broker fees that may become due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (y) if the Borrowers fail to perform any covenant or agreement contained herein or in any other Loan Document, any Agent may itself perform or cause performance of such covenant or agreement, and the expenses of such Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be reimbursed on demand by the Borrowers.  The obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 12.04 shall survive the repayment of the Obligations and discharge of any Liens granted under the Loan Documents.

  Section 12.05	Right of Set-off.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any Agent or any Lender may, and is hereby authorized to, at any time and from time to time, without notice to any Loan Party (any such notice being expressly waived by the Loan Parties) and to the fullest extent permitted by law, set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other Indebtedness at any time owing by such Agent or such Lender or any of their respective Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any and all obligations of the Loan Parties either now or hereafter existing under any Loan Document, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender shall have made any demand hereunder or thereunder and although such obligations may be contingent or unmatured; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of set-off, (a) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.04 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 Agents and the Lenders, and (b) 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 set-off. Each Agent and each Lender agrees to notify such Loan Party promptly after any such set-off and application made by such Agent or such Lender or any of their respective Affiliates provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.  The rights of the Agents and the Lenders under this Section 12.05 are in addition to the other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) which the Agents and the Lenders may have under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents of law or otherwise.

  Section 12.06	Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

   

  			
	 
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  Section 12.07	Assignments and Participations.

  (a)	This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each Loan Party and each Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that none of the Loan Parties may assign or transfer any of its rights hereunder or under the other Loan Documents without the prior written consent of each Lender and any such assignment without the Lenders’ prior written consent shall be null and void.

  (b)	Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (c) below, each Lender may assign to one or more other lenders or other entities all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment and the Term Loan made by it with the written consent of the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Borrower (such consent of the Administrative Borrower not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that no written consent of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Borrower shall be required (A) in connection with any assignment by a Lender to a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender or (B) if such assignment is in connection with any merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or any substantial portion of the business or loan portfolio of such Lender; provided, further than (y) no written consent of the Administrative Borrower shall be required to the extent an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment and (z) the Administrative Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Collateral Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof. 

  (c)	Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

  (i)	Each such assignment shall be in an amount which is at least $5,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or the remainder of such Lender’s Commitment) (except such minimum amount shall not apply to an assignment by a Lender to (A) a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender or (B) a group of new Lenders, each of whom is an Affiliate or Related Fund of each other to the extent the aggregate amount to be assigned to all such new Lenders is at least $5,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof);

  (ii)	The parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent, if applicable), for its acceptance, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any promissory note subject to such assignment and such parties shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, a processing and recordation fee of $5,000 (except the payment of such fee shall not be required in connection with an assignment by a Lender to a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender) and all documentation and other information that such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering or terrorist financing rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act; and

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

  (d)	Upon such execution, delivery and acceptance, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance and recordation on the Register, which effective date shall be at least 3 Business Days after the delivery thereof to the Collateral Agent the date recorded in the Register (or such shorter period as shall be agreed to by the Collateral Agent and the parties to such assignment), (A) the assignee thereunder shall become a “Lender” hereunder and, in addition to the rights and obligations hereunder held by it immediately prior to such effective date, have the rights and obligations hereunder that have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and (B) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).

  (e)	By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows:  (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other documents and information it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the assigning Lender, any Agent or any 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 this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (v) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agents to take such action as agents on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agents by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental hereto and thereto; and (vi) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

  (f)	The Administrative Agent shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain, or cause to be maintained at one of its offices, a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, the Commitments and the principal amount of the Loans (and stated interest thereon) (the “Registered Loans”) owing to each Lender from time to time.  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, 

   

  			
	 
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  absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Administrative Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice.  

  (g)	Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of a completed Assignment and Acceptance, and subject to any consent required from the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 12.07(b) (which consent of the applicable Agent must be evidenced by such Agent’s execution of an acceptance to such Assignment and Acceptance), the Administrative Agent shall accept such assignment, record the information contained therein in the Register (as adjusted to reflect any principal payments on the Loans and/or Commitment reductions made subsequent to the effective date of the applicable assignment, as confirmed in writing by the corresponding assignor and assignee in conjunction with delivery of the assignment to the Administrative Agent) and provide to the Collateral Agent a copy of the fully executed Assignment and Acceptance.

  (h)	A Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide).  Any assignment or sale of all or part of such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register, together with the surrender of the registered note, if any, evidencing the same duly endorsed by (or accompanied by a written instrument of assignment or sale duly executed by) the holder of such registered note, whereupon, at the request of the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s), one or more new registered notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s).

  (i)	If any Lender sells participations in a Registered Loan, such Lender shall, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent on behalf of the Borrowers, maintain, or cause to be maintained, a register, on which it enters the name of all participants in the Registered Loans held by it and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of the Registered Loan that is the subject of the participation (the “Participant Register”).  A Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participant Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide).  Any participation of such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by the registration of such participation on the Participant Register.  The Participant Register shall be available for inspection by the Administrative Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

  (j)	Any Lender who purchases or is assigned or participates in any portion of such Registered Loan shall comply with Section 2.09(d).

  (k)	Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans made by it); provided, that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement (including without 

   

  			
	 
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  limitation, its Commitments hereunder) and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged; (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and the Borrowers, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and (iii) a participant shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except (A) action directly effecting an extension of the maturity dates or decrease in the principal amount of the Loans, (B) action directly effecting an extension of the due dates or a decrease in the rate of interest payable on the Loans or the fees payable under this Agreement, or (C) actions directly effecting a release of all or a substantial portion of the Collateral or any Loan Party (except as set forth in Section 10.08 of this Agreement or any other Loan Document).  The Loan Parties agree that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.09 and Section 2.10 of this Agreement with respect to its participation in any portion of the Commitments and the Loans as if it was a Lender; provided such participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under these Sections 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.

  (l)	Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or loans made to, or other indebtedness issued by, such Lender pursuant to a securitization transaction (including any structured warehouse credit facility, collateralized loan obligation transaction or similar facility or transaction, and including any further securitization of the indebtedness or equity issued under such a transaction)  (a “Securitization”); 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.  The Loan Parties shall cooperate with such Lender and its Affiliates to effect a Securitization, including, without limitation, by providing such information as may be reasonably requested by such Lender in connection with the rating of its Loans or any Securitization.

  Section 12.08	Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by electronic mail shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.  Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by electronic mail also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.  The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis mutandis.

  Section 12.09	Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF 

   

  			
	 
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  THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

  Section 12.10	Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process and Venue.

  (a)	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 IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS.  EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS AND IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY ANY MEANS PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE BORROWER AT ITS ADDRESS FOR NOTICES AS SET FORTH IN Section 12.01, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 10 DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING.  THE LOAN PARTIES AGREE THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.  NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE JURISDICTION OR LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.  TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY LOAN PARTY HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

  (b)	Each Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any Agent, any Lender or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof.

   

  			
	 
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  Section 12.11	Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc.  EACH LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM CONCERNING ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, WAIVER, CONSENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR OTHER AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH IN THE FUTURE MAY BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, OR ARISING FROM ANY FINANCING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, PROCEEDINGS OR COUNTERCLAIM SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.  EACH LOAN PARTY CERTIFIES THAT NO OFFICER, REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY AGENT OR ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT ANY AGENT OR ANY LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS.  EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

  Section 12.12	Consent by the Agents and Lenders.  Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein to the contrary or in any other Loan Document, if the consent, approval, satisfaction, determination, judgment, acceptance or similar action (an “Action”) of any Agent or any Lender shall be permitted or required pursuant to any provision hereof or any provision of any other agreement to which any Loan Party is a party and to which any Agent or any Lender has succeeded thereto, such Action shall be required to be in writing and may be withheld or denied by such Agent or such Lender, in its sole discretion, with or without any reason, and without being subject to question or challenge on the grounds that such Action was not taken in good faith.

  Section 12.13	No Party Deemed Drafter.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that no party hereto shall be deemed to be the drafter of this Agreement.

  Section 12.14	Reinstatement; Certain Payments.  If any claim is ever made upon any Secured Party for repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received by such Secured Party in payment or on account of any of the Obligations, such Secured Party shall give prompt notice of such claim to each other Agent and Lender and the Administrative Borrower, and if such Secured Party repays all or part of such amount by reason of (i) any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over such Secured Party or any of its property, or (ii) any good faith settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by such Secured Party with any such claimant, then and in such event each Loan Party agrees that (A) any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or compromise shall be binding upon it notwithstanding the cancellation of any Indebtedness hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or the termination of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and (B) it shall be and remain liable to such Secured Party hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been received by such Secured Party.

  Section 12.15	Indemnification; Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages.

   

  			
	 
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  (a)	In addition to each Loan Party’s other Obligations under this Agreement, each Loan Party agrees to, jointly and severally, defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Secured Party and all of their respective Related Parties (collectively called the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, fees, reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred by such Indemnitees, whether prior to or from and after the Effective Date, whether direct, indirect or consequential, as a result of or arising from or relating to or in connection with any of the following:  (i) the negotiation, preparation, execution or performance or enforcement of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, of any Environmental Claim or any other document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) any Agent’s or any Lender’s furnishing of funds to the Borrowers under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the management of any such Loans or the Borrowers’ use of the proceeds thereof, (iii) the Agents and the Lenders relying on any instructions of the Administrative Borrower or the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral of the Borrowers as herein provided, (iv) any matter relating to the financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or by any document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or (v) any claim, including any Environmental Claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to or arising out of any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto (collectively, the “Indemnified Matters”); provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall not have any obligation to any Indemnitee under this subsection (a) for any Indemnified Matter caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

  (b)	The indemnification for all of the foregoing losses, damages, fees, costs and expenses of the Indemnitees set forth in this Section 12.15 are chargeable against the Loan Account.  To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 12.15 may be unenforceable because it is violative of any law or public policy, each Loan Party shall, jointly and severally, contribute the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law, to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Matters incurred by the Indemnitees.

  (c)	No Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against the Indemnitees, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and each Loan Party hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or seek any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

  (d)	The indemnities and waivers set forth in this Section 12.15 shall survive the repayment of the Obligations and discharge of any Liens granted under the Loan Documents.

   

  			
	 
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  Section 12.16	Records.  The unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans, the interest rate or rates applicable to such unpaid principal and interest, the duration of such applicability, the Commitments, and the accrued and unpaid fees payable pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof, shall at all times be ascertained from the records of the Agents, which shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.

  Section 12.17	Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by each Loan Party, each Agent and each Lender and when the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.01 hereof have been satisfied or waived in writing by the Agents, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each Loan Party, each Agent and each Lender, and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Loan Parties shall not have the right to assign their rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of each Agent and each Lender, and any assignment by any Lender shall be governed by Section 12.07 hereof.

  Section 12.18	Highest Lawful Rate.  It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Agent and each Lender shall conform strictly to usury laws applicable to it.  Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated hereby or by any other Loan Document would be usurious as to any Agent or any Lender under laws applicable to it (including the laws of the United States of America and the State of New York or any other jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable to such Agent or such Lender notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement), then, in that event, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement entered into in connection with or as security for the Obligations, it is agreed as follows:  (i) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under law applicable to any Agent or any Lender that is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Agent or such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or agreements or otherwise in connection with the Obligations shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, any excess shall be canceled automatically and if theretofore paid shall be credited by such Agent or such Lender on the principal amount of the Obligations (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Obligations shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Agent or such Lender, as applicable, to the Borrowers); and (ii) in the event that the maturity of the Obligations is accelerated by reason of any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes interest under law applicable to any Agent or any Lender may never include more than the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall, subject to the last sentence of this Section 12.18, be canceled automatically by such Agent or such Lender, as applicable, as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited by such Agent or such Lender, as applicable, on the principal amount of the Obligations (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Obligations shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Agent or such Lender to the Borrowers).  All sums paid or agreed to be paid to any Agent or any Lender for the use, forbearance or detention of sums due hereunder shall, to the extent permitted by law applicable to such Agent or such Lender, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of the Loans until payment in full so that the rate or amount of interest on account of any Loans hereunder does not exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law.  If at any time and from time to time (x) the amount of interest payable to any Agent or any Lender on 

   

  			
	 
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  any date shall be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Agent or such Lender pursuant to this Section 12.18 and (y) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount of interest otherwise payable to such Agent or such Lender would be less than the amount of interest payable to such Agent or such Lender computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Agent or such Lender, then the amount of interest payable to such Agent or such Lender in respect of such subsequent interest computation period shall continue to be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Agent or such Lender until the total amount of interest payable to such Agent or such Lender shall equal the total amount of interest which would have been payable to such Agent or such Lender if the total amount of interest had been computed without giving effect to this Section 12.18.

  For purposes of this Section 12.18, the term “applicable law” shall mean that law in effect from time to time and applicable to the loan transaction between the Borrowers, on the one hand, and the Agents and the Lenders, on the other, that lawfully permits the charging and collection of the highest permissible, lawful non-usurious rate of interest on such loan transaction and this Agreement, including laws of the State of New York and, to the extent controlling, laws of the United States of America.

  The right to accelerate the maturity of the Obligations does not include the right to accelerate any interest that has not accrued as of the date of acceleration.

  Section 12.19	Confidentiality.  Each Agent and each Lender agrees (on behalf of itself and its Related Parties) to use reasonable precautions to keep confidential, in accordance with its customary procedures for handling confidential information of this nature and in accordance with safe and sound practices of comparable commercial finance companies, any non-public information supplied to it by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which is identified in writing by the Loan Parties as being confidential at the time the same is delivered to such Person (and which at the time is not, and does not thereafter become, publicly available or available to such Person from another source not known to be subject to a confidentiality obligation to such Person not to disclose such information), provided that nothing herein shall limit the disclosure by any Agent or any Lender of any such information (i) to its Affiliates, its Related Parties or the Related Parties of any Person described in clause (ii) or (iii) below (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made either will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential in accordance with this Section 12.19 or is subject to other customary confidentiality obligations); (ii) to any other party hereto; (iii) to any assignee or participant (or prospective assignee or participant) or any party to a Securitization, so long as such assignee or participant (or prospective assignee or participant) or party to a Securitization agrees, in writing, to be bound by or is otherwise subject to customary confidentiality obligations (including, without limitation, confidentiality provisions similar in substance to this Section 12.19); (iv) to the extent required by any Requirement of Law or judicial process or as otherwise requested by any Governmental Authority; (v) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, any examiner, auditor or accountant or any nationally recognized rating agency; (vi) in connection with any litigation to which any Agent or any Lender is a party; (vii) 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 

   

  			
	 
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  thereunder; (viii) to any other Person if such information is general portfolio information that does not identity the Loan Parties, or (ix) with the consent of the Administrative Borrower. In addition, the Agents and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Commitments.

  Section 12.20	Public Disclosure.  Each Loan Party agrees that neither it nor any of its Affiliates will now or in the future issue any press release or other public disclosure using the name of an Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates or referring to this Agreement or any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of such Agent or such Lender, except to the extent that such Loan Party or such Affiliate is required to do so under applicable law (in which event, such Loan Party or such Affiliate will consult with such Agent or such Lender before issuing such press release or other public disclosure).  Each Loan Party hereby authorizes each Agent and each Lender, after consultation with the Borrowers, to advertise the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to make appropriate announcements of the financial arrangements entered into among the parties hereto, as such Agent or such Lender shall deem appropriate, including, without limitation, on a home page or similar place for dissemination of information on the Internet or worldwide web, or in announcements commonly known as tombstones, in such trade publications, business journals, newspapers of general circulation and to such selected parties as such Agent or such Lender shall deem appropriate.

  Section 12.21	Integration.  This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, before the date hereof.

  Section 12.22	USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the entities composing the Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of each such entity and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the entities composing the Borrowers in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Loan Party agrees to take such action and execute, acknowledge and deliver at its sole cost and expense, such instruments and documents as any Lender may reasonably require from time to time in order to enable such Lender to comply with the USA PATRIOT Act.

  Section 12.23	Judgment Currency.  This is an international financial transaction in which the specification of a currency and payment in New York is of the essence.  Dollars shall be the currency of account in the case of all payments pursuant to or arising under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document, and all such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent's Accounts in New York in immediately available funds.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the obligations of each Loan Party to the Secured Parties under this Agreement and under the other Loan Documents shall not be discharged by any amount paid in any other currency or in a place other than to the Administrative Agent's Accounts in New York to the extent 

   

  			
	 
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  that the amount so paid after conversion under this Agreement and transfer to New York does not yield the amount of Dollars in New York due under this Agreement and under the other Loan Documents.  If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars into another currency (the "Other Currency"), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which the Administrative Agent could, in accordance with normal procedures, purchase Dollars with the Other Currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.  The obligation of each Loan Party in respect of any such sum due from it to the Secured Parties hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in such Other Currency, be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day immediately following the date on which the Administrative Agent receives any sum adjudged to be so due in the Other Currency, the Administrative Agent may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase Dollars with the Other Currency.  If the Dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to the Secured Parties in Dollars, each Loan Party agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Secured Parties against such loss, and if the Dollars so purchased exceed the sum originally due to the Secured Parties in Dollars, the Secured Parties agrees to remit to the Loan Parties such excess.

  Section 12.24	Waiver of Immunity.  To the extent that any Loan Party has or hereafter may acquire (or may be attributed, whether or not claimed) any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service of process or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, such Loan Party hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim, to the fullest extent permitted by law, such immunity in respect of (a) its obligations under the Loan Documents, (b) any legal proceedings to enforce such obligations and (c) any legal proceedings to enforce any judgment rendered in any proceedings to enforce such obligations.  Each Loan Party hereby agrees that the waivers set forth in this Section 12.24 shall be to the fullest extent permitted under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and are intended to be irrevocable for purposes of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

  Section 12.25	English Language.  This Agreement and each other Loan Document have been negotiated and executed in English.  All certificates, reports, notices and other documents and communications given or delivered by any party hereto pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in English or, if not in English, accompanied by a certified English translation thereof.  The English version of any such document shall control the meaning of the matters set forth herein.

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

  			
	 
	BORROWERS:

	 
	 

	 
	SPIRE GLOBAL, INC.

	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Peter Platzer

	 
	 
	Name: Peter Platzer

	 
	 
	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

	 
	 

	 
	GUARANTORS:

	 
	 

	 
	SPIRE GLOBAL SUBSIDIARY, INC.

	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Peter Platzer

	 
	 
	Name: Peter Platzer

	 
	 
	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 

	 
	AUSTIN SATELLITE DESIGN, LLC

	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Peter Platzer

	 
	 
	Name: Peter Platzer

	 
	 
	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer



   

   

  			
	 
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	COLLATERAL AGENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
 
BLUE TORCH FINANCE LLC

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Kevin Genda

	 
	 
	Name: Kevin Genda

	 
	 
	Title:   Authorized Signatory



   

   

  			
	 
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	LENDERS:

	 
	 

	 
	 



  BLUE TORCH CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES FUND II LP

  By: Blue Torch Credit Opportunities GP II LLC, its

  general partner

  By: KPG BTC Management LLC, its sole member

   

  By: _/s/ Kevin Genda___________________

  Name: Kevin Genda

  Title: 	Managing Member

    

    

  BLUE TORCH CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES SBAF FUND LP

  By: Blue Torch Credit Opportunities SBAF GP LLC, its general partner

  By: KPG BTC Management LLC, its sole member 

    

  By: _/s/ Kevin Genda___________________

  Name: Kevin Genda

  Title: 	Managing Member

    

    

  BLUE TORCH CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES KRS FUND LP

  By: Blue Torch Credit Opportunities KRS GP LLC, its general partner

  By: KPG BTC Management LLC, its sole member

   

  By: _/s/ Kevin Genda___________________

  Name: Kevin Genda

  Title: 	Managing Member

    

    

  BLUE TORCH CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES FUND III LP

  By: Blue Torch Credit Opportunities GP III LLC, its

  general partner

  By: KPG BTC Management LLC, its sole member

   

  By: _/s/ Kevin Genda___________________

  Name: Kevin Genda

  Title: 	Managing Member

   

   

   

  			
	 
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  SCHEDULE 1.01(A) 
 

  Lenders and Lenders’ Commitments

   

  TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS

   

  		
	Term Lender
	Term Loan Commitment

	Blue Torch Credit Opportunities Fund II LP
	$54,205,913.00

	Blue Torch Credit Opportunities SBAF Fund LP
	$20,378,286.00

	Blue Torch Credit Opportunities KRS Fund LP
	$16,826,374.00

	Blue Torch Credit Opportunities Fund III LP
	$28,589,426.00

	TOTAL:
	$120,000,000.00



   

   

  			
	 
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  SCHEDULE 1.01(C) 
 

  Foreign Loan Documents

   

  		
	Jurisdiction
	Loan Documents

	Canada
	a.	General Security Agreement granted by Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp. 
b.	General Security Agreement granted by exactEarth Ltd.
c.	Intellectual Property Security Agreement granted by exactEarth Ltd
d.	Opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
e.	Certificates of Good Standing or Compliance, as applicable 
f.	PPSA Financing Statements against Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp. and exactEarth Ltd.
g.	Officer’s certificate delivered by an authorized officer of exactEarth Ltd. attaching, inter alia, authorizing resolutions.
h.	Officer’s certificate delivered by an authorized officer of Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp. attaching, inter alia, authorizing resolutions.
i.	Share Certificate issued by Spite Global Canada Subsidiary Corp. and its corresponding executed but undated Stock Transfer Power 
j.	Share Certificate issued by exactEarth Ltd. and its corresponding executed but undated Stock Transfer Power 
k.	Share Certificate issued by exactEarth Europe Limited and its corresponding executed but undated Stock Transfer Power

	United Kingdom (excluding Scotland)
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	United Kingdom (including
Scotland)
	a.	Scotland Local Counsel opinion of Davidson Chalmers Stewart
b.	Board Minutes for Spire Global UK Ltd
c.	Floating Charge in respect of Spire Global UK Ltd
d.	Companies House Form MR01 in respect of Floating Charge of Spire Global UK Ltd 
e.	Share Pledge (creating an inchoate shares pledge) in respect of the issued share capital of Spire Global UK Ltd 
f.	Signed but undated Stock Transfer Forms for Spire Global UK Ltd  
g.	Signed shareholder resolution of the shareholder of Spire Global UK Ltd

	Luxembourg
	a.	Opinion of Maples and Calder (Luxembourg) SARL 
b.	Opinion of Arendt & Medernach SA
c.	Manager’s Certificate of Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l
d.	Share pledge agreement of Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l
e.	Account pledge agreement of Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l
f.	Receivables pledge agreement of Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l
g.	Perfection formalities under the Luxembourg security documents
(i)	A copy of the shareholder’s register of Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l evidencing the share pledge agreement 
(ii)	Notice of account pledge to the account bank 
(iii)	Acknowledgment and waiver form from the account bank in connection with the account pledge agreement in respect of Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l
 



   

   

  			
	 
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  SCHEDULE 5.03 
 

  Post-Closing Foreign Loan Document Obligations

   

  		
	Jurisdiction
	Loan Documents

	United States
	Within three (3) Business Days of the Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may approve in its sole discretion), delivery of the insurance endorsements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent corresponding to the insurance coverage referenced in Section 7.01 requested by the Collateral Agent at closing, naming the Collateral Agent as named insureds or loss payees, as applicable.

	Canada
	Within ten (10) Business Days of the Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may approve in its sole discretion), execution and delivery of the below items:
a.	Filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office 
b.	Delivery of Possessory Collateral share certificates (and blank stock transfer powers) for:
(i)	exactEarth Europe Limited held by exactEarth Ltd.
(ii)	exactEarth Ltd. held by Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp.
(iii)	Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp. held by Spire Global Subsidiary Inc.

	United Kingdom (excluding Scotland)
	Within ten (10) Business Days of the Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may approve in its sole discretion), execution and delivery of the below items:
a.	Signed but undated Stock Transfer Forms for exactEarth Europe Ltd.
b.	Share certificates for exactEarth Europe Ltd.
c.	Signed corporate authorizations for exactEarth Europe Ltd.



   

   

  			
	 
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	United Kingdom (including
Scotland)
	a.	Completion and submission of the NSIA notice within five (5) Business Days after payoff of the Existing Credit Facility
b.	Promptly after NSIA Clearance, release of Spire Global UK Ltd Share Pledge in favor of FP Credit Partners, L.P.
Within the timescales specified in section 7.01(b)(B) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may approve in its sole discretion), execution and delivery of the below items:
a.	Scotland Local Counsel opinion of Davidson Chalmers Stewart
b.	Floating Charge in respect of Spire Global UK Ltd 
c.	Companies House Form MR01 in respect of Floating Charge of Spire Global UK Ltd 
d.	Share Pledge (creating an inchoate shares pledge) in respect of the issued share capital of Spire Global UK Ltd 
e.	Signed but undated Stock Transfer Forms for Spire Global UK Ltd  
f.	Signed shareholder resolution of the shareholder of for Spire Global UK Ltd
g.	Board Minutes for Spire Global UK Ltd

	Luxembourg
	Within ten (10) Business Days of the Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may approve in its sole discretion), execution and delivery of the below items:
a.	Perfection formalities under the Luxembourg security documents
(i)	A copy of the shareholder’s register of Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l evidencing the share pledge agreement
(ii)	Notice of account pledge to the account bank 
(iii)	Acknowledgment and waiver form from the account bank in connection with the account pledge agreement in respect of Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l
 



   

   

   

  			
	 
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  EXHIBIT A

  FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

  This JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of __________, 20__, by and among ___________, a ________ ([“New Borrower”][“New Guarantor”]), and Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Blue Torch”), as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and Blue Torch, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent” and together with the Collateral Agent, each an “Agent” and collectively, the “Agents”).

  W I T N E S S E T H:

   

  WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”), by and among the lenders identified on the signature pages thereto (each of such lenders, together with its successor and permitted assigns, a “Lender”), Agent, Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Administrative Borrower” together with [New Borrower and] those additional Persons that are joined as a party to the Financing Agreement by executing the form of Joinder attached thereto as Exhibit A, each, a “Borrower” and, individually and collectively, jointly and severally, the “Borrowers”) and Guarantors (together with [New Guarantor] and those additional Persons that are joined as a party to the Financing Agreement by executing the form of Joinder attached thereto as Exhibit A, each, a “Guarantor” and, individually and collectively, jointly and severally, the “Guarantors”), the Secured Parties have agreed to extend such credit to the Borrowers subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Financing Agreement;

  WHEREAS, initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Financing Agreement;

  WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercompany Subordination Agreement”), by and among  the Loan Parties and each of the Loan Parties’ Subsidiaries from time to time party thereto as an obligor (such Subsidiaries, together with the Loan Parties, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “Obligor”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as “Obligors”) and Agent, each Obligor has agreed to the subordination of indebtedness of each other Obligor owed to such Obligor on the terms set forth therein;

  WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Fee Letter, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to the, the “Fee Letter”), by and among the Administrative Borrower and Agent, the Administrative Borrower, on behalf of the Borrowers, has agreed to pay certain fees to Agent on the terms set forth therein;

  WHEREAS, [New Borrower][New Guarantor] is required to become a party to the Financing Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement by, among other things, executing and delivering this Agreement to Agent; and

  WHEREAS, [New Borrower][New Guarantor] has determined that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement directly benefit, and are within the corporate purposes and in the best interests of, [New Borrower][New Guarantor], by virtue of the financial accommodations available to [New Borrower][New Guarantor] from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement.

  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  Article I.	Joinder of [New Borrower][New Guarantor] to the Financing Agreement.  By its execution of this Agreement, [New Borrower][New Guarantor] hereby (a) agrees that from and after the date of this Agreement it shall be a party to the Financing Agreement as a [“Borrower”][“Guarantor”] and shall be bound by all of the terms, conditions, covenants, agreements and obligations set forth in the Financing Agreement, (b) accepts joint and several liability for the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, and (c) confirms that, after giving effect to the supplement to the Schedules to the Disclosure Letter provided for in Section 2 below, the representations and warranties contained in Article 6 of the Financing Agreement are true and correct as they relate to [New Borrower][New Guarantor] as of the date this Agreement.  [New Borrower][New Guarantor] hereby agrees that each reference to a [“Borrower”][“Guarantor”] or the [“Borrowers”][“Guarantors”] in the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall include [New Borrower][New Guarantor].  [New Borrower][New Guarantor] acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents and that it has read and understands the terms thereof.

  Article II.	Updated Schedules.  Attached as Exhibit A hereto are updated copies of each applicable Schedule to the Disclosure Letter revised to include all information required to be provided therein including information with respect to [New Borrower][New Guarantor].  Each such Schedule shall be attached to the Disclosure Letter, and on and after the date hereof all references in any Loan Document to any such Schedule to the Disclosure Letter or to the Financing Agreement shall mean such Schedule as so amended; provided, that any use of the term “as of the date hereof” or any term of similar import, in any provision of the Financing Agreement relating to [New Borrower][New Guarantor] or any of the information amended by such Schedule hereby, shall be deemed to refer to the date of this Agreement.

  Article III.	Joinder of [New Borrower][New Guarantor] to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement.  By its execution of this Agreement, [New Borrower][New Guarantor] hereby (a) agrees that from and after the date of this Agreement it shall be an Obligor under the Intercompany Subordination Agreement as if it were a signatory thereto and shall be bound by all of the provisions thereof, and (b) agrees that it shall comply with and be subject to all the terms, conditions, covenants, agreements and obligations set forth in the Intercompany Subordination Agreement.  [New Borrower][New Guarantor] hereby agrees that each reference to an “Obligor” or the “Obligors” in the Intercompany Subordination Agreement shall include [New Borrower][New Guarantor].  [New Borrower][New Guarantor] acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Intercompany Subordination Agreement and that it has read and understands the terms thereof.

  Article IV.	[Joinder of New Borrower to the Fee Letter.  By its execution of this Agreement, New Borrower hereby (a) agrees that from and after the date of this Agreement it shall be a “Borrower” party to the Fee Letter as if it were a signatory thereto and shall be bound by all of the provisions thereof, and (b) agrees that it shall comply with and be subject to all of the terms, conditions, covenants, agreements and obligations set forth in the Fee Letter applicable to Borrowers.  New Borrower hereby agrees that each reference to “Borrower” or “Borrowers” in the Fee Letter shall include New Borrower.  New Borrower acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Fee Letter and that it has read and understands the terms thereof.]

  Article V.	Representations and Warranties of [New Borrower][New Guarantor].  [New Borrower][New Guarantor] hereby represents and warrants to Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as follows:

  Section 5.01	[New Borrower][New Guarantor] (i) to the extent applicable, is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated and, in the case of the Borrowers, to make the borrowings contemplated under the Financing Agreement, and to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Loan Document to which it is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and (iii) is, to the extent applicable, duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary, except (solely for the purposes of this subclause (iii)) where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  Section 5.02	The execution, delivery and performance by [New Borrower][New Guarantor] of this Agreement and each Loan Document to which it is or will be a party, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action, (ii) do not and will not contravene (A) any of its Governing Documents, (B) any applicable material Requirement of Law or (C) any material Contractual Obligation binding on or otherwise affecting it or any of its properties, (iii) do not and will not result in or require the creation of any Lien (other than pursuant to any Loan Document) upon or with respect to any of its properties, and (iv) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to its operations or any of its properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii)(B), (ii)(C) and (iv), to the extent where such contravention, default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  Section 5.03	No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by any [New Borrower][New Guarantor] of this Agreement or any Loan Document to which it is or will be a party (A) other than filings and recordings with respect to Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing or recordation, on the date hereof and (B) any authorizations or approvals that have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof.

  Section 5.04	This Agreement is, and each other Loan Document to which any New Borrower][New Guarantor] is or will be a party, when delivered hereunder, will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such [New Borrower][New Guarantor], enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

  Section 5.05	Each other representation and warranty applicable to [New Borrower][New Guarantor] as a [Borrower][Guarantor] under the Loan Documents is true, correct and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date hereof, as though made on such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date).

  Article VI.	Additional Requirements.  Concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Agent shall have received the following, each in form and substance satisfactory to Agent:

  Section 6.01	a Joinder No. __ to the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among [New Borrower][New Guarantor] and Agent (“Joinder No. __”), together with the original Equity Interest certificates, if any, representing all of the Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries of [New Borrower][New Guarantor] required to be pledged under the Security Agreement and any original promissory notes of [New Borrower][New Guarantor] required to be pledged under the Security Agreement, accompanied by undated Equity Interests powers/transfer forms executed in blank, and the same shall be in full force and effect;

  Section 6.02	a Pledged Interests Addendum by __________, a _________, dated as of the date hereof, with respect to the pledge of Equity Interest of [New Borrower][New Guarantor] required to be pledged under the Security Agreement, owned by _______, together with the original stock certificates, if any, representing all of the Equity Interests of [New Borrower][New Guarantor] held by [__], accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and other proper instruments of transfer, and the same shall be in full force and effect;

  Section 6.03	appropriate financing statement to be filed in the office of the _______ Secretary of State against [New Borrower][New Guarantor] to perfect the Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral of [New Borrower][New Guarantor];

  Section 6.04	a certificate from the Secretary of [New Borrower][New Guarantor], dated as of the date hereof, (i) attesting to the resolutions of [New Borrower][New Guarantor] [Board of Directors][Managers] authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which [New Borrower][New Guarantor] is or will become a party, (ii) authorizing officers of [New Borrower][New Guarantor] 

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  to execute the same, and (iii) attesting to the incumbency and signatures of such specific officers of [New Borrower][New Guarantor];

  Section 6.05	to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction, a certificate of status with respect to [New Borrower][New Guarantor], dated as of a recent date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of [New Borrower][New Guarantor], which certificate shall indicate that [New Borrower][New Guarantor]is in good standing in such jurisdiction (or the substantive equivalent thereof in such jurisdiction);

  Section 6.06	to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction, certificates of status with respect to [New Borrower][New Guarantor], dated as of a recent date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions (other than the jurisdiction of organization of [New Borrower][New Guarantor]) in which the failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Effect, which certificates shall indicate that [New Borrower][New Guarantor] is in good standing in such jurisdictions (or the substantive equivalent thereof in such jurisdictions);

  Section 6.07	copies of [New Borrower’s][New Guarantor’s] Governing Documents, as amended, modified or supplemented to the date hereof, certified by the Secretary of [New Borrower][New Guarantor]; and

  Section 6.08	evidence that [New Borrower][New Guarantor] has been added to the Loan Parties’ existing insurance policies required by Section 7.1(h) of the Financing Agreement;

  Section 6.09	a customary opinion of counsel regarding such matters as to [New Borrower][New Guarantor] as Agent or its counsel may reasonably request, and which is otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (it being understood that such opinion shall be limited to this Agreement, and the documents executed or delivered in connection herewith (including the financing statement filed against [New Borrower][New Guarantor]); and

  Section 6.10	such other agreements, instruments, approvals or other documents requested by Agent prior to the date hereof, including, but not in limited to, those in form and substance substantially similar to those required pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Financing Agreement in order to create, perfect and establish the first priority of, or otherwise protect, any Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) purported to be covered by any Loan Document or otherwise to effect the intent that [New Borrower][New Guarantor] shall become bound by all of the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Loan Documents and that, to the extent set forth in the Financing Agreement and the Security Agreement, all property and assets of [New Borrower][New Guarantor] shall become Collateral for the Obligations.

  Article VII.	Further Assurances.  At any time upon the reasonable request of Agent, [New Borrower][New Guarantor] shall promptly execute and deliver to Agent such additional agreements as Agent shall reasonably request pursuant to the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

  Article VIII.	Notices.  Notices to [New Borrower][New Guarantor] shall be given in the manner set forth for [Borrowers][Guarantors] in Section 12.01 of the Financing Agreement.

  Article IX.	Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

  Article X.	Choice of Law and Venue; Jury Trial Waiver; Judicial Reference.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS REGARDING CHOICE OF LAW AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS, VENUE AND WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL WAIVER SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 12.11 and 12.12 OF THE FINANCING AGREEMENT, AND SUCH PROVISIONS ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS.

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  Article XI.	Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall be binding upon [New Borrower][New Guarantor], and the other Loan Parties and shall inure to the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns.

  Article XII.	Effect on Loan Documents.

  Section 12.01	Except as contemplated to be supplemented hereby, the Financing Agreement, [the Fee Letter,] the Intercompany Subordination Agreement and each other Loan Document shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect.  Except as expressly contemplated hereby, this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, or consent to, or a modification or amendment of any other term or condition of the Financing Agreement, [the Fee Letter,] the Intercompany Subordination Agreement or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.

  Section 12.02	Each reference in the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents to [“Borrower”][“Guarantor”], “Obligor” or words of like import referring to a [Borrower][Guarantor] or an Obligor shall include and refer to [New Borrower][New Guarantor] and (b) each reference in the Financing Agreement, the Fee Letter, Intercompany Subordination Agreement or any other Loan Document to this “Agreement”, “hereunder”, “herein”, “hereof”, “thereunder”, “therein”, “thereof”, or words of like import referring to the Financing Agreement, the Fee Letter, Intercompany Subordination Agreement or any other Loan Document shall mean and refer to such agreement as supplemented by this Agreement.

  Article XIII.	Miscellaneous

  Section 13.01	This Agreement is a Loan Document.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., “PDF” or “tif” via email) shall be equally effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.  Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic image scan transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.

  Section 13.02	Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.  Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.

  Section 13.03	Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only.  Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.

  Section 13.04	Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed against any member of the Secured Parties or [New Borrower][New Guarantor], whether under any rule of construction or otherwise.  This Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.

  Section 13.05	The pronouns used herein shall include, when appropriate, either gender and both singular and plural, and the grammatical construction of sentences shall conform thereto.

  Section 13.06	This Agreement shall be subject to the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.03 of the Financing Agreement, and such rules of construction are incorporated herein by this reference, mutatis mutandis.

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, [New Borrower][New Guarantor] and Agent have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

   

  		
	[NEW BORROWER][NEW GUARANTOR]:
	______________________________,
a ____________________


By:	
Name:	
Title:



   

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

   

  		
	AGENT:
	BLUE TORCH FINANCE LLC
a Delaware limited liability company


By:	
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  Exhibit A to Joinder Agreement

  [Updated Schedules]

   

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  EXHIBIT B 

  FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

  This Assignment and Acceptance (this “Assignment and Acceptance”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each] Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each] Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”).  [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees] hereunder are several and not joint.] Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Financing Agreement identified below, 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 Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.

   

  For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Financing Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Financing 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][the respective Assignors] under the Financing Agreement 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)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Financing 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 by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”).  Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  1.	Assignor[s]:	_________________________________________

  _________________________________________

  2.	Assignee[s]:	_________________________________________

  _________________________________________

  [Assignee is an [Affiliate][Related Fund] of [identify Lender]]

  3.	Borrowers:	Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation and each other Person that executes a Joinder Agreement and becomes a “Borrower” under the Financing Agreement.

  4.	Administrative Agent:	Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent under the Financing Agreement

  5. 	Financing Agreement:	The Financing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

  6.	Assigned Interest[s]:

   

  					
	Assignor[s]
	Assignee[s]
	Aggregate Amount of Term Loan for all Lenders
	Amount of Term Loan Assigned8
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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.]

   

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

  ASSIGNOR	[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

   

  By:		

  Name:

  Title:

   

  ASSIGNEE	[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

   

  By:		

  Name:

  Title:

   

  [Consented to and] Accepted:

  BLUE TORCH FINANCE LLC, 

  as Administrative Agent

   

   

  By:  _________________________________

  Name:

  Title:

   

   

  [Consented to and Accepted:

  spire global, inc. ,

  as Administrative Borrower

   

   

  By:  _________________________________

  Name:

  Title:

  ]

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

   

  ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT

  STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT

  Representations and Warranties.

  Assignor[s].  [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] 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 Acceptance 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 Financing 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 any Loan Party, 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.

  Assignee[s].  [The][Each] 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 Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Financing Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 12.07 of the Financing Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required thereunder), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Financing Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Financing Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender attached to the Assignment and Acceptance is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Financing Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, [the][any] 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.

  Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts that have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts that have accrued from and after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to [the][the relevant] Assignee.

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  General Provisions.  This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Acceptance 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 Acceptance by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance.  This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of New York.

   

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  EXHIBIT C

  FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

  Date:  	, 20__

   

  To: BLUE TORCH FINANCE LLC,

  c/o Blue Torch Capital LP

  as Administrative Agent under the Financing Agreement referred to below

  150 East 58th Street

  18th Floor

  New York, New York 10155

  Email: BlueTorchAgency@alterdomus.com

   

  Ladies and Gentlemen:

  Reference is made to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”), by and among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Administrative Borrower” together with those additional Persons that are joined as a party to the Financing Agreement by executing a Joinder Agreement, each a “Borrower” and, individually and collectively, jointly and severally, the “Borrowers”), each subsidiary of any Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages thereto (together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” thereunder, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Financing Agreement.

  The Administrative Borrower hereby gives you notice, pursuant to Section 2.02(a) of the Financing Agreement of its request of a proposed Term Loan (the “Proposed Borrowing”) under the Financing Agreement and, in that connection, sets forth the following information:

  The date of the Proposed Borrowing is June [●], 2022 (the “Funding Date”).

  The aggregate principal amount of the Proposed Borrowing is $_________, of which [$________ consists of Reference Rate Loans and][$________ consists of Term SOFR Loans, [having an initial Interest Period of 3 months].

  The proceeds of the Proposed Borrowing shall be used as follows: [_______].

  The Administrative Borrower’s wire instructions for the Proposed Borrowing are set forth on Schedule I hereto.

  Delivery of an executed signature page of this Notice of Borrowing by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Notice of Borrowing.

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  Yours truly,

  SPIRE GLOBAL, INC.,
as Administrative Borrower

  
By: 		
	Name:
	Title: 

   

   

   

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  Schedule I

   

  Administrative Borrower’s Wire Instructions

   

   

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  EXHIBIT D 

  FORM OF TERM SOFR NOTICE

  Date:  	, 20__

  To: BLUE TORCH FINANCE LLC,

  c/o Blue Torch Capital LP

  as Administrative Agent under the Financing Agreement referred to below

  150 East 58th Street

  18th Floor

  New York, New York 10155

  Email: BlueTorchAgency@alterdomus.com

   

  Ladies and Gentlemen:

  Reference is made to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”), by and among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Borrower” thereunder, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each subsidiary of any Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages thereto (together with each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” thereunder, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Financing Agreement. 

  The Administrative Borrower hereby gives you notice, pursuant to Section 2.07(a) of the Financing Agreement of its request for the following:

  (i)	a continuation, on ________, 20__, as Term SOFR Loans having an Interest Period of 3 months, of Term Loans outstanding on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $__________ having an Interest Period ending on the proposed date for such continuation;

  (ii)	a conversion of Reference Rate Loans, on ________, 20__, to Term SOFR Loans having an Interest Period of 3 months of Term Loans outstanding on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $ _______; and

  (iii)	a conversion of Term SOFR Loans, on ________, 20__, to Reference Rate Loans, of Term Loans outstanding on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $ _________.

  [In connection herewith, the undersigned hereby certifies that no Default or Event of Default is continuing on the date hereof, both immediately before and after giving effect to any Loan to be made on the date for the proposed conversion or continuation set forth above].

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  Yours truly,

  SPIRE GLOBAL, INC.,
as Administrative Borrower

  
By: 		
	Name:
	Title: 

    

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  EXHIBIT E 

  FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

  __________, 20__ 

  This certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(iv) of that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”), by and among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Administrative Borrower”, together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Borrower” thereunder, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each subsidiary of any Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages thereto (together with each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” thereunder, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Financing Agreement.

  The undersigned, solely in his/her capacity as an Authorized Person of the Administrative Borrower and not in any individual capacity, hereby certifies as follows:

  1.	The undersigned has reviewed the provisions of the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents and has made or caused to be made under his or her supervision a review of the condition and operations of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether such Persons were in compliance with all of the provisions of the Financing Agreement and such other Loan Documents at the times such compliance is required under the Financing Agreement and such other Loan Documents, and that such review has not disclosed, and such Authorized Officer has no knowledge of, the occurrence and continuance during such period of an Event of Default or Default[, except for the Events of Default or Defaults as set forth on Annex A hereto, in each case, with a description of the nature and period of existence thereof and the action which such Persons propose to take or have taken with respect thereto].

  2.	Attached hereto as Annex B is [(a)] a schedule showing the calculation of the financial covenants specified in Section 7.03 of the Financing Agreement [and (b) the calculation of Excess Cash Flow in accordance with the terms of Section 2.05(c)(i) of the Financing Agreement] .

  3.	[[The undersigned confirms that there are no updates to any material insurance coverage maintained as of the date thereof by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.][Attached hereto as Annex C are updates to material insurance coverage maintained as of the date thereof by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and evidence that such insurance coverage meets the requirements set forth in Section 7.01 of the Financing Agreement, each Security Agreement and each Mortgage, together with such other related documents and information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.]]

  4.	[[The undersigned confirms that there have been no changes to the information contained in each of the Perfection Certificates delivered on the Effective Date or the date of the most recently updated Perfection Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(iv) of the Financing Agreement.][Attached hereto as Annex D is an updated 

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  Perfection Certificate identifying the changes to the information contained in each of the Perfection Certificates delivered on the Effective Date or the date of the most recently updated Perfection Certificate delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents.]]

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate on the date first written above.

  SPIRE GLOBAL, INC.,

  
By: 		
	Name:
	Title:

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  [ANNEX A
to
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE 

  Description of Events of Default and Defaults]

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  ANNEX B
to
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE 

  Calculation of Financial Covenants [and Excess Cash Flow]

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  [ANNEX C
to
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE 

  Updates to Material Insurance Coverage]

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  [ANNEX D
to
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE 

  Perfection Certificate Supplement]

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  EXHIBIT F 

  Key Performance Indicators

  	ACV Bookings (renewal & new) by solution 

  	Annual recurring revenue total customer count 

  	Annual recurring revenue customer count (greater than $100,000 and $1,000,000, respectively)

  	Actual cash value

  	Total contract value (running total for the quarter at hand)

  	Gross and net retention rates (monthly calculations)

  	Such other key performance indicators as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request

   

   

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  EXHIBIT 2.09(d)-1

  U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

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

  Reference is made to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of [●], 2022 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”), by and among by and among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Borrower” thereunder, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each subsidiary of any Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages thereto (together with each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” thereunder, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Financing Agreement.

  Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.09(d) of the Financing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan or Loans (as well as any Note evidencing any such Loan) 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 Internal Revenue Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of a Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to a Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

  The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Administrative Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Administrative 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.

  			
	[NAME OF LENDER]
	 

	 
	 

	By:
	 
	 

	 
	Name:
	 

	 
	Title:
	 

	 
	 

	Date: ________ __, 20[  ]
	 



   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  EXHIBIT 2.09(d)-2

  U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

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

  Reference is made to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”), by and among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Administrative Borrower” together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Borrower” thereunder, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages thereto (together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” thereunder, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Financing Agreement.

  Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.09(d) of the Financing 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 or 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 or 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 Internal Revenue Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners or members is a ten percent shareholder of a Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners or members is a controlled foreign corporation related to a Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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

  			
	[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
	 

	 
	 

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	Name:
	 

	 
	Title:
	 

	 
	 

	Date: ________ __, 20[  ]
	 



   

   

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

  EXHIBIT 2.09(d)-3

  U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

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

  Reference is made to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”), by and among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Administrative Borrower” together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Borrower” thereunder, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages thereto (together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” thereunder, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Financing Agreement.

  Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.09(d) of the Financing 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 Internal Revenue Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of a Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to a Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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

  			
	[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
	 

	 
	 

	By:
	 
	 

	 
	Name:
	 

	 
	Title:
	 

	 
	 

	Date: ________ __, 20[  ]
	 



   

   

   

  			
	 
	 
	 



   

   

  

   

  EXHIBIT 2.09(d)-4

  U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

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

  Reference is made to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2022 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”), by and among Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Administrative Borrower” together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Borrower” thereunder, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages thereto (together with each Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” thereunder, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Financing Agreement.

  Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.09(d) of the Financing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan or Loans (as well as any Note evidencing any such Loan) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners or members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan or Loans (as well as any Note evidencing such Loan), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners or 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 Internal Revenue Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners or members is a ten percent shareholder of a Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners or members is a controlled foreign corporation related to a Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

  The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Administrative Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Administrative 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.

  			
	[NAME OF LENDER]
	 

	 
	 

	By:
	 
	 

	 
	Name:
	 

	 
	Title:
	 

	 
	 

	Date: ________ __, 20[  ]
	 



   

  [Signature Page to Financing Agreement]