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Execution Version  746154515.7  AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT  dated as of  February 28, 2022  among  DUTCH BROS., LLC,  DB MANAGEMENT CO.,  DB FRANCHISING USA, LLC and  BOERSMA BROS. LLC,  as Borrowers,  The Other Loan Parties Party Hereto,  The Lenders Party Hereto  and  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,  as Administrative Agent  ___________________________  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.  and  BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,  as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers  BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,  as Syndication Agent  MUFG BANK, LTD   and  CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,  as Co-Documentation Agents  





 






TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 746154515.7 i  ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................................... 1 SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. ......................................................................................... 1 SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. ............................................... 35 SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally. .................................................................................... 35 SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. .................................................................... 36 SECTION 1.05 Interest Rates; Benchmark Notifications. .............................................. 36 SECTION 1.06 Pro Forma Adjustments for Acquisitions and Dispositions. .................. 37 SECTION 1.07 Status of Obligations. ............................................................................. 37 SECTION 1.08 Letters of Credit. .................................................................................... 37 SECTION 1.09 Divisions. ............................................................................................... 38 SECTION 1.10 Rounding. ............................................................................................... 38 ARTICLE II THE CREDITS....................................................................................................... 38 SECTION 2.01 Commitments. ........................................................................................ 38 SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings. .......................................................................... 38 SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. ....................................................................... 39 SECTION 2.04 [Reserved]. ............................................................................................. 40 SECTION 2.05 Swingline Loans. .................................................................................... 40 SECTION 2.06 Letters of Credit. .................................................................................... 41 SECTION 2.07 Funding of Borrowings. ......................................................................... 46 SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections. ................................................................................... 46 SECTION 2.09 Termination and Reduction of Commitments; Increase in  Revolving Commitments. ........................................................................ 47 SECTION 2.10 Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt. .................. 50 SECTION 2.11 Prepayment of Loans. ............................................................................ 52 SECTION 2.12 Fees. ....................................................................................................... 53 SECTION 2.13 Interest. ................................................................................................... 54 SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest; Illegality. ...................................................... 55 SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs. ..................................................................................... 57 SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments. ...................................................................... 58 SECTION 2.17 Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up. .......................................................... 59 SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Setoffs. ........ 62 SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. ................................. 64 SECTION 2.20 Defaulting Lenders. ................................................................................ 65 SECTION 2.21 Returned Payments. ............................................................................... 67 SECTION 2.22 Banking Services and Swap Agreements. .............................................. 68 ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ..................................................... 68 SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers. ............................................................................ 68 SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. ............................................................... 68 SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. ............................................... 68 SECTION 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. .............................. 68 SECTION 3.05 Properties. .............................................................................................. 69 SECTION 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters. .................................................. 69 SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements; No Default. .......................... 69 SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status................................................................... 70 





 






TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)  Page 746154515.7 ii  SECTION 3.09 Taxes. ..................................................................................................... 70 SECTION 3.10 ERISA. ................................................................................................... 70 SECTION 3.11 Disclosure............................................................................................... 70 SECTION 3.12 Material Agreements. ............................................................................. 70 SECTION 3.13 Solvency. ................................................................................................ 70 SECTION 3.14 Insurance. ............................................................................................... 71 SECTION 3.15 Capitalization and Subsidiaries. ............................................................. 71 SECTION 3.16 Security Interest in Collateral. ............................................................... 71 SECTION 3.17 Employment Matters. ............................................................................. 72 SECTION 3.18 Margin Regulations. ............................................................................... 72 SECTION 3.19 Use of Proceeds. ..................................................................................... 72 SECTION 3.20 No Burdensome Restrictions. ................................................................ 72 SECTION 3.21 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. .................................................... 72 SECTION 3.22 Affected Financial Institutions. .............................................................. 72 SECTION 3.23 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions. .................................................... 72 SECTION 3.24 Affiliate Transactions. ............................................................................ 72 ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS ...................................................................................................... 73 SECTION 4.01 Effective Date. ....................................................................................... 73 SECTION 4.02 Each Credit Event. ................................................................................. 75 ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS ............................................................................ 76 SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. ........................................ 76 SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events. .................................................................... 78 SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business. ............................................................ 79 SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations. ......................................................................... 79 SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties. .................................................................... 79 SECTION 5.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. ................................................. 79 SECTION 5.07 Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations. ............. 79 SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds. ..................................................................................... 80 SECTION 5.09 Accuracy of Information. ....................................................................... 80 SECTION 5.10 Insurance. ............................................................................................... 80 SECTION 5.11 [Reserved]. ............................................................................................. 80 SECTION 5.12 Casualty and Condemnation. ................................................................. 80 SECTION 5.13 Depository Banks. .................................................................................. 81 SECTION 5.14 Additional Collateral; Further Assurances. ............................................ 81 SECTION 5.15 Post-Closing Obligations. ...................................................................... 82 ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS ................................................................................. 82 SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness. .......................................................................................... 82 SECTION 6.02 Liens. ...................................................................................................... 83 SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes. ........................................................................... 85 SECTION 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. .............. 85 SECTION 6.05 Asset Sales. ............................................................................................ 87 SECTION 6.06 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. .......................................................... 88 SECTION 6.07 Swap Agreements. ................................................................................. 88 





 






TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)  Page 746154515.7 iii  SECTION 6.08 Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. ..................... 88 SECTION 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates. .................................................................. 89 SECTION 6.10 Restrictive Agreements. ......................................................................... 89 SECTION 6.11 Amendment of Material Documents. ..................................................... 89 SECTION 6.12 Financial Covenants. .............................................................................. 90 ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT .................................................................................... 90 ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT .................................................................. 93 SECTION 8.01 Authorization and Action. ...................................................................... 93 SECTION 8.02 Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Limitation of Liability, Etc. ............. 95 SECTION 8.03 Posting of Communications. .................................................................. 96 SECTION 8.04 The Administrative Agent Individually. ................................................ 97 SECTION 8.05 Successor Administrative Agent. ........................................................... 98 SECTION 8.06 Acknowledgements of Lenders and Issuing Banks. .............................. 99 SECTION 8.07 Collateral Matters. ................................................................................ 101 SECTION 8.08 Credit Bidding. ..................................................................................... 101 SECTION 8.09 Certain ERISA Matters. ....................................................................... 102 SECTION 8.10 Flood Laws. .......................................................................................... 103 ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS ........................................................................................... 104 SECTION 9.01 Notices. ................................................................................................ 104 SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments. ........................................................................ 105 SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Limitation of Liability; Indemnity; Etc. ............................. 107 SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns. ....................................................................... 110 SECTION 9.05 Survival. ............................................................................................... 114 SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution. ......... 114 SECTION 9.07 Severability. ......................................................................................... 115 SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff. ..................................................................................... 115 SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. ............. 116 SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. ............................................................... 116 SECTION 9.11 Headings............................................................................................... 117 SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality. .................................................................................... 117 SECTION 9.13 Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law. .......................... 118 SECTION 9.14 USA PATRIOT Act. ............................................................................ 118 SECTION 9.15 Disclosure............................................................................................. 118 SECTION 9.16 Appointment for Perfection. ................................................................ 118 SECTION 9.17 Interest Rate Limitation. ...................................................................... 118 SECTION 9.18 No Fiduciary Duty, etc. ........................................................................ 119 SECTION 9.19 Marketing Consent. .............................................................................. 119 SECTION 9.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial  Institutions.............................................................................................. 119 SECTION 9.21 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. ......................... 120 SECTION 9.22 Joint and Several. ................................................................................. 120 ARTICLE X LOAN GUARANTY ........................................................................................... 121 SECTION 10.01 Guaranty. ............................................................................................ 121 





 






TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)  Page 746154515.7 iv  SECTION 10.02 Guaranty of Payment. ........................................................................ 122 SECTION 10.03 No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty. ........................... 122 SECTION 10.04 Defenses Waived. ............................................................................... 123 SECTION 10.05 Rights of Subrogation. ....................................................................... 123 SECTION 10.06 Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration. ................................................. 123 SECTION 10.07 Information......................................................................................... 123 SECTION 10.08 Termination. ....................................................................................... 123 SECTION 10.09 Taxes. ................................................................................................. 124 SECTION 10.10 Maximum Liability. ........................................................................... 124 SECTION 10.11 Contribution. ...................................................................................... 124 SECTION 10.12 Liability Cumulative. ......................................................................... 125 SECTION 10.13 Keepwell. ........................................................................................... 125 ARTICLE XI THE BORROWER REPRESENTATIVE ......................................................... 125 SECTION 11.01 Appointment; Nature of Relationship. ............................................... 125 SECTION 11.02 Powers. ............................................................................................... 126 SECTION 11.03 Employment of Agents. ..................................................................... 126 SECTION 11.04 Notices. .............................................................................................. 126 SECTION 11.05 Successor Borrower Representative. .................................................. 126 SECTION 11.06 Execution of Loan Documents. .......................................................... 126 SECTION 11.07 Reporting. ........................................................................................... 126 SECTION 11.08 Amendment and Restatement. ........................................................... 126 





 






v  746154515.7  SCHEDULES:  Commitment Schedule  Schedule 3.05 Properties, etc.  Schedule 3.15 Capitalization and Subsidiaries   Schedule 3.24   Affiliate Transactions  Schedule 5.15 Post-Closing Obligations  Schedule 6.01 Existing Indebtedness  Schedule 6.02 Existing Liens  Schedule 6.04 Existing Investments  Schedule 6.10 Existing Restrictions  EXHIBITS:  Exhibit A  Assignment and Assumption  Exhibit B-1  Borrowing Request   Exhibit B-2  Interest Election Request   Exhibit C  [Reserved]  Exhibit D-1  U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships  For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)  Exhibit D-2  U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not  Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)  Exhibit D-3  U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships  For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)  Exhibit D-4  U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For  U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)  Exhibit E  Compliance Certificate   Exhibit F  Joinder Agreement  





 






1  746154515.7  AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of February 28, 2022 (as it may  be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among  DUTCH BROS., LLC, an Oregon limited liability company (the “Company”), DB MANAGEMENT CO.,  a Delaware corporation (“DB Management”), DB FRANCHISING USA, LLC, an Oregon limited liability  company (“DB USA”), BOERSMA BROS. LLC, an Oregon limited liability company (“Boersma” and,  together with the Company, DB Management and DB USA, collectively, the “Borrowers” and each,  individually, a “Borrower”), the other Loan Parties party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, and JPMORGAN  CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.  The Borrowers, the other Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to  time party thereto and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of  May 12, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the  date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).  Subject to the conditions set forth herein, the parties wish  to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein.  The parties hereto agree as follows:  ARTICLE I  DEFINITIONS  SECTION 1.01  Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings  specified below:  “ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the  Loans comprising such Borrowing, is bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate  Base Rate.  “Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.  “Account Debtor” means any Person obligated on an Account.  “Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated after the  Effective Date, by which any Loan Party (a) acquires any going concern business (or a division or line of  business thereof) or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, whether through purchase of assets,  merger or otherwise, or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent  transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the Equity Interests of a  Person which has ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other similar management personnel  of such Person (other than Equity Interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a  contingency) or a majority of the outstanding Equity Interests of a Person.  “Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple  SOFR, plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less  than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.  “Adjusted Term SOFR Rate” means, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to  (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period, plus (b)(i) with respect to one (1) month Interest Period,  0.10%, (ii) with respect to three (3) month Interest Period, 0.15% and (iii) with respect to six (6) month  Interest Period, 0.25%; provided that if the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than  the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.  





 






2  746154515.7  “Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any of its designated branch  offices or affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.  “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the  Administrative Agent.  “Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial  Institution.   “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly  through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the  specified Person; provided that a Person shall not be an Affiliate of Borrowers solely by reason of such  Person’s status as a Dutch Bros. franchisee or due to any provisions under any franchise agreement between  such Person and a Loan Party giving such Loan Party customary control with respect to franchise-related  matters.  “Agent-Related Person” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.03(d).  “Aggregate Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate Credit Exposure of all the Lenders  at such time.  “Aggregate Revolving Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all the  Lenders at such time.  “Agreement” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereof.  “Aircraft Trust” means TVPX 2019 MSN 525C-0314 Business Trust, a Utah business trust.  “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime  Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1%, and (c) the Adjusted  Term SOFR Rate for a one-month Interest Period as published two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business  Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day)   plus 1%, provided that, for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall  be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any  amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR  Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology).  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate  due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective  from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted  Term SOFR Rate, respectively.  If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest  pursuant to Section 2.14 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been  determined pursuant to Section 2.14(b)), then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and  (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the  Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be  deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.   “Ancillary Document” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.06(b).  “Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any  Loan Party or any Subsidiaries of any Loan Party from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or  corruption.  





 






3  746154515.7  “Applicable Parties” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.03(c).  “Applicable Percentage” means, at any time with respect to any Lender:  (a)  a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving  Commitment at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate Revolving Commitments at such  time (provided that, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages  shall be determined based upon such Lender’s share of the Aggregate Revolving Exposure at such time);   (b) with respect to the Term A Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which  is such Lender’s Term A Loan Commitment at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate  Term A Loan Commitments at such time (provided that, if the Term A Loan Commitments have terminated  or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon such Lender’s share of the aggregate  outstanding Term A Loans at such time);  (c) with respect to the Delayed Draw Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the  numerator of which is such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment (if any) at such time plus  such Lender’s share of the aggregate outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loans at such time and the  denominator of which is the aggregate Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments at such time plus the  aggregate outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loans at such time;  (d) with respect to the outstanding Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator  of which is such Lender’s share of the aggregate outstanding Term Loans at such time and the denominator  of which is the aggregate outstanding Term Loans at such time; and   (e) otherwise, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Credit  Exposure and Unfunded Commitments at such time and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Credit  Exposure and aggregate Unfunded Commitments at such time;  provided that, in accordance with Section 2.20, so long as any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender,  such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment shall be disregarded in the calculations above.  “Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Loan, or with respect to the commitment  fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption  “ABR Spread”, “Term Benchmark Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon  the Net Lease-Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date, provided that until  the delivery to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to Section 5.01, of Holdings’ consolidated financial  information for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2022, the “Applicable Rate” shall be the applicable rates  per annum set forth below in Category 2:  Net Lease-Adjusted  Total Leverage Ratio ABR Spread  Term Benchmark   Spread  Revolving  Commitment  Fee Rate and Delayed  Draw Term Loan  Commitment Fee Rate  Category 1  ≥ 4.50 to 1.00  1.50% 2.50% 0.45%  Category 2  < 4.50 to 1.00 but  ≥ 3.75 to 1.00  1.25% 2.25% 0.40%  





 






4  746154515.7  Category 3  < 3.75 to 1.00 but  ≥ 3.00 to 1.00  1.00% 2.00% 0.35%  Category 4  < 3.00 to 1.00 but  ≥ 2.25 to 1.00  0.75% 1.75% 0.30%  Category 5  < 2.25 to 1.00 but  ≥ 1.50 to 1.00  0.50% 1.50% 0.25%  Category 6  < 1.50 to 1.00  0.25% 1.25% 0.20%  For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Rate shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal  quarter of Holdings, based upon Holdings’ annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements delivered  pursuant to Section 5.01 and (b) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Net  Lease-Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including  the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such  change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change, provided  that at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders, if the Borrowers  fail to deliver the annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it  pursuant to Section 5.01, the Net Lease-Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1  during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial  statements are delivered.  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that the financial statements upon which the  Applicable Rate was determined were incorrect (whether based on a restatement, fraud or otherwise), or  any ratio or compliance information in a Compliance Certificate or other certification was incorrectly  calculated, relied on incorrect information or was otherwise not accurate, true or correct, the Borrowers  shall be required to retroactively pay any additional amount that the Borrowers would have been required  to pay if such financial statements, Compliance Certificate or other information had been accurate and/or  computed correctly at the time they were delivered.  “Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.03(a).  “Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to the term in Section 9.04(b).  “Arranger” means each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and BofA Securities, Inc., in their  capacities as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers hereunder.  “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a  Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and  accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic  records generated by the use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.  “Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the  earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.  “Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current  Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for  





 






5  746154515.7  interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may  be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any  frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not  including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the  definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (e) of Section 2.14.  “Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable  Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.  “Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55  of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the  implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which  is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom,  Part I of  the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or  rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment  firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other  insolvency proceedings).  “Balance Sheet Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent  or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real property, which  obligations (i) are Capital Lease Obligations, (ii) would constitute Capital Lease Obligations but for the  application of Section 1.04(b), or (iii) are treated as Capital Lease Obligations hereunder solely as a result  of Section 1.04(b).  “Banking Services” means each and any of the following bank services provided to any Loan Party  or any Subsidiary by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) credit cards for commercial customers  (including, without limitation, “commercial credit cards” and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards,  (c) merchant processing services, and (d) treasury management services (including, without limitation,  controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, any direct debit scheme or  arrangement, overdrafts and interstate depository network services and cash pooling services).  “Banking Services Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Loan Parties or their  Subsidiaries, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or  acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) in  connection with Banking Services.  “Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, when such Person becomes the subject of  a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee,  administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the  reorganization or liquidation of its business, appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the  Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or  acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, or has had any order for relief in such proceeding  entered in respect thereof, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any  ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental  Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with  immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the U.S. or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of  attachment on its assets or permits such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to  reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.  “Benchmark” means, initially, with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the Term SOFR Rate;  provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred  





 






6  746154515.7  with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR Rate, as applicable, 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 clause (b) of Section 2.14.  “Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the  order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement  Date:  (1) the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR;  (2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative  Agent and the Borrower Representative as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the  applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a  replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental  Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a  replacement for the then-current Benchmark for  dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such  time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.  If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the  Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and  the other Loan Documents.  “Benchmark Replacement Adjustment”  means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current  Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available  Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, 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 Representative for the applicable  Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread  adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such  Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body  on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market  convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread  adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark  Replacement for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.  “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark  Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Loan, any technical, administrative or operational changes  (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the  definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and  frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or  prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage  provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides  may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to  permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with  market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent 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 such Benchmark Replacement 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).  





 






7  746154515.7  “Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the  following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:   (1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of  (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on  which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof)  permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide  all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component  thereof); or  (2) in the case of clause (3) 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 no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by  reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) 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, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs  on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark  Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and  (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2)  with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with  respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the  calculation thereof).  “Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or  more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:   (1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such  Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator  has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof),  permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor  administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component  thereof);   (2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the  administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal  Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, 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), in each  case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease  to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or  indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator  that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or   (3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the  administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof)  announcing  that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified  future date will no longer be, representative.  





 






8  746154515.7  For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with  respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred  with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in  the calculation thereof).  “Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x)  beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition  has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for  all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14 and (y) ending at  the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes  hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14.   “Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or  control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.  “Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.  “Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA)  that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975  of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations  or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee  benefit plan” or “plan”.  “BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted  in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.  “Borrower” or “Borrowers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph  hereto and each other Person who joins this Agreement as a Borrower from time to time.  “Borrower Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01.   “Borrowing” means (a) a Revolving Borrowing, (b) Term Loans of the same Type made, converted  or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest  Period is in effect, and (c) a Swingline Loan.  “Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower Representative for a Borrowing in  accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto or any other  form approved by the Administrative Agent.  “Burdensome Restriction” means any consensual encumbrance or restriction of the type described  in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.10.  “Business Day” means any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for  business in New York City or Chicago; provided that, in relation to RFR Loans and any interest rate settings,  fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such RFR Loan, or any other dealings of such  RFR Loan, any such day that is only an U.S. Government Securities Business Day.  “Capital Expenditures” means, without duplication, any expenditure or commitment to expend  money for any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be classified as a fixed or capital  asset on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.  





 






9  746154515.7  “Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other  amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or  a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases or  financing leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall  be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP, subject in each case to Section  1.04(b).  “Change in Control” means (a) Holdings shall cease to own, free and clear of all Liens or other  encumbrances, at least 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of each Borrower on a fully diluted basis,  (b)  the Borrowers shall cease to own, free and clear of all Liens or other encumbrances, at least 100% of  the outstanding Equity Interests of each of their Subsidiaries on a fully diluted basis, or (c) a person or  group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)  other than the Permitted Holders shall, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, own more than the  lesser of (x) 35% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of Holdings on a fully diluted basis and (y) the  percentage of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of Holdings owned by the Permitted Holders.  “Change in Law” means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of any of the following:  (a) the adoption of or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule,  regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any  Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of  Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding  company, if any) with any request, guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of  law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that,  notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer  Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives thereunder or issued in  connection therewith or in the implementation thereof, and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements  or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking  Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the U.S. or foreign regulatory authorities, in each  case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date  enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.  “Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.  “Chase” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, in its individual  capacity, and its successors.  “Class”, when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the  Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, a Term A Loan, a Delayed Draw Term Loan or  Swingline Loans, (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment,   a Term A Commitment or a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment and (c) any Lender, refers to whether  such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of a particular Class.  “CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as  administrator of the forward-looking term SOFR (or a successor administrator).  “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.  “Collateral” means any and all property owned, leased or operated by a Person covered by the  Collateral Documents, now existing or hereafter acquired, and any and all other property that may at any  time be, become or be intended to be subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of the Administrative  Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders and other Secured Parties, to secure the Obligations.  





 






10  746154515.7  “Collateral Access Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.  “Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement and any other agreements,  instruments and documents executed in connection with this Agreement that are intended to create, perfect  or evidence Liens to secure the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation, all other security  agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan agreements, notes, guarantees,  subordination agreements, pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, fee letters,  notices, leases, financing statements and all other written matter whether theretofore, now or hereafter  executed by any Loan Party and delivered to the Administrative Agent, in such form as reasonably  acceptable to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent. “Commercial LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of  all outstanding commercial Letters of Credit plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements relating  to commercial Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers.  The  Commercial LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the  aggregate Commercial LC Exposure at such time.  “Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the sum of such Lender’s Revolving  Commitment and Term Commitments.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on  the Commitment Schedule, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such  term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) as provided in  Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C), pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.  “Commitment Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such.  “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.  “Communications” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03(c).  “Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.   “Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative  in substantially the form of Exhibit E.  “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.  “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction  of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract  or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.  “Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor  (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding  business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.  “Covered Entity” means any of the following:  (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with,  12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);  





 






11  746154515.7  (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with,  12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or  (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with,  12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).   “Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.21.  “Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) such Lender’s Revolving  Exposure at such time plus (b) an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of its Term Loans  outstanding at such time.  “Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any  other Lender.  “Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR  for the day (such day “SOFR Determination Date”) that is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business  Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate  Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government  Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is  published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website.  Any change in Daily Simple  SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in  SOFR without notice to the Borrower.  “Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice,  lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.  “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance  with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.  “Defaulting Lender” means, subject to the last sentence of Section 2.20, any Lender that (a) has  failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its  Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to  any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above,  such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s  good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the  particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified any Borrower or any Credit Party in writing,  or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its  funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such  position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically  identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a Loan under this Agreement cannot be  satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within  three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing  from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to  meet such obligations as of the date of certification) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then  outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall  cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such  certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the  subject of (i) a Bankruptcy Event or (ii) a Bail-In Action.  “Deficiency Funding Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).  





 






12  746154515.7  “Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if  any, of such Lender to make a Delayed Draw Term Loan, expressed as an amount representing the  maximum principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan to be made by such Lender, as such  commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (a) Section 2.09 or (b) assignments  by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Delayed Draw Term  Loan Commitment is set forth on the Commitment Schedule, or in the Assignment and Assumption  pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, as  applicable.  The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments on the  Effective Date is $150,000,000.  “Delayed Draw Term Loan Draw Expiration Date” means the earlier of (a) the date upon which  the aggregate Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments are fully advanced pursuant to Section 2.01(c) and  (b) February 28, 2024.  “Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender” means a Lender having a Delayed Draw Term Loan  Commitment or an outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loan.  “Delayed Draw Term Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(c).  “Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (in one  transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise) of any  property by any Person (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any issuance of Equity Interests  by a Subsidiary of such Person), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without  recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.  “Dividing Person” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Division”.  “Division” means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing  Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement),  which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may  not survive.  “Division Successor” means any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing  Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing  Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division.  A Dividing Person which retains any of  its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the  occurrence of such Division.  “Document” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.  “dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the U.S.  “EBITDAR” means, for any period, Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and  to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for such period, the sum of (i) Interest Expense for such  period, (ii) income tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and  amortization expense for such period, (iv) any extraordinary non-cash charges for such period, (v) any other  non-cash charges for such period (but excluding any non-cash charge in respect of an item that was included  in Net Income in a prior period and any non-cash charge that relates to the write-down or write-off of  inventory), (vi) Rental Expense for such period, (vii) the pre-opening expenses actually incurred in  connection with acquiring, developing and opening any new Stores; provided that the aggregate amount of  addbacks made under this clause (a)(vii), clause (a)(viii), and clause (a)(ix) taken together in any period  





 






13  746154515.7  shall not exceed twenty-two percent (22%) of EBITDAR (calculated before giving effect to such addbacks)  for such period for any period ending on or before March 31, 2023, and for any period thereafter, fifteen  percent (15%) of EBITDAR (calculated before giving effect to such addbacks) for such period, (viii) any  non-recurring cash charges, including as a result of discontinued operations and severance and restructuring  costs; provided that the aggregate amount of addbacks made under this clauses (a)(viii), clause (a)(vii), and  clause (a)(ix) taken together in any period shall not exceed twenty-two percent (22%) of EBITDAR  (calculated before giving effect to such addbacks) for such period for any period ending on or before March  31, 2023, and for any period thereafter, fifteen percent (15%) of EBITDAR (calculated before giving effect  to such addbacks) for such period, (ix) a onetime addback for costs and expenses incurred in connection  with COVID-19 “thank you” pay and catastrophic leave for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, and  (y) an addback for any other out-of-pocket cash costs and expenses paid in connection with COVID-19 for  the period to the extent such costs and expenses are unusual, infrequent, and reasonably expected to be  incurred for a finite period not in excess of six months in order to address new or changed governmental  actions or public health risks and for the avoidance of doubt excluding any increased wages or other  employee payments; provided that the aggregate amount of addbacks made under this clause (a)(ix), clause  (a)(vii), and clause (a)(viii), taken together in any period shall not exceed twenty-two percent (22%) of  EBITDAR (calculated before giving effect to such addbacks) for such period for any period ending on or  before March 31, 2023, and for any period thereafter, fifteen percent (15%) of EBITDAR (calculated before  giving effect to such addbacks) for such period, (x) a onetime addback for costs and expenses related to  charitable donations for such period to the extent such charitable donations are associated with the equity  offering that occurred during the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2021, and (xi) to the extent not  included in clause (a)(iv) for such period, non-cash charges for equity-based and stock-based compensation  for such period, as calculated for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period in  accordance with GAAP, minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in Net Income for such  period, (i) any cash payments made during such period in respect of non-cash charges described in  clause (a)(v) taken in a prior period and (ii) any extraordinary gains and any non-cash items of income for  such period, all calculated for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with  GAAP.   “ECP” means an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the Commodity  Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity  Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC.  “EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any  EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity  established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this  definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of  an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with  its parent.  “EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland,  Liechtenstein, and Norway.  “EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted  with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having  responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.  “Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or  waived in accordance with Section 9.02).  





 






14  746154515.7  “Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated  with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such  contract or record.  “Electronic System” means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, web portal access for  the Borrowers and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned,  operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank and any of its respective Related Parties  or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.  “Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees,  judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any  Governmental Authority, relating in any way to (i) the environment, (ii) preservation or reclamation of  natural resources, (iii) the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or  (iv) health and safety matters.  “Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for  damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Borrower or any  Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) any violation of any Environmental Law,  (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials,  (c) any exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous  Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to  which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.  “Equipment” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.  “Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a  limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and  any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing,  but excluding any debt securities convertible into any of the foregoing.  “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to  time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with a  Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or Section 4001(14) of  ERISA or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single  employer under Section 414 of the Code.  “ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the  regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period  is waived); (b) the failure to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code  or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or  Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to  any Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of  ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate  from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans  or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate  of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate  from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any  notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,  concerning the imposition upon any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of Withdrawal Liability or a  





 






15  746154515.7  determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, in critical status or in  reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.  “EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the  Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.  “Events of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.  “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 to constitute an ECP at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest  becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation.  If a Swap Obligation arises  under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of  such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or  becomes illegal.  “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, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on  which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than  pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrowers under Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its  lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with respect to such  Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the  applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it  changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f),  and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.  “Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.  “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any  amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply  with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into  pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices  adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental  Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.  “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on  such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as shall be  set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day  by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate, provided that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so  determined would be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.00% for the purposes of this  Agreement.  





 






16  746154515.7  “Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the  United States of America.  “Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or  controller of a Borrower.  “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, for any period, the ratio of (a) EBITDAR minus Maintenance Capital Expenditures minus expense for taxes paid in cash, including but not limited to,  applicable payroll taxes and personal income tax withholding paid in connection with the settlement of  restricted stock units, to (b) Fixed Charges, all calculated for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated  basis in accordance with GAAP.    “Fixed Charges” means, for any period, without duplication, cash Interest Expense, plus cash  Rental Expense, plus the current portion of long-term Indebtedness for such prior period, plus Restricted  Payments (including all Permitted Tax Distributions) paid in cash, plus Capital Lease Obligation payments,  plus Balance Sheet Lease Obligation payments less Permitted Tax Distribution Returns attributable to such  period actually received by the Borrowers (regardless of when received by the Borrowers), all calculated  for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.   “Flood Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.10.  “Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the  execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with  respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable.  For the  avoidance of doubt, the initial Floor for each of Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR  shall be 0.00%.   “Foreign Lender” means (a) if a Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and  (b) if a Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction  other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.  “Franchise Acquisition” means an Acquisition by a Loan Party as franchisor of a franchise location  pursuant to (i) the terms of an option for the franchisor’s benefit (either set forth in the body of the franchise  agreement or in a separate purchase option agreement attached as an exhibit thereto) that provides the  franchisor with the right to repurchase the franchise from the franchisee or to require the franchisee to  transfer its assets to the franchisor, in each case, for a purchase price based upon an agreed-upon formula  and such other terms as set forth in such franchise agreement or purchase option agreement or (ii) the terms  and conditions agreed to by the franchisee and such Loan Party as set forth in a written purchase agreement.  “Funded Indebtedness” means, at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of  Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of (a) Indebtedness for borrowed money,  (b) obligations under letters of credit (including Letters of Credit), bankers acceptances or similar  obligations, (c) Capital Lease Obligations and obligations in respect of synthetic leases, sale leaseback  transactions and purchase money indebtedness, (d) debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes, seller  notes, or similar instruments, obligations under any earn-out and other off-balance sheet transactions  (including Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities), and (e) guarantees of any of the foregoing.  “Funding Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(h).  “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S.  





 






17  746154515.7  “Governmental Authority” means the government of the U.S., any other nation or any political  subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,  court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or  administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.  “Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise,  of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other  obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and  including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply  funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance  or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,  securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the  payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition  or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other  obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support  such Indebtedness or obligation; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for  collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  “Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.  “Guarantors” means all Loan Guarantors, and the term “Guarantor” means each or any one of them  individually.  “Hazardous Materials” means (a) any substance, material, or waste that is included within the  definitions of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous waste,” “toxic substances,”  “toxic materials,” “toxic waste,” or words of similar import in any Environmental Law; (b) those substances  listed as hazardous substances by the United States Department of Transportation (or any successor agency)  (49 C.F.R. 172.101 and amendments thereto) or by the Environmental Protection Agency (or any successor  agency) (40 C.F.R. Part 302 and amendments thereto); and (c) any substance, material, or waste that is  petroleum, petroleum-related, or a petroleum by-product, asbestos or asbestos-containing material,  polychlorinated biphenyls, flammable, explosive, radioactive, freon gas, radon, or a pesticide, herbicide, or  any other agricultural chemical.  “Holdings” means Dutch Mafia, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.   “Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Subsidiary of Holdings (other  than a Borrower) that does not contribute (a) individually, more than 2.5% of EBITDAR of Holdings and  its Subsidiaries or (b) in the aggregate together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries, more than 5.0% of  EBITDAR of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.    “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for  borrowed money or with respect to advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by  bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest  charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention  agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the  deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course  of business that are not overdue for more than 90 days), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for  which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any  Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has  been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease  Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party  





 






18  746154515.7  in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such  Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (k) obligations under any earn-out (which for all purposes of this  Agreement, other than the definition of “Funded Indebtedness”, shall be valued at the maximum potential  amount payable with respect to each such earn-out, and for purposes of the definition of “Funded  Indebtedness” shall be valued in accordance with GAAP), (l) any other Off-Balance Sheet Liability and  (m) obligations, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced  or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under  (i) any and all Swap Agreements, and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or  assignments of any Swap Agreement transaction.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the  Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to  the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other  relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person  is not liable therefor.  “Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to  any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and  (b) to the extent not otherwise described in the foregoing clause (a), Other Taxes.  “Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(c).  “Ineligible Institution” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).  “Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12.  “Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower Representative to convert or continue  a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto  or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.  “Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, total interest expense (including that  attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to  all outstanding Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and  other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances and net costs under  Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates, to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in  accordance with GAAP), calculated for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such  period in accordance with GAAP.  “Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan),  the first Business Day of each calendar quarter and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term  Maturity Date, as applicable, (b) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of each Interest  Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term Benchmark  Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of  such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest  Period and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term Maturity Date, as applicable, and (c) with  respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and the Revolving Credit  Maturity Date.  “Interest Period” means with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the period commencing  on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that  is one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability for the Benchmark applicable  to the relevant Loan or (Commitment)), as the Borrower Representative may elect; provided that (i) if any  Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the  





 






19  746154515.7  next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar  month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day,  (ii) any Interest  Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no  numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last  Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) no tenor that has been removed  from this definition pursuant to Section 2.14(e) shall be available for specification in such Borrowing  Request or Interest Election Request.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the  date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, shall be the  effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.  “Inventory” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.  “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.  “Issuing Bank” means, individually and collectively, each of Chase, in its capacity as the issuer of  Letters of Credit hereunder, and any other Revolving Lender from time to time designated by the Borrower  Representative as an Issuing Bank (in each case, through itself or through one of its designated affiliates or  branch offices), with the consent of such Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent, and their  respective successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i).  Any Issuing Bank may, in its  discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by its Affiliates, in which case the term  “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate (it  being agreed that such Issuing Bank shall, or shall cause such Affiliate to, comply with the requirements of  Section 2.06 with respect to such Letters of Credit).  At any time there is more than one Issuing Bank, all  singular references to the Issuing Bank shall mean any Issuing Bank, either Issuing Bank, each Issuing  Bank, the Issuing Bank that has issued the applicable Letter of Credit, or both (or all) Issuing Banks, as the  context may require.  “Issuing Bank Sublimit” means, as of the Effective Date, (i) $50,000,000, in the case of Chase, and  (ii) such amount as shall be designated to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative in  writing by any other Issuing Bank; provided that any Issuing Bank shall be permitted at any time to increase  or reduce its Issuing Bank Sublimit upon providing five (5) days’ prior written notice thereof to the  Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative.  “Joinder Agreement” means a Joinder Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit F.  “LC Collateral Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(j).  “LC Disbursement” means any payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.  “LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the Commercial LC Exposure and the Standby LC  Exposure at such time.  The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable  Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure at such time.  “Lender Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly  or indirectly, a subsidiary.  “Lender-Related Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).  “Lenders” means the Persons listed on the Commitment Schedule and any other Person that shall  have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.09 or an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise,  other than any such Person that ceases to be a Lender hereunder pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption  





 






20  746154515.7  or otherwise.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender and  the Issuing Bank.  “Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement, and the term  “Letter of Credit” means any one of them or each of them singularly, as the context may require.  “Letter of Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.06(b).  “Liabilities” means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or  liabilities of any kind.  “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,  hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor  or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing  lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in  the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such  securities.  “Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, each promissory note issued pursuant to  this Agreement, each Letter of Credit Agreement, each Collateral Document, each Compliance Certificate,  the Loan Guaranty, and each other agreement, instrument, document and certificate executed and delivered  to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender and including each other pledge, power of  attorney, consent, assignment, contract, notice, letter of credit agreement, letter of credit application and  any agreements between the Borrower Representative and the Issuing Bank regarding the Issuing Bank’s  Issuing Bank Sublimit or the respective rights and obligations between the Borrowers and the Issuing Bank  in connection with the issuance of Letters of Credit, and each other written matter whether heretofore, now  or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, or any employee of any Loan Party, and delivered  to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or the transactions  contemplated hereby.  Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document  shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements  or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document as the same  may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.  “Loan Guarantor” means each Loan Party.  “Loan Guaranty” means Article X of this Agreement.  “Loan Parties” means, collectively, Holdings, the Borrowers, the Borrowers’ Subsidiaries and any  other Person who becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to a Joinder Agreement and their respective  successors and assigns, and the term “Loan Party” shall mean any one of them or all of them individually,  as the context may require. “Loans” means the loans and advances made by the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement, including  Swingline Loans.  “Maintenance Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, an amount equal to 25% of  depreciation expense for such period.  “Margin Stock” means margin stock within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X, as applicable.  





 






21  746154515.7  “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations  or condition, financial or otherwise, of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any  Loan Party to pay any of its Obligations, (c) the Collateral, or the Administrative Agent’s Liens (on behalf  of itself and the other Secured Parties) on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens, or (d) the rights of or  remedies available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders under any of the Loan  Documents.  “Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or  obligations in respect of one or more related Swap Agreements, of any one or more of Holdings and its  Subsidiaries with an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000 for any individual facility.  For  purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of Holdings or  any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount  (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Holdings or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such  Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.  “Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.  “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.  “Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.  “Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) determined for Holdings  and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be  excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is  merged into or consolidated with Holdings or any Subsidiary, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person  (other than a Subsidiary) in which Holdings or any Subsidiary has an ownership interest, except to the  extent that any such income is actually received by Holdings or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends  or similar distributions and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary, to the extent that the declaration  or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms  of any contractual obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to  such Subsidiary.  “Net Lease-Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) the sum of, without  duplication, (i) Funded Indebtedness on such date plus (ii) Rental Expense for the period of four consecutive  fiscal quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date multiplied by eight (8) plus (iii) Balance Sheet  Lease Obligations on such date minus (iv) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of such date in  excess of $10,000,000 but less than $25,000,000 to (b) EBITDAR for the period of four consecutive fiscal  quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date.  “Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such  event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments  received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase  price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when  received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar  event, condemnation awards and similar payments, minus (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of- pocket expenses paid to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case  of a Disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a  condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made as a result of such  event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory  prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be  payable) and the amount of any reserves established to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to  





 






22  746154515.7  be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are  directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer of the  Borrower Representative).  “Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(d).  “NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.  “NYFRB’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any  successor source.  “NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on  such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a  Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are  published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds  transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds  broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so  determined would be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.00% for purposes of this  Agreement.  “Obligated Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.02.  “Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC  Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations  and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,  receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding),  obligations and liabilities of any of the Loan Parties to any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the  Issuing Bank or any indemnified party, individually or collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising  thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or  unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred  under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made or  reimbursement or other obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time  evidencing any thereof.  “OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the  Treasury.  “Off-Balance Sheet Liability” of a Person means (a) any repurchase obligation or liability of such  Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (b) any indebtedness, liability or  obligation under any so-called “synthetic lease” transaction entered into by such Person, or (c) any  indebtedness, liability or obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional  equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet  of such Person (other than operating leases).  “Original Effective Date” means May 12, 2021.  “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 Taxes (other than  a connection 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  





 






23  746154515.7  other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan,  Letter of Credit, or any Loan Document).  “Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing  or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance,  enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with  respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with  respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.19).  “Outside Store Deposit Accounts” means deposit accounts as reasonably necessary in the conduct  of the business of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for the deposit of cash in locations where they have  a Store, but no Administrative Agent branch is located within a reasonable distance of such Store, provided  that the aggregate amount on deposit at any time at any such account shall not exceed $500,000 individually.  “Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal  funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of  depository institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the  NYFRB’s Website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB  as an overnight bank funding rate.  “Paid in Full” or “Payment in Full” means (i) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all  outstanding Loans and LC Disbursements, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (ii) the  termination, expiration, or cancellation and return of all outstanding Letters of Credit (or alternatively, with  respect to each such Letter of Credit, the furnishing to the Administrative Agent of a cash deposit, or at the  discretion of the Administrative Agent a back-up standby letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative  Agent and the Issuing Bank, in an amount equal to 105% of the LC Exposure as of the date of such  payment), (iii) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the accrued and unpaid fees, (iv) the indefeasible  payment in full in cash of all reimbursable expenses and other Secured Obligations (other than Unliquidated  Obligations for which no claim has been made and other obligations expressly stated to survive such  payment and termination of this Agreement), together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (v) the  termination of all Commitments, and (vi) the termination of the Swap Agreement Obligations and the  Banking Services Obligations or entering into other arrangements satisfactory to the Secured Parties  counterparties thereto.   “Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).  “Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).  “Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.06(c).  “Payment Notice” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.06(c).  “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and  any successor entity performing similar functions.  “Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition (including any Franchise Acquisition) by any Loan  Party in a transaction that satisfies each of the following requirements:  (a) such Acquisition is not a hostile or contested acquisition;  (b) the business acquired in connection with such Acquisition is (i) located in the U.S.,  





 






24  746154515.7  (ii) organized under applicable U.S. and state laws, and (iii) not engaged, directly or indirectly, in  any line of business other than the businesses in which the Loan Parties are engaged on the Effective  Date and any business activities that are substantially similar, related, or incidental thereto;  (c) both before and after giving effect to such Acquisition and the Loans (if any)  requested to be made in connection therewith, each of the representations and warranties in the  Loan Documents is true and correct and no Default exists, will exist, or would result therefrom;  (d) other than in the case of any Franchise Acquisition with total consideration  (including the maximum potential total amount of all deferred payment obligations (including earn- outs) and Indebtedness assumed or incurred) of less than $15,000,000, as soon as available, but not  less than thirty (30) days prior to such Acquisition, the Borrower Representative has provided the  Administrative Agent (i) notice of such Acquisition, (ii) documentation relating to the Acquisition  reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, and (iii) a copy of all business and financial  information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent including pro forma financial  statements;  (e) the total consideration (including the maximum potential total amount of all  deferred payment obligations (including earn-outs) and Indebtedness assumed or incurred) paid in  connection with such Acquisition shall not exceed $25,000,000 for all Permitted Acquisitions made  during any fiscal year of Holdings, plus an unlimited additional amount so long as the Net Lease- Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis for the four consecutive fiscal  quarters ending on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial  statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(b) after giving  effect to such Acquisition, is equal to or less than the lesser of (x) 4.50 to 1.00 and (y) the maximum  Net Lease-Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio then permitted under Section 6.12(a) as of such last day  of such fiscal quarter;   (f) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person, such  Acquisition is structured so that the acquired Person shall become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of  Holdings and a Loan Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;  (g) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of assets, such Acquisition is structured so that  a Borrower or another Loan Party shall acquire such assets;  (h) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of Equity Interests, such Acquisition will not  result in any violation of Regulation U;  (i) if such Acquisition involves a merger or a consolidation involving a Borrower or  any other Loan Party, such Borrower or such Loan Party, as applicable, shall be the surviving entity;  (j) no Loan Party shall, as a result of or in connection with any such Acquisition,  assume or incur any direct or contingent liabilities (whether relating to environmental, tax,  litigation, or other matters) that could have a Material Adverse Effect;  (k) in connection with an Acquisition of the Equity Interests of any Person, all Liens  on property of such Person shall be terminated unless permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 or the  Administrative Agent and the Lenders in their sole discretion consent otherwise, and in connection  with an Acquisition of the assets of any Person, all Liens on such assets shall be terminated unless  permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 or the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in their sole  discretion consent otherwise;  





 






25  746154515.7  (l) the Borrower Representative shall certify to the Administrative Agent and the  Lenders (and provide the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with a pro forma calculation in  form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) that, after  giving effect to the completion of such Acquisition, on a pro forma basis and at all times  immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, the Loan Parties will be in compliance  with the covenants contained in Section 6.12;  (m) all actions required to be taken with respect to any newly acquired or formed  wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party required under Section 5.14 shall have been taken; and  (n) the Borrower Representative shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent the  final executed documentation relating to such Acquisition within five (5) Business Days following  the consummation thereof.  “Permitted Encumbrances” means:  (a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in  compliance with Section 5.04;  (b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, customs  brokers’, landlords’ and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business  and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days, or remain payable  without penalty, or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;  (c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with  workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;  (d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory  obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in  each case in the ordinary course of business;  (e) judgment Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default  under clause (k) of Article VII; and  (f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real  property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any  monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or  interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of Holdings or any Subsidiary;  provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.  “Permitted Holders” means (i) the Sponsor and (ii) each of (a) Travis Boersma, (b) the spouse and  lineal descendants (whether by blood or adoption) of Travis Boersma, (c) any trust or other estate planning  vehicle for the primary benefit of any Person described in clauses (ii)(a) and (ii)(b), (d) the estate of any  Person described in clauses (ii)(a) and (ii)(b), and (e) partnerships, limited liability companies or other  entities which are controlled by any combination of the Persons described in clauses (ii)(a) and (ii)(b).  “Permitted Investments” means:  (a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are  unconditionally guaranteed by, the U.S. (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations  





 






26  746154515.7  are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.), in each case maturing within one year from the  date of acquisition thereof;  (b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of  acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from  S&P or from Moody’s;  (c) investments in certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and time deposits  maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed  with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any  commercial bank organized under the laws of the U.S. or any state thereof which has a combined  capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;  (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days  for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying  the criteria described in clause (c) above; and  (e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and  Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA  by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.  “Permitted Tax Distributions” means, for any period, (a) so long as no Event of Default has  occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Holdings may pay dividends or make distributions to  its members (and the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries may pay dividends or make distributions to Holdings  to make such dividends and distributions) in an aggregate amount equal to the “Required Tax Distribution  Amount” as such term is defined in Holdings’ Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company  Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2021 and as in effect on the Effective Date, and (b) at any time an  Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Holdings may pay dividends or  make distributions to its members (and the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries may pay dividends or make  distributions to Holdings to make such dividends and distributions) in an aggregate amount not greater than  the amount necessary for Public Parent to pay Public Parent Tax Obligations.  “Permitted Tax Distribution Returns” means contributions from the proceeds of Permitted Tax  Distributions by Public Parent (directly or indirectly) to the Borrowers in an amount equal to (i) Permitted  Tax Distributions for such period less (ii) (a) the Public Parent Tax Obligations for such period, and (b)  sufficient cash to fund Public Parent’s reasonable and customary operating expenses paid or payable for  such period.  “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture,  association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.  “Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the  provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of  which any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069  of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.  “Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of  ERISA, as amended from time to time.  “Prepayment Event” means:  





 






27  746154515.7  (a) any Disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction) of any  property or asset of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (other than Dispositions described in Section  6.05(a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) and other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any Disposition of  aircraft, engines or related aircraft property by the Aircraft Trust) with a fair market value equal to  or greater than $10,000,000; or  (b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent  domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of any Loan Party or  any Subsidiary with a fair market value immediately prior to such event equal to or greater than  $10,000,000; or  (c) [reserved]; or  (d) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness, other than  Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01.   “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate”  in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate  published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest  Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted  therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board  (as determined by the Administrative Agent).  Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and  including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.  “Proceeding” means any claim, litigation, investigation, action, suit, arbitration or administrative,  judicial or regulatory action or proceeding in any jurisdiction.  “Projections” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(f).  “PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as  any such exemption may be amended from time to time.  “Public Parent” means Dutch Bros Inc., a Delaware corporation.  “Public Parent Tax Obligations” means, for any period, the sum of (i) the actual state and U.S.  federal income tax liabilities of the Public Parent in respect of the “Income Amount” as defined in Holdings’  Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2021 and  as in effect on the Effective Date, and (ii) amounts owing by Public Parent for such period under the tax  receivables agreements entered into in connection with the initial public offering of Public Parent.  “QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be  interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).  “QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.21.  “Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has  total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Loan Guaranty or grant of the relevant security  interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as  constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations  promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such  time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.  





 






28  746154515.7  “Real Property” means all real property that was, is now or may hereafter be owned, occupied or  otherwise controlled by any Loan Party pursuant to any contract of sale, lease or other conveyance of any  legal interest in any real property to any Loan Party.  “Recipient” means, as applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing  Bank, or any combination thereof (as the context requires).  “Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such  Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two (2) Business Days  preceding the date of such setting, (2) if such Benchmark is Adjusted Daily Simple SFOR, then four (4)  Business Days prior to such setting, or (3) if such Benchmark is none of the Term SOFR Rate or Adjusted  Daily Simple SOFR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.  “Refinance Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(f).  “Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).  “Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect from time to time  and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.  “Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect from time to time  and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.  “Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect from time to time  and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.  “Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect from time to time  and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.  “Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the  respective directors, officers, partners, members, trustees, employees, agents, administrators, managers,  representatives and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.  “Release” means any releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,  discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, disposing, or dumping of any substance into the  environment.  “Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, the CME  Term SOFR Administrator, as applicable, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal  Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, or, in each case, any successor thereto.  “Relevant Rate” means (i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term  SOFR Rate or (ii) with respect to any RFR Borrowing, the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable.  “Rental Expense” means, with reference to any period, the aggregate fixed amounts payable by  Holdings and its Subsidiaries under any operating leases for real property (but excluding lease termination  expenses and lease exit costs, whether accounted for as restructuring costs, lease expense or otherwise),  calculated for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period in accordance with  GAAP, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any payments with respect to Balance Sheet Lease  Obligations; provided that Rental Expense shall not be reduced by any rental income.  





 






29  746154515.7  “Report” means reports prepared by the Administrative Agent or another Person showing the  results of appraisals, field examinations or audits pertaining to the assets of the Loan Parties from  information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers, after the Administrative Agent has exercised its  rights of inspection pursuant to this Agreement, which Reports may be distributed to the Lenders by the  Administrative Agent.  “Required Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.20, (a) at any time prior to the earlier of the Loans  becoming due and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments terminating or expiring, Lenders  having Credit Exposure and Unfunded Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the  Aggregate Credit Exposure and Unfunded Commitments at such time; and (b) for all purposes after the  Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire or terminate, Lenders  having Credit Exposure representing more than 50% of the Aggregate Credit Exposure at such time;  provided that, in the case of clauses (a) and (b) above, the Credit Exposure of any Lender that is a Swingline  Lender shall be deemed to exclude any amount of its Swingline Exposure in excess of its Applicable  Percentage of all outstanding Swingline Loans, adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section  2.20 of the Swingline Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and the Unfunded  Commitment of such Lender shall be determined on the basis of its Revolving Exposure excluding such  excess amount; provided, further, that, (i) as long as there are only two unaffiliated Lenders, Required  Lenders shall mean both Lenders and (ii) as long as there are three or more unaffiliated Lenders, at least  two unaffiliated Lenders will be required to constitute Required Lenders.  “Requirement of Law” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the charter, articles or certificate of  organization or incorporation and bylaws or operating, management or partnership agreement, or other  organizational or governing documents of such Person and (b) any statute, law (including common law),  treaty, rule, regulation, code, ordinance, order, decree, writ, judgment, injunction or determination of any  arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority (including Environmental Laws), in each case  applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its  property is subject.  “Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial  Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.  “Responsible Officer” means the president, Financial Officer or other executive officer of a  Borrower.  “Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other  property) with respect to any Equity Interest in Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment  (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of  the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests  or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests.  “Reuters” means, as applicable, Thomson Reuters Corp, Refinitiv, or any successor thereto.  “Revolving Borrowing” means Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued  on the same date and, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.  “Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the amount set forth on the  Commitment Schedule opposite such Lender’s name, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other  documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform  Commercial Code) as provided in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C), pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed  its Revolving Commitment, as applicable, as such Revolving Commitment may be reduced or increased  





 






30  746154515.7  from time to time pursuant to (a) Section 2.09 and (b) assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to  Section 9.04; provided that at no time shall the Revolving Exposure of any Lender exceed its Revolving  Commitment.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments on the Effective Date  is $250,000,000.  “Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means February 28, 2027 (if the same is a Business Day, or if  not then the immediately next succeeding Business Day), or any earlier date on which the Revolving  Commitments are reduced to zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.  “Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of the aggregate  outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and its Swingline  Exposure at such time.  “Revolving Lender” means, as of any date of determination, a Lender with a Revolving  Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving  Exposure.  “Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).  “Revolving Loan Availability” means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate Revolving  Commitments minus (b) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure (calculated, with respect to any Defaulting  Lender, as if such Defaulting Lender had funded its Applicable Percentage of all outstanding Borrowings).  “RFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the RFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.  “RFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.  “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC  business.  “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06.  “Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject  or target of any Sanctions (including, at the time of this Agreement, the so-called Donetsk People’s  Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).  “Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of  designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the  Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned  Country, (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing  clause (a) or (b), or (d) any Person otherwise the subject of any Sanctions.  “Sanctions” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered  or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of  Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State.  “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the U.S.  “Secured Obligations” means all Obligations, together with all (i) Banking Services Obligations  and (ii) Swap Agreement Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent, one or more Lenders or their  respective Affiliates; provided, however, that the definition of “Secured Obligations” shall not create any  





 






31  746154515.7  guarantee by any Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Guarantor to support, as applicable) any  Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor for purposes of determining any obligations of any  Guarantor.  “Secured Parties” means (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) each Issuing Bank,  (d) each provider of Banking Services, to the extent the Banking Services Obligations in respect thereof  constitute Secured Obligations, (e) each counterparty to any Swap Agreement, to the extent the obligations  thereunder constitute Secured Obligations, (f) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation  undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (g) the successors and assigns of each of the  foregoing.  “Security Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement  (including any and all supplements thereto), dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties and the  Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, and any  other pledge or security agreement entered into after the date of this Agreement by any other Loan Party  (as required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document) or any other Person for the benefit of the  Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented  or otherwise modified from time to time.  “SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR  Administrator.  “SOFR Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight  financing rate).  “SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the NYFRB’s website, currently at  http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as  such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.  “SOFR Determination Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.  “SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.  “Sponsor” means TSG Consumer Partners, LP, together with its Sponsor Fund Affiliates.  “Sponsor Fund Affiliate” means a controlled fund or investment vehicle that (a) is organized,  administered or managed by the Sponsor or (b) has the same principal fund advisor as the Sponsor, but, in  each case, not including the Sponsor’s portfolio companies. “Standby LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all  standby Letters of Credit outstanding at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements  relating to standby Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers at  such time.  The Standby LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable  Percentage of the aggregate Standby LC Exposure at such time.  “Statements” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(f).  “Store” means a company-owned retail location operated by any Loan Party.  





 






32  746154515.7  “Subordinated Indebtedness” of a Person means any Indebtedness of such Person, the payment of  which is subordinated to payment of the Secured Obligations to the written satisfaction of the  Administrative Agent.  “subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited  liability company, partnership, association or other entity, the accounts of which would be consolidated  with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were  prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability  company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests  representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of  a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or  held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of  the parent.  “Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of Holdings, a Borrower or a Loan Party, as  applicable; provided that, although the assets, income and liabilities of the Aircraft Trust are included in  the financial statements of Holdings, the Aircraft Trust shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary solely to the  extent that (i) the Aircraft Trust does not own or hold any assets besides aircraft, engines and related aircraft  property and (ii) the Aircraft Trust does not have any business or operations besides holding aircraft,  engines and related aircraft property in trust for the benefit of the applicable Loan Party.   “Supported QFC” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.21.  “Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, spot, future, credit  default or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or  more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or  pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any  combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments  only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of  the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.  “Swap Agreement Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Loan Parties and their  Subsidiaries, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or  acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under  (a) any Swap Agreement permitted hereunder with the Administrative Agent, a Lender or any of their  respective Affiliates, and (b) any cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any  Swap Agreement transaction permitted hereunder with the Administrative Agent, a Lender or any of their  respective Affiliates.  “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 or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.  “Swingline Commitment” means the amount set forth opposite Chase’s name on the Commitment  Schedule as “Swingline Commitment”.  “Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans  outstanding at such time.  The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be the sum  of (a) its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at  such time (excluding, in the case of any Lender that is a Swingline Lender, Swingline Loans made by it  that are outstanding at such time to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their  





 






33  746154515.7  participations in such Swingline Loans), adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.20 of  the Swingline Exposure of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and (b) in the case of any Revolving  Lender that is the Swingline Lender, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by such  Revolving Lender outstanding at such time, less the amount of participations funded by the other Lenders  in such Swingline Loans.  “Swingline Lender” means Chase (or any of its designated branch offices or affiliates), in its  capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.  Any consent required of the Administrative Agent or the  Issuing Bank shall be deemed to be required of the Swingline Lender and any consent given by Chase in  its capacity as Administrative Agent or Issuing Bank shall be deemed given by Chase in its capacity as  Swingline Lender as well.  “Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.  “Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings  (including backup withholding), value added taxes, or any other goods and services, use or sales taxes,  assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest,  additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.  “Term A Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such  Lender to make a Term A Loan, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of  the Term A Loan to be made by such Lender, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time  to time pursuant to (a) Section 2.09 and (b) assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The  initial amount of each Lender’s Term A Commitment is set forth on the Commitment Schedule or in the  Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term A Commitment,  as applicable.  The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term A Commitment on the Effective Date is  $100,000,000.  “Term A Lender” means a Lender having a Term A Commitment or an outstanding Term A Loan.  “Term A Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or 2.09(e).  “Term Commitments” means, collectively, the Term A Commitments and the Delayed Draw  Term Loan Commitments.  “Term Loans” means, collectively, the Term A Loans and the Delayed Draw Term Loans.  “Term Maturity Date” means February 28, 2027.  “Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term  SOFR Reference Rate.  “Term SOFR Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing and for any tenor  comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m.,  Chicago time, two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor  comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR  Administrator.  “Term SOFR Reference Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR  Determination Day”), and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum  determined by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.  If by 5:00 pm  





 






34  746154515.7  (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the  applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark  Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Reference  Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in  respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR  Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding  Business Day is not more than five (5) Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.   “Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this  Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of  the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.  “Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on  such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Term SOFR Rate  or the Alternate Base Rate.  “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New  York or in any other state, the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the issue of  perfection of security interests.  “UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA  Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation  Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time)  promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions  and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.  “UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority  having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.   “Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding  the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.  “Unfunded Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender (i) the Revolving Commitment of  such Lender less its Revolving Exposure plus (ii) the outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment  of such Lender.  “Unliquidated Obligations” means, at any time, any Secured Obligations (or portion thereof) that  are contingent in nature or unliquidated at such time, including any Secured Obligation that is: (i) an  obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it; (ii) any other  obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in nature at such time; or (iii) an obligation to provide  collateral to secure any of the foregoing types of obligations.  “Unrestricted Cash” means cash of Holdings and its Subsidiaries that (i) would not appear as  “restricted” on the financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (unless related to a restriction in  favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and (ii) is in an account with the  Administrative Agent or an account subject to an account control agreement in favor of the Administrative  Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.  “U.S.” means the United States of America.  





 






35  746154515.7  “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday  or (iii) 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 a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the  Code.  “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.21.  “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in  Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3).  “USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate  Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.  “Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial  withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of  ERISA.  “Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority,  the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail- In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are  described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers  of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change  the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability  arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other  person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised  under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In  Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.  SECTION 1.02  Classification of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes of this Agreement, Loans  may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark  Loan” or an “RFR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Revolving Loan” or an “RFR  Revolving Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving  Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Borrowing” or an “RFR Borrowing”) or by Class and  Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing” or an “RFR Revolving Borrowing”).  SECTION 1.03  Terms Generally.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the  singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall  include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and  “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “law” shall be  construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and  interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply) and  all judgments, orders and decrees of all Governmental Authorities.  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, restated,  supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements,  supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or  regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise  





 






36  746154515.7  modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person  shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on  assignments set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental  Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) 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, (e) 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,  (f) any reference in any definition to the phrase “at any time” or “for any period” shall refer to the same  time or period for all calculations or determinations within such definition, and (g) the words “asset” and  “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and  intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.  SECTION 1.04  Accounting Terms; GAAP.  (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial  nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if after  the date hereof there occurs any change in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of any  provision hereof and the Borrower Representative notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrowers  request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of such change in GAAP or in the  application thereof (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower Representative that the Required  Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such  notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall  be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have  become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance  herewith.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial  nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall  be made, (i) without giving effect to any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting  Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial  Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of  Holdings or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and (ii) without giving effect to any treatment  of Indebtedness under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 470-20  or 2015-03 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a  similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described  therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.   (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 1.04(a) or in the definition  of “Capital Lease Obligations”, any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP resulting from the  adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases  (Topic 842) (“FAS 842”), to the extent such adoption would require treating any lease (or similar  arrangement conveying the right to use) differently than such lease (or similar arrangement) was (or would  have been required to be) treated under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2015, shall be disregarded for  purposes of all calculations and deliverables under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  SECTION 1.05  Interest Rates; Benchmark Notifications.  The interest rate on a Loan denominated  in dollars may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the  future become, the subject of regulatory reform.  Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event,  Section 2.14(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.  The Administrative  Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the  administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this  Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof,  including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor  





 






37  746154515.7  or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the  existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate  prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.  The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related  entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or  any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant  adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrowers.  The Administrative Agent may  select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this  Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to  the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to any 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 1.06  Pro Forma Adjustments for Acquisitions and Dispositions.  To the extent a  Borrower or any Subsidiary makes any Acquisition permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 or Disposition  outside the ordinary course of business permitted by Section 6.05 during the period of four fiscal quarters  of Holdings most recently ended, the Net Lease-Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio for such period shall be  calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments that are reasonably  expected by the Borrowers to be realized or result from actions that have been taken in connection with or  arising out of events which are directly attributable to the Acquisition or the Disposition, are factually  supportable (in the good faith determination of the Borrowers) and are expected to have a continuing  impact, in each case as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the SEC, and as certified by a Financial Officer of such  Borrower), as if such Acquisition or such Disposition (and any related incurrence, repayment or assumption  of Indebtedness) had occurred in the first day of such four-quarter period.  SECTION 1.07  Status of Obligations.  In the event that any Borrower or any other Loan Party  shall at any time issue or have outstanding any Subordinated Indebtedness, such Borrower shall take or  cause such other Loan Party to take all such actions as shall be necessary to cause the Secured Obligations  to constitute senior indebtedness (however denominated) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness and  to enable the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to have and exercise any payment blockage or other  remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such  Subordinated Indebtedness.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Secured Obligations are hereby designated  as “senior indebtedness” and as “designated senior indebtedness” and words of similar import under and in  respect of any indenture or other agreement or instrument under which such Subordinated Indebtedness is  outstanding and are further given all such other designations as shall be required under the terms of any  such Subordinated Indebtedness in order that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may have and  exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior  indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness.  SECTION 1.08  Letters of Credit.  Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of  Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the amount of such Letter of Credit available to be drawn at such  time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Letter of Credit  Agreement related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the available amount thereof,  the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of such Letter of Credit  after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum amount is available to be drawn at  such time.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired  by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Article 29(a) of the  Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication  No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14  





 






38  746154515.7  of the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such  later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or similar terms of the Letter of Credit itself,  or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed  to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of  each Borrower and each Lender shall remain in full force and effect until the Issuing Banks and the Lenders  shall have no further obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with  respect to any Letter of Credit.  SECTION 1.09  Divisions.  For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any  Division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s  laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or  liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to  the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed  to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests  at such time.  SECTION 1.10  Rounding.  Any financial ratios required to be maintained by any Loan Party  pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other  component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed  herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest  number).  ARTICLE II  THE CREDITS  SECTION 2.01  Commitments.    (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally (and  not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Loans in dollars to the Borrowers from time to time during the  Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result (after giving effect to any  application of proceeds of such Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.10(a)) in (i) such Lender’s Revolving  Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure  exceeding the aggregate Revolving Commitments.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and  conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.  (b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term A Lender severally (and  not jointly) agrees to make a Term A Loan in dollars to the Borrowers, on the Effective Date, in a principal  amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term A Commitment.  Amounts prepaid or repaid in respect of Term A  Loans may not be reborrowed.  (c) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender  severally (and not jointly) agrees to make Delayed Draw Term Loans in dollars to the Borrowers from time  to time during the period commencing on the Effective Date, and continuing through and including the  Delayed Draw Term Loan Draw Expiration Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such  Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment.  Amounts prepaid or repaid in respect of Delayed Draw  Term Loans may not be reborrowed.  SECTION 2.02  Loans and Borrowings.  (a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting  of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective  





 






39  746154515.7  Commitments of the applicable Class.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by  it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the  Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as  required.  Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05.  (b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing and Term Loan Borrowing shall be  comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Term Benchmark Loans as the Borrower Representative may request  in accordance herewith.  Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan.  Each Lender at its option may make  any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and  in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate  to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the  obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  (c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Term Benchmark Borrowing, such  Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than  $500,000.  At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount  that is an integral multiple of $50,000 and not less than $100,000; provided that an ABR Revolving  Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving  Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by  Section 2.06(e).  Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $50,000 and not  less than $100,000.  Each Delayed Draw Term Loan Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral  multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000.  Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may  be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of five (5)  Term Benchmark Borrowings outstanding.   (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be entitled  to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect  thereto would end after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term Maturity Date, as applicable.  SECTION 2.03  Requests for Borrowings.  To request a Borrowing, the Borrower Representative  shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request either in writing (delivered by hand, fax or email) by  delivering a Borrowing Request signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative or through  Electronic System, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent, (a) in  the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, three (3) Business Days  before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00  a.m., Pacific time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR  Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by  Section 2.06(e) may be given not later than 9:00 a.m., Pacific time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing.   Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable.  Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the  following information in compliance with Section 2.01: (i) the Class of Borrowing, the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing, and a  breakdown of the separate wires comprising such Borrowing;  (ii) name of the applicable Borrower(s);  (iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;  (iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term Benchmark  Borrowing; and  





 






40  746154515.7  (v) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be  applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest  Period.”  If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing  shall be an ABR Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term  Benchmark Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an  Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance  with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount  of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.  SECTION 2.04  [Reserved].  SECTION 2.05  Swingline Loans.  (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the  Availability Period, the Swingline Lender may agree, but shall have no obligation to make Swingline Loans  to the Borrowers, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the  aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding the Swingline Lender’s Swingline  Commitment, (ii) the Swingline Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeding its Revolving Commitment, or  (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Exposures exceeding the aggregate Revolving Commitments; provided that  the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline  Loan.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers  may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.  To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower  Representative shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by fax or through Electronic System,  if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent, not later than noon, Pacific  time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan.  Each such notice shall be in a form approved by the  Administrative Agent, shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business  Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan.  The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the  Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower Representative.  The Swingline Lender  shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrowers, to the extent the Swingline Lender elects to  make such Swingline Loan, by means of a credit to the Funding Account(s) (or, in the case of a Swingline  Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e), by  remittance to the Issuing Bank, and in the case of repayment of another Loan or fees or expenses as provided  by Section 2.18(c), by remittance to the Administrative Agent to be distributed to the Lenders) by 2:00 p.m.,  Pacific time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.  (b) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent require the  Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans  outstanding.  Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which the Revolving  Lenders will participate.  Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice  thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such  Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly  upon receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent (and in any event, if such notice is received by  11:00 a.m., Pacific time, on a Business Day no later than 4:00 p.m., Pacific time on such Business Day and  if received after 11:00 a.m., Pacific time, “on a Business Day” shall mean no later than 9:00 a.m., Pacific  time on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of  the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each  Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans  pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance  whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the  





 






41  746154515.7  Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement,  withholding or reduction whatsoever.  Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this  paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07  with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment  obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the  amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower  Representative of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and  thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not  to the Swingline Lender.  Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrowers (or other  party on behalf of the Borrowers) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of  the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any  such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent  to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the  Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid  to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is  required to be refunded to the Borrowers for any reason.  The purchase of participations in a Swingline  Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrowers of any default in the payment thereof.  SECTION 2.06  Letters of Credit.   (a) General.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower Representative,  on behalf of a Borrower, may request any Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit denominated in dollars as  the applicant thereof for the support of the obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, in a form  reasonably acceptable to such Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability  Period, and such Issuing Bank may, but shall have no obligation, to issue such requested Letters of Credit  pursuant to this Agreement.   (b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Extension; Certain Conditions.  To request the issuance  of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower  Representative shall hand deliver or fax (or transmit through Electronic System, if arrangements for doing  so have been approved by the respective Issuing Bank) to an Issuing Bank selected by it and to the  Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension,  but in any event no less than three Business Days) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or  identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment  or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which  shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address  of the beneficiary thereof, and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend or extend  such Letter of Credit.  In addition, as a condition to any such Letter of Credit issuance, the applicable  Borrower shall have entered into a continuing agreement (or other letter of credit agreement) for the  issuance of letters of credit and/or shall submit a letter of credit application, in each case, as required by the  respective Issuing Bank and using such Issuing Bank’s standard form (each, a “Letter of Credit  Agreement”).  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and  the terms and conditions of any Letter of Credit Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement  shall control.  A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended only if (and upon issuance,  amendment or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrowers shall be deemed to represent and warrant  that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension (i) the aggregate LC Exposure shall not  exceed $50,000,000, (ii) no Revolving Lender’s Revolving Exposure shall exceed its Revolving  Commitment and (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving  Commitments.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, no Issuing  Bank shall be obligated to issue or modify any Letter of Credit if, immediately after giving effect thereto,  the outstanding LC Exposure in respect of all Letters of Credit issued by such Person and its Affiliates  





 






42  746154515.7  would exceed such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Bank Sublimit.  Without limiting the foregoing and without  affecting the limitations contained herein, it is understood and agreed that the Borrower Representative may  from time to time request that an Issuing Bank issue Letters of Credit in excess of its individual Issuing  Bank Sublimit in effect at the time of such request, and each Issuing Bank agrees to consider any such  request in good faith.  Any Letter of Credit so issued by an Issuing Bank in excess of its individual Issuing  Bank Sublimit then in effect shall nonetheless constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes of this  Agreement, and shall not affect the Issuing Bank Sublimit of any other Issuing Bank, subject to the  limitations on the aggregate LC Exposure set forth in clause (i) of this Section 2.06(b).  An Issuing Bank shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:  (I) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall  by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or  any Requirement of Law relating to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not  having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing  Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit  generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect  to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing  Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose  upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the  Effective Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it, or   (II) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such  Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally.  (c) Expiration Date.  Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination or non- renewal by notice from the applicable Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of  business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in  the case of any extension of the expiration thereof, including, without limitation, any automatic renewal  provision, one year after such extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving  Credit Maturity Date.  (d) Participations.  By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit  increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or  the Revolving Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving  Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such  Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.   In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and  unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Issuing Bank,  such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not  reimbursed by the Borrowers on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any  reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrowers for any reason, including after the  Maturity Date.  Each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction  whatsoever.  Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations  pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be  affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit or  the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments.  (e) Reimbursement.  If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter  of Credit, the Borrowers shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an  amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 11:00 a.m., Pacific time, on (i) the Business Day that  





 






43  746154515.7  the Borrower Representative receives notice of such LC Disbursement, if such notice is received prior to  9:00 a.m., Pacific time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that  the Borrower Representative receives such notice, if such notice is received after 9:00 a.m., Pacific time,  on the day of receipt; provided that the Borrowers may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth  herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with an ABR  Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the  Borrowers’ obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR  Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan, as applicable.  If the Borrowers fail to make such payment when  due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the  payment then due from the Borrowers in respect thereof, and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof.   Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent  its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrowers, in the same manner as provided in  Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis,  to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to  the respective Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders.  Promptly following  receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, the  Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the respective Issuing Bank or, to the extent that  Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then  to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank, as their interests may appear.  Any payment made by a Revolving  Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the  funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan  and shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.  (f) Obligations Absolute.  The Borrowers’ joint and several obligation to reimburse LC  Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable,  and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all  circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of  Credit, any Letter of Credit Agreement or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein or herein, (ii) any  draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any  respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) any payment by the  respective Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does  not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever,  whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute  a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrowers’ obligations hereunder.   Neither the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, or any of their respective  Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or  transfer of any Letter of Credit, or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of  any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or  delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter  of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of  technical terms, any error in translation or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the  respective Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse an Issuing Bank from  liability to the Borrowers to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential  or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted  by applicable law) suffered by any Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care  when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the  terms thereof.  The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful  misconduct on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such  Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination.  In furtherance of the  foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents  presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit,  





 






44  746154515.7  an Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without  responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to  accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the  terms of such Letter of Credit.  (g) Disbursement Procedures.  The Issuing Bank for any Letter of Credit shall, within the time  allowed by applicable law or the specific terms of the Letter of Credit following its receipt thereof, examine  all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under such Letter of Credit.  Such Issuing  Bank shall promptly after such examination notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower  Representative by telephone (confirmed by fax or through Electronic Systems) of such demand for payment  if such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to  give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse such  Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.  (h) Interim Interest.  If the Issuing Bank for any Letter of Credit shall make any LC  Disbursement, then, unless the Borrowers shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such  LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including  the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrowers reimburse such LC  Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and such interest shall be  due and payable on the date when such reimbursement is due; provided that, if the Borrowers fail to  reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c)  shall apply.  Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of such Issuing Bank, except  that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e)  of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank for such LC Disbursement shall be for the account of such  Lender to the extent of such payment.  (i) Replacement and Resignation of an Issuing Bank.    (i) An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the  Borrower Representative, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor  Issuing Bank.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such  replacement of an Issuing Bank.  At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the  Borrowers shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant  to Section 2.12(b).  From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor  Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement  with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term  “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to  such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require.  After the replacement  of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall  continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with  respect to Letters of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall  not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or extend or otherwise amend any existing  Letter of Credit.  (ii) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Issuing Bank, any  Issuing Bank may resign as an Issuing Bank at any time upon thirty days’ prior written notice to  the Administrative Agent, the Borrower Representative and the Lenders, in which case, such  resigning Issuing Bank shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.06(i)(i) above.  (j) Cash Collateralization.  If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the  Business Day that the Borrower Representative receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the  





 






45  746154515.7  Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC  Exposure representing greater than 50% of the aggregate LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash  collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrowers shall deposit in an account with the Administrative  Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders (the “LC  Collateral Account”), an amount in cash equal to 105% of the amount of the LC Exposure as of such date  plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall  become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without  demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any  Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII.  The Borrowers also shall deposit cash collateral in  accordance with this paragraph as and to the extent required by Sections 2.11(b) or 2.20.  Each such deposit  shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Secured  Obligations.  In addition, and without limiting the foregoing or paragraph (c) of this Section, if any LC  Exposure remains outstanding after the expiration date specified in said paragraph (c), the Borrowers shall  immediately deposit in the LC Collateral Account an amount in cash equal to 105% of such LC Exposure  as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon.  The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive  dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over the LC Collateral Account and the  Borrowers hereby grant the Administrative Agent a security interest in the LC Collateral Account and all  moneys or other assets on deposit therein or credited thereto.  Other than any interest earned on the  investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the  Administrative Agent and at the Borrowers’ risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest.  Interest  or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account.  Moneys in such account shall be  applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it  has not been reimbursed, together with related fees, costs, and customary processing charges, and, to the  extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers  for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the  consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the aggregate LC  Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Secured Obligations.  If the Borrowers are required to provide an  amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to  the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrowers within three (3) Business Days after  all such Events of Default have been cured or waived as confirmed in writing by the Administrative Agent.  (k) Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent.  Unless otherwise agreed by the  Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere  in this Section, report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) periodic activity (for such period or  recurrent periods as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued  by such Issuing Bank, including all issuances, extensions and amendments, all expirations and cancelations  and all disbursements and reimbursements, (ii) reasonably prior to the time that such Issuing Bank issues,  amends or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment or extension, and the stated  amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to  such issuance, amendment  or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed), (iii) on each  Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, the date and amount of such LC  Disbursement, (iv) on any Business Day on which a Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement  required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the amount of such  LC Disbursement, and (v) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent  shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.  (l) Letters of Credit Issued for Account of Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding that a Letter of  Credit issued or outstanding hereunder supports any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary,  or states that a Subsidiary is the “account party,” “applicant,” “customer,” “instructing party,” or the like  of or for such Letter of Credit, and without derogating from any rights of the applicable Issuing Bank  (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter  





 






46  746154515.7  of Credit, the Borrowers (i) shall reimburse, indemnify and compensate the applicable Issuing Bank  hereunder for such Letter of Credit (including to reimburse any and all drawings thereunder) as if such  Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of a Borrower and (ii) irrevocably waives any and  all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations  of such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit.  Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that the  issuance of such Letters of Credit for its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of such Borrower, and that such  Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.  SECTION 2.07  Funding of Borrowings.  (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder on the proposed  date thereof solely by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 2:00 p.m., Pacific time, to the account  of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in an  amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage; provided that Term Loans shall be made as provided  in Section 2.01(b) and Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.05.  The Administrative  Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower Representative by promptly crediting the funds so  received in the aforesaid account of the Administrative Agent to the Funding Account(s); provided that  ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in  Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the respective Issuing Bank.  (b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the  proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such  Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such  share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon  such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a  Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent,  then the applicable Lender and the Borrowers each severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent  forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the  date such amount is made available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the  Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate  determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank  compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrowers, the interest rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans.  If  such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such  Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing; provided that any interest received from the Borrowers by the  Administrative Agent during the period beginning when the Administrative Agent funded the Borrowing  until such Lender pays such amount shall be solely for the account of the Administrative Agent.  SECTION 2.08  Interest Elections.  (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing  Request and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified  in such Borrowing Request.  Thereafter, the Borrower Representative may elect to convert such Borrowing  to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, may  elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  The Borrower Representative may elect  different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such  portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and  the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.  This Section shall not  apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.  (b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower Representative shall notify the  Administrative Agent of such election either in writing (delivered by hand or fax) by delivering an Interest  





 






47  746154515.7  Election Request signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative or through Electronic  System, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent, by the time that a  Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrowers were requesting a Borrowing of  the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such Interest  Election Request shall be irrevocable.  (c) Each Interest Election Request (including requests submitted through Electronic System)  shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:  (i) the name of the applicable Borrower and the Borrowing to which such Interest  Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different  portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case  the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each  resulting Borrowing);  (ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request,  which shall be a Business Day;  (iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term Benchmark  Borrowing; and  (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Interest Period to  be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by  the definition of the term “Interest Period”.  If any such Interest Election Request requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing but does not specify an Interest  Period, then the Borrowers shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  (d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall  advise each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each  resulting Borrowing.  (e) If the Borrower Representative fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with  respect to a Term Benchmark Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then,  unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall  be converted to an ABR Borrowing.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default  has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so  notifies the Borrower Representative, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding  Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each  Term Benchmark Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period  applicable thereto.  SECTION 2.09  Termination and Reduction of Commitments; Increase in Revolving  Commitments.  (a) Unless previously terminated, (i) all of the Term A Commitments shall terminate at 5:00  p.m., Pacific Time, on the Effective Date,  (ii) all of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments shall  terminate on the Delayed Draw Term Loan Draw Expiration Date and (iii) all of the Revolving  Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.  





 






48  746154515.7  (b) The Borrowers may at any time terminate (i) the Revolving Commitments upon the  Payment in Full of the Secured Obligations or (ii) the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments.  (c) The Borrowers may from time to time reduce the Revolving Commitments; provided that  (i) each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of  $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving  Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance  with Section 2.11, (A) any Lender’s Revolving Exposure would exceed such Lender’s Revolving  Commitment or (B) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure would exceed the aggregate Revolving  Commitments.   (d) The Borrowers may from time to time reduce the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments;  provided that each reduction of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments shall be in an amount that is  an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000.  (e) The Borrower Representative shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to  terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments or Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments under  paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such  termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt  of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice  delivered by the Borrower Representative pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a  notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments or Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments delivered  by the Borrower Representative may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other  credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower Representative (by notice to  the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any  termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments and Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments shall  be permanent.  Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments and Delayed Draw Term Loan  Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving  Commitments or Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments, as applicable.  (f) The Borrowers shall have the right to increase the Commitments by obtaining additional  Revolving Commitments (each such increase, an “Incremental Revolving Facility”) or adding a Term  Commitment under this Agreement (each such increase, an “Incremental Term Loan Facility”, and each  Incremental Revolving Facility and Incremental Term Loan Facility, individually and collectively, an  “Incremental Facility”), either from one or more of the Lenders or another lending institution, provided that  (i) any such request for an Incremental Facility shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000, (ii) the  Borrower Representative, on behalf of the Borrowers, may make a maximum of three (3) such requests,  (iii) after giving effect thereto, the sum of the total of the additional Commitments under all such  Incremental Facilities does not exceed $150,000,000, (iv) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and,  other than in the case of an Incremental Term Loan Facility, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank  shall have approved the identity of any such new Lender, such approvals not to be unreasonably withheld,  (v) any such new Lender shall assume all of the rights and obligations of a “Lender” hereunder, (vi) the  procedures described in Section 2.09(g) and (h) below have been satisfied, (vii) in the case of an Incremental  Term Loan Facility, (A) such Incremental Term Loan Facility shall be documented pursuant to this  Agreement, (B) such Incremental Term Loan Facility shall be subject to such repayment and amortization  as may be agreed among the Borrowers, the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan Facility and  the Administrative Agent, each in its sole discretion, provided that (x) the final maturity date of each  Incremental Term Loan Facility shall be no earlier than the Term Maturity Date, (y) such Incremental Term  Loan Facility shall have an average weighted maturity not shorter than the remaining average weighted  maturity of then-existing Term Loans, and (z) such Incremental Term Loan Facility shall participate on a  pro rata basis in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of then-existing Term Loans hereunder, and  





 






49  746154515.7  (C) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be amended to effectuate such terms solely with  the consent of the Borrowers, the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan Facility and the  Administrative Agent, in each case, in its sole discretion, (viii) in the case of an Incremental Revolving  Facility, (A) the new Revolving Loans will be made on the same terms as the existing Revolving Loans and  (B) the final maturity date of each Incremental Revolving Facility shall be the Revolving Credit Maturity  Date, (ix) any Loan made pursuant to an Incremental Facility shall be subject to covenants identical to those  governing the existing Loans, (x) each Loan made pursuant to an Incremental Facility will rank pari passu in right of payment and pari passu with respect to security with the existing Secured Obligations and shall  not benefit from any collateral or Guarantees other than those benefiting the existing Secured Obligations  and (xi) the effective yield on such Incremental Facility, taking into account the applicable interest rate  margins, any interest rate floors or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original  issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (x) the original stated life of such Loans and (y) the four years  following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to all Lenders making such Loans, but excluding  arrangement fees, structuring fees, commitment fees, underwriting fees or other fees not generally payable  to all Lenders, shall not be more than 50 basis points greater than the effective yield on the then-existing  Loans of the same Class unless the interest rate margin with respect to such then-existing Loans is increased  by an amount equal to the difference between the effective yield on such Incremental Facility less 50 basis  points minus the effective yield for such then-existing Loans.  Nothing contained in this Section 2.09 shall  constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its  Commitment hereunder at any time.  (g) Any amendment hereto for such an Incremental Facility shall be in form and substance  satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall only require the written signatures of the Administrative  Agent, the Borrowers and each Lender providing such Incremental Facility, subject only to the approval of  all Lenders if any such Incremental Facility would cause the aggregate Commitments to exceed  $650,000,000.  As a condition precedent to each Incremental Facility, the Borrowers shall deliver to the  Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of each Loan Party signed by an authorized officer of such Loan Party  (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such  Incremental Facility, and (B) in the case of the Borrowers, certifying that, before and after giving effect to  such Incremental Facility (and assuming any Incremental Revolving Facility is fully drawn), (1) the  representations and warranties contained in Article III and the other Loan Documents are true and correct,  except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which  case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, (2) no Default or Event of Default exists and (3) the  Borrowers are in compliance (on a pro forma basis) with the covenants contained in Section 6.12 and  (ii) legal opinions and documents consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date, to the extent  requested by the Administrative Agent.  (h) On the effective date of any Incremental Revolving Facility, (i) any Lender increasing (or,  in the case of any newly added Lender, extending) its Revolving Commitment shall make available to the  Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall  determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to  such Incremental Revolving Facility and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders,  each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its revised Applicable  Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and the Administrative Agent shall make such other  adjustments among the Lenders with respect to the Revolving Loans then outstanding and amounts of  principal, interest, commitment fees and other amounts paid or payable with respect thereto as shall be  necessary, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, in order to effect such reallocation and (ii) the  Borrowers shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date  of any increase in the Revolving Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving  Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Borrower  Representative, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03).  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50  746154515.7  pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all  accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Term Benchmark Loan, shall be subject to  indemnification by the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs  other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods.  Within a reasonable time after the effective date  of any Incremental Facility, the Administrative Agent shall, and is hereby authorized and directed to, revise  the Commitment Schedule to reflect such Incremental Facility and shall distribute such revised  Commitment Schedule to each of the Lenders and the Borrower Representative, whereupon such revised  Commitment Schedule shall replace the old Commitment Schedule and become part of this Agreement.    SECTION 2.10  Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt.  (a) The Borrowers hereby unconditionally promise to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for  the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the  Revolving Credit Maturity Date, and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each  Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the fifth (5th) Business Day after  such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Loan is made, the Borrowers  shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding and the proceeds of any such Revolving Loan shall be  applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans outstanding.    (b) The Borrowers hereby unconditionally promise to pay to the Administrative Agent for the  account of each Term A Lender on each date set forth below the aggregate principal amount set forth  opposite such date (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11(d) or 2.18(b)):  Date Amount  June 30, 2022 $625,000  September 30, 2022 $625,000  December 31, 2022 $625,000  March 31, 2023 $625,000  June 30, 2023 $625,000  September 30, 2023 $625,000  December 31, 2023 $625,000  March 31, 2024 $625,000  June 30, 2024 $1,250,000  September 30, 2024 $1,250,000  December 31, 2024 $1,250,000  March 31, 2025 $1,250,000  June 30, 2025 $1,875,000  September 30, 2025 $1,875,000  December 31, 2025 $1,875,000  March 31, 2026 $1,875,000  June 30, 2026 $3,750,000  September 30, 2026 $3,750,000  December 31, 2026 $3,750,000  Term Maturity Date The entire unpaid principal  amount of all Term Loans  provided that if any date set forth above is not a Business Day, then payment shall be due and payable on  the Business Day immediately preceding such date.  To the extent not previously paid, all unpaid Term A  Loans shall be paid in full in cash by the Borrowers on the Term Maturity Date.  





 






51  746154515.7  (c) The Borrowers hereby unconditionally promise to pay to the Administrative Agent for the  account of each Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31  of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the initial borrowing of Delayed Draw Term  Loans, in quarterly amounts equal to the per annum percentage set forth below of the original aggregate  amount of all Delayed Draw Term Loans made hereunder as of such date (as adjusted from time to time  pursuant to Section 2.11(d) or 2.18(b)):  Loan Year Amount   Year 1 2.50%  Year 2 2.50%  Year 3 5.00%  Year 4 7.50%  Year 5 15.00%  provided if any date set forth above is not a Business Day, then payment shall be due and payable  on the Business Day immediately preceding such date.  To the extent not previously paid, all unpaid  Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be paid in full in cash by the Borrowers on the Term Maturity Date.  (d) Prior to any repayment of any Term Loan Borrowings of any Class under this Section, the  Borrowers shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings of the applicable Class to be repaid and shall notify  the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by fax or through Electronic System), of such selection  not later than 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time, three (3) Business Days before the scheduled date of such  repayment.  Each repayment of a Term Loan Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in  the repaid Term Loan Borrowing.  Repayments of Term Loan Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued  interest on the amounts repaid.  (e) 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.  (f) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount  of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, if any,  (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.  (g) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (e) or (f) of this Section  shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided  that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein  shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the  terms of this Agreement.  (h) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such  event, the Borrowers shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such  Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved  by the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon  shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more  promissory notes in such form.  





 






52  746154515.7  SECTION 2.11  Prepayment of Loans.  (a) The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any  Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section and,  if applicable, payment of any break funding expenses under Section 2.16.  (b) In the event and on such occasion that the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeds the  aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Borrowers shall prepay the Revolving Loans, LC Exposure and/or  Swingline Loans (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in the LC Collateral  Account in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, in accordance with Section 2.06(j)).  (c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of  Holdings or any other Loan Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrowers  shall, immediately after such Net Proceeds are received by Holdings or any other Loan Party or Subsidiary,  prepay the Obligations and cash collateralize the LC Exposure as set forth in Section 2.11(d) below in an  aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds; provided that, in the case of any event described in  clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event”, if the Borrower Representative shall  deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect that the Loan Parties  intend to apply the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate), within  90 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds, to acquire (or replace or rebuild) real property, equipment or  other tangible assets (excluding inventory) to be used in the business of the Loan Parties, and certifying  that no Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this  paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, provided that to the extent of any  such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied by the end of such 90 day period, a prepayment shall be  required at such time in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied.  (d) Application of Prepayments.  (i)  All prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) shall be applied (A) if made  with respect to the Term Loans (and in the event Term Loans of more than one Class shall be  outstanding at the time, shall be allocated among the Term Loans pro rata based on the aggregate  principal amounts of outstanding Term Loans of each such Class), as so allocated, and shall be  applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of Term Loans of each Class to be made  pursuant to Section 2.10, as directed by the Borrower Representative or (B) if made with respect to  the Revolving Loans (including the Swingline Loans), to prepay such Loans in accordance with  the Lenders’ respective Applicable Percentages without a corresponding reduction in the Revolving  Commitments or the Swingline Commitment, as applicable, and to cash collateralize outstanding  LC Exposure.    (ii)  All prepayments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.11(c) shall be applied,  first, to prepay the Term Loans (and in the event Term Loans of more than one Class shall be  outstanding at the time, shall be allocated among the Term Loans pro rata based on the aggregate  principal amounts of outstanding Term Loans of each such Class) as so allocated, and shall be  applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of Term Loans of each Class to be made  pursuant to Section 2.10,  to the next four scheduled repayments in direct order of maturity and  then ratably based on the amount of such remaining scheduled repayments, second, to prepay the  Revolving Loans (including Swingline Loans) without a corresponding reduction in the Revolving  Commitments (or the Swingline Commitment, as applicable) and third, to cash collateralize  outstanding LC Exposure; provided that all prepayments required to be made pursuant to  Section 2.11(c) with respect to Net Proceeds arising from any casualty or other insured damage to,  or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding, to the  





 






53  746154515.7  extent they arise from casualties or losses to cash or Inventory shall be applied, first, to prepay the  Revolving Loans (including Swingline Loans) without a corresponding reduction in the Revolving  Commitments (or the Swingline Commitment, as applicable), second, to cash collateralize  outstanding LC Exposure, and third, to prepay the Term Loans (allocated and applied to subsequent  scheduled repayments as set forth above).   (e) The Borrower Representative shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of  prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by fax) or through  Electronic System, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent, of any  prepayment under this Section: (i) in the case of prepayment of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, not later  than 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of  prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, one (1) Business Day before the  date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 11:00 a.m., Pacific  time, on the date of prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment  date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that if a notice  of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving  Commitments and Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such  notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with  Section 2.09.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the  Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing or Term Loan shall  be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as  provided in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory  prepayment.  Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid  Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13  and (ii) break funding payments pursuant to Section 2.16.  SECTION 2.12  Fees.  (a) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent a commitment fee for the account  of each Revolving Lender, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the undrawn  portion of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective  Date to but excluding the date on which the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments terminate; it being  understood that the LC Exposure of a Lender shall be included and the Swingline Exposure of a Lender  shall be excluded in the drawn portion of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender for purposes of  calculating the commitment fee.  Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth  (15th) day following the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on  which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date  hereof.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for  the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  (b) The Borrowers agree to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each  Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in each outstanding Letter of Credit,  which shall accrue on the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit   at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Revolving  Loans, during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on  which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have  any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each  Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, which shall accrue at the rate or rates per annum separately  agreed upon between the Borrowers and such Issuing Bank on the daily maximum amount then available  to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, during the period from and including the Effective Date to but  excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be  





 






54  746154515.7  any LC Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, as well as such Issuing  Bank’s standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment or extension of any Letter  of Credit and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such Issuing Bank relating to  Letters of Credit as from time to time in effect.  Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and  including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the  fifteenth (15th) Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the  Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving  Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments  terminate shall be payable on demand.  Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph  shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand.  All participation fees and fronting fees shall be  computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed  (including the first day but excluding the last day).  (c) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable  in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrowers and the Administrative  Agent.  (d) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent a commitment fee for the account  of each Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily undrawn  amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, commencing  on the Effective Date, and continuing through and including the Delayed Draw Term Loan Draw Expiration  Date.  Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth (15th) day following the last  day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the Delayed Draw Term Loan Draw  Expiration Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof.  All ticking fees shall be  computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed  (including the first day but excluding the last day).  (e) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in dollars in immediately  available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to an Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for  distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation, to the Lenders entitled thereto.  Fees paid  shall not be refundable under any circumstances.  SECTION 2.13  Interest.  (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear  interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.  (b) The Loans comprising each Term Benchmark Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted  Term SOFR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.  (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of  Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower  Representative (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any  provision of Section 9.02 requiring the consent of “each Lender affected thereby” for reductions in interest  rates), declare that (i) all Loans shall bear interest at 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loans as  provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount outstanding  hereunder, such amount shall accrue at 2% plus the rate applicable to such fee or other obligation as  provided hereunder.  (d) Accrued interest on each Loan (for ABR Loans, accrued through the last day of the prior  calendar month) shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case  





 






55  746154515.7  of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued  pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or  prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the  Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date  of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan  prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on  the effective date of such conversion.  (e) Interest computed by reference to the Term SOFR Rate hereunder, shall be computed on  the basis of a year of 360 days.  Interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when  the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or  366 days in a leap year).  In each case, interest shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed  (including the first day but excluding the last day).  All interest hereunder on any Loan shall be computed  on a daily basis based upon the outstanding principal amount of such Loan as of the applicable date of  determination.  The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or Term SOFR Rate shall  be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest  error.  SECTION 2.14  Alternate Rate of Interest; Illegality.  (a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.14, if:  (i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and  binding absent manifest error) (A) prior to commencement of any Interest Period for a Term  Benchmark Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the  Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Term SOFR Rate, as applicable (including, because the Term  SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a current basis) for such Interest Period or  (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable  Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR; or  (ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the  commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term  SOFR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders  (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or Loan) included in such Borrowing for such  Interest Period or (B) at any time, the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly  reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or Loan)  included in such Borrowing;  then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower Representative and the Lenders  through Electronic System as provided in Section 9.01 as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until (x)  the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower Representative and the Lenders that the circumstances  giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower  Representative delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.08 or a  new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, any Interest Election Request that  requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark  Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall instead be deemed  to be an Interest Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) an RFR Borrowing so long  as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) be repaid  or converted into an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section  2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type  of Borrowings, then all other Types of Borrowings shall be permitted.  Furthermore, if any Term  





 






56  746154515.7  Benchmark Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrowers’ receipt of the notice from the Administrative  Agent referred to in this Section 2.14(a) with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark  Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower Representative and the Lenders that the  circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the  Borrower Representative delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section  2.08 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, any Term Benchmark Loan  shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if  such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an  RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or  (ii) above or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i)  or (ii) above, on such day.  (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, (and any  Swap Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “Loan Document” for purposes of this Section 2.14), if a  Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the  Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark  Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”  for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all  purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent  Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this  Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance  with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such  Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan  Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th)  Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any  amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan  Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection  to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.   (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, 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.  (d) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower Representative and the  Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark  Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal  or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or  conclusion 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 2.14, 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 2.14.  (e) 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 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  





 






57  746154515.7  by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the  administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing  that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent  may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove  such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above  either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a  Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no  longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative  Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to  reinstate such previously removed tenor.  (f) Upon the Borrowers’ receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark  Unavailability Period, the Borrowers may revoke any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing  of,  conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued during any  Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any  request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to (A) an RFR  Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event  or (B) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition  Event.  During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current  Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or  such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR. Furthermore,  if any Term Benchmark Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the  commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such  Term Benchmark Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this  Section 2.14, any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan  (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative  Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Loan so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the  subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the  subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day.  SECTION 2.15  Increased Costs.    (a) If any Change in Law shall:  (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar  requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment)  against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or the  Issuing Bank; or  (ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the applicable offshore interbank  market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans  made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or  (iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes  described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection  Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or  its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;  and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of  making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any  such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating  





 






58  746154515.7  in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable  by such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or  otherwise), then, the Borrowers will pay to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the  case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such  other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.  (b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or  liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the  Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as  a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters  of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to  a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding  company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the  Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with  respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or  the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender  or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction  suffered.  (c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary  to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in  paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower Representative and shall be conclusive  absent manifest error.  The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the  amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.  (d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation  pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand  such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing  Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days prior to the  date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower Representative of the  Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s  intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such  increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to  include the period of retroactive effect thereof.  SECTION 2.16  Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any  Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a  result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (b) the conversion  of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the  failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice  delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.09(e) and is  revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the  last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower Representative  pursuant to Section 2.19 or 9.02(d), then, in any such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender  for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any  amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the  Borrower Representative and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrowers shall pay such  Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.  





 






59  746154515.7  SECTION 2.17  Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up.  (a) Payments Free of Taxes.  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any  Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes,  except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of  an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment  by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or  withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental  Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable  by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has  been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this  Section 2.17), the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no  such deduction or withholding been made.  (b) Payment of Other Taxes by Loan Parties.  The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant  Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent  timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.  (c) Evidence of Payment.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan  Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, the Borrower Representative shall deliver  to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental  Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment, or other evidence of such  payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  (d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties.  The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally  indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any  Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable  under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment  to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not  such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental  Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Loan Party by a  Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on  behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  (e) Indemnification by the Lenders.  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative  Agent, within ten (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 9.04(c) relating to the  maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each  case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any  reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or  legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such  payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent  manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to setoff and apply any and all  amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the  Administrative Agent to such Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative  Agent under this paragraph (e).  





 






60  746154515.7  (f) Status of Lenders.  (i) 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  Representative and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the  Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed  documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative 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 Representative or the  Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or  reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent as will enable  the Borrower Representative 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 2.17(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B)  and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion,  execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense  or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.  (ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is  a U.S. Person,  (A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower  Representative 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 Representative or the Administrative Agent), an  executed copy of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal  backup withholding tax;  (B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver  to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as  shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender  becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the  reasonable request of the Borrower Representative 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 U.S. is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under  any Loan Document, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS  Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of,  U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty  and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document,  IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an  exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the  “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;  (2) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit  will generate U.S. effectively connected income, an executed copy of IRS  Form W-8ECI;  





 






61  746154515.7  (3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the  exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate  substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is  not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent  shareholder” of a Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the  Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of  the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) an executed copy of IRS  Form W 8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or  (4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an  executed copy of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS  Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance  Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or Exhibit D-3, IRS Form W-9,  and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable;  provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or  indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest  exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate  substantially in the form of Exhibit 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 Representative and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as  shall be requested by the recipient), on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender  becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the  reasonable request of the Borrower Representative 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 Representative or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or  deduction required to be made; and  (D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject  to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply  with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in  Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the  Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by  law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the  Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as  prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation  reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent as may  be necessary for the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent to comply with  their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such  Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold  from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any  amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.  Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes  obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify  the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.  





 






62  746154515.7  (g) Treatment of Certain Refunds.  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in  good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this  Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), 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 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket  expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by  the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the  request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to  this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental  Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental  Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified  party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment  of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified  party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been  deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving  rise to such refund had never been paid.  This paragraph (g) 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.  (h) Survival.  Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or  replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender,  the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under  any Loan Document (including the Payment in Full of the Secured Obligations).  (i) Defined Terms.  For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing  Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.  SECTION 2.18  Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Setoffs.  (a) The Borrowers shall make each payment or prepayment required to be made by it  hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts  payable under Sections 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., Pacific time, on the date when  due or the date fixed for any prepayment hereunder, in immediately available funds, without setoff,  recoupment or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of  the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for  purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at  its offices at 10 South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603-2300 except payments to be made directly to the  Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to  Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  The Administrative  Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the  appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  Unless otherwise provided for herein, if any  payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended  to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon  shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.  (b) All payments and any proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent (i) not  constituting either (A) a specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Loan  Documents (which shall be applied as specified by the Borrowers), or (B) a mandatory prepayment (which  shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.11) or (ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is  continuing and the Administrative Agent so elects or the Required Lenders so direct, shall be applied ratably  first, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements then due to the Administrative Agent, the  





 






63  746154515.7  Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank from the Borrowers (other than in connection with Banking  Services Obligations or Swap Agreement Obligations), second, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense  reimbursements then due to the Lenders from the Borrowers (other than in connection with Banking  Services Obligations or Swap Agreement Obligations), third, to pay interest then due and payable on the  Loans ratably, fourth, to prepay principal on the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements, to pay an  amount to the Administrative Agent equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the aggregate LC  Exposure, to be held as cash collateral for such Obligations, and to pay any amounts owing in respect of  Swap Agreement Obligations and Banking Services Obligations up to and including the amount most  recently provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.22, ratably (with amounts allocated to  the Term Loans of any Class applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Loans of  such Class to be made pursuant to Section 2.10 ratably based on the amount of such remaining scheduled  repayments), and fifth, to the payment of any other Secured Obligation due to the Administrative Agent or  any Lender from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary  contained in this Agreement, unless so directed by the Borrower Representative, or unless a Default is in  existence, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall apply any payment which it receives to  any Term Benchmark Loan of a Class, except (i) on the expiration date of the Interest Period applicable  thereto, or (ii) in the event, and only to the extent, that there are no outstanding ABR Loans of the same  Class and, in any such event, the Borrowers shall pay the break funding payment required in accordance  with Section 2.16.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have the continuing and exclusive right  to apply and reverse and reapply any and all such proceeds and payments to any portion of the Secured  Obligations.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Obligations arising under Banking Services  Obligations or Swap Agreement Obligations shall be excluded from the application described above and  paid in clause fifth if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such  supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may have reasonably requested from the applicable  provider of such Banking Services or Swap Agreements.   (c) At the election of the Administrative Agent, all payments of principal, interest, LC  Disbursements, fees, premiums, reimbursable expenses (including, without limitation, all reimbursement  for fees, costs and expenses pursuant to Section 9.03), and other sums payable under the Loan Documents,  may be paid from the proceeds of Borrowings made hereunder, whether made following a request by the  Borrower Representative pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.05 or a deemed request as provided in this Section  or may be deducted from any deposit account of the Borrowers maintained with the Administrative Agent.   The Borrowers hereby irrevocably authorize (i) the Administrative Agent to make a Borrowing for the  purpose of paying each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other  amount due under the Loan Documents and agree that all such amounts charged shall constitute Loans  (including Swingline Loans), and that all such Borrowings shall be deemed to have been requested pursuant  to Sections 2.03 or 2.05, as applicable, and (ii) the Administrative Agent to charge any deposit account of  any Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for each payment of principal, interest and fees as  it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents.  (d) If, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any Lender shall, by exercising any right  of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of  its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater  proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline  Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other similarly situated Lender, then  the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the  Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary  so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by all such Lenders ratably in accordance with the  aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC  Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or  any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the  





 






64  746154515.7  purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this  paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in  accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration  for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements  and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or  Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).  Each Borrower consents to the  foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring  a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of setoff  and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such  Borrower in the amount of such participation.  (e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received, prior to any date on which any  payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank pursuant to  the terms hereof or of any other Loan Document (including any date that is fixed for prepayment by notice  from the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.11(e)), notice from  the Borrower Representative that the Borrowers will not make such payment or prepayment, the  Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment on such date in accordance  herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the  case may be, the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact made such payment, then  each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative  Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon,  for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment  to the Administrative Agent, at the NYFRB Rate.  (f) The Administrative Agent may from time to time provide the Borrowers with account  statements or invoices with respect to any of the Secured Obligations (the “Statements”).  The  Administrative Agent is under no duty or obligation to provide Statements, which, if provided, will be  solely for the Borrowers’ convenience.  Statements may contain estimates of the amounts owed during the  relevant billing period, whether of principal, interest, fees or other Secured Obligations.  If the Borrowers  pay the full amount indicated on a Statement on or before the due date indicated on such Statement, the  Borrowers shall not be in default of payment with respect to the billing period indicated on such Statement;  provided that acceptance by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, of any payment that is less  than the total amount actually due at that time (including but not limited to any past due amounts) shall not  constitute a waiver of the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ right to receive payment in full at another  time.  SECTION 2.19  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.  (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrowers are required  to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the  account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate  a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations  hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such  designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17,  as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense  and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all  reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or  assignment.  (b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrowers are required  to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the  





 






65  746154515.7  account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the  Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent,  require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the  restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments  pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement and other Loan Documents to an  assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts  such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrowers shall have received the prior written consent of the  Administrative Agent (and in circumstances where its consent would be required under Section 9.04, the  Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such  Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and funded  participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all  other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and  accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any  such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be  made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or  payments.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as  a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such  assignment and delegation cease to apply.  Each party hereto agrees that (i) an assignment required pursuant  to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower  Representative, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement  incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform  as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (ii) the Lender required to make  such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed  to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any  such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents  necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender, provided that any  such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.  SECTION 2.20  Defaulting Lenders.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the  contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long  as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:  (a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Revolving Commitment and  Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);  (b) any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative  Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to  Section 2.18(b) or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant  to Section 9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as  follows:  first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent  hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to  any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to cash collateralize LC Exposure with respect to  such Defaulting Lender in accordance with this Section; fourth, as the Borrower Representative may request  (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such  Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by  the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower  Representative, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting  Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) cash  collateralize future LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of  Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with this Section; sixth, to the payment of any amounts  owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of  





 






66  746154515.7  competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Banks or Swingline Lender against such  Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement  or under any other Loan Document; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment  of any amounts owing to the Borrowers as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction  obtained by the Borrowers against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach  of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and eighth, to such Defaulting  Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a  payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting  Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of  Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such  payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting  Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Disbursements  owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in the  Borrowers’ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure and Swingline Loans are  held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to clause (d) below.   Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or  held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section shall  be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto  and agrees that the application and operation of the provisions in this Section 2.20 shall not result in a  default of the Borrowers’ obligations to a Defaulting Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan  Document;  (c) such Defaulting Lender shall not have the right to vote on any issue on which voting is  required (other than to the extent expressly provided in Section 9.02(b)) and the Revolving Commitment  and Revolving Exposure and, if applicable, the Term Commitment and Term Loans of such Defaulting  Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any  action hereunder or under any other Loan Document; provided that, except as otherwise provided in  Section 9.02, this clause (c) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment,  waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender directly affected thereby;  (d) if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a  Defaulting Lender then:  (i) all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting  Lender (other than, in the case of a Defaulting Lender that is a Swingline Lender, the portion of  such Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term) shall be  reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable  Percentages but only to the extent that such reallocation does not, as to any non-Defaulting Lender,  cause such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Exposure to exceed its Revolving Commitment;  (ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be  effected, the Borrowers shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the Administrative  Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize, for the benefit  of the Issuing Bank, the Borrowers’ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC  Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance  with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;  (iii) if the Borrowers cash collateralize any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC  Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any fees to such  Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC  Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;  





 






67  746154515.7  (iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to  clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.12(a) and 2.12(b)  shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and  (v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated  nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or  remedies of the Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under  Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the  Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash  collateralized; and  (e) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required  to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend, renew, extend or  increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and such Defaulting Lender’s  then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Commitments of the non-Defaulting  Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.20(d), and  Swingline Exposure related to any such newly made Swingline Loan or LC Exposure related to any newly  issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent  with Section 2.20(d)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).  If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following  the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank  has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other  agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to  fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter  of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into  arrangements with the Borrowers or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank,  as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.  In the event that each of the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers, the Swingline Lender and the  Issuing Bank agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender  to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted  to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and on the date of such readjustment such  Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the  Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in  accordance with its Applicable Percentage.  SECTION 2.21  Returned Payments.  If, after receipt of any payment which is applied to the  payment of all or any part of the Obligations (including a payment effected through exercise of a right of  setoff), the Administrative Agent or any Lender is for any reason compelled to surrender such payment or  proceeds to any Person because such payment or application of proceeds is invalidated, declared fraudulent,  set aside, determined to be void or voidable as a preference, impermissible setoff, or a diversion of trust  funds, or for any other reason (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative  Agent or such Lender in its discretion), then the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be  revived and continued and this Agreement shall continue in full force as if such payment or proceeds had  not been received by the Administrative Agent or such Lender.  The provisions of this Section 2.21 shall  be and remain effective notwithstanding any contrary action which may have been taken by the  Administrative Agent or any Lender in reliance upon such payment or application of proceeds.  The  provisions of this Section 2.21 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.  





 






68  746154515.7  SECTION 2.22  Banking Services and Swap Agreements.  Each Lender or Affiliate thereof  providing Banking Services for, or having Swap Agreements with, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or  Affiliate of a Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, promptly after entering into such  Banking Services or Swap Agreements, written notice setting forth the aggregate amount of all Banking  Services Obligations and Swap Agreement Obligations of such Loan Party or Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof  to such Lender or Affiliate (whether matured or unmatured, absolute or contingent).  In furtherance of that  requirement, each such Lender or Affiliate thereof shall furnish the Administrative Agent, from time to  time after a significant change therein or upon a request therefor, a summary of the amounts due or to  become due in respect of such Banking Services Obligations and Swap Agreement Obligations.  The most  recent information provided to the Administrative Agent shall be used in determining which tier of the  waterfall, contained in Section 2.18(b), such Banking Services Obligations and/or Swap Agreement  Obligations will be placed.  For the avoidance of doubt, so long as Chase or its Affiliate is the  Administrative Agent, neither Chase nor any of its Affiliates providing Banking Services for, or having  Swap Agreements with, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of a Loan Party shall be required to  provide any notice described in this Section 2.22 in respect of such Banking Services or Swap Agreements.  ARTICLE III  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES  Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Lenders that (and where applicable, agrees):  SECTION 3.01  Organization; Powers.  Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is duly organized or  formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all  requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do  so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,  is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is  required.  SECTION 3.02  Authorization; Enforceability.  The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s  corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other  organizational actions and, if required, actions by equity holders.  Each Loan Document to which each Loan  Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and  binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable  bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and  subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.  SECTION 3.03  Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.  The Transactions (a) do not require any  consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority,  except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except for filings necessary  to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any Requirement of Law  applicable to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture,  agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or the assets of any Loan  Party or any Subsidiary, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan  Party or any Subsidiary, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of, or other requirement to  create, any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, except Liens created pursuant to the  Loan Documents.  SECTION 3.04  Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.  (a) Holdings has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and  statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended December  





 






69  746154515.7  31, 2020, reported on by KPMG US LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal  quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, certified by its Financial Officer.  Such  financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations  and cash flows of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in  accordance with GAAP, except as otherwise expressly noted therein and subject to normal year-end audit  adjustments all of which, when taken as a whole, would not be materially adverse and the absence of  footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.   (b) No event, change or condition has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected  to have, a Material Adverse Effect, since December 31, 2020.  SECTION 3.05  Properties.   (a) As of the Original Effective Date, Schedule 3.05 sets forth the address of each parcel of  real property that is (i) owned by any Loan Party or (ii) leased by any Loan Party where Collateral with a  value in excess of $50,000 is located.  To the knowledge of each Loan Party, each of such leases and  subleases is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect, and no defaults  by any party to any such leases or subleases exist which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably  be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each of the Loan Parties and each Subsidiary has good and  indefeasible title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of its real and personal property, free of all Liens  other than those permitted by Section 6.02, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in  the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  (b) Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks,  tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property used in its business as currently conducted,  except for such trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property the failure of  which to own or license would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a  Material Adverse Effect.  To the knowledge of each Loan Party, the use thereof by each Loan Party and  each Subsidiary does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person other than, in each case, as would not  reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  SECTION 3.06  Litigation and Environmental Matters.   (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental  Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened against or affecting any Loan  Party or any Subsidiary (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and  that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a  Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve any Loan Document or the Transactions.  (b) Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not  reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no Loan Party or any Subsidiary has  received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or knows of any basis for  any Environmental Liability and (ii) no Loan Party or any Subsidiary (A) has failed to comply with any  Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required  under any Environmental Law, (B) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (C) has received  notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (D) knows of any basis for any  Environmental Liability.  SECTION 3.07  Compliance with Laws and Agreements; No Default.  Except where the failure to  do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse  Effect, each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with (i) all Requirements of Law applicable  





 






70  746154515.7  to it or its property and (ii) all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property.   No Default has occurred and is continuing.  SECTION 3.08  Investment Company Status.  No Loan Party or any Subsidiary is an “investment  company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.  SECTION 3.09  Taxes.  Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary has timely filed or caused to be filed  all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required  to have been paid by it, except (i) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings  and for which such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves  or (ii) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse  Effect.  No tax liens have been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any such taxes.  SECTION 3.10  ERISA.  No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that,  when taken together with all other ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could  reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The present value of all accumulated benefit  obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial  Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such  amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan.  SECTION 3.11  Disclosure.    (a) The Loan Parties have disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate  or other restrictions to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary 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 or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation  of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so  furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make  the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;  provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Loan Parties represent only that such  information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time  delivered and, if such projected financial information was delivered prior to the Effective Date, as of the  Effective Date.  (b) As of the Effective Date, to the best knowledge of each Borrower, the information included  in the Beneficial Ownership Certification provided on or prior to the Effective Date to any Lender in  connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all respects.  SECTION 3.12  Material Agreements.  No Loan Party or any Subsidiary is in default in the  performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in  (i) any material agreement to which it is a party or (ii) any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing  Indebtedness, in each case, that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in  a Material Adverse Effect.  SECTION 3.13  Solvency.    (a) Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date,  (i) the fair value of the assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, at a fair  valuation, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (ii) the present fair  saleable value of the property of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will be  





 






71  746154515.7  greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities,  subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured;  (iii) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will be able to pay their debts and  liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured;  and (iv) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will not have unreasonably small  capital with which to conduct the business in which they are engaged as such business is now conducted  and is proposed to be conducted after the Effective Date.  (b) No Loan Party intends to, nor will permit any Subsidiary to, and no Loan Party believes  that it or any Subsidiary will, on a consolidated basis, incur debts beyond their ability to pay such debts as  they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such  Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the  Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.  SECTION 3.14  Insurance.  The Loan Parties maintain and cause each of their Subsidiaries to  maintain with financially sound and reputable carriers having a financial strength rating of at least A- by  A.M. Best Company insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks  (including loss or damage by fire and loss in transit; theft, burglary, pilferage, larceny, embezzlement, and  other criminal activities; business interruption; and general liability) and such other hazards, as is  customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses  operating in the same or similar locations and, except to the extent failure to pay could not reasonably be  expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, all premiums in respect of such insurance have been paid.   The Loan Parties believe that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties and their  Subsidiaries is adequate and is customary for companies engaged in the same or similar businesses  operating in the same or similar locations.  SECTION 3.15  Capitalization and Subsidiaries.  Schedule 3.15 sets forth (a) a correct and  complete list of the name and relationship to Holdings of each Subsidiary, (b) a true and complete listing  of each class of each of the Loan Parties’ authorized Equity Interests, of which all of such issued Equity  Interests are validly issued, outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, and owned beneficially and of  record by the Persons identified on Schedule 3.15, and (c) the type of entity of Holdings and each  Subsidiary.  All of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned by any Loan Party have been (to the  extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and  are fully paid and non-assessable.  SECTION 3.16  Security Interest in Collateral.  The provisions of this Agreement and the other  Loan Documents create legal, valid, binding and enforceable Liens on all the Collateral in favor of the  Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the Obligations, to the extent  that a legal, valid, binding and enforceable Lien in such Collateral may be created under the UCC or, in the  case of any Mortgages, under the real property law of the applicable jurisdiction (and subject, in each case,  to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights  generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in  equity or at law), and such Liens constitute, or will upon the filing of UCC financing statements, copyright  security agreements and Mortgages and the obtaining of “control” under the UCC, in each case, as  applicable, with respect to the relevant Collateral as required under the UCC or the real property law of any  applicable jurisdictions, perfected and continuing Liens on the Collateral, securing the Secured Obligations,  and having priority over all other Liens on the Collateral except in the case of (a) Permitted Encumbrances,  to the extent any such Permitted Encumbrances would have priority over the Liens in favor of the  Administrative Agent pursuant to any applicable law and (b) Liens perfected only by possession (including  possession of any certificate of title), to the extent the Administrative Agent has not obtained or does not  maintain possession of such Collateral.  





 






72  746154515.7  SECTION 3.17  Employment Matters.  As of the Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or  slowdowns against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party,  threatened.  Except as, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a  Material Adverse Effect, the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Loan Parties and  their Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable federal,  state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters.  All material payments due from any Loan Party or  any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against any Loan Party or any 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 such Subsidiary.  SECTION 3.18  Margin Regulations.  No Loan Party is engaged and will not engage, principally  or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, or extending  credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Borrowing  or Letter of Credit hereunder will be used to buy or carry any Margin Stock.  Following the application of  the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of  the assets (either of any Loan Party only or of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated  basis) will be Margin Stock.  SECTION 3.19  Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loans have been used and will be used,  whether directly or indirectly, as set forth in Section 5.08.  SECTION 3.20  No Burdensome Restrictions.  No Loan Party is subject to any Burdensome  Restrictions except Burdensome Restrictions permitted under Section 6.10.  SECTION 3.21  Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.  Each Loan Party has implemented and  maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by such Loan Party, its  Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and  applicable Sanctions, and such Loan Party, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors,  employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all  material respects.  None of (a) any Loan Party, any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers or  employees, or (b) to the knowledge of any such Loan Party or Subsidiary, any agent of such Loan Party or  any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established  hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds thereof, Transaction or  other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents will violate Anti- Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.  SECTION 3.22  Affected Financial Institutions.  No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.  SECTION 3.23  Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions.  None of the Loan Parties or any of their  Subsidiaries is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations),  and neither the execution, delivery nor performance of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement,  including the making of any Loan and the issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder, will give rise to a  non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.    SECTION 3.24  Affiliate Transactions.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.24, as of the Original  Effective Date, (i) there are no existing or proposed agreements, arrangements, understandings or  transactions between any Loan Party and any of the officers, members, managers, directors, stockholders,  parents, holders of other Equity Interests, employees or Affiliates (other than Subsidiaries) of any Loan  Party or any members of their respective immediate families, except as would be permitted under Section  6.09, and (ii) none of the foregoing Persons is directly or indirectly indebted to or has any direct or indirect  





 






73  746154515.7  ownership, partnership, or voting interest in any Affiliate of any Loan Party or any Person with which any  Loan Party has a business relationship or which competes with any Loan Party.  ARTICLE IV  CONDITIONS  SECTION 4.01  Effective Date.  The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing  Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the  following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):  (a) Credit Agreement and Loan Documents.  The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall  have received (i) from each party hereto a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party  (which, subject to Section 9.06(b), may include any Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed  pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and  (ii) duly executed copies of the other Loan Documents and such other certificates, documents, instruments  and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including any promissory notes requested  by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10 payable to the order of each such requesting Lender and a written  opinion of the Loan Parties’ counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the  Lenders, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  (b) Financial Statements and Projections.  The Lenders shall have received (i) audited  consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years,  (ii) unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal  month and fiscal quarter ended after the date of the latest applicable financial statements delivered pursuant  to clause (i) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements are available (including the fiscal quarter  ending September 30, 2021), and such financial statements shall not, in the reasonable judgment of the  Administrative Agent, reflect any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of  Holdings and its Subsidiaries, as reflected in the audited, consolidated financial statements described in  clause (i) of this paragraph and (iii) satisfactory Projections for the period beginning January 1, 2022  through and including December 31, 2025.  (c) Closing Certificates; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing Certificates.   The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Effective Date  and executed by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, which shall (A) certify the resolutions of its Board of  Directors, members or other body authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan  Documents to which it is a party, (B) identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the officers of  such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of a Borrower,  its Financial Officers, and (C) contain appropriate attachments, including the charter, articles or certificate  of organization or incorporation of each Loan Party certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of  organization of such Loan Party and a true and correct copy of its bylaws or operating, management or  partnership agreement, or other organizational or governing documents, and (ii) a good standing certificate  for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization.  (d) No Default Certificate.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, signed  by a Financial Officer of each Borrower and each other Loan Party, dated as of the Effective Date, (i) stating  that no Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) stating that the representations and warranties contained  in the Loan Documents are true and correct as of such date, and (iii) certifying as to any other factual matters  as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.  





 






74  746154515.7  (e) Fees.  The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to  be paid, and all expenses required to be reimbursed for which invoices have been presented (including the  reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the Effective Date.  All such amounts will be  paid with proceeds of Loans made on the Effective Date and will be reflected in the funding instructions  given by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent on or before the Effective Date.  (f) Lien Searches.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent lien  search in the jurisdiction of organization of each Loan Party and each jurisdiction where assets of the Loan  Parties are located, and such search shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for  liens permitted by Section 6.02 or discharged on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to a payoff letter or  other documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  (g) [Reserved].   (h) Funding Account.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice setting forth the  deposit account of the Borrowers (the “Funding Account”) to which the Administrative Agent is authorized  by the Borrowers to transfer the proceeds of any Borrowings requested or authorized pursuant to this  Agreement.  (i) [Reserved].    (j) Solvency.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate signed by  a Financial Officer of Holdings dated the Effective Date in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to  the Administrative Agent.  (k) Pledged Equity Interests; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes.  The Administrative Agent shall  have received (i) the certificates representing the Equity Interests pledged pursuant to the Security  Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly  authorized officer of the pledgor thereof, and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the  Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or  accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof.  (l) Filings, Registrations and Recordings.  Each document (including any Uniform  Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Collateral Documents or under law or reasonably  requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the  Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described  therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted  by Section 6.02), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.  (m) Insurance.  The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance coverage  in form, scope, and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise in  compliance with the terms of Section 5.10 of this Agreement and Section 4.12 of the Security Agreement.  (n) Letter of Credit Application.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a properly  completed letter of credit application (whether standalone or pursuant to a master agreement, as applicable)  if the issuance of a Letter of Credit will be required on the Effective Date.   (o) Legal Due Diligence.  The Administrative Agent and its counsel shall have completed all  legal due diligence, the results of which shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole  discretion.  





 






75  746154515.7  (p) USA PATRIOT Act, Etc.  (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received, (x) at least  five (5) days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information regarding the Borrowers  requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and  regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, to the extent requested in writing of the Borrowers at least  ten (10) days prior to the Effective Date, and (y) a properly completed and signed IRS Form W-8 or W-9,  as applicable, for each Loan Party, and (ii) to the extent any Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer”  under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least five (5) days prior to the Effective Date, any Lender  that has requested, in a written notice to the Borrowers at least ten (10) days prior to the Effective Date, a  Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Borrower shall have received such Beneficial  Ownership Certification (provided that, upon the execution and delivery by such Lender of its signature  page to this Agreement, the condition set forth in this clause (ii) shall be deemed to be satisfied).  (q) Other Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as  the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or their respective counsel may have reasonably  requested.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank of the  Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.    SECTION 4.02  Each Credit Event.  The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion  of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the  satisfaction of the following conditions:  (a) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents  shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though made on and as of the date  of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable  (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a  specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date,  and that any representation or warranty which is subject to any materiality qualifier shall be required to be  true and correct in all respects).  (b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance,  amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be  continuing.  (c) After giving effect to any Borrowing or the issuance, amendment or extension of any Letter  of Credit, Revolving Loan Availability shall not be less than zero.  (d) Solely with respect to any Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans, the Borrowers shall  be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.12 of this Agreement  calculated on a pro forma basis for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the most  recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent  pursuant to Section 5.01(b) after giving effect to such Delayed Draw Term Loan, and shall deliver to the  Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate at least five (5) Business Days prior to such Borrowing  evidencing compliance.   Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed  to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the matters specified  in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section.  





 






76  746154515.7  Notwithstanding the failure to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (a), (b),  (c)  and (d) of this Section, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may,  but shall have no obligation to, continue to make Loans and an Issuing Bank may, but shall have no  obligation to, issue, amend or extend, or cause to be issued, amended or extended, any Letter of Credit for  the ratable account and risk of the Lenders from time to time if the Administrative Agent believes that  making such Loans or issuing, amending or extending, or causing the issuance, amendment or extension  of, any such Letter of Credit is in the best interests of the Lenders.  ARTICLE V  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS  Until all of the Secured Obligations shall have been Paid in Full, each Loan Party executing this  Agreement covenants and agrees, jointly and severally with all of the other Loan Parties, with the Lenders  that:  SECTION 5.01  Financial Statements and Other Information.  The Borrowers will furnish to the  Administrative Agent:    (a) within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings  (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021), its audited consolidated balance sheet and  related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal  year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on  by KPMG US LLP or such other independent public accountants reasonably acceptable to the  Administrative Agent (without a “going concern” or like qualification, commentary or exception, and  without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated  financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations  of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently  applied, accompanied by any management letter prepared by said accountants;    (b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of each fiscal year of  Holdings (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2021), its consolidated balance sheet  and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal  quarter and the then elapsed portion of such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the  figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the  previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative as presenting fairly  in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated  Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year- end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;  (c) [reserved];   (d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a  Compliance Certificate (i) certifying as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and  results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance  with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes,  (ii) certifying as to whether any Default has occurred and, if any Default has occurred, specifying the details  thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (iii) setting forth reasonably  detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.12 and (iv) stating whether any change in  GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred  to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial  statements accompanying such certificate;  





 






77  746154515.7  (e) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a certificate  of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge  during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default (which certificate may  be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);  (f) as soon as available, but in any event no later than ninety (90) days after the end of each  fiscal year of Holdings, a copy of the plan and forecast (including a projected consolidated balance sheet,  income statement and cash flow statement) of Holdings for each month of the upcoming fiscal year (the  “Projections”) in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;   (g) promptly following any request therefor, copies of any detailed audit reports, management  letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of  directors) of Holdings or any Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or  books of Holdings or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them as the Administrative Agent or any Lender  (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request;   (h) promptly following any request therefor, (x) such other information regarding the  operations, material changes in ownership of Equity Interests, business affairs and financial condition of  any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative  Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request and (y) information and  documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance  with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA  PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation;   (i) promptly after any request therefor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of  (i) any documents described in Section 101(k)(1) of ERISA that any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate  may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan and (ii) any notices described in Section 101(l)(1) of  ERISA that any Loan Party  or any ERISA Affiliate may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan;  provided that if any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has not requested such documents or notices from  the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, the applicable Loan Party or ERISA  Affiliate shall promptly make a request for such documents and notices from such administrator or sponsor  and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof; and   (j) promptly after receipt thereof by Holdings, it direct or indirect parent (including Public  Parent), or any Subsidiary, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or  comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible  investigation or other inquiry by the SEC or such other agency regarding financial or other operational  results of Holdings or any Subsidiary thereof.  So long as Public Parent has had no direct or indirect Subsidiaries other than Holdings, the direct parent  companies of Holdings, and the Subsidiaries of Holdings, and has had no assets or operations other than  those directly incident to its ownership of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, the financial statements required  to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), (b) may be at the Public Parent level so long as they are  accompanied by reasonably detailed accounting of the effects of including Public Parent and any other  parent company of Holdings.   Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), (b) or (j) (to the extent any such documents  are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered,  shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which such materials are publicly available as  posted on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR); or (ii) on which such  documents are posted on the Borrowers’ behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each  





 






78  746154515.7  Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether  made available by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (A) upon written request by the Administrative  Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent) to the Borrower Representative, the Borrower  Representative shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or such Lender  until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender  and (B) the Borrower Representative shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by facsimile  or through Electronic System) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative  Agent through Electronic System electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.  The  Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the  documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the  Borrowers with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for  timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such document to it and  maintaining its copies of such documents.  SECTION 5.02  Notices of Material Events.  Each of the Borrowers and Holdings will furnish to  the Administrative Agent promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Loan Parties obtains knowledge  thereof (but in any event within any time period that may be specified below) written notice of the  following:  (a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;  (b) receipt of any notice of any investigation by a Governmental Authority or any litigation or  proceeding commenced or threatened against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary that (i) seeks damages in  excess of $5,000,000 (except to the extent covered by insurance for which the insurer has not denied  coverage), (ii) seeks injunctive relief that if adversely determined is reasonably anticipated to have a  Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is asserted or instituted against any Plan, its fiduciaries or its assets,  (iv) alleges criminal misconduct by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, (v) alleges the violation of, or seeks  to impose remedies under, any Environmental Law or related Requirement of Law, or seeks to impose  Environmental Liability, (vi) asserts liability on the part of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in excess of  $5,000,000 in respect of any tax, fee, assessment, or other governmental charge, or (vii) involves any  product recall;   (c) any material change in accounting or financial reporting practices by Holdings or any  Subsidiary;  (d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events  that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Loan Parties and their  Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000;  (e) within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence thereof, any Loan Party entering into a  Swap Agreement or an amendment to a Swap Agreement, together with copies of all agreements evidencing  such Swap Agreement or amendment;  (f) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a  Material Adverse Effect; and  (g) any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered  to such Lender that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such certification.  Each notice delivered under this Section (i) shall be in writing, (ii) shall contain a heading or a reference  line that reads “Notice under Section 5.02 of Dutch Bros., LLC, et. al. Credit Agreement dated February  





 






79  746154515.7  28, 2022 and (iii) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of  the Borrower Representative setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and  any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.  SECTION 5.03  Existence; Conduct of Business.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each  Subsidiary to, (a) do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and  effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, franchises, governmental  authorizations, intellectual property rights, licenses and permits material to the conduct of its business, and  maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is  conducted; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or  dissolution permitted under Section 6.03 and (b) carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same  manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted.  SECTION 5.04  Payment of Obligations.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,  pay or discharge all Material Indebtedness and all other material liabilities and obligations, including Taxes,  before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is  being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) such Loan Party or Subsidiary has set aside  on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make  payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;  provided, however, that each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,  remit withholding taxes  and other payroll taxes to appropriate Governmental Authorities as and when claimed to be due,  notwithstanding the foregoing exceptions.  SECTION 5.05  Maintenance of Properties.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary  to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and  condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be  expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  SECTION 5.06  Books and Records; Inspection Rights.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each  Subsidiary to, (a) keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made  of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit any representatives  designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including employees of the Administrative Agent,  any Lender or any consultants, accountants, lawyers, agents and appraisers retained by the Administrative  Agent), upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to conduct at the Loan Party’s  premises field examinations of the Loan Party’s assets, liabilities, books and records, including examining  and making extracts from its books and records, environmental assessment reports and Phase I or Phase II  studies, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants (and  hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender to contact its independent accountants  directly) and, upon written request of the Administrative Agent, provide contact information for each bank  where each Loan Party has a deposit and/or securities account and each such Loan Party hereby authorizes  the Administrative Agent and each Lender to contact the bank(s) in order to request bank statements and/or  balances, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.  The Loan Parties acknowledge  that the Administrative Agent, after exercising its rights of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the  Lenders certain Reports pertaining to the Loan Parties’ assets for internal use by the Administrative Agent  and the Lenders.  SECTION 5.07  Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations.  Each Loan Party  will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, (i) comply with each Requirement of Law applicable to it or its  property (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws) and (ii) perform its obligations under material  agreements to which it is a party, except, in each case, where the failure to do so, individually or in the  aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Loan Party will  





 






80  746154515.7  maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by such Loan Party,  its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws  and applicable Sanctions.  SECTION 5.08  Use of Proceeds.  (a) The proceeds of the Term A Loans and the Revolving Loans and  the Letters of Credit will  be used only to refinance existing Indebtedness of the Loan Parties on the Effective Date, for working  capital requirements and for general corporate purposes in the ordinary course of business of the Borrowers  and their Subsidiaries, including Capital Expenditures and Permitted Acquisitions.  The proceeds of the  Delayed Draw Term Loans will be used only for working capital requirements and for general corporate  purposes in the ordinary course of business of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, including Capital  Expenditures,  Permitted Acquisitions and payment of the Revolving Loans; provided that the proceeds of  the Delayed Draw Term Loans shall not be used to finance any Restricted Payments.  No part of the  proceeds of any Loan and no Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose  that entails a violation of any of the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, including Regulations T, U  and X.  (b) The Borrowers will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and no Borrower shall  use, and each Borrower shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers,  employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (i) in furtherance of  an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of  value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or  facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned  Country, except to the extent permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, or (iii) in any  manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.  SECTION 5.09  Accuracy of Information.  The Loan Parties will ensure that any information,  including financial statements or other documents, furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in  connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or  thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder contains no material misstatement of fact or omits to state any  material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they  were made, not misleading, and the furnishing of such information shall be deemed to be a representation  and warranty by the Loan Parties on the date thereof as to the matters specified in this Section 5.09; provided  that, with respect to the Projections, the Loan Parties will cause the Projections to be prepared in good faith  based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.  SECTION 5.10  Insurance.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, maintain with  financially sound and reputable carriers having a financial strength rating of at least A- by A.M. Best  Company (a) insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks (including  loss or damage by fire and loss in transit; theft, burglary, pilferage, larceny, embezzlement, and other  criminal activities; business interruption; and general liability) and such other hazards, as is customarily  maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the  same or similar locations and (b) all insurance required pursuant to the Collateral Documents.  The  Borrowers will furnish to the Lenders, upon request of the Administrative Agent, but no less frequently  than annually, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.  SECTION 5.11  [Reserved].  SECTION 5.12  Casualty and Condemnation.  The Borrowers (a) will furnish to the Administrative  Agent prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage to any material portion of the  





 






81  746154515.7  Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any material portion of the  Collateral or interest therein under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding and  (b) will ensure that the Net Proceeds of any such event (whether in the form of insurance proceeds,  condemnation awards or otherwise) are collected and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions  of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.    SECTION 5.13  Depository Banks.  Subject to Section 5.15, each Loan Party and each Subsidiary  will utilize the Administrative Agent as its principal depository bank, including for the maintenance of  operating, administrative, cash management and collection activity and the maintenance of all deposit  accounts and securities accounts (other than Excluded Accounts); provided that depository accounts shall  be permitted to be maintained with any Lender so long as (x) such accounts do not, in the aggregate, cause  the Administrative Agent to no longer constitute the “principal depository bank” of the Loan Parties and  the Subsidiaries as required above as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and (y) any such  depository account shall be subject to a Control Agreement to the extent required by Section 4.14 of the  Security Agreement; provided, further, that the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries shall be permitted to open  and maintain Outside Store Deposit Accounts.  SECTION 5.14  Additional Collateral; Further Assurances.  (a) Subject to applicable Requirement of Law, each Loan Party will cause each of its  Subsidiaries formed or acquired after the date of this Agreement to become a Loan Party by executing a  Joinder Agreement.  In connection therewith, the Administrative Agent shall have received all  documentation and other information regarding such newly formed or acquired Subsidiaries as may be  required to comply with the applicable “know your customer” rules and regulations, including the USA  PATRIOT Act.  Upon execution and delivery thereof, each such Person (i) shall automatically become a  Loan Guarantor hereunder and thereupon shall have all of the rights, benefits, duties, and obligations in  such capacity under the Loan Documents and (ii) will grant Liens to the Administrative Agent, for the  benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, in any property of such Loan Party which  constitutes Collateral.  (b) Each Loan Party will cause 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of  its Subsidiaries to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative  Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms and  conditions of the Loan Documents or other security documents as the Administrative Agent shall  reasonably request.  (c) The Borrowers will cause Holdings to pledge and grant a first priority, perfected Lien in  favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties,  in 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrowers.  (d) Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,  execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such documents,  agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the filing and  recording of financing statements and other documents and such other actions or deliveries of the type  required by Section 4.01, as applicable), which may be required by any Requirement of Law or which the  Administrative Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of  this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or  intended to be created by the Collateral Documents, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the  Administrative Agent and all at the expense of the Loan Parties.  





 






82  746154515.7  (e) If any material assets that are not Excluded Assets (as defined in the Security Agreement)  are acquired by any Loan Party after the Effective Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the  Security Agreement that become subject to the Lien under the Security Agreement upon acquisition  thereof), the Borrower Representative will (i) notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof, and,  if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, cause such assets to be subjected to a  Lien securing the Secured Obligations and (ii) take, and cause each applicable Loan Party to take, such  actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such  Liens, including actions described in paragraph (d) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.  SECTION 5.15 Post-Closing Obligations. Each Loan Party shall take each of the actions and  deliver each of the documents, instruments, agreements and other information described on Schedule 5.15  hereto on or before the date set forth thereon (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree to  in its sole discretion), in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative  Agent.  ARTICLE VI  NEGATIVE COVENANTS  Until all of the Secured Obligations shall have been Paid in Full, each Loan Party executing this  Agreement covenants and agrees, jointly and severally with all of the other Loan Parties, with the Lenders  that:  SECTION 6.01  Indebtedness.  No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create,  incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:  (a) the Secured Obligations;  (b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and any extensions,  renewals, refinancings and replacements of any such Indebtedness in accordance with clause (f) hereof;  (c) Indebtedness of any Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to any Borrower or  any other Subsidiary, provided that (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any  Borrower or any other Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04 and (ii) Indebtedness of any Loan Party  to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms  reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;  (d) Guarantees by any Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of  Indebtedness of any Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that (i) the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is  permitted by this Section 6.01, (ii) Guarantees by any Borrower or other Loan Party of Indebtedness of any  Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04 and (iii) Guarantees permitted under this  clause (d) shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations on the same terms as the Indebtedness so  Guaranteed is subordinated to the Secured Obligations;  (e) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition,  construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets (whether or not constituting purchase money  Indebtedness), including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the  acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and  extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness in accordance with clause (f) below;  provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the  completion of such construction or improvement, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Capital Lease  Obligations permitted by this clause (e) (other than Balance Sheet Lease Obligations), together with any  





 






83  746154515.7  Refinance Indebtedness in respect thereof permitted by clause (f) below, shall not exceed $25,000,000 at  any time outstanding and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of other Indebtedness permitted by this  clause (e) (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Balance Sheet Lease Obligations), together with any  Refinance Indebtedness in respect thereof permitted by clause (f) below, shall not exceed $40,000,000 at  any time outstanding;   (f) Indebtedness which represents extensions, renewals, refinancing or replacements (such  Indebtedness being so extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced being referred to herein as the “Refinance  Indebtedness”) of any of the Indebtedness described in clauses (b) and (e) hereof (such Indebtedness being  referred to herein as the “Original Indebtedness”); provided that (i) such Refinance Indebtedness does not  increase the principal amount or interest rate of the Original Indebtedness, (ii) any Liens securing such  Refinance Indebtedness are not extended to any additional property of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary,  (iii) no Loan Party or any Subsidiary that is not originally obligated with respect to repayment of such  Original Indebtedness is required to become obligated with respect to such Refinance Indebtedness,  (iv) such Refinance Indebtedness does not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity of such  Original Indebtedness, (v) the terms of such Refinance Indebtedness are not less favorable to the obligor  thereunder than the original terms of such Original Indebtedness and (vi) if such Original Indebtedness was  subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations, then the terms and conditions of such  Refinance Indebtedness must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to  the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as those that were applicable to such Original Indebtedness;  (g) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or  other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance, pursuant to reimbursement or  indemnification obligations to such Person, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;   (h) Indebtedness of any Loan Party in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds,  surety bonds and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including  Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees and similar instruments to support the issuance  thereof;   (i) Guarantees and other contingent Indebtedness by any Borrower or any Subsidiary arising  under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue title insurance policies and  arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of sellers in connection with  Permitted Acquisitions and purchasers in connection with Dispositions permitted hereunder; and  (j) other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $40,000,000  at any time outstanding; and  (k) Indebtedness in the form of a short-term loan (repaid within twelve (12) months of the  original loan with capital contributions to Holdings from, or proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of  Holdings to, Public Parent) from Public Parent to Holdings, the proceeds of which are contributed to the  Borrowers, in an amount not to exceed the Permitted Tax Distribution Returns for the current taxable period,  provided that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (k) shall be subordinated to the Secured  Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.   SECTION 6.02  Liens.  No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur,  assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign  or sell any income or revenues (including Accounts) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:  (a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;  





 






84  746154515.7  (b) Permitted Encumbrances;  (c) any Lien on any property or asset of any Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the date  hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02, including replacement Liens on the property currently subject to such  Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(b); provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any  other property or asset of such Borrower or Subsidiary or any other Loan Party or Subsidiary and (ii) such  Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and  replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;   (d) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by any Borrower or any  Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01,  (ii) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such  acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby  does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such  Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary;  (e) any Lien existing on any property or asset (other than Accounts and Inventory) prior to the  acquisition thereof by any Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset (other than  Accounts and Inventory) of any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof prior to the time  such Person becomes a Loan Party; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in  connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Loan Party, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien  shall not apply to any other property or assets of such Loan Party and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those  obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Loan Party,  as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding  principal amount thereof;  (f) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210  of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon;  (g) Liens arising out of Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by Section 6.06;   (h) Liens granted by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in favor of a Borrower or another  Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary;  (i) Liens (including the right of set-off) in favor of a bank or other depository institution  arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits;  (j) any encumbrance of a lessor, licensor, or sublessor under any lease, license, or sublease  entered into by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;  (k) leases, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses granted to third parties or to Affiliates in the  ordinary course of business, or rights reserved to or vested in any Person pursuant to the terms of any lease,  license, franchise, grant, or permit held by any Borrower or any Subsidiary which do not (i) interfere in any  material respect with the business of any Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;  (l) Liens granted to any payment processor in connection with any settlement account or  reserve account established pursuant to an agreement with a payment processor for the purpose of  processing payment card or payment application transactions; and   (m) any right to receive settlement on card or payment application transactions conducted with  any Borrower or any Subsidiary and its customers;  





 






85  746154515.7  provided that no Liens permitted under this Section 6.02 (other than those permitted by paragraphs (a) and  (b) above) shall exist on (i) any owned real property of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or (ii) any aircraft,  engines or related aircraft property of any Loan Party, any Subsidiary or the Aircraft Trust.  SECTION 6.03  Fundamental Changes.  (a) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with  any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or otherwise Dispose of  all or substantially all of its assets, or all or substantially all of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries (in each  case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof  and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,  (i) any Subsidiary of any Borrower may merge into a Borrower in a transaction in which a Borrower is the  surviving entity, (ii) any Loan Party (other than any Borrower) may merge into any other Loan Party in a  transaction in which the surviving entity is a Loan Party, and (iii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party  may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrowers determine in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in  the best interests of the Borrowers and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any  such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger  shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04.  (b) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, consummate a Division as the  Dividing Person, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.  Without limiting the  foregoing, if any Loan Party that is a limited liability company consummates a Division (with or without  the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent as required above), each Division Successor shall be  required to comply with the obligations set forth in Section 5.14 and the other further assurances obligations  set forth in the Loan Documents and become a Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan  Documents.  (c) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than  businesses of the type conducted by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses  reasonably related thereto.  (d) Holdings will not engage in any business or activity other than the ownership of all of the  outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrowers and activities incidental thereto.  Holdings will not own or  acquire any assets (other than Equity Interests of the Borrowers and the cash proceeds of any Restricted  Payments permitted by Section 6.08) or incur any liabilities (other than liabilities under the Loan  Documents and liabilities reasonably incurred in connection with its maintenance of its existence).  (e) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, change its fiscal year or any fiscal  quarter from the basis in effect on the Effective Date.  (f) No Loan Party will change the accounting basis upon which its financial statements are  prepared.  (g) No Loan Party will change the tax filing elections it has made under the Code.  SECTION 6.04  Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions.  No Loan Party will,  nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, form any subsidiary after the Effective Date, or purchase, hold or  acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a Loan Party and a wholly owned  Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Equity Interests, evidences of indebtedness or other securities  (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist  any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any  





 






86  746154515.7  other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of  transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (whether through purchase of assets,  merger or otherwise), except:  (a) Permitted Investments;  (b) investments in existence on the date hereof and described in Schedule 6.04;  (c) investments by Holdings in the Borrowers and by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries in  Equity Interests in their respective Subsidiaries, provided that (i) any such Equity Interests held by a Loan  Party shall be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement and (ii) the aggregate amount of investments by  Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together with outstanding intercompany loans  permitted under clause (ii) to the proviso to Section 6.04(d) and outstanding Guarantees permitted under  the proviso to Section 6.04(e)) shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined  without regard to any write-downs or write-offs);   (d) loans or advances made by any Loan Party to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary  to a Loan Party or any other Subsidiary, provided that (i) any such loans and advances made by a Loan  Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement and (ii) the  amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together  with outstanding investments permitted under clause (ii) to the proviso to Section 6.04(c) and outstanding  Guarantees permitted under the proviso to Section 6.04(e)) shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time  outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs);  (e) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, provided that the  aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by  any Loan Party (together with outstanding investments permitted under clause (ii) to the proviso to  Section 6.04(c) and outstanding intercompany loans permitted under clause (ii) to the proviso to  Section 6.04(d)) shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without  regard to any write-downs or write-offs);  (f) loans or advances made by a Loan Party to its employees on an arms-length basis in the  ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for travel and entertainment expenses, relocation  costs and similar purposes up to a maximum of $250,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; (g) notes payable, or stock or other securities issued by Account Debtors to a Loan Party  pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect to settlement of such Account Debtor’s Accounts in the  ordinary course of business, consistent with past practices;  (h) investments in the form of Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.07;  (i) investments of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of a Loan  Party or consolidates or merges with a Borrower or any Subsidiary (including in connection with a  Permitted Acquisition), so long as such investments were not made in contemplation of such Person  becoming a Subsidiary or of such merger;  (j) investments received in connection with the disposition of assets permitted by  Section 6.05;   (k) investments constituting deposits described in clauses (c) and (d) of the definition of the  term “Permitted Encumbrances”;   





 






87  746154515.7  (l) Permitted Acquisitions; and  (m) unsecured Guarantees made in the ordinary course of business of any lease or license that  is leased, subleased or sublicensed to (i) another Loan Party or (ii) a franchisee; provided that the aggregate  principal amount of Guarantees made pursuant to this clause (m)(ii) shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any  time outstanding.  SECTION 6.05  Asset Sales.  No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, Dispose of  any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will any Loan Party permit any Subsidiary to issue  any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary (other than to another Loan Party or another Subsidiary  in compliance with Section 6.04), except:  (a) Dispositions of (i) Inventory in the ordinary course of business and (ii) used, obsolete,  worn out or surplus Equipment or property in the ordinary course of business;  (b) Dispositions of assets to any Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that any such sales,  transfers or dispositions involving a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance with  Section 6.09;  (c) Dispositions of Accounts (excluding sales or dispositions in a factoring arrangement) in  connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof;  (d) Dispositions of Permitted Investments and other investments permitted by clauses (i) and  (k) of Section 6.04;  (e) Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by Section 6.06;  (f) Dispositions resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under  power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of any Loan  Party or any Subsidiary;   (g) refranchising of a franchise previously acquired by any Borrower or Subsidiary pursuant  to a Permitted Acquisition;  (h) any issuance of new franchise agreements or termination, non-renewal, expiration,  amendment, extension, or other modification of franchise agreements or development agreements with  franchisees;   (i) Dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in a Subsidiary unless all Equity Interests  in such Subsidiary are sold) that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section, provided that the  aggregate fair market value of all assets Disposed of in reliance upon this paragraph (i) shall not exceed  $15,000,000 during any fiscal year of Holdings;   (j) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted by any Borrower or Subsidiary in the  ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of any Borrower or any  Subsidiary;   (k) the non-exclusive licensing of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business or in  accordance with industry practice;   (l) Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 6.08; and  





 






88  746154515.7  (m) Dispositions of any aircraft, engines or related aircraft property of any Loan Party, any  Subsidiary or the Aircraft Trust;  provided that all Dispositions permitted under this Section 6.05 (other than those permitted by  paragraphs (b), (d), (f), (h) and (l) above) shall be made for fair market value and for at least 75% cash  consideration.  SECTION 6.06  Sale and Leaseback Transactions.  No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any  Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any  property, real or personal, 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 sold or transferred (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”), except for  any such sale of any fixed or capital assets by any 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 such Borrower or such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed  or capital asset.  SECTION 6.07  Swap Agreements.  No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, enter  into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which  any Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of any  Borrower or any Subsidiary), and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or  exchange interest rates (from floating to fixed rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or  otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of any Borrower or any Subsidiary.  SECTION 6.08  Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness.  (a) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to declare  or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise)  to do so, except (i) each of the Borrowers may declare and pay dividends with respect to its common stock  payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, and, with respect to its preferred stock, payable  solely in additional shares of such preferred stock or in shares of its common stock, (ii) Subsidiaries may  declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests, (iii) the Borrowers and Holdings  may make Restricted Payments, not exceeding $5,000,000 during any fiscal year of Holdings, pursuant to  and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Loan  Parties and their Subsidiaries, (iv) Permitted Tax Distributions, so long as the Loan Parties use  commercially reasonable efforts to have Public Parent make Permitted Tax Distribution Returns or to  otherwise fund to the Borrowers, including by short-term loan to Holdings permitted under Section 6.01(k),  an amount equal to the Permitted Tax Distribution Returns for such period, and (v) other Restricted  Payments so long as (A) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (B) at the  time of making and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Loan Parties are in  compliance with the covenant contained in Section 6.12(b) and the Net Lease-Adjusted Total Leverage  Ratio is equal to or less than 3.00 to 1.00, in each case, calculated on a pro forma basis for the four  consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which  financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(b).  (b) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or make,  directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or  in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in  cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,  redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness, except:   





 






89  746154515.7  (i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;  (ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due  in respect of any Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01, other than payments in respect of  Subordinated Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;  (iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.01; and  (iv) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale  or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness to the extent such sale or transfer  is permitted by the terms of Section 6.05.  SECTION 6.09  Transactions with Affiliates.  No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary  to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any  property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except  (a) transactions that (i) are in the ordinary course of business and (ii) are at prices and on terms and  conditions not less favorable to such Loan Party or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s- length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Loan Parties not involving  any other Affiliate, (c) any investment permitted by Section 6.04(c) or 6.04(d), (d) any Indebtedness  permitted under Section 6.01(c) or 6.01(d), (e) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08, (f) loans  or advances to employees permitted under Section 6.04(f), (g) the payment of reasonable fees to directors  of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary who are not employees of such Loan Party or any Subsidiary, and  compensation and employee benefit arrangements paid to, and indemnities provided for the benefit of,  directors, officers or employees of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business,  (h) any issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant  to, or the funding of, employment agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by a  Borrower’s board of directors, and (i) transactions existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule  3.24.  SECTION 6.10  Restrictive Agreements.  No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,  directly or indirectly enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits,  restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of such Loan Party or any Subsidiary to create, incur  or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay  dividends or other distributions with respect to any Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances  to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of any Borrower or any other  Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by any  Requirement of Law or by any Loan Document, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and  conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to any extension or  renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition),  (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating  to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the  Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not  apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by  this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such  Indebtedness and (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other  contracts restricting the assignment thereof.  SECTION 6.11  Amendment of Material Documents.  No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any  Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under (a) any agreement relating to any  Subordinated Indebtedness or (b) its charter, articles or certificate of organization or incorporation and  





 






90  746154515.7  bylaws or operating, management or partnership agreement, or other organizational or governing  documents, to the extent any such amendment, modification or waiver would be adverse to the Lenders.   SECTION 6.12  Financial Covenants.  (a) Maximum Net Lease-Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio.  The Loan Parties will not permit the  Net Lease-Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio, for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the  last day of any fiscal quarter set forth below, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2022,  to be greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such period:  Period Ratio  March 31, 2022 through and including March  31, 2024  5.25 to 1.00  June 30, 2024 through and including March  31, 2025  5.00 to 1.00  June 30, 2025 through and including March  31, 2026  4.50 to 1.00  June 30, 2026 and thereafter 4.00 to 1.00  (b) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  The Loan Parties will not permit the Fixed  Charge Coverage Ratio, for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of any  fiscal quarter, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2022, to be less than 1.20 to 1.00.  ARTICLE VII  EVENTS OF DEFAULT  If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:   (a) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation  in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due  date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;  (b) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount  (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other  Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue  unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days;  (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party or  any Subsidiary in, or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment  or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial  statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan  Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, shall  prove to have been materially incorrect when made or deemed made;  (d) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement  contained in Section 5.02(a), 5.03 (with respect to a Loan Party’s existence), 5.08, or 5.15 or in Article VI;  





 






91  746154515.7  (e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement  contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d)), and such failure shall  continue unremedied for a period of (i) ten (10) days after the earlier of knowledge of any Responsible  Officer of any Loan Party of such breach or notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (which notice  will be given at the request of any Lender) if such breach relates to terms or provisions of Section 5.01 or  (ii) thirty (30) days after the earlier of knowledge of any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party of such  breach or notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (which notice will be given at the request of any  Lender) if such breach relates to terms or provisions of any other Section of this Agreement; provided that,  if such failure is within the reasonable power of such Loan Party to cure after knowledge of such  Responsible Officer of such Loan Party of such breach or notice thereof from the Administrative Agent, as  applicable, then such failure shall not constitute an Event of Default if during such 30-day period, such  Loan Party begins to cure the failure and then diligently pursues the cure to completion, except that in no  event will the cure period under this clause (e) exceed sixty (60) days from the date such Responsible  Officer of such Loan Party has knowledge of such breach or receipt of such notice from the Administrative  Agent, as applicable;  (f) (i) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal  or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall  become due and payable, or (ii) any other event or condition occurs that results in any default under any  Material Indebtedness and, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), such failure or default continues after any  applicable grace or notice period thereunder and the effect of such failure or default is that such Material  Indebtedness becomes due before its stated maturity or the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness  (or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf) are allowed to declare such Material Indebtedness due, or to  require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance of such Material Indebtedness, before its  stated maturity;  (g) [reserved];  (h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed  seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of a Loan Party or Subsidiary or its debts,  or of a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership  or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,  sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part  of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60)  days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;  (i) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) shall (i) voluntarily  commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any  federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect,  (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or  petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver,  trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for such Loan Party or Subsidiary (other than  an Immaterial Subsidiary) of any Loan Party or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer  admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general  assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the  foregoing;  (j) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) shall become  unable, admit in writing its inability, or publicly declare its intention not to, or fail generally, to pay its debts  as they become due;  





 






92  746154515.7  (k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of  $10,000,000 shall be rendered against any Loan Party, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the  same shall remain undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall  not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon  any assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment or any Loan Party or any  Subsidiary shall fail within thirty (30) days to discharge one or more non-monetary judgments or orders  which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,  which judgments or orders, in any such case, are not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately  contested in good faith by proper proceedings diligently pursued;  (l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when  taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a  Material Adverse Effect;  (m) a Change in Control shall occur;  (n) the occurrence of any “default”, as defined in any Loan Document (other than this  Agreement), or the breach of any of the terms or provisions of any Loan Document (other than this  Agreement), which default or breach continues beyond any period of grace therein provided;  (o) the Loan Guaranty shall fail to remain in full force or effect or any action shall be taken to  discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of the Loan Guaranty, or any Loan Guarantor  shall fail to comply with any of the terms or provisions of the Loan Guaranty, or any Loan Guarantor shall  deny that it has any further liability under the Loan Guaranty, or shall give notice to such effect, including,  but not limited to, notice of termination delivered pursuant to Section 10.08;  (p) except as permitted by the terms of any Collateral Document, (i) any Collateral Document  shall for any reason fail to create a valid security interest in any Collateral purported to be covered thereby,  or (ii) any Lien securing any Secured Obligation shall cease to be a perfected, first priority Lien;  (q) any Collateral Document shall fail to remain in full force or effect or any action shall be  taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of any Collateral Document; or  (r) any material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding  and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any Loan Party shall challenge the enforceability of any  Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction that evidences its assertion,  that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and  enforceable in accordance with its terms), other than as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative  Agent or any Lender or upon the occurrence of Payment in Full;   then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrowers described in clause (h) or  (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent  may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower Representative, take either  or both of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments (including  the Swingline Commitment), whereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the  Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, but ratably as among the Classes of  Loans and the Loans of each Class at the time outstanding, in which case any principal not so declared to  be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), whereupon the principal of the Loans  so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees (including, for the  avoidance of doubt, any break funding payments) and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued  hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, in each case without presentment, demand, protest  





 






93  746154515.7  or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers, and (iii) require cash collateral  for the LC Exposure in accordance with Section 2.06(j) hereof; and in the case of any event with respect to  the Borrowers described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments (including the Swingline  Commitment) shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, and cash  collateral for the LC Exposure, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees (including, for the  avoidance of doubt, any break funding payments) and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder  and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without  presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers.   Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may,  and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, increase the rate of interest applicable to the Loans and  other Obligations as set forth in this Agreement and exercise any rights and remedies provided to the  Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under  the UCC.  ARTICLE VIII  THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT  SECTION 8.01  Authorization and Action.  (a) Each Lender, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and each  Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this  Agreement and its successors and assigns to serve as the administrative agent and collateral agent under the  Loan Documents and each Lender and each Issuing Bank authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such  actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan  Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent under such agreements and to exercise such  powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any  jurisdiction other than within the United States, each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby grants to the  Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document  governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s behalf.  Without limiting  the foregoing, each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute  and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative  Agent is a party, and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have  under such Loan Documents.  (b) As to any matters not expressly provided for herein and in the other Loan Documents  (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any  discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully  protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Required Lenders (or  such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, pursuant to the terms in the Loan  Documents), and, unless and until revoked in writing, such instructions shall be binding upon each Lender  and each Issuing Bank; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any  action that (i) the Administrative Agent in good faith believes exposes it to liability unless the  Administrative Agent receives an indemnification and is exculpated in a manner satisfactory to it from the  Lenders and the Issuing Banks with respect to such action or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement or any other  Loan Document or applicable law, including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under  any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or that may  effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any  requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors; provided,  further, that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or direction from the Required Lenders prior  to the exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting until such clarification or direction  has been provided.  Except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall  





 






94  746154515.7  not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to  any Borrower, any other Loan Party, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is  communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any  capacity.  Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds  or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise  of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds  or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.  (c) In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the  Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks (except in limited  circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register), and its duties are  entirely mechanical and administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:  (i) the Administrative Agent does not assume and shall not be deemed to have  assumed any obligation or duty or any other relationship as the agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for  any Lender, Issuing Bank, any other Secured Party or holder of any other obligation other than as  expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, regardless of whether a Default or an  Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of  the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the  Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied (or express)  obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a  matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship  between contracting parties); additionally, each Lender agrees that it will not assert any claim  against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the  Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated  hereby; and  (ii) nothing in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall require the Administrative  Agent to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by the  Administrative Agent for its own account.  (d) The Administrative Agent may perform any of its duties and exercise its rights and powers  hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the  Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of their  respective duties and exercise their respective rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.   The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of  the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities pursuant to  this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of  any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non- appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in  the selection of such sub-agent.  (e) The Arrangers, syndication agent and co-documentation agents shall have no obligations  or duties whatsoever in such capacity under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall incur  no liability hereunder or thereunder in such capacity, but all such persons shall have the benefit of the  indemnities provided for hereunder.  (f) In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any  Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the  Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation  in respect of any LC Disbursement shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or  





 






95  746154515.7  otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the  Borrowers) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or  otherwise:  (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing  and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Disbursements and all other Obligations that are owing  and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the  claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under  Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.17 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and  (ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any  such claims and to distribute the same;  and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such  proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each other Secured Party to make  such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to  the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the other Secured Parties, to pay  to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the  Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03).  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize  the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or Issuing  Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the  rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim  of any Lender or Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.  (g) The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the  Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and, except solely to the extent of the Borrowers’ rights to consent pursuant  to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, or any of  their respective Affiliates, shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary under any such provisions.  Each  Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the  Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have  agreed to the provisions of this Article.  SECTION 8.02  Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Limitation of Liability, Etc.  (a) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be (i) liable for any  action taken or omitted to be taken by such party, the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties  under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (x) with the consent of or at the  request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary,  or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as  provided in the Loan Documents) or (y) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct  (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final  and non-appealable judgment) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals,  statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this  Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred  to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement  or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or  sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in  connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy,  emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page)  or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  





 






96  746154515.7  (b) The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any (i) notice of any  of the events or circumstances set forth or described in Section 5.02 unless and until written notice thereof  stating that it is a “notice under Section 5.02” in respect of this Agreement and identifying the specific  clause under said Section is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Representative, or (ii) notice  of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of  Default” or a “notice of an Event of Default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers, a  Lender or an Issuing Bank.  Further, the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty  to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any  Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in  connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other  terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default,  (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any  other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or  elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be  such items) expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition  that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative  Agent, or (vi) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral.  (c) Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (i) may treat the payee of any  promissory note as its holder until such promissory note has been assigned in accordance with Section 9.04,  (ii) may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 9.04(b), (iii) may consult with legal counsel  (including counsel to the Borrowers), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it, and  shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the  advice of such counsel, accountants or experts, (iv) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender or  Issuing Bank and shall not be responsible to any Lender or Issuing Bank for any statements, warranties or  representations made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with this Agreement or any other  Loan Document, (v) in determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or  the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an  Issuing Bank, may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Bank unless the  Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank  sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (vi) shall be  entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan  Document by acting upon, any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which writing  may be a fax, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) or any  statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise  authenticated by the proper party or parties (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set  forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).  SECTION 8.03  Posting of Communications.  (a) Each Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to,  make any Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by posting the Communications  on IntraLinksTM, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic system chosen by the  Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).  (b) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with  generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative  Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and  the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user  may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, each of  the Issuing Banks and each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an  





 






97  746154515.7  electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving  or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender that are added to the Approved Electronic Platform,  and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution.  Each of the Lenders,  each of the Issuing Banks and each Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through  the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.  (c) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE  PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”.  THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW)  DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR  THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM  LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND  THE COMMUNICATIONS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR  STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A  PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM  FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN  CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.   IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ARRANGER, ANY OTHER AGENT  OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE  PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING BANK  OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR  INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES  (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTY’S OR  THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE  INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.  “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or  other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the  transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any  Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an  Approved Electronic Platform.  (d) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next  sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform shall  constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents.   Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in  the form of electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s (as applicable)  email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the  foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.  (e) Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and each Borrower agrees that the  Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to,  store the Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative  Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.  (f) Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any  Issuing Bank to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other  manner specified in such Loan Document.  SECTION 8.04  The Administrative Agent Individually.  With respect to its Commitment, Loans  (including Swingline Loans) and Letters of Credit, the Person serving as the Administrative Agent shall  have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and  





 






98  746154515.7  liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be.   The terms “Issuing Banks”, “Lenders”, “Required Lenders” and any similar terms shall, unless the context  clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender, Issuing  Bank or as one of the Required Lenders, as applicable.  The Person serving as the Administrative Agent  and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor  or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business  with, any Loan Party, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing as if such Person was not  acting as the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing  Banks.  SECTION 8.05  Successor Administrative Agent.  (a) The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days’ prior written  notice thereof to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower Representative, whether or not a  successor Administrative Agent has been appointed.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders  shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent.  If no successor Administrative Agent  shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within  thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring  Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor  Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or an Affiliate of any  such bank.  In either case, such appointment shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Borrower  Representative (which approval may not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required while an Event  of Default has occurred and is continuing).  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative  Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and  become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent.  Upon  the acceptance of appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring  Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the  other Loan Documents.  Prior to any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as  Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably  necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan  Documents.  (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, in the event no successor Administrative  Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after  the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may  give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower  Representative, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the  retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the  other Loan Documents; provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to  the Administrative Agent under any Collateral Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring  Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the  benefit of the Secured Parties, and continue to be entitled to the rights set forth in such Collateral Document  and Loan Document, and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, shall  continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is  appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this Section (it being understood and agreed  that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any  Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest),   and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and  duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder  or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than  the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other  





 






99  746154515.7  communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall directly  be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank.  Following the effectiveness of the Administrative  Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article, Section 2.17(d) and  Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any  other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub- agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of  them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the  matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above.  SECTION 8.06  Acknowledgements of Lenders and Issuing Banks.  (a) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents  set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding  commercial loans and in providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or  Issuing Bank, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and not for the purpose of purchasing,  acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument (and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees  not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing), (iii) it has, independently and without reliance upon  the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties  of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made  its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold  Loans hereunder and (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold  commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or  such Issuing Bank, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire  and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring  or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities.  Each Lender and each Issuing Bank  also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any  Arranger, or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and  based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the  meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrowers and their Affiliates) as it shall from  time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or  based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished  hereunder or thereunder.  (b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on the Effective Date, or  delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to  which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented  to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved  by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date or the effective date of  any such Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall have become  a Lender hereunder.  (c) (i)  Each Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such  Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received  by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment,  prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a  “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender),  and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall promptly, but in  no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of  any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds,  together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or  portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the  





 






100  746154515.7  Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the  Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from  time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not assert,  and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of  set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative  Agent for the return of any Payments received, including, without limitation, any defense based on  “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.  A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender  under this Section 8.06(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.  (ii) Each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the  Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different  date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its  Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or  accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been  made with respect to such Payment.  Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise  becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender shall  promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the  Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter,  return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to  which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of  each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such  Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB  Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules  on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.  (iii) Each Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby agrees that (x) in the event an  erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Lender that has received such  Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all  the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay,  prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by any Borrower or any other  Loan Party.  (iv) Each party’s obligations under this Section 8.06(c) shall survive the resignation or  replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the  replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or  discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document.  (d) Each Lender hereby agrees that (i) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or  on behalf of the Administrative Agent; (ii) the Administrative Agent (A) makes no representation or  warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information  contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to a Report and (B) shall not be  liable for any information contained in any Report; (iii) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or  examinations, and that any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information  regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as  on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel and that the Administrative Agent undertakes no  obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (iv) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly  for its internal use, not share the Report with any Loan Party or any other Person except as otherwise  permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (v) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification  provision contained in this Agreement, (A) it will hold the Administrative Agent and any such other Person  preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or conclusion the  indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any extension of credit that  





 






101  746154515.7  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; and (B) it will pay and protect,  and indemnify, defend, and hold the Administrative Agent and any such other Person preparing a Report  harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts  (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any such other Person as the  direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the  indemnifying Lender.  SECTION 8.07  Collateral Matters.  (a) Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.08 or with  respect to a Secured Party’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party  shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the  Secured Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan  Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in  accordance with the terms thereof.  In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the  Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC.  In the event that  any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the  Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver  on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien  on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.  (b) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no arrangements in respect of  Banking Services the obligations under which constitute Secured Obligations and no Swap Agreement the  obligations under which constitute Secured Obligations, will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any  Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any  Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.  By accepting the benefits of  the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such arrangement in respect of Banking Services or  Swap Agreement, as applicable, shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as  administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan  Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph.  (c) The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its  discretion, to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under  any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(b).  The  Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any  representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence,  priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon or any certificate prepared by any Loan  Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders or  any other Secured Party for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.  SECTION 8.08  Credit Bidding.  The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the  Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the  Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the  Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either  directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale  thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or  1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject,  or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the  consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in  accordance with any applicable law.  In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations  





 






102  746154515.7  owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at  the direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or  unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest  upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent  claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for  the asset or assets so purchased (or for the  equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with  such purchase).  In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form  one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or  vehicles (ii) each of the Secured Parties’ ratable interests in the Obligations which were credit bid shall be  deemed without any further action under this Agreement to be assigned to such vehicle or vehicles for the  purpose of closing such sale, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents  providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the  Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the  assets or equity interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by, and the governing documents  shall provide for, control by the vote of the Required Lenders or their permitted assignees under the terms  of this Agreement or the governing documents of the applicable acquisition vehicle or vehicles, as the case  may be, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on  actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 9.02 of this Agreement), (iv) the Administrative  Agent on behalf of such acquisition vehicle or vehicles shall be authorized to issue to each of the Secured  Parties, ratably on account of the relevant Obligations which were credit bid, interests, whether as equity,  partnership interests, limited partnership interests or membership interests, in any such acquisition vehicle   and/or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any Secured Party or  acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (v) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an  acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher  or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of  Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be  reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata with their original interest in such Obligations and the equity  interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Obligations shall  automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any  further action.  Notwithstanding that the ratable portion of the Obligations of each Secured Party are deemed  assigned to the acquisition vehicle or vehicles as set forth in clause (ii) above, each Secured Party shall  execute such documents and provide such information regarding the Secured Party (and/or any designee of  the Secured Party which will receive interests in or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle) as  the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the formation of any acquisition  vehicle, the formulation or submission of any credit bid or the consummation of the transactions  contemplated by such credit bid.  SECTION 8.09  Certain ERISA Matters.  (a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party  hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such  Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers  and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or  any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:  (i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset  Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or  the Commitments,  (ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a  class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset  





 






103  746154515.7  managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company  general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance  company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions  involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain  transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s  entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of  Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,  (iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset  Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset  Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in,  administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,  (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters  of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b)  through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements  of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into,  participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the  Commitments and this Agreement, or  (iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing  between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.  (b) In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with  respect to a Lender or such Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided  in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants,  as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person  became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of,  the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of  doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent  or the Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the Collateral or the assets  of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative  Agent under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).  (c) The Administrative Agent and the Arrangers hereby inform the Lenders that each such  Person is not undertaking to provide investment advice or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in  connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the  transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other  payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments, this Agreement and any other  Loan Documents, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the  Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of  Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with  the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees,  commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees,  administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees,  fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums,  banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.  SECTION 8.10  Flood Laws.  Chase has adopted internal policies and procedures that address  requirements placed on federally regulated lenders under the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994  and related legislation (the “Flood Laws”).  Chase, as administrative agent or collateral agent on a  syndicated facility, will post on the applicable electronic platform (or otherwise distribute to each Lender  





 






104  746154515.7  in the syndicate) documents that it receives in connection with the Flood Laws.  However, Chase reminds  each Lender and Participant in the facility that, pursuant to the Flood Laws, each federally regulated Lender  (whether acting as a Lender or Participant in the facility) is responsible for assuring its own compliance  with the flood insurance requirements.  ARTICLE IX  MISCELLANEOUS  SECTION 9.01  Notices.  (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by  telephone or Electronic Systems (and subject in each case to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other  communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier  service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:  (i) if to any Loan Party, to it in care of the Borrower Representative at:  Dutch Bros., LLC  110 SW 4th St.  Grants Pass, OR 97526  Attention: Charley Jemley, Chief Financial Officer, Paddy Warren, Director -  Investor Relations and Corporate Development and Josh Lute, General Counsel  Fax No: (541) 471-0330  Email: charley.jemley@dutchbros.com, paddy.warren@dutchbros.com and  jlute@dutchbros.com  (ii) if to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, or Chase in its capacity as  an Issuing Bank, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. at:   JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.  Middle Market Servicing  1125 17th Street, Floor 3  Denver, CO 80202  Attention: Kristin L. Gubler  Email: kristin.l.gubler@chase.com  With a copy to:  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.  1301 2nd Avenue, Floor 24  Seattle, WA 98101   Attention: Jessalynn Nagy  Email: jessalynn.m.nagy@chase.com  (iii) if to any other Lender or Issuing Bank, to it at its address or fax number set forth  in its Administrative Questionnaire.  All such notices and other communications (i) sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by  certified or registered mail shall be deemed to have been given when received, (ii) sent by fax shall be  deemed to have been given when sent, provided that if not given during normal business hours for the  recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on  





 






105  746154515.7  the next Business Day of the recipient, or (iii) delivered through Electronic Systems or Approved Electronic  Platforms, as applicable, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below shall be effective as provided in  such paragraph.  (b) Notices and other communications to the Borrower Representative, any Loan Party, the  Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Electronic Systems or  Approved Electronic Platforms, as applicable, or pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative  Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed  by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender.  Each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower  Representative (on behalf of the Loan Parties) may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other  communications to it hereunder by using Electronic Systems or Approved Electronic Platforms, as  applicable, pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited  to particular notices or communications.  Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise proscribes, all such  notices and other communications (i) sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s  receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested”  function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if not given during  the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or a communication shall be deemed to have been  given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) posted to an Internet or  intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail  address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is  available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if  such notice, e-mail 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 of the recipient.  (c) Any party hereto may change its address, facsimile number or e-mail address for notices  and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  SECTION 9.02  Waivers; Amendments.  (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in  exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver  thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or  discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or  the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing  Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under any other Loan Document are cumulative and are not exclusive  of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of any Loan  Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless  the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be  effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality  of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver  of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have  had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.  (b) Subject to Section 2.09(g), Section 2.14(c), (d) and (e) and Section 9.02(e) below, neither  this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended  or modified except (i) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing  entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or (ii) in the case of any other Loan Document,  pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan  Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no  such agreement shall (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such  





 






106  746154515.7  Lender (including any such Lender that is a Defaulting Lender), (B) reduce or forgive the principal amount  of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce or forgive any interest or  fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (including any such Lender that is a  Defaulting Lender) directly affected thereby (except that any amendment or modification of the financial  covenants in this Agreement (or defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement) shall not  constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (B)), (C) postpone any  scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any date for the  payment of any interest, fees or other Obligations payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or  excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the  written consent of each Lender (including any such Lender that is a Defaulting Lender) directly affected  thereby, (D) change Section 2.09(e), Section 2.09(d), or Section 2.18(b) or (d) in a manner that would alter  the ratable reduction of Commitments or the manner in which payments are shared, without the written  consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), (E) change any of the provisions of this Section  or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the  number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or modify any rights  thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each  Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender) directly affected thereby, (F) change Section 2.20, without the  consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), (G) release any Guarantor from its obligation  under its Loan Guaranty (except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents, including  the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Guarantor in a transaction  permitted hereunder) without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender),  (H) except as provided in clause (c) of this Section or in any Collateral Document, release all or  substantially all of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting  Lender), or (I) subordinate the Obligations, or the Liens granted under the Loan Documents, to any other  Indebtedness or Lien (including, without limitation, any other Indebtedness or Lien issued under this  Agreement or any other agreement), except as expressly permitted under Section 8.07(c), without the  written consent of each Lender; provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise  affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder  without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank,  as the case may be (it being understood that any amendment to Section 2.20 shall require the consent of the  Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank); provided, further, that no such  agreement shall amend or modify the provisions of Section 2.06 without the prior written consent of the  Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks.  The Administrative Agent may also amend the Commitment  Schedule to reflect assignments entered into pursuant to Section 9.04.  Any amendment, waiver or other  modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that by its terms affects the rights or duties  under this Agreement of the Lenders of one or more Classes (but not the Lenders of any other Class), may  be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the requisite  number or percentage in interest of each affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto  under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time.  (c) The Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent,  at its option and in its sole discretion, to release any Liens granted to the Administrative Agent by the Loan  Parties on any Collateral (i) upon the Payment in Full of all Secured Obligations, and the cash  collateralization of all Unliquidated Obligations in a manner satisfactory to each affected Lender,  (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if the Loan Party disposing of such property certifies to  the Administrative Agent that the sale or disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement  (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), and  to the extent that the property being sold or disposed of constitutes 100% of the Equity Interests of a  Subsidiary, the Administrative Agent is authorized to release any Loan Guaranty provided by such  Subsidiary; provided that a certificate shall not be required for dispositions permitted pursuant to Sections  6.05(a), (c), (f), (g), (l) and (m), (iii) constituting property leased to a Loan Party under a lease which has  





 






107  746154515.7  expired or been terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or (iv) as required to effect any  sale or other disposition of such Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the  Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article VII.  Any representation, warranty or covenant  contained in any Loan Document relating to any such released Collateral shall no longer be deemed to be  made once such Collateral is so released.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Administrative  Agent will not release any Liens on Collateral without the prior written authorization of the Required  Lenders; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, release its Liens on Collateral valued  in the aggregate not in excess of $5,000,000 during any calendar year without the prior written authorization  of the Required Lenders (it being agreed that the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on one or  more certificates of the Borrower Representative as to the value of any Collateral to be so released, without  further inquiry).  Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or  any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of)  all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to  constitute part of the Collateral.  Any execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent of documents in  connection with any such release shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.  (d) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent  of “each Lender” or “each Lender affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but  the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but  has not been obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the Borrowers may  elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently  with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers,  the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans  and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and  to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non- Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of  Section 9.04, and (ii) the Borrowers shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the  day of such replacement (1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non- Consenting Lender by the Borrowers hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without  limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17, and (2) an amount,  if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement  under Section 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than  sold to the replacement Lender.  Each party hereto agrees that (x) an assignment required pursuant to this  paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower  Representative, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement  incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform  as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (y) the Lender required to make  such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed  to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any  such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents  necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender, provided that any  such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.   (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the  consent of the Borrower Representative only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the  other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency.  SECTION 9.03  Expenses; Limitation of Liability; Indemnity; Etc.  (a) Expenses.  The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, shall pay all (i) reasonable and  documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the  





 






108  746154515.7  reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the  syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through an Electronic System  or Approved Electronic Platform) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and  administration of the Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions of  the Loan Documents (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be  consummated), (ii) reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in  connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for  payment thereunder and (iii) documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent,  the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the  Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement, collection or  protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or  in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such documented  out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans  or Letters of Credit; provided that the Loan Parties shall only be liable for expenses of one firm of primary  counsel and one firm in each applicable jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent, all Issuing Banks and all  Lenders, taken as a whole, and, in the case of an actual or potential conflict of interest, one additional  counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent, affected Issuing Banks and affected  Lenders similarly situated, taken as a whole.  Expenses being reimbursed by the Loan Parties under this  Section include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, fees, costs and expenses incurred in  connection with:  (A) appraisals and insurance reviews;  (B) field examinations and the preparation of Reports based on the fees  charged by a third party retained by the Administrative Agent or the internally allocated fees for  each Person employed by the Administrative Agent with respect to each field examination;  (C) background checks regarding senior management and/or key investors, as  deemed necessary or appropriate in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent;  (D) Taxes, fees and other charges for (i) lien and title searches and title  insurance, (ii) recording any mortgages and deeds of trust and (iii) filing financing statements and  continuations, and other actions to perfect, protect, and continue the Administrative Agent’s Liens;  (E) sums paid or incurred to take any action required of any Loan Party under  the Loan Documents that such Loan Party fails to pay or take; and  (F) forwarding loan proceeds, collecting checks and other items of payment,  and establishing and maintaining the accounts and lock boxes, and costs and expenses of preserving  and protecting the Collateral.  All of the foregoing fees, costs and expenses may be charged to the Borrowers as Revolving Loans or to  another deposit account, all as described in Section 2.18(c).  (b) Limitation of Liability.  To the extent permitted by applicable law (i) neither any Borrower  nor any other Loan Party shall assert, and each Borrower and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim  against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, and any Related Party  of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called a “Lender-Related Person”) for any  Liabilities arising from the use by others of information or other materials (including, without limitation,  any personal data) obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission  systems (including the Internet), and (ii) no party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby waives,  





 






109  746154515.7  any Liabilities against any other party hereto, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential  or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a  result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby  or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that,  nothing in this Section 9.03(b) shall relieve any Borrower or any other Loan Party of any obligation it may  have to indemnify an Indemnitee, as provided in Section 9.03(c), against any special, indirect, consequential  or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnitee by a third party.    (c) Indemnity.  The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Administrative  Agent, each Arranger, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing  Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from,  any and all Liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel  for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as  a result of (i) the execution or delivery of the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated  thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the  consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter  of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an Issuing Bank to honor a demand  for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not  strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of  Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, or any  Environmental Liability related in any way to a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, (iv) the failure of a Loan Party  to deliver to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence with  respect to a payment made by such Loan Party for Taxes pursuant to Section 2.17, (v) any action taken in  connection with this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the payment of principal, interest and fees or  (vi) any actual or prospective Proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such Proceeding  is brought by any Loan Party or their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person  and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party  thereto; provided that (i) the Loan Parties shall only be liable for expenses of one firm of primary counsel  and one firm in each applicable jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent, all Arrangers, all Issuing Banks  and all Lenders, taken as a whole, and, in the case of an actual or potential conflict of interest, one additional  counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent, affected Arrangers, affected Issuing  Banks and affected Lenders similarly situated, taken as a whole, and (ii) such indemnity shall not, as to any  Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such Liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of  competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted primarily from the gross  negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (or any of its Related Parties).  This Section 9.03(b)  shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from  any non-Tax claim.  (d) Lender Reimbursement.  Each Lender severally agrees to pay any amount required to be  paid by any Loan Party under paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 9.03 to the Administrative Agent,  the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each,  an “Agent-Related Person”) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Loan Parties and without limiting the  obligation of any Loan Party to do so), ratably according to their respective Applicable Percentage in effect  on the date on which such payment is sought under this Section (or, if such payment is sought after the date  upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in  accordance with such Applicable Percentage immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all  Liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any kind whatsoever that  may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted  against such Agent-Related Person in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this  Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or  therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent- 





 






110  746154515.7  Related Person under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that the unreimbursed expense  or Liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent-Related  Person in its capacity as such; provided, further, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion  of such Liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and non-appealable decision  of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from such Agent-Related Person’s gross  negligence or willful misconduct.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this  Agreement and the Payment in Full of the Secured Obligations.  (e) Payments.  All amounts due under this Section 9.03 shall be payable promptly after written  demand therefor.  SECTION 9.04  Successors and Assigns.    (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the  parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the  Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer  any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any  attempted assignment or transfer by a Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no  Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this  Section.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person  (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any  Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in  paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each  of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or  claim under or by reason of this Agreement.  (b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to  one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under  this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment, participations in Letters of Credit and the  Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)  of:  (A) the Borrower Representative, provided that (x) the Borrower  Representative shall be deemed to have consented to an assignment of all or a portion of the Term  Loans unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5)  Business Days after having received notice thereof and (y) the Borrower Representative shall be  deemed to have consented to an assignment of all or a portion of the Revolving Loans,  Revolving  Commitments and Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment unless it shall object thereto by written  notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice  thereof, and provided, further, that no consent of the Borrower Representative shall be required for  an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default  has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;  (B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative  Agent shall be required for an assignment of (x) all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an  Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund,  (y) all or any portion of the Revolving Loans and the  Revolving Commitments to a Revolving Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender or an  Approved Fund of a Revolving Lender or (z) all or any portion of the Delayed Draw Term Loan  Commitments to a Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender, an Affiliate of a Delayed Draw Term Loan  Lender or an Approved Fund of a Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender;  





 






111  746154515.7  (C) the Issuing Bank, provided that no consent of the Issuing Bank shall be  required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan; and  (D) the Swingline Lender, provided that no consent of the Swingline Lender  shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.  (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:  (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender,  or an Approved Fund, or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s  Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning  Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption  with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than  $5,000,000 or, in the case of a Term Loan, $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower Representative  and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent (each such consent not to be unreasonably  withheld or delayed), provided that no such consent of the Borrower Representative shall be  required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;  (B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate  part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this  clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning  Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;  (C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the  Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an  agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved  Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and  Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and  (D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative  Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit  contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public  information about the Company, the other Loan Parties and their Related Parties or their respective  securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the  assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws.  For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the terms “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible Institution”  have the following meanings:  “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in  making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in  the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender,  (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or  manages a Lender.  “Ineligible Institution” means a (a) natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender  Parent, (c) holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the  primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof; provided that, with respect to  clause (c), such holding company, investment vehicle or trust shall not constitute an  Ineligible Institution if it (x) has not been established for the primary purpose of acquiring  any Loans or Commitments, (y) is managed by a professional advisor, who is not such  





 






112  746154515.7  natural person or a relative thereof, having significant experience in the business of making  or purchasing commercial loans, and (z) has assets greater than $25,000,000 and a  significant part of its activities consist of making or purchasing commercial loans and  similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business; provided that upon the  occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any such holding company,  investment vehicle or trust (other than a Lender) shall be an Ineligible Institution if after  giving effect to any proposed assignment to such Person, such Person would hold more  than 25% of the then outstanding Aggregate Credit Exposure or Commitments, as the case  may be or (d) a Loan Party or a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of a Loan Party.  (iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this  Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the  assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such  Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement,  and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such  Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the  case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and  obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue  to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03).  Any assignment or transfer by  a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04  shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such  rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.  (iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the  Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption  delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and  the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each  Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register  shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the  Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms  hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the  contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers, the Issuing Bank and  any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.  (v) Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by  an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating  an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to  which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are  participants, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall  already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of  this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section,  the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the  information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the  assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05,  2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(d), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to  accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless  and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon.   No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the  Register as provided in this paragraph.  





 






113  746154515.7  (c) Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrowers, the Administrative  Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities  (a “Participant”) other than an Ineligible Institution in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations  under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided  that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (ii) such Lender shall  remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (iii) the  Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely  and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this  Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall  provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any  amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or  instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any  amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such  Participant.  The Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15,  2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under  Sections 2.17(f) and (g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be  delivered to the participating Lender and the information and documentation required under Section 2.17(g)  will be delivered to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent)) to the same extent as if it  were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section;  provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it  were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater  payment under Sections 2.15 or 2.17 with respect to any participation than its participating Lender would  have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from  a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowers’ request and expense, to use  reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrowers to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.19(b) with  respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the  benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to  Section 2.18(d) as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for  this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and  address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in  the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the “Participant  Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant  Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in  any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan  Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such  Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of  the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent  manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register  as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the  contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent)  shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.  (d) 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 without limitation any pledge  or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such  pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest  shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for  such Lender as a party hereto.  





 






114  746154515.7  SECTION 9.05  Survival.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the  Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection  with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied  upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and  the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any  such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or  any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the  time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of  or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is  outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not  expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive  and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,  the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or  the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.  SECTION 9.06  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.    (a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on  different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall  constitute a single contract.  This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements  with respect to (i) fees payable to the Administrative Agent and (ii) increases or reductions of the Issuing  Bank Sublimit of the Issuing Bank constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject  matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating  to the subject matter hereof.  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective  when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall  have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other  parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their  respective successors and assigns.  (b) Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Agreement, (y) any other  Loan Document and/or (z) any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice (including,  for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.01), certificate, request, statement,  disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions  contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each, an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature  transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual  executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement,  such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable.  The words “execution,” “signed,”  “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document  and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping  of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic  means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same  legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use  of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall require the  Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent  and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent  the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each  of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of  any Borrower or any other Loan Party without further verification thereof and without any obligation to  review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the request of the  Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually  executed counterpart.  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115  746154515.7  hereby (A) agrees that, for all purposes, including, without limitation, in connection with any workout,  restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative  Agent, the Lenders, the Borrowers and the Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy,  emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page  and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document  shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (B) the Administrative  Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other  Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format,  which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original  paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall  have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (C) waives any argument, defense  or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document  and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such  other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any  signature pages thereto, and (D) waives any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities  arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic  Signatures and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an  image of an actual executed signature page, including any Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of any  Borrower and/or any Loan Party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution,  delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.  SECTION 9.07  Severability.  Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or  unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity,  illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining  provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate  such provision in any other jurisdiction.  SECTION 9.08  Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,  each Lender, each Issuing Bank, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and  from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general  or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held, and other obligations at any time owing,  by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of any Loan  Party against any and all of the Secured Obligations owing to such Lender or such Issuing Bank or their  respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, Issuing Bank or Affiliate shall have made  any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Loan  Parties may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch office or Affiliate of such Lender or such  Issuing Bank different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such  indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff,  (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application  in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.20 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such  Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent,  the Issuing Banks, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the  Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Secured Obligations owing to such  Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.  The applicable Lender, Issuing Bank or  Affiliate shall notify the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent of such setoff or  application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff or  application under this Section.  The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates  under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such  Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may have.  





 






116  746154515.7  SECTION 9.09  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.  (a) The Loan Documents (other than those containing a contrary express choice of law  provision) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but  giving effect to federal laws applicable to national banks.  (b) Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally  agrees that, notwithstanding the governing law provisions of any applicable Loan Document, any claims  brought against the Administrative Agent by any Secured Party relating to this Agreement, any other Loan  Document, the Collateral or the consummation or administration of the transactions contemplated hereby  or thereby shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.  (c) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its  property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. federal or New York state court sitting in the Borough  of Manhattan, New York, New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding  arising out of or relating to any Loan Documents, the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for  recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and  unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may (and any such claims,  cross-claims or third party claims brought against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties  may only) be heard and determined in such state court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal  court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be  conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner  provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the  Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or  proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties  in the courts of any jurisdiction.  (d) Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may  legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of  any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in  any court referred to in paragraph (c) of this Section.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives,  to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such  action or proceeding in any such court.  (e) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner  provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect  the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.  SECTION 9.10  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO  THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A  TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF  OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE  TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON  CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT  NO REPRESENTATIVE OR OTHER AGENT (INCLUDING ANY ATTORNEY) OF ANY OTHER  PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY  WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER  AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN  INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL  WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.  





 






117  746154515.7  SECTION 9.11  Headings.  Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are  for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of,  or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.  SECTION 9.12  Confidentiality.  Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the  Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that  Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents,  including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such  disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep  such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required to be disclosed by any Governmental Authority  (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) and  such discloser uses its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any such information so disclosed is  accorded confidential treatment, (c) to the extent required by any Requirement of Law or by any subpoena  or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any  remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this  Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder and such  discloser uses its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any such information so disclosed is  accorded confidential treatment, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same  as those of this Section, to (x) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant  in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (y) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its  advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Loan Parties and their obligations, (g) with  the consent of the Borrower Representative, (h) to holders of Equity Interests in any Borrower, (i) to any  Person providing a Guarantee of all or any portion of the Secured Obligations, (j) on a confidential basis to  (1) any rating agency in connection with rating any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities  provided for herein or (2) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance  and monitoring of identification numbers with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein or (k) to  the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section  or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential  basis from a source other than the Borrowers not known to the recipient to be bound by confidentiality  obligations to the Borrowers.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information  received from the Borrowers relating to the Borrowers or their business, other than any such information  that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis  prior to disclosure by the Borrowers and other than information pertaining to this Agreement provided by  any Arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry;  provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrowers after the date hereof, such information  is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.  Any Person required to maintain the  confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its  obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of  such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.  EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12  FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON- PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWERS, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES AND   THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT  HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON- PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC  INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW,  INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS,  FURNISHED BY ANY BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN  





 






118  746154515.7  THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL  INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT  THE BORROWERS, THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR  RESPECTIVE SECURITIES.  ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE  BORROWERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS  ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE  INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN  ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING  FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  SECTION 9.13  Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law.  The respective obligations  of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and the failure of any Lender to make any Loan or  perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations  hereunder.  Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on or looking to any margin stock (as defined  in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) for the repayment of the Borrowings provided for herein.   Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Issuing Bank nor any  Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrowers in violation of any Requirement of Law.  SECTION 9.14  USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA  PATRIOT Act hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT  Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information  includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to  identify such Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.  SECTION 9.15  Disclosure.  Each Loan Party, each Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby  acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent and/or its Affiliates from time to time may hold  investments in, make other loans to or have other relationships with, any of the Loan Parties and their  respective Affiliates.  SECTION 9.16  Appointment for Perfection.  Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as  its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other  Secured Parties, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other applicable law, can  be perfected only by possession or control.  Should any Lender (other than the Administrative Agent) obtain  possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof,  and, promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request therefor, shall deliver such Collateral to the  Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s  instructions.  SECTION 9.17  Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at  any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which  are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the  maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or  reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in  respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the  Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect  of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the  interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not  above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the  NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.  





 






119  746154515.7  SECTION 9.18  No Fiduciary Duty, etc.  (a) Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’  understanding, that no Credit Party will have any obligations except those obligations expressly set forth  herein and in the other Loan Documents and each Credit Party is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s  length contractual counterparty to the Borrowers with respect to the Loan Documents and the transactions  contemplated herein and therein and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, any Borrower  or any other person.  Each Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Credit Party based  on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Credit Party in connection with this Agreement and the  transactions contemplated hereby.  Additionally, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Credit  Party is advising any Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters  in any jurisdiction.  The Borrowers shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall  be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated  herein or in the other Loan Documents, and the Credit Parties shall have no responsibility or liability to any  Borrower with respect thereto.  (b) Each Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’  understanding, that each Credit Party, together with its Affiliates, is a full service securities or banking firm  engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other  financial services.  In the ordinary course of business, any Credit Party may provide investment banking  and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of  customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other  obligations) of, the Borrowers and other companies with which the Borrowers may have commercial or  other relationships.  With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any Credit Party  or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any  voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.  (c) In addition, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’  understanding, that each Credit Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or  other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which the Borrowers  may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise.  No Credit Party  will use confidential information obtained from any Borrower by virtue of the transactions contemplated  by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with the Borrowers in connection with the performance  by such Credit Party of services for other companies, and no Credit Party will furnish any such information  to other companies.  Each Borrower also acknowledges that no Credit Party has any obligation to use in  connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to any Borrower,  confidential information obtained from other companies.  SECTION 9.19  Marketing Consent.  The Borrowers hereby authorize Chase and its affiliates  (collectively, the “Chase Parties”), at their respective sole expense, and without any prior approval by the  Borrowers, to include the Borrowers’ name and logo in advertising, marketing, tombstones, case studies  and training materials, and to give such other publicity to the existence of this Agreement as Chase Parties  may from time to time determine in their sole discretion in compliance with their confidentiality obligations  hereunder.  The foregoing authorization shall remain in effect unless the Borrower Representative notifies  Chase in writing that such authorization is revoked.  SECTION 9.20  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement  or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected  Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion  





 






120  746154515.7  Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to  be bound by:  (a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution  Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an  Affected Financial Institution; and  (b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:  (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;  (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments  of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that  may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of  ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this  Agreement or any other Loan Document; or  (iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the  Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.  SECTION 9.21  Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.  (a) To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise,  for Swap Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit  Support” and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with  respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit  Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together  with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such  Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the  Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of  New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):   (b) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”)  becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported  QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported  QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC  Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be  effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support  (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or  a state of the United States.  In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes  subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents  that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against  such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be  exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were  governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing,  it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall  in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit  Support.  SECTION 9.22  Joint and Several.  Each Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees  it is jointly and severally liable to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders for the  





 






121  746154515.7  Secured Obligations.  In furtherance thereof, each Borrower agrees that wherever in this Agreement it is  provided that a Borrower is liable for a payment, such obligation is the joint and several obligation of each  Borrower.  Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that its joint and several liability under this Agreement  and the Loan Documents is absolute and unconditional and shall not in any manner be affected or impaired  by any acts or omissions whatsoever by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any  other Person.  Each Borrower's liability for the Secured Obligations shall not in any manner be impaired or  affected by who receives or uses the proceeds of the credit extended hereunder or for what purposes such  proceeds are used, and each Borrower waives notice of borrowing requests issued by, and loans or other  extensions of credit made to, other Borrowers.  Each Borrower hereby agrees not to exercise or enforce any  right of exoneration, contribution, reimbursement, recourse or subrogation available to such Borrower  against any party liable for payment under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents unless and until  the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender has been paid in full and all of the Secured  Obligations are satisfied and discharged following termination or expiration of all commitments of the  Lenders to extend credit to the Borrowers.  Each Borrower’s joint and several liability hereunder with  respect to the Secured Obligations shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the  unconditional liability of such Borrower irrespective of (i) the validity, enforceability, avoidance or  subordination of any of the Secured Obligations or of any other document evidencing all or any part of the  Secured Obligations, (ii) the absence of any attempt to collect any of the Secured Obligations from any  other Loan Party or any Collateral or other security therefor, or the absence of any other action to enforce  the same, (iii) the amendment, modification, waiver, consent, extension, forbearance or granting of any  indulgence by the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any provision of any instrument  executed by any other Loan Party evidencing or securing the payment of any of the Secured Obligations,  or any other agreement now or hereafter executed by any other Loan Party and delivered to the  Administrative Agent, (iv) the failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to take any steps to perfect  or maintain the perfected status of its Lien upon, or to preserve its rights to, any of the Collateral or other  security for the payment or performance of any of the Secured Obligations or the Administrative Agent’s  release of any Collateral or of its Liens upon any Collateral, (v) the release or compromise, in whole or in  part, of the liability of any other Loan Party for the payment of any of the Secured Obligations, (vi) any  increase in the amount of the Secured Obligations beyond any limits imposed herein or in the amount of  any interest, fees or other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case, if consented to by any  other Borrower, or any decrease in the same, or (vii) any other circumstance that might constitute a legal  or equitable discharge or defense of any Loan Party.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of  any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may proceed directly and at once, without notice to any  Borrower, against any or all of Loan Parties to collect and recover all or any part of the Secured Obligations,  without first proceeding against any other Loan Party or against any Collateral or other security for the  payment or performance of any of the Secured Obligations, and each Borrower waives any provision that  might otherwise require the Administrative Agent or  the Lenders under applicable law to pursue or exhaust  its remedies against any Collateral or other Loan Party before pursuing such Borrower or its property.  Each  Borrower consents and agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be under no  obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or against or in payment of any or all of the  Secured Obligations.  ARTICLE X  LOAN GUARANTY  SECTION 10.01  Guaranty.  Each Loan Guarantor (other than those that have delivered a separate  Guaranty) hereby agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for, and, as a primary obligor and not merely  as surety, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Secured Parties, the prompt  payment when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter,  of the Secured Obligations and all costs and expenses, including, without limitation, all court costs and  reasonable attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees (including allocated costs of in-house counsel and paralegals)  





 






122  746154515.7  and expenses paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in  endeavoring to collect all or any part of the Secured Obligations from, or in prosecuting any action against,  any Borrower, any Loan Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Secured Obligations  (such costs and expenses, together with the Secured Obligations, collectively the “Guaranteed  Obligations”); provided, however, that the definition of “Guaranteed Obligations” shall not create any  guarantee by any Loan Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Loan Guarantor to support, as  applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Guarantor for purposes of determining any  obligations of any Loan Guarantor.  Each Loan Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations  may be extended or renewed in whole or in part without notice to or further assent from it, and that it  remains bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any such extension or renewal.  All terms of this Loan  Guaranty apply to and may be enforced by or on behalf of any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of  any Lender that extended any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations.  SECTION 10.02  Guaranty of Payment.  This Loan Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of  collection.  Each Loan Guarantor waives any right to require the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank  or any Lender to sue any Borrower, or any Loan Guarantor, or any other guarantor of, or any other Person  obligated for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (each, an “Obligated Party”), or otherwise to  enforce its payment against any collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.  SECTION 10.03  No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty.  (a) Except as otherwise provided for herein, the obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder  are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for  any reason (other than the Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including:  (i) any claim of  waiver, release, extension, renewal, settlement, surrender, alteration, or compromise of any of the  Guaranteed Obligations, by operation of law or otherwise; (ii) any change in the corporate existence,  structure or ownership of any Borrower or any other Obligated Party liable for any of the Guaranteed  Obligations; (iii) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting any  Obligated Party or their assets, or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of any Obligated  Party; or (iv) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which any Loan Guarantor may have at any  time against any Obligated Party, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender, or any other  Person, whether in connection herewith or in any unrelated transactions.  (b) The obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are not subject to any defense or setoff,  counterclaim, recoupment, or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, or  unenforceability of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise, or any provision of applicable law or  regulation purporting to prohibit payment by any Obligated Party, of the Guaranteed Obligations or any  part thereof.  (c) Further, the obligations of any Loan Guarantor hereunder are not discharged or impaired  or otherwise affected by: (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to  assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed  Obligations; (ii) any waiver or modification of or supplement to any provision of any agreement relating to  the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any release, non-perfection, or invalidity of any indirect or direct security  for the obligations of any Borrower for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any obligations of  any other Obligated Party liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) any action or failure to act by  the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender with respect to any collateral securing any part  of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (v) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or  performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other circumstance, act, omission or delay that  might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Loan Guarantor or that would otherwise operate  





 






123  746154515.7  as a discharge of any Loan Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the Payment in Full of the  Guaranteed Obligations).  SECTION 10.04  Defenses Waived.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan  Guarantor hereby waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any Borrower or any Loan  Guarantor or the unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations from any cause, or the  cessation from any cause of the liability of any Borrower, any Loan Guarantor or any other Obligated Party,  other than the Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations.  Without limiting the generality of the  foregoing, each Loan Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and,  to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at  any time any action be taken by any Person against any Obligated Party, or any other Person.  Each Loan  Guarantor confirms that it is not a surety under any state law and shall not raise any such law as a defense  to its obligations hereunder.  The Administrative Agent may, at its election, foreclose on any Collateral  held by it by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such Collateral in lieu  of foreclosure or otherwise act or fail to act with respect to any collateral securing all or a part of the  Guaranteed Obligations, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other  accommodation with any Obligated Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to it against any  Obligated Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of such Loan Guarantor under this  Loan Guaranty, except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been Paid in Full.  To the fullest  extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such  election even though that election may operate, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or extinguish any right  of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Loan Guarantor against any Obligated  Party or any security.  SECTION 10.05  Rights of Subrogation.  No Loan Guarantor will assert any right, claim or cause  of action, including, without limitation, a claim of subrogation, contribution or indemnification that it has  against any Obligated Party, or any collateral, until the Loan Parties and the Loan Guarantors have fully  performed all their obligations to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders.  SECTION 10.06  Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration.  If at any time any payment of any portion  of the Guaranteed Obligations (including a payment effected through exercise of a right of setoff) is  rescinded, or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of  any Borrower or otherwise (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by a Secured Party in its  discretion), each Loan Guarantor’s obligations under this Loan Guaranty with respect to that payment shall  be reinstated at such time as though the payment had not been made and whether or not the Administrative  Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders are in possession of this Loan Guaranty.  If acceleration of the  time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or  reorganization of any Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of any  agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations shall nonetheless be payable by the Loan Guarantors  forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent.  SECTION 10.07  Information.  Each Loan Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and  keeping itself informed of the Borrowers’ financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances  bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the  risks that each Loan Guarantor assumes and incurs under this Loan Guaranty, and agrees that none of the  Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender shall have any duty to advise any Loan Guarantor  of information known to it regarding those circumstances or risks.  SECTION 10.08  Termination.  Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank may continue to make  loans or extend credit to the Borrowers based on this Loan Guaranty until five (5) days after it receives  written notice of termination from any Loan Guarantor.  Notwithstanding receipt of any such notice, each  





 






124  746154515.7  Loan Guarantor will continue to be liable to the Lenders for any Guaranteed Obligations created, assumed  or committed to prior to the fifth day after receipt of the notice, and all subsequent renewals, extensions,  modifications and amendments with respect to, or substitutions for, all or any part of such Guaranteed  Obligations.  Nothing in this Section 10.08 shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of, or eliminate, limit,  reduce or otherwise impair any rights or remedies the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have in  respect of, any Default or Event of Default that shall exist under Article VII hereof as a result of any such  notice of termination.  SECTION 10.09  Taxes.  Each payment of the Guaranteed Obligations will be made by each Loan  Guarantor without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by law.  If any Loan  Guarantor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes,  then such Loan Guarantor may so withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the  relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.  If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes,  then the amount payable by such Loan Guarantor shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such  withholding (including such withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the  Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives the amount it would have  received had no such withholding been made.  SECTION 10.10  Maximum Liability.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Loan Guaranty,  the amount guaranteed by each Loan Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the extent, if any, required so  that its obligations hereunder shall not be subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code  or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act,  Uniform Voidable Transactions Act or similar statute or common law.  In determining the limitations, if  any, on the amount of any Loan Guarantor’s obligations hereunder pursuant to the preceding sentence, it is  the intention of the parties hereto that any rights of subrogation, indemnification or contribution which such  Loan Guarantor may have under this Loan Guaranty, any other agreement or applicable law shall be taken  into account.  SECTION 10.11  Contribution.  (a) To the extent that any Loan Guarantor shall make a payment under this Loan Guaranty (a  “Guarantor Payment”) which, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then previously or  concurrently made by any other Loan Guarantor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been  paid by or attributable to such Loan Guarantor if each Loan Guarantor had paid the aggregate Guaranteed  Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion as such Loan Guarantor’s  “Allocable Amount” (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore  to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Loan Guarantors as determined immediately prior to the  making of such Guarantor Payment, then, following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guarantor  Payment, the Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations and the termination of this Agreement, such  Loan Guarantor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be  reimbursed by, each other Loan Guarantor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their  respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.  (b) As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of any Loan Guarantor shall be  equal to the excess of the fair saleable value of the property of such Loan Guarantor over the total liabilities  of such Loan Guarantor (including the maximum amount reasonably expected to become due in respect of  contingent liabilities, calculated, without duplication, assuming each other Loan Guarantor that is also liable  for such contingent liability pays its ratable share thereof), giving effect to all payments made by other Loan  Guarantors as of such date in a manner to maximize the amount of such contributions.  





 






125  746154515.7  (c) This Section 10.11 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Loan Guarantors,  and nothing set forth in this Section 10.11 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Loan  Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable  in accordance with the terms of this Loan Guaranty.  (d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification  hereunder shall constitute assets of the Loan Guarantor or Loan Guarantors to which such contribution and  indemnification is owing.  (e) The rights of the indemnifying Loan Guarantors against other Loan Guarantors under this  Section 10.11 shall be exercisable upon the Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations and the  termination of this Agreement.  SECTION 10.12  Liability Cumulative.  The liability of each Loan Party as a Loan Guarantor under  this Article X is in addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Loan Party to the  Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan  Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or in respect of any obligations or liabilities of the other  Loan Parties, without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or agreement evidencing or creating  such other liability specifically provides to the contrary.  SECTION 10.13  Keepwell.  Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally  absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be  needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Guarantee in  respect of a Swap Obligation (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable  under this Section 10.13 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without  rendering its obligations under this Section 10.13 or otherwise under this Loan Guaranty voidable under  applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount).   Except as otherwise provided herein, the obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this  Section 10.13 shall remain in full force and effect until the termination of all Swap Obligations.  Each  Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 10.13 constitute, and this Section 10.13 shall be deemed  to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all  purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.  ARTICLE XI  THE BORROWER REPRESENTATIVE  SECTION 11.01  Appointment; Nature of Relationship.  Holdings is hereby appointed by each of  the Loan Parties as its contractual representative (herein referred to as the “Borrower Representative”)  hereunder and under each other Loan Document, and each of the Loan Parties irrevocably authorizes the  Borrower Representative to act as the contractual representative of such Loan Party with the rights and  duties expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.  The Borrower Representative agrees to  act as such contractual representative upon the express conditions contained in this Article XI.   Additionally, the Borrowers hereby appoint the Borrower Representative as their agent to receive all of the  proceeds of the Loans in the Funding Account(s), at which time the Borrower Representative shall promptly  disburse such Loans to the appropriate Borrower(s), provided that, in the case of a Revolving Loan, such  amount shall not exceed Revolving Loan Availability.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and  their respective officers, directors, agents or employees, shall not be liable to the Borrower Representative  or any Loan Party for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Borrower Representative or the Loan  Parties pursuant to this Section 11.01.  





 






126  746154515.7  SECTION 11.02  Powers.  The Borrower Representative shall have and may exercise such powers  under the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Borrower Representative by the terms of  each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The Borrower Representative  shall have no implied duties to the Loan Parties, or any obligation to the Administrative Agent or the  Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action specifically provided by the Loan Documents to  be taken by the Borrower Representative.  SECTION 11.03  Employment of Agents.  The Borrower Representative may execute any of its  duties as the Borrower Representative hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through  authorized officers.  SECTION 11.04  Notices.  Each Loan Party shall immediately notify the Borrower Representative  of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder, refer to this Agreement, describe such  Default or Event of Default, and state that such notice is a “notice of default”.  In the event that the Borrower  Representative receives such a notice, the Borrower Representative shall give prompt notice thereof to the  Administrative Agent and the Lenders.  Any notice provided to the Borrower Representative hereunder  shall constitute notice to each Loan Party on the date received by the Borrower Representative.  SECTION 11.05  Successor Borrower Representative.  Upon the prior written consent of the  Administrative Agent, the Borrower Representative may resign at any time, such resignation to be effective  upon the appointment of a successor Borrower Representative.  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt  written notice of such resignation to the Lenders.  SECTION 11.06  Execution of Loan Documents.  The Loan Parties hereby empower and authorize  the Borrower Representative, on behalf of the Loan Parties, to execute and deliver to the Administrative  Agent and the Lenders the Loan Documents and all related agreements, certificates, documents, or  instruments as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of the Loan Documents, including,  without limitation, the Compliance Certificates.  Each Loan Party agrees that any action taken by the  Borrower Representative or the Loan Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other  Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Borrower Representative of its powers set forth therein or herein,  together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Loan  Parties.  SECTION 11.07  Reporting.  Each Loan Party hereby agrees that such Loan Party shall furnish  promptly after each fiscal month to the Borrower Representative any certificate or report required hereunder  or requested by the Borrower Representative on which the Borrower Representative shall rely to prepare  the Compliance Certificates required pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.  SECTION 11.08Amendment and Restatement.  The parties hereto agree that, on the Effective Date,  the following transactions shall be deemed to occur automatically, without further action by any party  hereto:  (a) The Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be amended and restated in its entirety  in the form of and pursuant to this Agreement and the terms of this Agreement shall replace and supersede  the Existing Credit Agreement (which shall hereafter have no further effect upon the parties thereto other  than with respect to any action, event, representation, warranty or covenant occurring, made or applying  prior to the Effective Date).  (b) All “Loans” outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be Loans  under this Agreement.  All other “Obligations” existing under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be  deemed to be outstanding under this Agreement and, in each case (i) are in all respects enforceable with  





 






127  746154515.7  only the terms thereof being modified as provided by this Agreement and (ii) shall in all respects be  continuing after the Effective Date and shall be deemed to be Obligations governed by this Agreement.  On  the Effective Date, each Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement that has a “Revolving Commitment”  under the Existing Credit Agreement shall sell, assign and transfer, or purchase and assume, as the case  may be, and receive payments from, or shall make payments to, the Administrative Agent such that after  giving effect to all such assignments and purchases the Revolving Commitments will be held by the Lenders  hereunder and each such Lender shall have funded its portion of its Commitment on the Effective Date. On  the Effective Date, all outstanding “Revolving Commitments,” “Loans” and other outstanding advances  under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be reallocated among the Lenders (including any newly added  Lenders) under this Agreement in accordance with such Lenders’ respective revised Applicable  Percentages.  The assignments and purchases provided for in this Section 11.08(b) shall be without  recourse, warranty or representation.  The purchase price for each such assignment and purchase shall equal  the principal amount of the Loan purchased and shall be payable to Administrative Agent for distribution  to the Lenders.  (c) On and after the Effective Date, all references to the Existing Credit Agreement or the  “Credit Agreement” in the “Loan Documents” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) executed in  connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, whether on the Original Effective Date or at any time  thereafter but prior to the Effective Date, shall be deemed to include references to this Agreement, as  amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.  (d) Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement and the  documents executed and delivered in connection herewith do not constitute a novation, payment or  reborrowing or termination of any of the Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect prior  to the Effective Date or a novation or payment and reborrowing of any amount owing under the Existing  Credit Agreement as in effect prior to the Effective Date.  [Signatures Immediately Follow]  





 






Signature Page to Credit Agreement  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and  delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.  BORROWERS:  DUTCH BROS., LLC  DB MANAGEMENT CO.  DB FRANCHISING USA, LLC  BOERSMA BROS. LLC  By:  Name: Charles Jemley  Title:  Chief Financial Officer  GUARANTORS:  DUTCH MAFIA, LLC  By:  Name: Charles Jemley  Title:  Chief Financial Officer  DUTCHWEAR, LLC  By:  Name: Charles Jemley  Title:  Chief Financial Officer  /s/ Charles Jemley /s/ Charles Jemley /s/ Charles Jemley 





 






Signature Page to Credit Agreement  BB HOLDINGS AR, LLC  BB HOLDINGS AZ, LLC  BB HOLDINGS CA, LLC  BB HOLDINGS COLORADO, LLC  BB HOLDINGS ID, LLC  BB HOLDINGS KS, LLC  BB HOLDINGS MO, LLC  BB HOLDINGS NM, LLC  BB HOLDINGS NV, LLC  BB HOLDINGS OK GROUP, LLC  BB HOLDINGS OR, LLC  BB HOLDINGS TN, LLC  BB HOLDINGS TX, LLC  BB HOLDINGS UT, LLC  BB HOLDINGS WA, LLC  BB HOLDINGS AL, LLC  BB HOLDINGS FL, LLC  BB HOLDINGS KY, LLC  By:  Name: Charles Jemley  Title:  Chief Financial Officer  /s/ Charles Jemley 





 






Signature Page to Credit Agreement  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually, and as  Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank  By:  Name: Jessalynn Nagy  Title:  Vice President  /s/ Jessalynn Nagy 





 






Signature Page to Credit Agreement  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.  By:  Name:  Anthony Luppino  Title:  Senior Vice President  /s/ Anthony Luppino 





 






Signature Page to Credit Agreement  MUFG Bank, LTD  By:  Name: Eric Schnyder  Title: Managing Director  /s/ Eric Schnyder 





 






Signature Page to Credit Agreement  CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  By:  Name: Edgar Abreu  Title: Assistant Vice President  /s/ Edgar Abreu 





 






Signature Page to Credit Agreement  BANNER BANK  By:  Name: Jay Stormberg  Title: Vice President/Relationship Mar  /s/ Jay Stormberg 





 






Signature Page to Credit Agreement  CITY NATIONAL BANK  By:  Name: Justin D’Affronte  Title: Senior Vice President  /s/ Justin D'Affronte